QlikView Reviews

It allows our company to view all of our data in a single solution. It is easy to use, even for novice users.

The product has reduced the number of reports that were previously constructed manually by users. It also allowed us to prepare a single report using a common data source for all users.

In QlikView 11, there is a password for the section of code, but there is no user management with a password that allows access to data when opening the file.

I would like the data loading and programming to be made easier.

I have been using it for five years. Currently we're using v11.20 and testing v12.

The product installed at the time did not present operational problems or stability issues.

The consultant company that sold us the product provides us with follow-up service. At the moment, we are satisfied.

I used BOARD at another company. I have found QlikView to be better.

The initial setup was very simple and in a few days, we were able to begin operating with the data available.

We developed the solution partly in-house and partly with the supplier. We took responsibility for the preparation of the database, retrieving information from the management system and preparing it in a suitable format, leaving the supplier responsible for the implementation of the loading from this database and reporting.

We are happy with the product. With regard to the license fee, for a customer, it is always better to pay less.

The most valuable features of this product are: its data modeling capabilities, the associated search function, various charting, the flexibility of doing sales in object, section access, and drag & drop storytelling.

We have been using Qlik for most of our front-end solution since adoption; people like it a lot.

I would like to see:

• Mobile and smart device delivery
• Set analysis simplification

I have used it for 3-5 years.

Performance sometimes is a concern.

Occasionally, it hangs while running a script and it bounces out.

Technical support is OK. We work with a vendor partner. We have no direct interaction with Qlik.

We used IBM Cognos BI, in which charting and dashboarding are painful.

Initial setup was very easy.

A vendor partner implemented it.

I advise your team to dive in and learn how to build the most-efficient data model, and learn how to design your web pages.

The traditional BI tools are extremely limiting in the fact that they require very strict controls on the sources of data. This is understandable in very large corporates, but in a small- to medium-size business, where most supporting data sources are nothing more than an Excel spreadsheet, this is a pain. Therefore, my most valuable asset in QlikView is the ease with which any datasource can be integrated into the QlikView model for reporting.

The models created by QlikView have put critical information at the fingertips of management for decision-making processes. Our warehouse and distribution managers now have a view of the movement of stock, fulfilment of orders and can plan for demand more proactively. We produce our management sales dashboards daily and use the tool to integrate proof of delivery documents with sales orders.

I have several lower-level users who don’t need full functionality of the tool, but do need to access more than one model. In this regard, the licencing structure is limiting and costly for a user who is not using the analytical aspects of the tool. QlikView only offers full-user CALs (expensive) and document CALs (less expensive), but those licences only allow the user to access one model.

The business has been using this product for four years.

I did not encounter any deployment, stability or scalability issues.

Our implementation provider is very capable, but it is important to partner with a vendor who has industry, regional and technological capabilities, as this cuts down the time to develop customised requirements. Also, it is not necessary to limit yourself to one vendor and lots of freelancers are cost effective for specific requirements.

I looked at IBM Cognos, SAP BusinessObjects, and MicroStrategy. The main draw cards to QlikView was the cost and flexibility.

Initial setup was straightforward.

A team from the implementation provider did the installation and it was simple.

Our ROI is the ability to immediately take catalytic interventions with information at hand, implementing immediate savings from lost business and being able to put products to market more effectively.

In-depth analysis on the user roles using the tool should be done prior to implementation as non-managerial staff could probably use a shared licence scenario enabling lower licence count.

If possible, a site visit to other consumers of the tool often sheds a lot of light on work that can be done before implementation to overcome unnecessary problems and delays. For example, properly mapping financial processes, documenting and getting them signed off before a QlikView model is developed will save time and money in rework after the fact. Also forming a network of other users who are not related to the vendor is very valuable in getting unbiased advice.

It is quite versatile and reasonably cost effective.

