QlikView Room for Improvement

Jason Heunis - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager: Diversified Operations at Pharmacy Direct

It is really old. We are moving towards converting everything into a Power BI environment. We want to have a self-service type of BI environment where different levels of users in organizations can log onto a portal and retrieve the data they need or get the necessary insights for decision-making that's important for them or their business unit. They have built a new version of QlikView called QlikSense, which probably competes with newer BI tools, such as Power BI, but they are far behind. That's why we are moving towards a newer tool that's easier to use and has more visualizations to represent the data. QlikView is very old, and there are more modern tools that work.

It is expensive. Its licensing can be improved because the tool is old. If they still want people to use it a lot, they should substitute it for a newer, better BI tool. The price should change for what you get. They can have a cloud version for it, but I guess they have created QlikSense to have a cloud version or platform available so that people basically go from QlikView to QlikSense.

There is a learning curve. It is not for first-time users working with data. It has got its own little syntax to create usable datasets, codes, schedules, etc. So, there is quite a learning curve to learn the syntax to use the tool, but if you build expertise in it, it is nice to use.

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EM
Head Of Business Intelligence at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

They could improve the update time. Sometimes it takes longer to update, so we see numbers of maybe half an hour ago or one hour ago. If it could be updated faster. That would be something that would help us a lot.

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DS
Operations Officer Team Leader at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

Sometimes the filters are disappearing, and I'm not sure why this is happening. It might be when it's refreshing or updating. I'm not sure. For example, maybe when I'm doing a report and it's refreshing, I can see that all my filters are gone and I need to start again from the beginning. This is the main issue for me.

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Arjun Meda - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at HSBC India

Many of the features in Qlik Sense need to be available and reintroduced in QlikView. I believe many of the features have been added to QlikView after the layout containers were introduced. QlikView used to be a way more customizable tool than Qlik Sense is in the present time.

Improvements are required in the hide and unhide functionality that falls under the layout container feature that has been used in my company in recent times. Hiding off the apps in the app overview tab based on the access was a really good feature that needs to be introduced back in the product since I see that, at the moment, there are multiple groups on the tool, owing to which multiple changes on the QMC part is required to handle the solution.

Only the person with access to the dashboard in QlikView could have a link to the dashboard through QlikView's hub or access points. With Qlik Sense, one can see whatever is available in the stream. If a user wants to control everything in the product, then there is no need to make multiple changes in the QMC at the individual app level. The aforementioned area can be considered to improve Qlik Sense.

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Martin Goebbels - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analyst & Researcher (Freelance) at Sonra Intelligence

I'm not like a lot of people who are into AI, especially when it comes to making queries. I don't really remember if QlikView has this feature, the one where you write up a question about the data in human language, and they just bring up a quick analysis from it.

I'm not sure if this feature exists. But if it doesn't, it should be something they consider adding. I believe assisting users with quick building using natural language queries is not as simple as just making a regular query.

I like the idea of using human language queries. That would be a plus, really.

QlikView should improve the integration with scripting. It has its own scripting language for building the underlying data layer. Sometimes, dealing with complex reports requires more effort, and that could be really improved.

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Prashant Baste - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Solution Architect at Team Computers

There are a couple of things right now to consider since QlikView is going to be out of the market. Instead, Qlik Sense will be the new platform. Right now, QlikView is switching up. So there are some enhancements in Qlik Sense required.

Though the initial setup phase is simple, when it comes to the integration with the custom systems, the configuration and the compatibility sometimes take some more time. The aforementioned area can be considered as room for improvement.

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Sandro Gatti - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner at Bios Management

There is a challenge on the frontend when it comes to browsing data through QlikView, as it isn't entirely compatible with other platforms we use.

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BrunoPreti - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Special Projects - Product Business Manager QLIK & Microsoft at Aldebra Spa

They should offer the capability to directly access data from SaaS environments, as it would simplify the migration process, and while it may seem like a minor enhancement, it would be beneficial to our clients. Some clients have requested a hybrid environment where both QlikView and Qlik Sense can work together effectively during the initial stages of migration, so that would be a good feature to add.

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EI
Project Coordinator Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

The only thing I would improve about it is the fact that it refreshes all the time, and when it does that, it just deletes all the options you had, all the filters that you had selected, so you need to select them from the beginning. If it could refresh without it taking away all your filters, it would be amazing. It doesn't take a long time to refresh. It's every 20 minutes or so. Still, if it kept your options where you wanted them, it would have been much better.

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AhmadKastero - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Product at Quantiphi

Enhancing user-friendliness would be highly beneficial. It could become even more remarkable if it were available in the cloud, retaining the core functionality of its engine and offering the same seamless user experience. There could be enhancements to the Qlik Management Console. Specifically, the user interface and user experience could be refined to better manage execution sequences. Currently, there might be overlaps between executions and deployments without clear alerts or notifications. This lack of alerts could lead to issues like concurrent job executions causing system downtime or memory constraints. Improving the sequencing of deployments and incorporating smart notifications would significantly enhance the overall process.

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MD
Logistics Engineer at a logistics company with 201-500 employees

QlikView certainly lacks in its ability to share visualizations or create visualizations easily. QlikView is a powerful tool but has shortcomings when compared to the visualization capability provided by Qlik Sense or Power BI.

From my perspective, I understand that since QlikView is an older product, it can be simply left as it is, and users can move to Qlik Sense, which provides a much stronger visualization.

If QlikView decides that its visualization part should be just like Qlik Sense or Power BI, then I would say it would be too much to capture in one or two phrases, considering that it is overall much easier to create visually good-looking dashboards and also something like a geographical map which is not possible in to get in QlikView currently.

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MUHAMMAD HAYAT QURESHI - PeerSpot reviewer
Commercial Finance Controller at Imtiaz Super Market

Many types of analysis based on financial or management and accounting concepts require writing expressions. This particular feature could be included in QlikView.

They could provide a user-friendly analysis process rather than specialized IT resource code. Any HR, finance, or supply chain department executive could develop an analysis on the platform.

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Hendra Eka Putra - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at Idea Domina

There is room for improvement in terms of scalability. Because it depends on the use case and customer requirements. 

If QlikView can't handle the scale, I usually look to the data lake or data warehouse for solutions. My experience is that for self-service BI, users often request low code tools, which wouldn't be suitable for the QlikView front-end due to performance limitations.

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AA
Enterprise Data Architect at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

QlikView's UI could be more user-friendly. At present, I encounter difficulties while writing complex queries on the UI. It doesn't support the query button as well.

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TP
Crm/Business Intelligence administrator at Kc firiakis LTD

It works properly most of the time. I can't speak of any areas that need improvement in terms of features. 

It would be ideal if it was a little bit faster. They could improve the speed. It's not slow per se, however, sometimes it just takes some time to give you the results you want. 

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DorianS - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Author at SFApps.info

While QlikView is a powerful tool, there are areas where it could be improved. There is a lack of static PDF report generation and automatic resizing of the dashboard to fit the device, for example. 

Also, scripting can be a bit difficult if you don't have the necessary knowledge, so this app may not be suitable for everyone. 

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Sultan Molobayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Warehouse Architecture at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

There's room for improvement in the area of management's handling of concerns. They should integrate Qlik analytics and seamlessly transition users from QlikView to Qlik Sense.

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JD
BI Consultant at Inteligencia de Negocios

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

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AbakarAhmat - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees

The solution should be mobile-responsive. It should also include drag-and-drop and slice-and-dice features. 

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ONUR ÇALISKAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at INFOLOJIK

The tool is expensive in Turkey.

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