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Qlik Cloud tenants hosted in the Europe (Ireland) region will undergo scheduled maintenance in August 2026 to upgrade the database supporting the underlying authentication service. The upgrade strengthens our ability to deliver a secure and reliable experience.
The maintenance window is expected to last 30 minutes.
Other regions are unaffected.
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Sign up for the Private Preview and get hands-on with real-time Iceberg tables in your own Google Cloud project — no lock-in, no re-architecting.
If you're running analytics on Google Cloud, you already know the tension. BigQuery is fast and familiar, but the more data you pour into it, the more your ingestion and storage bill climbs, and the more your data ends up shaped around one engine. You want the performance without the lock-in, you want your data to stay yours, and you want to free up some budget for more valuable workloads.
That's exactly the problem Qlik Open Lakehouse solves — and we're getting ready to launch a Private Preview on Google Cloud this September that you can be part of.
Qlik Open Lakehouse gives you a fully managed way to ingest real-time data straight into Apache Iceberg tables that live in your own Google Cloud Storage buckets. No proprietary formats, no copies, no re-architecting your data layer. Query those same tables from BigQuery, Trino, or any Iceberg-compatible engine, and pay a fraction of what you'd normally spend moving and storing that data.
If you've followed our work on AWS, this will feel familiar — and that's the point. We're porting a proven architecture to Google Cloud, not building a science experiment.
Open Lakehouse builds the bronze layer of your medallion architecture, ingesting and landing real-time data as optimized Apache Iceberg tables, with the heavy lifting executed in your own Google Cloud project. From there, push-down transformations in Qlik Talend® Cloud pipelines create your silver and gold layers directly on BigQuery. Here's the path your data takes, stage by stage.
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1 · Ingestion at the edgeYour sources land through two paths. For change data capture and bulk loads from databases, SAP, and mainframe systems, the Qlik Data Movement Gateway sits in your managed environment and handles CDC and bulk ingestion. For streaming and event data, you connect Kafka topics or Google Cloud Storage directly. Both routes feed the landing stage without your data ever leaving your control. Later in the Private Preview, we'll also add support for Qlik Replicate as a source, so if you're already a Replicate customer, you can onboard data from your existing CDC sources into Iceberg without migrating a single pipeline or switching tools. |
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2 · Compute in your projectTwo components run on Google Compute Engine inside your environment. The Network Integration Agent runs on a standard Compute Engine VM and brokers secure connectivity between the Qlik Talend Cloud tenant and your resources. The Open Lakehouse Cluster — the engine that writes and optimizes your Iceberg tables — runs on a Compute Engine managed instance group built on Spot VMs. That Spot-based design is deliberate: it's where a large part of the cost savings comes from, because you're running the ingestion and optimization workload on Google Cloud's most cost-efficient compute instead of always-on, premium-priced infrastructure. |
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3 · Open storage you ownEverything lands in Google Cloud Storage, split across a landing bucket for incoming data, a config bucket for pipeline metadata, and table storage where your data comes to rest as Apache Iceberg tables. These buckets are in your account. The data is written in an open table format from the start, so there's never a moment where it's trapped in something only Qlik can read. |
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4 · A catalog any engine can useIceberg tables are registered in the Google Lakehouse runtime catalog, so your tables are discoverable and governable through Google Cloud's native catalog rather than a Qlik-proprietary one. That's what makes zero-copy querying real: BigQuery reads the same tables through ELT, and so can Trino or any other Iceberg-compatible engine, all pointing at one physical copy of the data. |
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5 · A managed bronze layer, ready to build onThe pipeline moves through managed stages — landing, storage, and mirror — to produce clean, governed Iceberg tables without you hand-coding each hop. You get Type 1 and Type 2 slowly changing dimensions or append-only patterns out of the box, so history and current-state tables are handled for you. We'll also add zero-copy mirroring to BigQuery during the Private Preview, so you can surface your Iceberg data straight in BigQuery. If you want to replace an existing native table, you can, since downstream queries keep working exactly as before. |
The result: real-time data flows from your sources into governed, query-ready Iceberg tables in your own Google Cloud Storage, optimized continuously, queryable from BigQuery and beyond — and you never gave up control of a single byte.
