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AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. Yet AI use cases introduce new challenges beyond traditional data quality. It’s no longer enough for data to be complete and documented—it must also be accurate, timely, and diverse enough to drive meaningful, bias-free outcomes. Whether you're training machine learning models or powering real-time decision systems, AI-ready data needs a different lens for trust.
Earlier this year, we introduced Qlik Trust Score in Qlik Talend Cloud — a quality indicator that consolidates critical data quality metrics such as completeness, discoverability, and usage into a single, intuitive score. We also introduced the Six principles of AI-ready data, giving organizations a practical framework & associated services to assess not just the reliability of their data, but its readiness to drive AI-powered outcomes.
Then, in May 2025, at Qlik Connect, we took the next leap forward within the product, introducing Qlik Trust Score for AI as a capability integrated within Qlik Talend Cloud. As organizations double down on AI adoption, the definition of trusted data must expand to meet the specific demands of machine learning and intelligent automation. Qlik Trust Score for AI builds on our original framework by introducing new, purpose-built dimensions — empowering teams to evaluate whether their data is not only trustworthy but truly fit for AI.
Trust Over Time: Monitoring Data Quality Trends for AI Confidence
To help organizations operationalize data for AI, we've introduced three new dimensions into Qlik Trust Score, rooted in our six principles for AI-ready data.
AI-specific dimensions of Qlik Trust Score
Diversity
Evaluates how representative and well-distributed the dataset is relative to expectations. In AI, biased or narrow data leads to skewed outcomes and poor generalization. A high diversity score indicates that the dataset covers a wide range of relevant scenarios, populations, or types, ensuring that AI models are trained on broad, balanced, and inclusive information. It is calculated as a function of content evenness and expected volume—measuring how well values are balanced across the rows and columns, and whether enough data is present.
Configuring the diversity dimension of Qlik Trust Score for AI
For example, A customer churn model trained only on data from urban regions may underperform for rural customers. A high diversity score ensures the dataset includes varied geographies, age groups, and customer types, reducing blind spots in prediction.
Accuracy
Measures how well data aligns with known or expected truths using customizable validation rules. Inaccurate inputs can lead to compounding errors in AI systems, where even small mistakes can scale into significant misjudgments. By defining custom data quality rules under the “Accuracy” category, these rules can affect the accuracy dimension, allowing teams to quickly identify and address the most critical issues impacting model performance.
Categorizing the quality rule for the Qlik Trust Score
For example, in a predictive maintenance system, incorrect temperature readings from sensors (e.g., due to miscalibration) can cause false alarms or missed failures. Accuracy checks can flag such outliers or mismatches against expected ranges, preventing faulty model behavior.
Timeliness
Ensures that data is timely and reflects the most current state of the business or environment. For AI applications—especially those involving real-time predictions or automation—stale data can mean outdated or irrelevant outputs. This is calculated using an increasing function based on data pipeline updates. Thresholds can be defined to specify how recent data should be —once data falls outside that freshness time window, the score decreases.
Configuring the timeliness threshold window
For example, in a fraud detection model, transaction data that is even a few hours old may miss flagging a fraud as it happens. A high timeliness score ensures your model uses the freshest available data to catch data issues in real time.
Trust Over Time: Monitoring Data Quality Trends for AI Confidence
AI doesn’t just require high-quality data on a one-off basis — it demands consistent, high-quality data. That’s why we’ve introduced Trust Score Historization in Qlik Talend Cloud, transforming trust from a one-time evaluation into a continuous practice that can be monitored over time.
With this capability, you can:
Viewing the events and dimension updates to Qlik Trust Score over time
Conclusion
Qlik Trust Score for AI goes beyond a simple quality check — it’s a way to evaluate whether your data is truly fit for AI use-cases. With added AI-specific dimensions like accuracy, diversity, and timeliness, and the ability to monitor trust over time, it helps organizations deliver data that drives reliable, responsible AI outcomes.
Available in Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition, Qlik Trust Score is also foundational to building trusted data products
AI は未来の技術ではなく、既に今日のビジネスに欠かせない技術として幅広い分野で貢献しています。
本 Web セミナーでは、以下を実現する実践的なヒントやワークフロー、そして AI から価値を得るための知識を共有します。また、先進的な企業の具体的な導入事例や成功事例を通して、データを主要なビジネスワークフローや戦略目標を推進する AI 主導型アプリケーションへと変革する方法をご紹介します。
【開催概要】
日時:2025年 7月 24日(木)15:00 - 16:00
会場:オンライン
参加費:無料
満席をいただいた今回のユーザーミートアップは、Qlik Luminary & 幹事の萬様が司会を務められました。同じく幹事の荻本様より、4月に開催された意見交換会などの活動報告がありました。なお、次回は「データガバナンス」をテーマとした意見交換会の開催が予定されています。ぜひお楽しみに!
