Pivot Table in QlikView application
A Pivot Table is a data summarization tool found in business intelligence software or spreadsheets. The Pivot Table can be used to count, total or average the data stored in a table, spreadsheet or SQL database table. A Pivot Table can be used for automatic sorting purposes.
Creating a Pivot Table in QlikView application
Step 1: Open the QlikView application
It is the first step, in this step you must open the QlikView application then go to "File" -> "New" then this window will be opened.
Step 2: Open Edit Script
The second step is to open the edit script window from "File" -> "Edit Script".
- Then this window will be opened.
Step 3: Click on "Table Files...".
In this step we import our Excel file and click on the Open button.
Step 4: File wizard type
Then this window will be opened. Here you can see your Excel file table and click on the Finish button.
Step 5: Code of edit script
Now, in the edit script the Excel file is uploaded successfully and reload it.
Step 6: Save file
The next step is to save our QlikView file.
Step 7: Sheet property window
The sheet property window will be opened. In this window you add fields that you want to display as a table and click on the OK button.
Then you will see this window.
Step 8: Select chart
In the menu bar, there is an option of layout then click on layout and select chart.
Step 9: General Window
In this window there is an option for Pivot Table, then select Pivot Table and click on the Next button.
Step 10: Add dimension
In this window we add a dimension because dimensions describes calculated data.
Step 11: Edit expression
In this window we perform an aggregate function with a dimension and click on the OK button.
Step 12: Expression window
Then this window will be opened and click on the Finish button.
Step 13: Final window
Then you will see the Pivot Table.
Summary
This article introduced Pivot Tables in QlikView and also describes how to create a Pivot Table in a QlikView application.