We didn't start from zero for Google Cloud. Qlik Open Lakehouse first shipped on AWS, where it's already running these same patterns: CDC and streaming ingestion, Spot-based compute for cost-efficient optimization, Iceberg tables in customer-owned object storage, and open querying across engines.
Bringing it to Google Cloud is a deliberate step toward feature parity across clouds. The architecture mirrors what's proven on AWS, adapted to Google Cloud's building blocks: Compute Engine in place of EC2, Google Cloud Storage in place of S3, BigQuery and the Google Lakehouse runtime catalog as the native query and catalog layer. Same engine, same principles, GCP-native execution.
This matters because of what it says about our direction. We believe you should be free to choose where your data lives, which engine queries it, and to change your mind later without a migration project. Delivering the same open lakehouse capability across AWS and Google Cloud, with more to come, is how we make that freedom real rather than a slide in a pitch deck.
Everything above maps to three things we care about:
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Query from BigQuery, Trino, or any Iceberg-compatible engine, and swap or add engines later without re-architecting. No lock-in to a single vendor or format. |
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Spot VM compute and zero-copy, single-storage architecture mean you spend far less to move and hold your data at scale. |
We're accepting participants now, and we're prioritizing organizations already standardized on Google Cloud and working with BigQuery or Apache Iceberg in their accounts.
Request your spot in the Private Preview →Opt in through the form and the Qlik team will reach out to schedule a welcome call. Already signed up? Sit tight — we'll be in touch.
エンタープライズ AI 戦略において、Snowflake 上のデータ基盤整備は急務となっています。本展示では、基幹システムからのリアルタイムのデータパイプライン構築、データ抽出コストを最適化できる Iceberg レイクハウス、分析とデータエンジニアリングをシームレスにつなぐ MCP サーバーをご紹介します。統合からインサイト創出まであらゆるデータから価値を生む AI 時代の最新アプローチをご体験いただけます。
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The app has reduced the time recruiters spend screening resumes by quickly identifying candidates with the most relevant skills and experience. This has enabled faster, more consistent candidate evaluations and helped uncover qualified applicants who may have been overlooked during manual reviews.
Effective August 6th, 2026, the following breakdowns need to be enabled for Ad Accounts using the Stitch Facebook Ads connector:
breakdowns=impression_device (and any combination including impression_device)breakdowns=hourly_stats_aggregated_by_audience_time_zonebreakdowns=frequency_valueThis change is driven by Facebook. For details, see Ads Insights API -- Breakdown Availability Changes | developers.facebook.com.
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小売未来 Days 2026は、「未来のヒントが集まる、小売・流通業界の最前線を学ぶ」をテーマに開催する、 業界最大級のイベントです。業界のトップランナーや実務家、専門家が登壇し、小売・流通業界の多様な課題に対し、DX、リテールメディア、EC・OMO、 物流改革、需要予測、AI活用など、未来の成⻑に欠かせないテーマを網羅的に解説します。
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サッポログループのデータ基盤構築とQlik採用の背景
Universities play a critical role in developing these capabilities, but they should not have to do it alone. Meaningful collaboration between academia and industry can help educators connect curricula with workplace needs while giving students practical experience before they begin their careers.
This is the purpose of the Qlik Academic Program.
The program provides qualified university educators and students with free access to Qlik technology and learning resources. Members can develop experience with Qlik Cloud Analytics, Qlik Predict, Qlik Answers and Qlik Talend Cloud, exploring the complete data journey—from integrating and preparing trusted data to visualization, predictive analytics and AI-powered answers. They can also access self-paced learning pathways, ready-to-use teaching materials and Qlik product qualifications that help them demonstrate their knowledge.
Access, however, is only the starting point. The greatest impact happens when these resources become part of meaningful, hands-on learning.
Across EMEA, we have seen the results of this approach. At the University of Worcester, a two-day bootcamp gave students the opportunity to build practical analytics skills with support from Qlik experts. Every participating student passed the Qlik Business Analyst Qualification. At AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland, an advanced workshop introduced master’s students to predictive analytics, AI and practical business applications. Further collaborations across Germany, Portugal, Spain and other markets are helping educators bring current industry technology and real-world problem-solving into their classrooms.
Our Educator Ambassador community strengthens this work further. These educators champion data literacy within their institutions, exchange effective teaching practices and help us understand how academic needs are evolving. Their experience ensures that the program remains grounded not only in technology, but also in the realities of teaching and learning.
