Highlight the Trend

Because I went to the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, I can now teach you really, really, ridiculously good Qlikview tricks.

This one's no different. It's a good way to cut through the clutter of a chart that displays a large number of lines.

Line charts are great tools for showing trends over time. Your user can easily visualize whether the data is getting better or worse by the shape of the chart. They are not good for charting distinct categories. A good example of a bad idea is to use a line chart to show sales by territory. A proper example is to chart sales over time, split up by city.

Scope Your Project!

Disney bought Lucasfilm for 4 BILLION DOLLARS. That proves their most prophetic quote in their most important movie, Spaceballs:

“So, Lone Starr, now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.”

Since you're not dumb – which you proved by knowing all about Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham’s Johari Window – you want to use a scope document when creating your Qlikview apps. The template outline below will make it easy and help you gather the pieces you need for success. You can also download a MarketStar-branded version from my Google Drive.

Overview

This is a short overview of Qlikview project. Include target audience, data sources, goals, questions to be answered, risks, and high level timeline. Use this section as an Executive Overview. Make sure that it can be used as an ‘elevator pitch’.