最初は、アステラス製薬様より「データドリブンな意思決定に Qlik Sense を ~わたしたちの 3 年間の取組み~」と題して、 BI 専任チームより Qlik アクセスのためのハブ作成、マネジャーへの NPrinting 配信などの取り組みをご紹介いただきました。
続くヒューマンアカデミー様からは、同社の学習プラットフォームのカスタマージャーニーにおける解約防止のためのキーポイントとそこで見るべきデータととるべきアクションといったビジネスプロセスなどをご紹介いただきました。
NECPC 様からは新しいプロジェクトに対応するため、短期間で Qlik Answers の検証を終え、わずか数ヶ月の導入期間・運用で問い合わせの削減という着実な成果を収めた事例を、デモを交えてご紹介されました。
前回に引き続きご登壇いただいた万葉倶楽部・コグニア様は、Qlik Sense を活用した顧客・営業分析の事例として、来館されたお客様のデータに基づき必要な施策を取ることで再訪率を高める取り組みなどをお話しされました。
ユーザー登壇の最後は学研様からの Qilk Connect 参加報告でした。Qlik の最先端に触れることのできるまたとない、かつ楽しい機会であったことを多くの写真と共に熱く語られました。
最後は Qlik より Qilk Connect で発表された数多くの新製品をご紹介しました。また、 第5回データソンが翌日 19日から始まることと、次回のユーザーミートアップと Qlik AI Reality Tour Tokyo が 10月 28日に同日開催されることが発表されました。ぜひ今からこの日は1日空けておいてください!
福岡から駆けつけた幹事松田様の乾杯で始まった懇親会では、新たに参画されたアドボケイトメンバーの紹介などもあり、いつも以上にユーザー様同士の交流が深まっていたようです。中には「次回のミートアップではぜひ登壇したい」と Qilk 社員にお声がけされたユーザー様もいらっしゃいました(ご登壇希望のユーザー様は、営業担当または Marketingjp@qlik.com までご連絡ください。ぜひよろしくお願いします!)。
本日、ご参加・ご登壇いただいた皆様、ありがとうございました!
エージェンティック AI とオープンレイクハウスという新しいソリューションを備えた今後の Qlik にぜひご期待ください。次回お会いするのを楽しみにしております。
Transformational. Innovative. Powerful. These are just a few of the inspiring terms customers use to describe Qlik and our product suite. Customer feedback and input are critical to Qlik’s success, and we regularly hear directly from our most active users through Qlik Nation, our gamified customer engagement hub.
Through interactive challenges and activities, Qlik Nation members connect, learn, and engage with Qlik and with each other. By completing challenges in the platform, members can receive early notification of new product features, boost knowledge through quality educational content, and have opportunities to influence the product roadmap. Qlik Nation also allows customers to demonstrate skills, network with peers, and amplify their personal brand. All while having fun and being rewarded!
And now, Qlik Nation members will be able to complete challenges while visiting Qlik Community. Current members will see a new carousel on the Qlik Community homepage inviting them to complete challenges, making it even easier for you to engage and earn points.
Customers are at the heart of everything we do, and Qlik Nation offers an exclusive experience for our most dedicated and passionate fans (Qlik Nation is a complementary platform to Qlik Community, which has open membership). What do our members say about their experience in Qlik Nation?
If you’re a Qlik end-user and want to learn more about how to join Qlik Nation, please email QlikNation@qlik.com. We’d love to hear from you!
Wharton Business School recently published an article that made a simple but powerful point. When working with data, don’t start by asking what data you have. Start by asking what decision you’re trying to make. (Wharton, 2024 Better Decisions with Data: Asking the Right Question - Knowledge at Wharton)
Once you know what you’re trying to decide, you can figure out what kind of data is helpful. Otherwise, you may spend time analyzing numbers that don’t matter.
It’s also important to stay curious. Be willing to question what you think you know. Sometimes the real insight comes from looking at things in a new way or noticing what’s missing.