None of this happens through software alone. Educators contribute subject expertise and an understanding of their students. Qlik colleagues and volunteers share technical knowledge and industry experience. Students contribute curiosity, creativity and new perspectives. Together, they create learning environments in which data becomes something students actively explore rather than simply study.
For Qlik, this makes the Academic Program much more than a free technology initiative. It is a long-term investment in the global data and AI ecosystem. Students who graduate with practical experience, stronger data literacy and Qlik qualifications enter the workforce better prepared to create value with data. They may become future analysts, consultants, customers, partners, educators or innovators—and their capabilities will benefit the organizations and communities they join.
Preparing tomorrow’s workforce is a shared responsibility. By connecting accessible technology, relevant learning resources, committed educators and industry expertise, we can help students move confidently from classroom knowledge to career-ready capability.
The Qlik Academic Program is proud to support that journey.
Are you a university educator or student? Discover the Qlik Academic Program and start your journey today!
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Qlik Digest is back. Every month we bring you the insights, product knowledge, and real-world stories that keep you one step ahead, because staying current shouldn't feel like hard work.
In this issue
Find out how NKT uses Qlik to predict staff absences, cut reporting from weeks to seconds, and give customers straight answers on delivery.
See How NKT Gets Answers in Seconds →Qlik Cloud® now includes AI agents built specifically for data engineering teams. See what's new and how to put it to work.
Watch the 30-Minute Webinar On-Demand →Slow apps erode trust. This member article from Qlik Community walks through five foundational best practices to keep your Qlik applications fast, scalable, and responsive.
Fix Slow Apps →Demand for one running shoe spikes, 48 hours to respond , one trusted data product means the business is ready before the moment arrives.
Watch and See How It's Done →
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Qlik Digest is back. Every month we bring you the insights, product knowledge, and real-world stories that keep you one step ahead, because staying current shouldn't feel like hard work.
In this issue
Rethinking pipelines, data operations, and data quality for the Agentic AI era
AI initiatives demand ever more context, trust, and resilience from your data. This whitepaper shows what agentic data engineering means for you.
Read the Whitepaper →
MillerKnoll went from 80% of support tickets being integration failures across 18 ERP systems to launching a full order fulfilment platform in six weeks with Qlik Talend.
See How MillerKnoll Eliminated Pipeline Failures →Qlik Talend Cloud® now includes AI agents built specifically for data engineering teams. Watch the webinar to see what's new and how to put it to work.
Watch On-Demand →Demand for one running shoe spikes, 48 hours to respond, one trusted data product means the business is ready before the moment arrives.
Watch and See How It's Done →Proprietary warehouse formats make switching expensive. This Techspert Talks session shows how to build an open lakehouse on Apache Iceberg with Qlik Open Lakehouse, no lock-in.
Watch Now →多くの方にご参加いただき、盛況のうちに終了した「AI Reality Tour Tokyo 2026]では、Qlik による基調講演やテクノロジー講演、Qlik のユーザーが語る先進的な事例、Qlik のパートナー企業による最新のソリューションなど、企業の AI 戦略を成功に導く最新情報をご紹介しました。
当日の Qlik の基調講演とテクノロジー講演をオンデマンドでご視聴いただけます。予測 AI / 生成 AI / エージェンティック AI を統合した Qlik の最新製品をご紹介します。
※本 Web セミナーは、2026年 6月 10日(水)開催の「AI Reality Tour Tokyo 2026」 における Qlik 講演を録画したものです。
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Qlik が描く AI とデータ活用のビジョン、信頼できるデータ基盤によってAI の精度・連携性・拡張性を高める取り組みを解説します。AI アーキテクチャの中核として、エージェンティック AI や意思決定を支えるデータ基盤の役割と最新イノベーションを紹介します。 |
| テクノロジー講演 - データ分析 | 生成 AI の進化に伴い、Qlik が目指す 分析 と AI の全体像を紹介するとともに、信頼できるデータ基盤やAIによる意思決定支援の考え方を解説します。さらに、Qlik Answers® や Qlik MCP Server のアーキテクチャと実装、生成 AI との安全な連携をデモを交えてご紹介します。 |
| テクノロジー講演 - データ統合 | AI 活用を支える信頼性の高いデータ基盤の構築手法を解説します。Qlik Talend Cloud® による AI 活用型データパイプライン、自動最適化や多様なデータ連携、データ品質向上、Iceberg を活用したデータ共有まで、AI-ready なデータ基盤の実現方法をデモを交えてご紹介します。 |
本 Web セミナーシリーズは、最新のデータ活用と分析の知識を身につけられるオンデマンドの Web セミナーです。6 週間にわたり、毎週 1 本ずつ新しい Web セミナーを公開していきます。
Qlik の年次グローバルカンファレンス「Qlik Connect」において、特に人気を集めたプレゼンテーションを厳選。データ主導文化 / Qlik Answers / 予測 AI / MCP / ガバナンス / 最先端のデータパイプラインなど、インサイトを行動につなげる実践的なアイデアや事例を徹底解説します。
