Even if they don’t have the same look and feel as the base objects, this bundle will certainly prove handy for most Qlik users, namely those switching from QlikView. To me, this is Qlik snatching a quick win to close off some of those last remaining gaps between Qlik Sense and QlikView. – Variable input – you can set values with buttons, drop-downs, sliders and input boxes – great for ‘What If’ analysis. – Show/hide container – allows conditional show and hide of objects in the container. – Tabbed container – use tabs to switch between objects, reusing valuable space and prevent littering too many objects into a single view. Generate adhoc reports based on your current selections from within the app. – NPrinting on-demand – a personal favourite of mine. This is useful if your users need a subtle nudge in the right direction. – Custom navigation buttons – for navigating to sheets, stories, websites or perform actions such as making selections. Interestingly, this bundle screams QlikView. This bundle of extensions has been absorbed into Qlik’s supported offering, therefore taking the uncertainty out of the extensions and making them safe to use. You can watch me walk through the new Always One Value function in my vlog.įully supported Dashboard Extension bundle Note, the value selected at the time the app is published will become the default.
While in edit mode, navigate to the field list to apply this feature and right-click the field and select-field settings. Qlik have finally added the ability to have one value, and only one value, that is always selected. You can watch me walk through the new Alternate States in my vlog. A quick tip, grouping multiple fields into a single filter pane will help improve maintainability. Placing filter panes underneath the main dashboard view will help keep your sheets clutter-free but still offer quick accessibility. This is where the Extend Sheet functionality has a lot of use. Lastly, using Alternate States will most likely require designers to place filter panes on the sheet, assigned to the appropriate states. Therefore, don’t neglect the default state and think about the how your users make selections. For example, selections made in the smart search or selections toolbar only apply to the default state and there is no way to switch one selection to another. My initial thoughts on Alternative States is positive and although it is straight forward to implement, do pay attention to the new ways to make selections in Qlik Sense, which don’t exist in QlikView. Once a new Alternate State is created, you can drag and drop it on sheets or objects, or you can add them through the Properties Panel of the respective sheet/visualisation. To create an Alternate State, you must navigate to the Master Item Panel.
If multiple states have selections in the same field, the field will appear with the number of states with active selections:
When more than one state is present, the selections will now appear with the state name: In the image above, a selection on country has been only applied to State1. The blue objects are associated to selection state 1 and the orange are associated to selection state 2. The image above demonstrates Alternate States in action. For example, you could make a selection in ‘selection.state.1’ which only affects one half of the dashboard and the other half is only affected by a second (alternate) selection state – ‘selection.state.2’. With this feature, you can assign a sheet, object, or even expression (using set analysis) to a particular selection state other than the default. Let’s take a closer look at what I mean.Īlternate States enable Qlik users to perform true comparative analysis. It’s interesting to note, although Qlik will never admit to this, that when you read about the content of this release, compared with what came out in Qlik Sense September 2018, you can see Qlik are focusing on functionality to eliminate any reason for QlikView users not to switch over to Qlik Sense. To be precise, we have several features closing the gap functionality with its predecessor QlikView – in total there are three new features and six improvements. As the year draws to an end, Qlik have released Qlik Sense November 2018 and as usual there’s plenty to talk about.
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