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Balpreet S.
Real Estate, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Overall very much satisfied with Qliksense. Daily KPI's and dashboards delivering to Top management was major task.
It is very easy to develop the dashboard reports. Most important point is the response time. it process data very fast and open dashboards having million of records due it's technology to store data. Overall it is world class Business Intelligence tool for any type of management (Top / Middle / etc). Nprint tool is very good and these dashboards and KPI's can be published over email.
Nothing as such. As of now it is very useful. All kind of features are available. Data export option is very useful.
Thank you so much Balpreet for the kind words! Glad you're finding value in Qlik Sense!
Timo B.
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Die Einführung von Qlik Sense hat unser Reporting revolutioniert. Was vorher in zig Excel-Auswertungen mühsam zusammengetragen werden musste, befindet sich jetzt gebündelt in einem Tool.Die Konnektivität mit den verschiedensten Datenbankmodellen ist hervorragend.Die Auswertemöglichkeiten sind vielfälltig.Das wahrscheinlich beste an dieser Software ist aber die riesige Community - bei einem Problem erhält man binnen weniger Stunden eine Antwort.
Das einzige negative ist die unterschiedlichen Funktionalitäten zwischen der SaaS-Lösung und der On-Premise-Lösung.Hier wird man als On-Premise-Kunde mit weniger Funktionen benachteiligt, so dass man auf kurz oder lang gezwungen ist, in die Cloud zu wechseln.
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M.D. v.
Civic & Social Organization, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Though it really has its place in the market for simpler deployments, do take care when planning bigger or complex deployments as the servicability of such a deployment is difficult and tricky (but doable).
-Qlik code is easy, Qlikview-code is easy reusable -InMemory works! -Lots of help online -In the end it will get you allmost there...
-Visualisation not on par with 'the other big-ones'. No proper customisation, and a lot of basic visualisations are not available (Band chart, Radar chart, Combi-plot). -No analitics/statistiscs toolkit. -Presenting data/apps takes forever in a citrix-environment. -Developing a set of dashboards/apps in Sense feels clumsy and messy. There is no hierarchy, keeping track of sequential apps.(Extract/Translate/Presentation) is quite a thing. Think debugging... -No check-in/check-out tooling, no folderstructures for unpublished apps but a cluttered personal workspace so a lot of discipline and creative thinking is needed. -Building a corporate environment in Sense feels actually quite 'dirty'.
Tomáš C.
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Best on market in self-Service reporting and analytics.
Easy to use and very intuitive UI for business users.
Lack of standard IT supporting features for support of content like versioning.
Balaji S.
Chemicals, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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The tools is being used daily by us for corporate reporting and measuring corporate KPI's. This is something we use daily.
The tool is good for developers. They allow is customize the code to a great extent, when compared to other visualization dashboards.
The tools is lacking development in recent years when compared to other tools. The tool is expensive when compared to other visualization tools
Nahum B.
Pharmaceuticals, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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From my experience, most of the though/completed how-to's I solved with the help of the community. Hence I strongly recommended, in any tool that you are checking validate how large and cooperative is the community.
- Rapid development and strong supportive community. - You can build a very nice dashboard and/or reports very fast. Simple reports can be built in matter of minutes! even if your data is scattered between different files or even different platforms (excels, DB, etc.). - You can extend the basic (out of the box) platform with Widgets and Extensions - 'QIik Branch' - open source community sharing Widgets and Extensions that you can embed into your installation.
- Running in memory DB is fine on the server but on the desktop edition might be a problem for large DB. - While "Associative Model" is what give Qlik the ease of rapid building dashboards and reports it might cause some odd results if you are not truly understand this and pay attention while building the data model. - While there is great training for how to use the basic features, there are not a lot for how to build Widgets and extensions.
Diogo C.
Automotive, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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Qlik Sense is a powerful data analytics and visualization tool that empowers users to gain valuable insights from their data. One of the standout features of Qlik Sense is its intuitive drag-and-drop interface, which allows users to create interactive and dynamic visualizations without the need for complex coding or scripting. This feature enables users to quickly build and modify visualizations, making it a highly flexible and efficient tool.
However, one aspect where it falls short is its user-friendliness. The tool can be challenging for new users to navigate and requires a significant learning curve.
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Accounting, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I love qliksense because i have been using it during my studies and i am using it in my company now. a very amazing dataviz tool
Qlik Sense has a very different approch when its come to collect and analyse data. I really like the features to collect data like using ArcSQL, you don't need to be an expert to get started. the interface is really amazing and it's very easy to explore and analyse data.
you need to use N'printing for you to generate report but it is still okay.
Liron Z.
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for 1-2 years
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I was using Qlik sense to present the Retail sales status in a project where a chain of 130 convenience store were using this tool, it gave the retail managers the ability to see daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly sales, in addition it helped manage the stock and helped plan the inventory future.