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AI 時代の DataOps:AI を活用した Qlik Talend Cloud® パイプライン構築のコード化 |
今すぐ始めるエージェンティック AI:Qlik Answers® のエージェントで生産性を最適化 |
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Qlik Talend Cloud® の新機能と活用例 |
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Iceberg の活用例:Qlik Talend Cloud® でレイクハウスを構築 |
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エージェントの未来:データ品質とガバナンスの自律化、分析 / AI 向けの ELT を容易に実現 |
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At the beginning of 2026, the Qlik Reporting Service expanded its offering with support for Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint report capabilities. For the duration of the first half of the year, these report formats have been executing in an unmetered state.
As of August 1st, 2026, these report formats will be metered. Customers using Word and PowerPoint reports will notice an increase in the report execution metrics.
If you are a customer making use of these report formats, you should review your consumption and ensure that your Qlik Reporting Service quota is adequate for your aggregate report consumption at this time.
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Qlik constantly refines its Analytics, over time replacing old charts with new, modernized alternatives. These deprecations are announced well in advance and come with instructions on how to best replace these old charts, whether that is to use a new one, several new ones, or make use of new settings.
This blog post covers the deprecation of charts in May 2027 and offers you guidance on how to replace them.
The following seven visualization bundle charts are up for deprecation in May 2027. Most have already been removed from the asset panel and are no longer a part of recent applications.
Since these are old charts, most are no longer in use. If you happen to still have a very old application and need to replace deprecated charts, see Visualization bundle > Deprecated charts for more information on what to use instead.
Qlik recommends reviewing your apps for old charts. Depending on your platform (Qlik Cloud or Client-managed), there are different methods you can deploy.
Qlik Cloud administrators should use the Qlik Cloud Monitoring Apps to track the usage. The App Analyzer has a sheet dedicated to where deprecated charts are being used on a tenant in Qlik Cloud. The App Analyzer is based on usage events rather than scanning every app. Use the App Analyzer to find which apps and sheets have charts that need to be updated to newer and more modern alternatives. The easiest way to install and update the Qlik Cloud Monitoring Apps is to use the automation template. If you already have the App Analyzer, just remove the automation and install a new one to get the latest version of the App Analyzer.
For client-managed installations, use the Content Monitor app, included in every Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows installation beginning with the May 2026 release.
The Content Monitor has a sheet for tracking deprecated charts. At reload, the Content Monitor app scans every app in the installation to list all applications and sheets that are using charts that are being deprecated. It also lists the installed extensions and their deprecation status.
If you want to track usage in prior versions, download the Qlik Sense Content Monitor from the Qlik download page. It comes bundled with the required Object Scanner.
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Every year, thousands of students ask the same question: is data analytics still a good career bet? The 2026 numbers say yes. In Data Analyst Job Outlook 2026, 365 Data Science analyzed over 1,000 real job postings to map what employers actually want from data analysts today. The report adds a wider signal, citing a US Bureau of Labor Statistics projection of 23% job growth by 2032.
The research highlights four trends shaping the data analyst career in 2026:
Across all four, one theme repeats: the market rewards professionals who combine hands-on analytics skills with the ability to explain, question, and communicate data. That is data literacy, and it's exactly what the Qlik Academic Program helps universities build.
The program gives students free access to the full Qlik stack, from data integration and Qlik Cloud Analytics to Qlik Answers and agents, alongside courses, qualifications, and certifications. Students don't just read about visualization and AI-assisted analytics; they build dashboards, integrate real data, and learn how AI-driven decisions are made. Those are precisely the skills leading the 2026 hiring data.