AI is powerful and fast, but it doesn’t understand your goals, context, or values. That’s why human thinking is essential; we need people to see the big picture, ask the right questions, and make ethical, responsible decisions.
The Qlik Academic Program offers free access to powerful analytics tools, training, and certifications. Students build career-ready skills, professors bring real-world tools into the classroom, researchers uncover insights faster, and universities boost innovation in data education.
It’s free and it’s about learning to think with data.
Learn more: qlik.com/academicprogram
Hello Qlik admins,
This post is intended for customers who use the Qlik Sense Client-Managed mobile app with Microsoft Intune policy management practices as described in Azure app registration for Qlik Sense Client-Managed Mobile.
Qlik anticipates the release of the Qlik Sense Client-Managed Mobile app version 1.31.1 for iOS in the coming weeks. With this release comes an update to the integrated Microsoft Intune version to 20.5.0, which will also update the Microsoft authentication protocol in use.
Many devices will automatically update the mobile app build in the background. To prepare for the update and to continue utilizing Microsoft Intune/Entra policy management of the Qlik Sense Client-Managed Mobile app, pre-configure the new redirect URI msauth.com.qlik.qliksense.mobile://auth in your Azure portal.
Qlik supports only the current mobile app version in the app store. The end user migration to the new app is at the discretion of the customer; however, it is recommended all users upgrade immediately.
It is possible for users to continue Intune governance control with old and new mobile app versions.
Note that removing the old redirect URI (qliksense-intune://com.qlik.qliksense.mobile) for the mobile app versions before 1.31.1 will result in the old app no longer retrieving a policy from the Intune/Entra tenant.
For instructions on how to set up the Qlik Sense Client-Managed Mobile client with Microsoft Azure and Intune, see Add an Azure app registration for Qlik Sense Client-Managed Mobile | help.qlik.com. These instructions will be updated on the initial release of Qlik Client Managed mobile version 1.31.1.
The Android version of the Client-Managed Mobile app will receive a similar update in the near future. Subscribe to the Qlik Support Updates blog to stay informed, as we’ll be coming back with guidance on preparing for Android Intune support with version 11+ (to be confirmed).
Thank you for choosing Qlik,
Qlik Support
今年で 5 回目となる Qlik データソンに参加してみませんか?
今回のテーマは「デザイン」だけ!個人でもチームでも、センスとアイデアを存分に発揮して、Qlik Sense で魅せるダッシュボードを作成してください。もちろん、初心者のご参加も大歓迎です!アワード受賞者には豪華賞品も!お申し込みは、7/11(金)17:00 まで受付中です。奮ってご参加ください!
【課題】
【対象者】
【開催概要】
申込締切:7/11(金)17:00
成果物締切:7/18(金)17:00
投票期間:7/23(水)- 8/1(金)17:00(参加者による Web 投票および Qlik 審査員による審査)
授賞式:8/7(木)17:00 - 19:30(東京の某会場とオンライン配信のハイブリッド式)
テーブルに軸と数値だけでは味気ないと思ったことはないですか?ちょっと工夫すると下の図のような表現が可能です。計算以外で使用する関数は、Repeat, Chr, num だけです。
メジャーの数式に3つの要素を含めています。2つ目の列の案件数には下記の数式を設定しています。
1行目の chr() は、指定された整数に対応する Unicode 文字 (コード ポイントとも呼ばれる) を返します。09608 は■を示しています。Repeat関数は、指定された文字列を、2 番目の引数で指定された回数分繰り返した文字列を返しますので、案件IDの数だけの■が返ってきます。
Unicode は https://symbl.cc/ 等のサイトで調べることができます。
2行目は単純にハイフンが5つ返ってきます。
3行目はハイフンのあと、実際の案件数に書式を設定しています。
これらを & で連結して図のような表現になります。
3列目の案件金額は桁が大きいので、そのまま■を出すとかえってみづらいため、10,000,000で割った金額を使用しています。
あまり数値のばらつきが大きくない場合に有効な表現だといえます。
Happy Dueling !
The latest update to the App Analyzer brings a new feature: session-level data. Now, the App Analyzer can answer vital questions, such as which users are accessing which applications, how long they stay in each app, what sheets they use, the duration on each sheet, and the frequency of navigation between sheets. It also tracks the number of concurrent users within an app or across all apps in the tenant. The App Analyzer is released and updated by Master Principal Analytics Architect @Daniel_Pilla. He will monitor this thread should you have any questions.
