topic Re: QlikView themes in QlikView

QlikView themes

kim_rormark — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:33:38 GMT

Hi all,

I am developing an application quite similar to the "QlikStart for SalesForce.com" demo that you all can find under demo.qlik.com (page 3).

I was wondering how to get the same look as that demo? I have tried to save the layout in the demo and then I applied it to my own document, but as I can see, not all design attributes came through. Is there any "how-to" on QV themes somewhere?

I appreciate all help!

Re: QlikView themes

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:45:19 GMT

Kim

Although i have not seen the Sales Force demo i have noticed recently that there is various differnet styles that can be achieved by changing the 'Styling Mode' between Simplified and Advnaced within the document settings for the application.

If you haven't found this app then i sometimes find it useful as you can look at the settings to see how the different styles are created. Things like sopying the colour of borders can be done easily by right clicking on a colour setting and copying the styling. You can then right click on another colour setting and pasting the style.

hope this helps

Lewis

QlikView themes

kim_rormark — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:58:25 GMT

Hi,

I will look into this. Thank you!

Re: QlikView themes

IAMDV — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:05:39 GMT

Hi,

I am assuming you have tried to Import the Themes. If not, please try the Import/Export Themes. Also, I generally load my colors & Images in the load script for re-usability.

Good luck!

Cheers - DV

Re: QlikView themes

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:08:49 GMT

What do you mean load any Images in the load script? sounds interesting...

Lewis

Re: QlikView themes

IAMDV — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:18:42 GMT

Hi Lewis,

When I develop QV applications. I generally have one or two design templates for RAD (Rapid Application Development). Infact sometimes I develop well designed prototype within a day or hours. So the idea to have a template and we just change the Color values to match the brand guidelines, very often it is two or three color theme. I mean we use Primary & Secondary colors and change these values in the load script and all the objects in UI will get changed based on these recently loaded values. Same applies to images, if there are multiple images in QV document then you use Bundle Load or Info Load.

The difference between Bundle & Info Load is the former embeds the image within the QV document, this means you don't need to provide external access to render the image. However, the later - Info load sits on the OS and need to provide access to render the image. Both have their pros and cons and it depends on your environment and requirement.

This way I can develop the UI within minutes and rest of the work will be on data model.

I hope it makes sense.

Good luck!

Cheers - DV

Re: QlikView themes

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:32:02 GMT

It does make sense, a lot of sense. Things like this are invaluable to pick up!

Many thank

Lewis

Re: QlikView themes

rajeshvaswani77 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:51:26 GMT

Hi DV,

I need help on creating a QlikView theme. I notice that the theme contains the style i.e. the colors/images/fonts. Also for each control we have to each time go through the theme maker wizard and create a theme. Is there a way to do this together? I am looking at a start-up template which is a start-off file for any project. I am impressed that you have designed templates for RAD ( Rapid Application development). Could you please share your ideas on this? This is something urgent I am looking at so that I could have consistencies in prjects going on. Could you please help? I did see your website, its an awesome concept.

Thanks,

Rajesh Vaswani

Re: QlikView themes

IAMDV — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:56:04 GMT

Hi Rajesh,

Sorry for delayed reply. I’m not sure what exactly you arelooking for themes. Generally I modify an existing theme and re-use the same.Also, I’d recommend you to export the document/sheet layout and try to re-usethe same. When you export these objects you will see underlying code in XML format.

Cheers - DV

Re: QlikView themes

rajeshvaswani77 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:01:00 GMT

Hi DV,

Thank you for the reply. How do we export the theme for the whole document? I find that for each control we can go and individually generate the theme. My purpose in doing this is to look for creating a default theme that is a standard all the QV developers inside a project follow. This is to make consistencies among the documents generated. To what extent I can control in my theme? I could have a wallpaper for my sheet and standardize on the fonts/colors of controls. Is there a way I could have a default control’s placed using the theme?

Thanks,

Rajesh Vaswani

Re: QlikView themes

Alexander_Thor — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:15:26 GMT

You could use the import/export function under File -> Import/Export -> Document Layout.

Not saying normal themes suck(...) but I stay as far away as possible from them

Usually we end up with a template application at customer sites that are then re-used, copied, for new application development. This template usually includes script best practices, design examples for every object available in QV and sheet designs that are "approved".

This allows a QV dev that is not so design savvy to simply copy-paste develop and create a nice looking app.

I would advice to keep a central repository of setting files that you then load with an include in your loadscript.

Text, border and other colors can easily be set via variables, something like LET color = RGB(0,0,0).

Change your settings file and the changes will then replicate out to all your apps after reload.

Also don't forget about the format painter and that you can copy objects between apps, there is no shame in stealing a design you like

Re: QlikView themes

rajeshvaswani77 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:24:17 GMT

Hi Alexander,

Thanks for your reply. I tried export and its generated tons of files for me. Really good functionality, I never saw this one. Can you tell me if we can have a theme such that some of the controls are added by default whenever i add a new sheet?

Thanks,

Rajesh Vaswani

Re: QlikView themes

Alexander_Thor — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:04:17 GMT

Sadly no. What you could do is have a sheet in your app that is a "template" sheet that contains current selections, search or whatevery you like and then simply copy that sheet.

That is usually how I approach it anyway. This is good for developers sitting with the desktop client but not so good for a user. For a user that wants his own sheet where he could add his own charts and so on I usually set up a tab called "My Tab" that has the same design, search and current selections objects but other then that totally blank.

Then the user can do whatever he/she likes.

QlikView themes

raghavsurya — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:20:25 GMT

Hi DV,

Can you pleas share one such example application, so that it will be very helpful for qlikview community. Thanks in anticipation.

Regards,

Raghav

Re: QlikView themes

IAMDV — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:52:33 GMT

Hi Raghav & Rajesh,

Alexander already provided detailed explanation above. However, I'll make a quick video on how to do this and I'll keep you posted once its done.

Hope that helps.

Cheers - DV

Re: QlikView themes

rajeshvaswani77 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:49:29 GMT

Thanks very much Alexander and DV. They were helpful. Nice to know somuch about Themes.

regards,

Rajesh Vaswani

Re: QlikView themes

swarup_malli — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:32:06 GMT

Hey Deepak,

I tried searching for the video in your website . I did not find it. Could you send me the link to it.

I was able to successfully export a layout from a existing qvw, but the problem is .The layout contains logo and pictures that I don't need.

How can I get rid of it.?

Thanks

Re: QlikView themes

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 05:00:05 GMT

Hi Deepak,

Can you please explain how to change colors, formats etc via load script?

Thanks,

Anju