Professors are supported too, with training and ready-to-use teaching resources that make it easier to bring analytics into the classroom, so curricula keep pace with a job market that is evolving faster than any syllabus revision cycle.
The report's conclusion is encouraging: the field isn't oversaturated for those with the right combination of skills. For students, the best time to start building that combination is before graduation, with real tools, real data, and credentials employers recognize.
By giving students, professors, and universities free access to analytics software, learning content, and certifications, the Qlik Academic Program helps learners graduate ready for a career field that the data shows is still growing.
Join our global community for free: Qlik Academic Program: Creating a Data-Literate World
To all Talend customers,
This is an advance notice that, to enhance both your security and experience, Java 21 will be required to launch Talend Studio starting with the 2026-06 release.
This change only concerns the Talend Studio desktop application. It has no impact on the Jobs and Services you build with it, which will continue being compliant with Java 17 runtime environments (and Java 8 for Big Data Jobs).
Along with this change, the June release will come with many additions from a Java version perspective:
For further questions, please start a chat with us to contact Qlik Support and subscribe to the Support Blog for future updates.
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There’s a moment every data team knows. An executive questions a number in a dashboard. An AI model returns a recommendation that doesn’t make sense. A downstream report shows a discrepancy no one can explain. The root cause turns out to be a data quality issue that has been sitting in the pipeline for weeks.
The frustrating part is that the issue rarely originated where it was found. It perhaps started upstream, from an incorrect transformation, a schema change that wasn’t handled, or a source system that began emitting invalid values two sprints ago. Every unidentified data issue compounds downstream, driving rework, slowing decisions, and eroding trust in analytics and AI. Gartner research estimates that the cost of poor data quality averages $12.9 million per organization annually.
By the time an AI app or a business user surfaces the problem, it has aged, compounded, and become harder to trace. There is a better containment model, and software engineering figured it out years ago.
In software development, “shifting left” means moving quality and governance checks earlier in the lifecycle. Barry Boehm’s research quantified why it matters for code development. A defect caught during development costs the least to fix, a defect found during testing costs considerably more, and a defect that reaches production costs the most by far. The multiplier compounds at every stage you move downstream, because context degrades, blast radius widens, and the fix becomes harder to isolate. Software engineering recognized the problem years ago, internalized it and reorganized the whole discipline around it. This gave rise to DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) framework for continuously improving software delivery.
Furthermore, the DORA concept can be applied to other domains beyond just software engineering. Indeed, we can apply it to data engineering as well, specifically data quality. Thinking through the lens of DORA metrics, KPIs such as deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery can be mapped to equivalents within data quality engineering.
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Just like code, data follows the same curve. A quality issue caught at ingestion costs a fraction of what it costs when it surfaces in a dashboard, a regulatory report, or an AI model.
Shifting quality left has a specific meaning for data engineers. Validation logic runs at the point where data is created and transformed, not the point where it is consumed. When a new source is onboarded, completeness and schema checks run immediately. When a transformation is written, it carries assertions about what the output should look like. When a pipeline runs, anomaly detection fires in real time, not three weeks later when someone notices a metric looks off. This repositions the data engineer from pipeline builder to quality-accountable producer.
The data engineering role itself is changing in the process. Hand-crafting rule expressions and wiring checks into every job used to fill the day. Qlik’s Agentic Data Engineering capabilities, now generally available in Qlik Talend Cloud changes what that work looks like. With the Data Quality Agent, an engineer describes what good data looks like in plain language; the agent finds the target dataset, checks existing fields and rules to avoid redundancy, generates the rule expressions, and lets the engineer refine them before anything is written. The engineer directs and reviews; the agent does the mechanical work. Building pipelines and fixing data quality issues becomes a higher-leverage discipline allowing the quality coverage to widen well beyond the specialists who used to own it.
Shifting quality left only works if you can see what is happening across your pipelines. This is where data observability comes in, and it is worth being precise because it is often conflated with monitoring.
Monitoring tells you that something failed. Observability tells you why, when it started, and where it originated. A monitoring check might flag that a table has unexpected nulls. An observability signal tells you that null values in a specific column rose 40% over the last two hours, that the spike correlates with a transformation updated yesterday, and that this pattern has appeared twice before in the past month. That is a signal you can act on.
