Qlik Introduces AI Improved Search with Semantic Search

[MattSmart]

In an upcoming update, searching within Qlik will be improved with Semantic Search.

[MattSmart]

Soon Qlik will introduced semantic search for Qlik Analytic apps. These improvements in the search feature will allow users to find applications by name or description using natural language search. What does semantic search mean? Semantic search allows a user to search for apps using context and intent to gain further useful results. Please keep in mind that a semantic search will only apply to app names and the descriptions, so make sure to describe your apps accurately for best results.

How can we put semantic searches to use? Maybe I want to find apps that contain information on mortgages. Before with Qlik, if I searched ‘mortgage’ in my search bar, I would get zero results.

Now with the improved search feature, I can use semantic search by clicking ‘Show more results’, to do a secondary search, powered by AI to look through my app catalog for results that may not contain the word ‘mortgage’, but words that are related to or relevant to mortgages. Below you will see that semantic search has found an additional app, ‘Consumer Bank 360’.

Semantic search uses AI to connect mortgages, and banks, giving you a relevant result.

Now we can take things a bit further. Maybe I want to explore my apps that are not only named after sports, but sports related as well. I can simply use natural language to query ‘sports related’. Before, I would receive zero results, but with the semantic search, I am given three results.

AI has connected that football and basketball are sports, returning the College Football Stats and 2021 NCAA Bracket Mania apps, but also recognized that that Recreation Equipment Sales app maybe also have information tied to sports.

These are great use cases, but that isn’t the extent of what semantic search brings to the table. Now the search feature can find results not only based on a few keyword matches, but now we can find results using a natural language search. For example, I could search using a full sentence, and return results based on that question. Here we’ve asked, ‘Can you give me information on Medical sales?’. And we’re returned apps that are related to medical sales.

Semantic search will soon be available in your own tenant. Be on the lookout for the updated ‘Show more results’ button so you can test out semantic search for yourself!