Qlik Sense can be installed both on prem and on cloud, which give the organization using it the ability to have better control of where the data will be stored and accessed from, which is a great benefit when you want to keep your data safe and local. Another great thing about qlik Sense is that with a bit of time one can create very clear and good dashboards presenting the business data in the organization.
Qlick Sense is quite expensive compared to other tools existing in the field such as Tableau, in addition, it's not an easy tool to onboard and it can be costly when dealing with big teams using the tool.
Chris E.
1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Great company, great people, wonderful user community. I highly recommend this tool over others in its space. It's more of a European take on business analytics, than an American, so a bit less flashy in the graphics but loads of more feature-rich functions and abilities.
Very well architected in the back end, with loads of security and functionality to leverage. Easy to use from a self-discovery standpoint for even the most basic data lover. Covers our 80/20 rule of 80% self-serve and 20% access to raw data for advanced analytics.
Get's a bit clumsy top administer when your user base grows, unless you staff the tool with a decent administrator. Set your expectations early with the business on these needs, or you will struggle maintaining the tool while fighting for additional resources. A bit pricy at entry level, but more than pays for itself with big revenue gains.
Or M.
Automotive, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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overall I love working with Qliksense. I sense that i can accomplish a lot with my time because how easy and approchable it east for developers.
Qliksense has a great interface for building GUI. also the ability to use custom extensions allows a lot of flexibilty.
the method for creating access security rules.
Adam A.
Retail, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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We've used it to replace time consuming Excel reporting freeing up people's time, creating new dashboards for our warehouse, and identifying and digging into data and system issues that have arisen. Qlik Sense is certainly the quickest way to dig into issues when they are identified
Easy to use with plenty of self-service features for those who can't/don't want to dig into scripting and expression functions. Scripting engine means you can extract from a lot of data sources (Excel, SQL, API, Google Analytics...) and model to whatever your needs are. Also simple to use UI and can give users power to create their own charts using preset dimensions and measures
The main thing I have found is that sometimes it can be a big buggy. New features are coming out multiple times a year which is great but sometimes the odd bug creeps in.
Peter R.
Education Management, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I love the user i9nterface, it makes it so easy to use. The pricing is also unbeatable.
It is working well, I do not have any issues using it.
Abdelrahman Z.
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Excellent, the best BI tool on the market
Handles any Complex ETL possible Can connect to any data source Easy to use
Interoperability can be better and improved by added more data sources specially Microsoft products
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Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used other for 2+ years
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Qlik Sense helps in rapid development of dashboards. The load scripts, data model viewer and the available visualizations have enabled us to create dashboards at a fast pace for demos and proof-of-concept apps.
Qlik Sense is a self-service visualization tool which users can learn to use within a short span of time. Adding the data sources is a smooth experience. Select the columns that's required, drag and drop into a new dashboard and we have a dashboard ready in minutes. The data model component helps to create associations/joins between the columns/fields of a table/file. The associative data model of Qlik Sense keeps the data associated across visualizations in a dashboard. Change a parameter and the whole dashboard gets reflected immediately. Qlik Sense also supports 3rd party extensions for visualizations and they are regularly monitored and approved by Qlik. Qlik Sense load scripts can be overridden to include custom code.
1) Cyclic Groups feature is missing. It was present in QlikView. We have to depend on qsVariable which is a 3rd party extension. 2) Trellis Chart is missing.
Giuseppe V.
Food & Beverages, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Tra gli strumenti di Business Intelligence Qlik Sense è quello che sta prendendo maggiormente piede negli ultimi anni. Per un responsabile acquisti è fondamentale avere sotto controllo i dati di acquisto delle singole materie prime e degli imballaggi dell'azienda.Qlik Sense permette attraverso dei dashboard che hanno una buona filosofia piramidale di tenere sotto controllo i principali numeri dell'azienda in genere e filtrare per i dati di tuo interesse.
Grafica migliorabile e strumento non molto dinamico come invece lo sono strumenti più evoluti di Bi
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Gianluca C.
Information Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Dashboard a più livelli dell'azienda con profili differenti a seconda del dipartimento.
La possibilità di poter analizzare i dati di traffico sulle attività di call center.
Troppo rigido nella parte di creazione degli OLAP e della creazione delle formule.
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David J.
5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Great tool, easy to get started in your environment with the free trials. Easy to manage with Azure and overall cost effective with a low or high user count. Medium sized it is more costly than other solutions, unless you plan on eventually ramping up to 500+ users and can then leverage the token pricing model.
Puts self discovery in the hands of the analysts in each Business Unit. Let's us centrally manage data, governance and security with ease.
I do not like the "token" model for licenses, it is confusing and challenging to stay on top of. Paying for add-on connectors and features like GeoAnalytics and NPrinting is a turnoff, as they are very valuable tools, but should be included in the premium price of Qlik Sense already.