• ETL functionality is hugely important, as data rarely are provided smooth and clean, even when the assumption is it has been cleaned beforehand. Plus, usually in BI, we need to create custom groupings, and being able to do that in script ad-hoc is very helpful
• Scripting for loads, with lots of functions, and insert script possibilities all provide extremely good flexibility for development.- Overall flexibility and ease of development is great for ad-hoc quick fixes, quick workarounds, which happen in BI
• Set-analysis function, unique for QV, is an awesome way to create subsets, literally under any chart/table/text box needed in a smart, fast way (replaces long expressions such as “if...then...“). It also allows you to control results, taking into consideration user clicking and selecting data.
• Associative model is super handy to just take an overview of data quality through visual associations (power of grey).
• Data governance is an extremely usable feature; there is no need for BI to build its own app, and it helps with licence monitoring.

With QV, literally all departments across the company have started “owning” data in terms of getting hands on data, knowledge about data, how it is built up, and the ability to slice and dice, add, expand, or decrease the size or granularity of their own reports.

This in turn has in general decreased the “fear” of touching applications on computer. With backups maintained by IT, people are given more freedom to try and change applications themselves.

Regex. Cleaning out data during script regex could be really handy.

Otherwise, I am having a hard time thinking of any other areas with room for improvement.

I have used QlikView 9 for two years, I am trained and certified on
QlikView 11, and I have used QlikView 12 for half a year.

I have not encountered any deployment, stability or scalability issues.

I have not had direct contact. Currently (with Qlik Sense), I am working with Qlik local partners, not directly.

Before QlikView, Excel was used across the company. At the same time, we had SAS Web Reporting Studio provided by my company’s headquarters, which was very far from even being considered to be used for anything beyond just comparing total sales numbers if the QlikView reports were in line.

I remember it being set up with the first production app running in three days. So, initial setup was straightforward.

Implementation was done in-house.

During the selection of the local BI tool, the choice was between IBM Cognos and QlikView. We were naturally showcasing to management how easy it is to use the UI, and the latter one was chosen.

I think it is the best BI product out there, competing only with its own “brother” Qlik Sense. (While the latter is not that mature yet, it is definitely growing in power extremely fast.)

QlikView is a good choice!

Data exploration and in-memory capabilities: It has an associative data exploration feature and can handle one hundred million lines of data and provide good performance.

N/A. We are consultants.

Qlik has launched another product, Qlik Sense to improve ease of use for the end user. The product lacks PDF exporting, mapping – which costs extra - and reporting features. Also, it turns the data into QVD format that is not accessible by other software.

We have been using QlikView for five years. We have been a partner for five years as well. We have successfully completed seven QlikView projects.

I did not encounter any issues with deployment, stability or scalability. It is quite easy to install, configure and deploy.

QlikView has a very good developer community where you can find support from the other developers.

We usually position this product for departmental and fast-win solutions. When you’re an expert in this product, it’s quite easy to develop well-functioning and complex dashboards.

Initial setup was quite easy.

QlikView has CAL and Document CAL licencing. It’s quite cost-effective when lots of end users use several reports like once a month.

If you plan to develop dashboards and want the end users to further develop the dashboards, it requires some IT skills. If the end users should develop their own reports, Qlik Sense should be chosen.

It is possible to work with a large amount of data without affecting the performance.

It improved development, because we could just put our data into it and start working, even with datasets with millions of records. Its high speed has also improved my organization.

It would be great if this software had better transforming tools. We can do a lot of heavy work with scripts, but sometimes that gets really messy.

I mean that it would be very good to have a graphic tool to manipulate the data.
I work with IBM Modeler, and I love how easy it is to transform data in it. I think QlikView could implement a graphical interface to manipulate date, just like Modeler. I also think thats way off the scope of QlikView, but I am just thinking how great it would be to have such tool built in.

I have used it for four years.

I haven’t found any problem with deployment, stability or scalability yet.

Technical support is very good. Every question I had, there was someone to help me.

I started working in my actual job because of this software, so I didn´t have the opportunity to choose it. However, I can see it´s great software, and I´d surely choose it.

There wasn´t any problem with the setup, it was very easy (much easier then Oracle OBIEE).

When I got access to it, it was already implemented. I just upgraded one time, without any kind of problem.