In summary the App Analyzer’s key benefits include maintaining app size quotas, tracking user adoption, optimizing data models, and now analyzing user and session-level behavior.
The app analyzer can be easily programmatically installed along with all of the other monitoring apps via an out of the box Qlik Application Automation template. Please visit the links below for more information and to get started using it.
Qlik Cloud Analytics launched enhanced self-service scheduling capabilities on April 14th, 2025. Details about the new self-service scheduling functionality can be found in Scheduling data refreshes with tasks.
These new capabilities allow users to create multiple tasks to schedule refreshes of apps, scripts, and data flows. This replaces a self-service scheduling system offering one schedule per analytics asset.
In addition, the When data is refreshed configuration option has been removed. This option enabled users to automatically run reload schedules when dependent datasets generated by Qlik Talend Data Integration projects were updated.
Existing reload schedules (now organized as tasks) configured with the When data is refreshed option continue to function as they normally do. However, creating new tasks with this option or configuring it for existing tasks is not currently possible.
You can read more about the original implementation of the new self-service scheduling functionality in What's New in Qlik Cloud: Self-Service Scheduling – Task Chaining & Multi-Task Support.
Thank you for choosing Qlik,
Qlik Support
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Not able to make it live? Don't worry! All registrants will get a copy of the recording the following week.
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Hello Qlik admins,
The Qlik Sense Mobile SaaS mobile client (version 1.176.0 and later) now incorporates additional defense-in-depth security features that help ensure mobile devices meet various compliance standards. If the operating environment is found to deviate from these standards, access may be restricted and an alert issued. Please ensure that your organization’s mobile OS and network configurations are maintained in line with industry best security practices.
If the client detection feature determines the app is being opened on a compromised device, a message will display indicating the identified condition and the mobile app will not open.
Please note that no root or jailbreak detection method can guarantee 100% accuracy, as threat techniques continue to evolve. While false positives may occasionally occur, our detection mechanisms are implemented in accordance with industry-recognized security best practices.
Thank you for choosing Qlik,
Qlik Support
クラウドの 2 つのコンポーネントの名前を更新しました。機能性をより適切に反映させています。
移行期間中、リージョンによっては、古い名称と新しい名称の両方が表示される場合があります。
xlsx または csv ファイルを使用して、用語集を Qlik Cloud にインポートできるようになりました。さらに、JSON ベースの Qlik、Atlas、Atlan の既存のインポート/エクスポート形式に加えて、これらの形式で用語集をエクスポートすることも可能になりました。詳細については、「用語集のインポートとエクスポート」を参照してください。
ビジュアライゼーションのダウンロードがさらに高速化しました。ビジュアライゼーションのホバーメニューに「ダウンロード」オプションが追加されました。画像、データ、PDFを少ないクリック数で入手できます。
折れ線グラフの拡張機能が強化されました。ポイントと線に加え、形状を追加できるようになりました。サイズ、色、配置のオプションも選択できます。
セットアップ時にデフォルトのWindowsサービスアカウントを上書きする機能が追加され、いくつかの問題が解決されています。アップグレード手順と解決済みの問題の一覧については、「Direct Access Gatewayインストールのアップグレード」をご覧ください。
Direct Access Gatewayバージョン 1.7.0 以降は、Windows Server 2025 へのインストールが認定されています。
Snowflakeへのデータロードはバルクロードのみでした。今後は、バルクロードまたはSnowpipeストリーミングのいずれかを使用して、Snowflakeへのデータのオンボードまたはレプリケーションを行うことができます。
バルクロードと比較したSnowpipe ストリーミングの利点は次のとおりです。
Qlik アプリケーションの自動化 の新しい価格設定とパッケージが適用されました。標準実行は課金されなくなり、課金の対象はサードパーティ製の自動化実行のみとなります。毎月のサードパーティの利用分を使い切ると、超過料金が適用されます。ユーザー ベースのライセンスの場合、制限を超えると、アクティブなサードパーティ ブロックを使用した自動化を実行できなくなります。
詳細については、「Qlik アプリケーションの自動化 のサードパーティの実行へのパッケージ移行」を参照してください。
Only Iceberg makes this possible
Partitioning is one of the most critical aspects of optimizing query performance in big data systems. Traditionally, partitioning strategies are set when a table is created, and altering them later is nearly impossible without costly data migration. Apache Iceberg, however, introduces partition evolution, enabling seamless changes to partitioning strategies without rewriting existing data. This blog explores how partition evolution in Apache Iceberg revolutionizes data partitioning.
