QlikView Reviews

We use QlikView for business intelligence to help us analyze the data.

The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis.

There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client.

We have been using QlikView since 2012.

It is a very stable tool. We receive three to four updates every year for it.

It is a scalable product.

I have never contacted the product’s technical support services in the ten years since the beginning.

Positive

The product’s initial setup process is easy. If you have all the data stored in Excel or similar tools, it is easy to deploy for IT personnel and end users.

Compared to other BI tools, the product's price is reasonable for medium and enterprise businesses. It is expensive for small companies.

I rate QlikView a ten out of ten.

We primarily use the solution as a BI tool. We use it for data visualization.

Technical support is good.

The user interface and dashboards are very good. 

There are no issues with management monitoring. 

The solution offers good documentation.

We find Tableau to be a bit of a better solution. QlikView should try to be more like that.

The solution is quite costly.

I'm not sure how long I've been using the solution.

We have our own engineers and support from our tech department, so we've never had any issues dealing with the technical aspects of the solution. That said, they're okay. We're satisfied with their level of service.

We're also currently using Tableau. We find it to be better and easier. It's also less costly.

We want a few things that just aren't available on this solution, so we're moving more towards Tableau as our product of choice.

We have exceptional staff on hand that handled the implementation and deployment. They didn't have any issues with it. For them, it was straightforward. It wasn't complex for their level of expertise.

We handled the initial setup ourselves. Our internal team is very knowledgeable and can handle the implementation of new technology. Adaptability to new solutions is very easy for us.

The solution is expensive to use.

We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with the solution.

We're actually thinking of moving off it and onto Tableau.

I'd rate the solution six out of ten. It just doesn't offer us what we need right now in terms of functionality. Tableau is a better fit for us.

I developed an application for a hospital to improve the potential of analysis of that company. I used Windows Server 2008, 8Gb RAM, two processors.

The hospital improved the quality of the data analysis and increased its profits, because, for the first time, they were able to analyze consistent data.

• Speed of development
• Ease of learning
• Low ROI
• Fast deliveries
• Scalability
• Multiplatform, and speed in queries.

• Improvement in the graphical user interface
• Introducing HTML 5
• Context sensitive
• Drag and drop visualization
• Responsive design.

• The search feature: ability to see the related data

We were able to see tremendous insight in our sales dashboard at deployment.

• Data cleansing
• Better source data connectors

I have used it for 2 1/2 years.

We have not encountered any deployment issues; we had an experienced deployment partner.

We encountered a memory issue.

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

Customer service is outstanding.

Technical support is great.

We previously used Tableau. We switched because the business requested Qlik.

Initial setup was pretty easy because our implementation partner understood our current data source (SAP).

A vendor team implemented it.

The time gained from reviewing massive data can be used elsewhere.

Pricing is a bit too high and I think licenses should be unlimited.

Some of our users were on Tableau.

• The way data is loaded, transformed and stored in one single file with a high compression rate
• The development flexibility allowing almost any type of relationship between data from disparate sources

Uniformization of KPIs across all departments brings efficacy and effectiveness to coworkers in problem solving.

Performance at front-end level could improve but usually there is a workaround - by reducing application size, splitting applications or the way the UI is presented - without affecting user experience.

I have used it for two years.

There can be issues in terms of stability during usage peeks. In these situations, the server can experience short down times. Again, many of these situations can be prevented by using the best development methodologies.

Technical support is very good. They are always available on providing guidelines.

There are other data visualization tools similar to QlikView. Spotfire, for example, has incredible UI possibilities, but I think QlikView is very ahead in the competition in terms of solution flexibility.

QlikView setup is very straightforward, only requiring server parameterization in terms of ODBC and the QlikView Server. It is not complex when compared to similar products.

It was implemented by an in-house team; some persons on the team had previous experience with QlikView. The learning curve is very quick, but the best practices provided by Qlik must be followed from the beginning of implementing the QlikView architecture.

Due to the quick development of QlikView applications, best practices cannot be disregarded. (For example, load only fields/tables that users need to be available in the application’s layout. When the number of applications starts to increase, this can seriously affect user.

• Connect to multiple sources of data without needing ETL prior to load
• Ability to create complex data joins within the script
• ETL features
• Ability to do complex customization in the design and data representation (set analysis)
• Associative search capabilities

• Scalability
• Live connections
• Responsive design

I have been using QlikView for four years.

Customer service and technical support are very good.

Among Tableau, QlikView, and Qlik Sense, I prefer QlikView, due to its higher customization capabilities, its associative nature, and its ETL features.

Initial setup simplicity or complexity depends on the project and the systems already in place. As for the tool itself, initial setup is straightforward.

I have implemented it in-house and with a vendor team. Business needs need to be fully understood and documented. Most of the issues have always been data related. The development team and the business HAVE to get a full understanding of what the data is, where it is stored, and how it is stored. BUSINESS RULES and a DATA DICTIONARY are a must.

Standardization in design/development is crucial. FULL communication and documentation with EVERYONE is needed. I don’t know how much time has been lost or efforts duplicated because of a lack of all this.

E-T-L, The Extract, Transform, and Loading capabilities of QlikView make it a highly sophisticated self-service business intelligence tool for developers and analysts who desire much more advanced handling of dirty or unconsolidated data. QlikView scripting language has numerous transformation functions.

As a consultant for my organization using Qlik to design management dashboards, analysis and ad-hoc reports, I have seen the way it has helped many of our clients get the desired reports and analysis for their stakeholders and top directors which would normally take time and more effort to get.

The user interface and ease of use takes a bit of a learning curve to pick up. There is no drag and drop functionality at the development stage unlike its competitors. Maybe QlikSense could handle that area.

We have been using the solution for five years.

We haven't yet encountered any issues with stability.

QlikView is a memory intensive application and does sometimes start to weigh on your PC resources. Also you would need to learn some development tricks to manage unnecessary time wasting when loading large database sources, like the use of QVD – QlikView proprietary data format - for faster and efficient loading times.

The Qlik community is very vibrant and you find or get answers to most issues started or any other areas.

We did not use a solution previously.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward for personal use, except when you are looking at deploying the QlikView server which will entail some configuration instructed during the installation process.

QlikView pricing and licensing is on the high side for a small sized company, but it's competitive among its peers.

As a consultant in the area of business intelligence and data analytics I have had to personally evaluate QlikView with other self-service BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI and MicroStrategy.

Invest in the memory and RAM of your PC or server you intend to use for QlikView. Ensure you have all the necessary resources and connectors installed for proprietary databases.