Trouble charting data

[Anonymous]

Hello --

I am a beginner to Qlik and I'm working on my first big dashboard project. I am creating a Productivity Variance dashboard for our finance /production teams.

They have asked for a series of graphs but also want the straight table data underneath to allow them to analyze the raw data they have drilled down on.

The specific problem I am having is that they would like to be able to chart the overall variance hours (std production hours vs. actual production hours) by Qtr, Month, Week, Customer, Part #, and any combination of these.

How would I go about doing this? I started out by creating individual charts and then grouping them in containers - but I get the problem that some of the charts say "No data to display"  until I've drilled down to a certain level (say to a specific customer & part number).

My expression to gather this metric is fairly complex, and I'm wondering if that is my problem? In order to gather what I need, I have to do math against actual transacted qtys against the costs for the part, and then against the actual process hours reported for that workorder.

(((((If(Isnull(LABOR_LESS_SUBASSY_COST),LABORCOST,LABOR_LESS_SUBASSY_COST)/9.46)*60)) * Sum(TRANS_QUAN))-(((SUM(PROCESS_HOURS) * 60) / (SUM(TRANS_QUAN)))* Sum(TRANS_QUAN)))/60

I appreciate any and all help - and will gladly provide any more detail that is needed.

Thanks!

[#2]

Hi joe

would it be possible to have a set of data and an example of graphs you need ?

best regards

Chris

[Anonymous]

Attached is the sample data.

I am loading 4 primary tables:

• Transactions - Has all the transactional data for work orders
• Costs - Has all the labor costs for parts
• Labor Hours - Has the labor hours reported for a work order
• Customer - Has the customer name linked to the part number

Transactions.Part_ID -> Costs.Part_ID

Transactions.Workorder_ID -> Labor Hours.WorkOrder_ID

Transactions.Part_ID -> Customer.Part_ID

In order to calculate my standard labor minutes for a part, I have to perform math against the cost. We're only trying to capture the productivity at the top level, so if the part has a sub-assembly I need to use the labor cost less the subassembly. If the part does not have a sub assembly I use just its labor cost.

The formula I am using looks like this for that:

If(isnull(laborcost_lesssubassembly),laborcost,laborcost_lesssubassembly))/$9.46)*60

This formula should give me the calculated labor std minute for a part based on its labor cost (the 9.46 is a standard labor dollar amount that I made up for this sample)

Then in order to calculate the actual labor hours spend on a part, I need to summarize the transactions and labor hours for the work order/part and then multiply them by each other to get the actual reported time.

So:

Actual labor minutes: Sum(Transactions.Trans_Qty) * Sum(Labor Hours.Process_Hrs)*60

Difference back in hours: (If(isnull(laborcost_lesssubassembly),laborcost,laborcost_lesssubassembly))/$9.46)*60) - (Sum(Transactions.Trans_Qty) * Sum(Labor Hours.Process_Hrs)*60) / 60

Now - I need this data (the difference) to be bar charted by Qtr, Month, Week, Customer, Part, Customer/Part.

Does this help you?

[#4]

Joe,

to answer your first question "No data to display"

change in your formula 9.46 by 9,46  comma instead of dot

Chris

[#5]

Joe

to get Month, Week, quater, year

Transaction:

LOAD Part_ID,

     Part_No,

     Revision,

     WorkOrder_ID,

     Trans_Date,

     year(Trans_Date)        as Trans_Year,

     Month(Trans_Date) as Trans_Month,

     ceil(num(Month(Trans_Date))/3)        as Trans_quarter,

      week(Trans_Date)    as Trans_Week,

     Trans_Qty,

     LotNo

FROM

SampleData.xlsx

(ooxml, embedded labels, table is Transactions);

best regards

Chris

[Anonymous]

Hi christianj --

I have no trouble loading the data, and it seems to come together fine.

The trouble I am having is getting the data to chart correctly.

Because I have to first summarize all the transactions for a given workorder/part id/rev - it's not calculating my labor times it seems?

[Anonymous]

For example - I can create the chart when I include Workorder_ID, Part, and Customer as dimensions. But when I try to summarize down to just customer or a date, "No data to display"

Example:

Working:

Not working:

[Anonymous]

I've found that if I narrow down my selection to a customer and a part, the "customer" variance graphs. But until I drill down to that point, it's "No data to display"

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any suggestions? I cannot get this to chart by just 1 dimension. Only when I have both.

What would this indicate? If this is a newbie question, I apologize.