Effective observability means instrumenting pipelines continuously for freshness (is data arriving when it should?), completeness (are expected volumes showing up?), schema consistency (are structure changes propagating correctly?), distribution drift (are values behaving as they historically have?), and rule conformance (are business-defined constraints holding?). These run as ongoing signals that are continuously woven into the operational fabric.
The Qlik Trust Score for AI condenses the trustworthiness of a dataset or data product into a single, intuitive measure. Because Trust Score is tracked over time, an engineer can compare it before and after the Data Quality Agent acts — seeing exactly which signals moved the score and by how much. The evolution of Trust Score becomes the feedback loop: every new rule, every remediation, and every schema change shows up as a measurable shift, so the impact of each intervention is visible rather than inferred. When you combine that visibility with earlier enforcement, you get a compounding effect. Rules embedded in pipelines generate signals upstream. These signals surface issues while they are still close to the source. Resolution happens faster because the context is fresh. Over time, you build a map of where your data is fragile and where it is reliable, and you address quality proactively rather than reactively.
The technical model only works if the organizational model supports it. Traditional data quality programs concentrate ownership in a small governance team operating at a remove from the engineering work. That team defines policy. Engineers implement pipelines. Governance audits outputs. The feedback loop is long, and by the time an issue surfaces through that channel, it has already caused downstream harm.
The old stereotype was governance as the data police: no, you can’t use that field, please attend next month’s council. Even well-run enablement teams operated from the outside, persuading and reminding everyone else to comply. That does not scale. Quality and governance that survives AI shows up where the work happens, in pull requests, in CI/CD, and in the pipelines themselves.
A left-shifted model distributes accountability differently. Data engineers own quality at the point of production. Domain teams are responsible for the data they generate. Business stewards contribute the contextual judgment automated systems cannot provide, because they know what “correct” means for their domain and can tell a real problem from expected variance.
This is a change in how quality work is structured and who participates, not a reorganization. Automated checks handle the mechanical layer. Human judgment handles the interpretation layer. Two more of the new agents in Qlik Talend Cloud make that split workable. Data products are how the gap between data producers and data consumers finally closes — producers publish a governed, contract-bound asset; consumers get something discoverable, documented, and safe to trust. The Data Product Agent manages the full lifecycle of a data product through conversation, with pre-activation validation, dependency awareness, and explicit confirmation before anything is created, deactivated, or deleted. Producers evolve the product without breaking downstream consumers, and governance is enforced at every step without adding process overhead, yet allowing human judgment to be in the loop at each decision point. The Catalog and Business Glossary Agent then makes those products understandable in business terms. It derives glossary terms from business domain context, data product structure, field metadata, and app measures and dimensions, and links each term to the assets it describes. Documentation stays in sync with the data instead of rotting the moment someone renames a column, and other agents inherit correct, governed metadata to reason over.
The Data Quality, Catalog and Business Glossary, and Data Product Agents, along with Declarative Pipelines, are all generally available today in Qlik Talend Cloud. Clive Bearman walks through each one, with demos, in the full launch announcement: From Intent to Trusted Data: Agentic Data Engineering is Now Generally Available. If you are ready to move quality upstream, start here:
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Joining host Adam for this tournament check-in are two guests who bring very different — and very complementary — perspectives to the table:
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Together, they make for a fascinating collision of human intuition and machine intelligence.
So… How's the Model Holding Up?
Spoiler alert: football is doing what football does best — keeping everyone on their toes.
The early group stage threw up some genuine surprises, including a record-breaking number of red cards in a single game that no model could have seen coming. As Steve puts it, those early outlier results tested the predictions, but the group stage format — with three games per team — gives the model room to self-correct and normalize over time.
Nick adds important context around this year's expanded 48-team format. With two-thirds of teams now qualifying for the knockout stage (up from half in previous tournaments), team strategies are shifting in ways that add yet another layer of complexity for any prediction model to navigate.
The Real Challenge: The Knockout Stage
Both Steve and Nick agree — the real test for AI prediction is still to come. In the group stage, there's room for recovery. In the knockout rounds, it's winner takes all. One upset, one red card, one moment of magic from an unexpected player, and the model is back to square one.
That's what makes this experiment so compelling. It's not just about whether the AI gets it right — it's about understanding where and why it gets it wrong, and what that tells us about the limits of data-driven forecasting in a sport defined by human unpredictability.
