Qlik Sense® is a visual analytics platform that is designed to empower users to see the whole story that lives within their data. It supports a full spectrum of BI use cases including self-service visualization for everyone, centrally deployed guided analytics apps and dashboards, and custom and embedded analytics, all within a governed framework that offers enterprise scalability and trust for IT. The vendor says this platform offers unmatched visualization and discovery for individuals, collaboration and mobility for groups and teams, and data integration, management and governance capabilities for large organizations.
Built on the QIX Associative Data Indexing engine, Qlik Sense is designed to allow people to probe all the possible associations that exist in their data, across all their data sources, to see the whole story instead of just the partial views offered by query based or hierarchical tools. According to the vendor, Qlik Sense offers a cutting edge experience in a smart, responsive, HTML5 client that allows everyone to quickly explore information and gain critical insights, so that users are more informed and capable of acting and reacting faster.
Qlik Sense Features
BI Platform Features
- Administration via Windows App
- Administration via MacOS App
- Administration via Web Interface
- Live Connection to External Data
- Snapshot of External Data
- In-memory data model
- OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)
- ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)
- Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)
- Data warehouse / dictionary layer
- ETL Capability
- ETL Scheduler
Supported Data Sources Features
Data sources that can be consumed by the application.
- MS Excel Workbooks
- Text Files (CSV, etc)
- Oracle
- MS SQL Server
- IBM DB2
- Postgres
- MySQL
- ODBC
- Cloudera Hadoop
- Hortonworks Hadoop
- EMC Greenplum
- IBM Netezza
- HP Vertica
- ParAccel
- SAP Hana
- Teradata
- Sage 500
- Salesforce
- SAP
- Google Analytics
BI Standard Reporting Features
Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.
- Pixel Perfect reports
- Customizable dashboards
- Report Formatting Templates
Ad-hoc Reporting Features
Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.
- Drill-down analysis
- Formatting capabilities
- Integration with R or other statistical packages
- Report sharing and collaboration
Report Output and Scheduling Features
Ability to schedule and manager report output.
- Publish to Web
- Publish to PDF
- Output Raw Supporting Data
- Report Versioning
- Report Delivery Scheduling
Data Discovery and Visualization Features
Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for pattern and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.
- Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
- Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
- Predictive Analytics
- Support for Machine Learning models
- Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
- Integration with R or other statistical packages
Access Control and Security Features
Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.
- Multi-User Support (named login)
- Role-Based Security Model
- Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
- Report-Level Access Control
- Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
- Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
Mobile Capabilities Features
Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
- Responsive Design for Web Access
- Dedicated iOS Application
- Dedicated Android Application
- Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile