Incremental Load (extracting only new or changed rows from the database) requires a table column that identifies when a row has been updated. This is usually a datetime column like “LastUpdate”. The script extracts the max timestamp from the existing QVD and uses it to create a select predicate like: ...
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In Qlikview training we survey chart types and visualization principles. In this post I’ll walk through a recent Qlikview assignment and how I applied those design principles. The problem statement is this. System A sends many thousand transactions daily to System B and requires a reasonable response time to support the business process involved. Occasionally, the ...
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I received several questions regarding my post Monitoring the Reload Schedule. Surprisingly the questions were not about the monitoring solution, but rather using Alerts. I’ll summarize the questions and answers here. Can I loop through field values in an Alert? Not directly. But you can create multiple alerts that use ...
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Monitoring successful operation is an important aspect of any IT system.  What kind of monitoring is useful for Qlikview? I’ve found the following monitoring important in a Qlikview Server installation: Notification of individual reload failures. This capability, sending an email on reload failure,  is included in all editions of Qlikview Server ...
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The Now() function operates differently in script and charts. This post will highlight one difference that has tripped up even experienced developers. Our example script requirement is to extract rows of data where the “TransactionDatetime” field value is within the last 24 hours. We’ll use the “Now()” function to establish ...
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