The Wisdom of the Crowd
One of the highlights of the episode is a peek behind the curtain at Qlik's Choose Your Champion app, where over 330 people have submitted their own World Cup brackets. The crowd's favorites? Spain, France, and Brazil — a fairly conventional set of picks that will be fascinating to measure against the model as the tournament progresses.
There's also some fun analysis around national bias — how likely are fans to pick their own country to win? (England fans, it turns out, are more realistic than you might expect. The French, less so.)
Why This Matters Beyond Football
At its heart, Model vs. Mastery is about something bigger than the World Cup. It's about the relationship between AI and human expertise — when to trust the data, when to trust your gut, and how the two can work together to make smarter decisions.
Whether you're a football fan, a data professional, or just someone curious about how AI performs under pressure, this episode has something for you.
Don't Miss Out — Update Your Bracket!
If you haven't joined the Choose Your Champion competition yet, it's not too late. Head to the app, plot your path to the final, and see how your predictions stack up against both the AI model and the wisdom of the crowd. A team jersey from Adidas is up for grabs for our top prediction champion — not a bad prize for getting your football picks right.
And if you've already submitted your bracket, now is the time to revisit your knockout stage picks and make sure you're backing teams that have actually made it through.
Episode 2 of Model vs. Mastery is available now. Catch up on Episode 1 if you haven't already, and stay tuned for our final episode where we'll find out once and for all — did the model win, or did human mastery prevail?
The beautiful game. The power of data. Let's see who comes out on top.
Watch Episode 2 “Inside the Tournament” and create or update your bracket today!
Qlik Answers was built to do real analytical work: investigate root causes, reason across dimensions and time, and explain not just what happened but why. That depth is what our customers value most, and it isn't going anywhere.
But not every question needs an analyst. Sometimes you only need a number. What was the revenue last month? Top 10 products by margin? Open orders in EMEA right now? These are lookups, not investigations, and they deserve their own gear.
On the 7th of June 2026, Qlik added one: Fast Mode is now live in Qlik Answers, providing one assistant with the effort matched to the question. To read more about the release, see What's new in Qlik Cloud.
Fast Mode gives you near-instant answers to simple questions on your structured data, so quick checks feel as natural as glancing at a KPI. Thinking Mode remains your deep analyst for everything else, with all the reasoning power you rely on today.
Together, they work the way a great analyst does. Ask what sales were last month, and you get the number immediately. Ask why sales dropped in the North region, and the assistant rolls up its sleeves and does the work properly. Same assistant, same governed data, two gears.
Plenty of AI tools can answer quickly. The question is whether you can trust what comes back.
Fast Mode is grounded in your app's governed semantics from the first query: master measures, master dimensions, your calendar logic, and your section access. When Fast Mode says "sales," it means sales exactly as your organization defines them, rather than AI math or a plausible-looking guess. You will get the same governed definitions your dashboards run on, at conversational speed.
And when a question deserves more than a fast answer, Fast Mode won't pretend otherwise. It tells you the question calls for deeper analysis and offers a one-click "Think harder" that hands the same question, full context intact, to Thinking Mode.
No need for rephrasing or starting over.
Fast Mode is currently available for structured data: questions answered from your apps, master measures, and master dimensions.
The rest of what makes Qlik Answers powerful stays with Thinking Mode. Questions over unstructured content like documents and knowledge bases, answers that blend structured and unstructured sources, and requests that trigger automations all need real reasoning, and Thinking Mode is built for exactly that.
That's a deliberate split: fast lookups where speed matters, full reasoning where the work demands it.
We know where the appetite goes from here, and we're watching how you use both modes closely. For now, if your question touches documents or kicks off an automation, Thinking Mode has you covered.
A simple rule: if a colleague could answer from memory using your apps, use Fast Mode. If they'd need to open the app, read the documents, or take action, that's a job for Thinking Mode.
Fast Mode: "What was revenue last quarter?" "Top 5 regions by margin." "Open orders in EMEA right now?"
Thinking Mode: "Why did margin compress in Q2?" "What does our returns policy say, and how many orders does it affect?" "Flag these accounts and notify the owners."
Pick wrong? One click fixes it.
Try it today! Fast Mode is available now in Qlik Answers. Ask the question on your mind and see how fast a trusted answer can be. Then ask a hard one, hit "Think harder," and watch the assistant do what it does best.
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