topic Re: design guidelines for qlikview in QlikView

design guidelines for qlikview

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:38:28 GMT

I'm trying to design some screen layouts for a client who uses Qlikview 10 but can't find any advice on things like screen dimensions, background graphics, custom graphics/buttons etc. Does such a thing exist? At the moment it's all guess work and seeing what's on demo sites. Any advice?
Thanks

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:17:46 GMT

Hi Giles,

As you mentioned, the demo site is a great place for inspiration when trying to create a QV app, and even more if you never did one before.

When creating a QV app, there are many best practices to keep in mind like Design and User Experience, Data Visualization, etc. So, the short answer again is: check the demos if you are in a hurry. But if you have the time, try reading books and websites about these topics.

Kind regards.

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:27:57 GMT

Thanks Borja

What I'm really looking for is a how to design for Qlikview book or user guide on Qlikview. The data crunchers are taking care of displaying data types I just need to be able to visualise how it could look. should i base this on a 990px wide screen, can I use jpeg background images, can I put in a custom graphic of a pie chart. Things like that. If it exists.

Thanks

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:36:19 GMT

I'm afraid there is not a book about just Design for QlikView. There are some very good books about QlikView but they explain many aspects such data modelling, expressions etc. and not just about design.

But, yes you can use PNG, BMP or JPG images for background (and also for logos or images using the Text Object object).

The width depends on the resolution used by the users, but usually 1024px is recommended.

And I'm afraid you can't change the pie chart but you can use some kind of layering with Text Object if you want to make a chart look different, as seen in many infographics. I don't know if you are thinking about this but just in case I'll share with you this link to the blog qvdesign by Matthew Crowter.

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:49:51 GMT

Thanks Borja. I'll take a look.

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

rajeshvaswani77 — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:52:39 GMT

Hi Giles,

Please see attached PDF.

Hope this helps.

thanks,

Rajesh Vaswani

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:23:37 GMT

Thanks Rajesh

Giles Culkin

Freelance Graphic Designer for Screen and Print

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:52:12 GMT

See the website: //http://qvdesign.wordpress.com/

Look in the forums.

There's a lot of free advices about what to do and what do not.

My regards.

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

ngulliver — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:56:06 GMT

Hi, Giles.

There are several useful books you could get hold of.

QlikView For Developers by Barry Harmsen. An excellent guide to QlikView Development.QlikView 11 For Developers: Amazon.co.uk: B Harmsen, M Garci: Books

Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few. Not QlikView specific but has some well considered thoughts on the best way to display data. Information Dashboard Design: Displaying Data for At-a-Glance Monitoring: Amazon.co.uk: Stephen Few: Books

Regards,

Neil

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

jaymerry — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:24:02 GMT

Thanks for the file.

Best Regards,

Jaymerry

Re: design guidelines for qlikview

arturbrandys — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:47:05 GMT

This the corrected link:

http://qvdesign.wordpress.com/