Manuel R.
Utilities, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Bestes BI-Tool, was ich bisher kennengelernt habe.
Ich bin in der Lage ohne Data-Warehouse BI-Projekte umzusetzen. Durch das vorgelagerte Skript kann ich den kompletten ETL-Prozess abbilden. Die Qlik-Community ist sehr groß und man findet fast immer Lösungen und Hilfestellungen.
Die Administration des Servers könnte einfacher sein. Aber mit QlikCloud wird es einfacher.
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Fernando d.
201-500 employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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Easy of use that leverages productivity to the maximum and the final result that looks so much good.
Among many good features, Qlik Sense has a very good data load interface. The scripts are very easy to learn and also very powerful. You can transform and validate data at load step without have to know any programming language neither SQL, of course, if you know SQL you can make even more complex and complete scripts. The built-in and graphical data load tool is enough in many scenarios, you can even use it to generate the "gross" script and then refine it with your own rules. Another good point is the customer support and knowledge sharing which exists in their forums, you can find almost anything you ever need there. I never needed to open a customer ticket for technical reason, but some questions regarding licensing and product availability has been quickly and completely answered by e-mail.
Some minor features which is already available in other BI tools, even on Qlik View, is not available in Qlik Sense. As an example, I miss some kind of "share expression/measure" function in this tool. When we create a measure, we cannot use this as a source to another measure, or to an expression, instead, we must replicate that logic any and everywhere it is required.
Miroslav K.
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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QS is a very useful tool for creating tables, graphs and especially data analysis. In the company where I work, we are dedicated to the development of QS extensions, which means that QS is a fully modifiable software full of versatile possibilities. QS is used by many large corporations around the world and is considered one of the best software for analyzing vast amounts of data.
The only disadvantage of QS is that when processing a huge amount of data, you can see a slower system response, but this is something that can be expected.
Anita R.
Internet, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Qlіk Sеnsе hаs аll thе nесеssаrу tооls fоr vіsuаl рrеsеntаtіоn оf dаtа; іt іs lосаtеd іn thе tаb “Mаіn Elеmеnts”. All thеsе еlеmеnts аrе еаsіlу trаnsfеrrеd tо thе wоrk surfасе. It іs роssіblе tо сrеаtе nеw іtеms bу sіmрlу drаggіng. Sіmрlіfіеd funсtіоns аllоw уоu tо wоrk оn thе орtіоn drаg - аnd - drор. Thе sеlесtіоns іn thе рrоgrаm аrе vеrу sіmрlе, bаsеd оn Glоbаl Sеlесtоrs. Thіs funсtіоn аllоws уоu tо vіsuаllу сhаngе thе соlоr оf оbjесts, аnd sеlесts thе nесеssаrу dаtа fоr соnstruсtіоn.
In fасt, I dіd nоt hаvе аnу bіg рrоblеms fоr thе еntіrе tіmе оf usіng Qlіk Sеnсе.But thеrе аrе sеvеrаl nеgаtіvе роіnts оf thіs рrоgrаm. Thе рrоgrаm саn wоrk slоwlу іf уоu lоаd lаrgе dаtа оr іf уоu аrе nоt іn а gооd wіfі аrеа.
Paul N.
Public Relations and Communications, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Fantastic BI Analytical Software that will help you knit your data together and discover new opportunities within your data for marketing and sales. As far as advice goes - do not underestimate how long it will take to design the interface itself once you've got all the data together.
Quick to process large data sets Easy to merge differing data sets to a single view intuitive tools to drive development Great active online forum/blogs to help the less naturally gifted It is fun to use and discover your data with
Initial steep learning curve to get up to speed Set Analysis is not easy to pick up - misplace a bracket at your peril
Austin T.
Automotive, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Data is very clear and clean and easily accessible. The ability to customize the dash board and pull various reports from virtually any time period is clutch. You are able to easily see how the business is performing compared to the target performance indicators.
There is a lot of manual entry that needs to occur in order for the data to be properly displayed. Often times when checking metrics for 1 day, there will be more hours recorded than actual hours within the day (i.e. 24 hours in the day, but 30 hours have been input). Not too much of an issue if you have 1 person dedicated to maintaining the system -- but if several people are inputting data, this can become a head ache.
Manisha P.
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 10,001+ employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall I like this tool. I have worked on both QlikView which is a guided analytic tool and Qlik Sense which is a self service tool. Both has pros and cons.
1. It is self service BI tool, ease to use. 2. It has both ETL and Data Viz layer 3. Business user with structure data can quickly create dashboards out of it and share with others 4.It supports sending static reports through NPrinitng and embedding to another web application through Mash up.
1. It needs to add more visualization capability. 2. NPrinting development needs to be easy and less time consuming.