QlikView in Depth:

Extending and Integrating QlikView

Joe Bickley

Why extend QlikView?

Visualisation

Functionality

Integration

Visualisation of data must address the

business discovery needs of the users

QlikView Developers can help business

users by clearly presenting key

information

Built in Visualisation Capabilities

• Spark lines

• Trellis charts

• Live chart backgrounds

• Mekko Charts

• Mini-charts in List Boxes

Perfecting the layout

Pushing built in capabilities to the limit

How can QlikView be extended

• QlikView 10 Introduced Extension Objects

– Enables custom visualizations/user interface components within

QlikView

– Based on standard web technologies

– Write once, package and deploy anywhere

– No different to using standard QlikView objects

– Take advantage of QlikView associative and aggregation engine

– No additional end user training required

• QlikView 11 Introduces Document Extensions

– Extensions that can change document wide QlikView behaviour

How can QlikView be Extended

Demonstration

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Data

Building an Extension for QlikView

• Technology and Skills

– Make use of any browser based technology

– Javascript as a minimum

• People

– Web developers, not QlikView developers

Building an Extension for QlikView

• Reuse Existing Object and Content

– Online Libraries

Google Charts – http://code.google.com/apis/chart/

Fusion Charts - http://www.fusioncharts.com

– Community

http://community.qlikview.com/community/integration-extensions

Building an Extension for QlikView

• Process to build

– QV11 Extension object builder for Visual Studio

– Create two text files that define information about the object and what

properties you would like the users to see when they use it

– Create a javascript file as the framework for the object

– Add the functionality you want using you chosen technology

– Build into zip file called a QAR

Building an Extension for QlikView

• Process to Deploy

– For developers only open the QAR on the developers PC

– Use webview when developing to add them to documents

– Migrate files to server with the QlikView documents

– Users consume objects

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