When creating a table, it is essential to plan partitioning based on how the data will most frequently be queried. This helps minimize query scan times and enhances performance. For instance, if most queries filter data by year, the table should be partitioned by the year column:
CREATE TABLE sales (
id BIGINT,
amount DECIMAL(10,2),
sale_date DATE
) PARTITIONED BY (year(sale_date));
To maximize query performance, SQL queries should include the partition column in the WHERE clause:
SELECT * FROM sales WHERE year(sale_date) = 2025;
This approach ensures that the query scans only relevant partitions instead of performing a full table scan, thereby significantly improving efficiency.
As data evolves, the way it is queried can also change. Suppose the sales data initially needed only yearly partitions, but as the dataset grew, analysts began querying data on a daily basis. This requires switching from year-based partitions to day-based partitions.
With traditional data lakes (e.g., Hive, or Delta Lake), changing partitioning requires:
This process is cumbersome, error-prone, and resource-intensive. A more flexible solution is needed.
Apache Iceberg eliminates the constraints of traditional partitioning by allowing partition evolution without requiring data migration. This means you can modify partitioning strategies dynamically as data and query patterns change. It’s as easy as simply ALTERing the existing table with the new partition strategy.
With Iceberg, when a partitioning strategy changes, new data follows the updated partitioning scheme, while older data remains under the previous partitioning method. Queries against the table automatically apply the correct partitioning strategy based on the data being accessed.
Initially, the table is created with yearly partitioning:
CREATE TABLE sales (
id BIGINT,
amount DECIMAL(10,2),
sale_date DATE
) USING ICEBERG PARTITIONED BY (year(sale_date));
Over time, as query patterns shift to daily filtering, we can evolve the partitioning without recreating the table:
ALTER TABLE sales SET PARTITION SPEC (day(sale_date));
Now, new data follows daily partitioning, while old data remains in yearly partitions. Iceberg's query engine intelligently applies the appropriate partitioning strategy:
Since Iceberg automatically handles partition pruning, queries remain efficient without requiring any special handling:
SELECT * FROM sales WHERE sale_date = '2025-03-01';
The engine applies daily partitioning for newer data and yearly partitioning for older data, ensuring optimal query performance.
Even though the SELECT query above used “sale_date” and not Year(sale_date) or Day(sale_date) in the WHERE clause which is what was the partition scheme, iceberg intelligently is able to use the partitions correctly. This is possible owing to its Hidden Partitioning feature.
Traditionally to partition the table based on Year or Day of the sales_date, the table must have a column explicitly defined and the query must explicitly include the partition columns (year) in queries (in the WHERE clause).
CREATE TABLE sales (
id BIGINT,
amount DECIMAL(10,2),
sale_date DATE,
Year INT
) USING PARTITIONED BY Year;
SELECT * FROM sales WHERE Year = 2025;
But Iceberg has hidden partitioning, which eliminates the need for users to be aware of how data is partitioned, including eliminating the need to explicitly add columns like Year which could be inferred from sale_date. With Iceberg, partitioning is handled automatically, allowing users to simply write:
SELECT * FROM sales WHERE sale_date BETWEEN '2024-01-01' AND '2025-03-28';
Iceberg produces partition values by taking a column value and optionally transforming it. It supports transforms like Year, Month, Day, Hour, Truncate, Bucket, Identity and is responsible for converting the column (sales_date) into the specified transform (year) and keeps track of the relationship internally. There is no need for an explicit Year column.
Thus, Iceberg automatically applies partition pruning, making queries more intuitive and less error-prone. This also ensures that queries remain valid even when partitioning evolves from yearly to daily or any other strategy.
Conclusion
Apache Iceberg’s partition evolution removes the constraints of static partitioning, allowing data engineers to adapt partitioning strategies as data grows and query patterns evolve. Unlike traditional approaches that require expensive table recreation and data migration, Iceberg enables seamless partition changes while preserving historical data structures. If your workloads demand scalability and flexibility, Iceberg is the ideal solution for efficient and future-proof data management.
As AI transforms analytics from a retrospective, descriptive tool into a forward-looking, strategic asset, companies are now moving beyond using data for operational improvements and are leveraging AI to drive strategic initiatives, create personalized customer experiences and optimize supply chains.
AI-driven analytics is not just about prediction and optimization; it also fosters innovation. By rapidly testing hypotheses and learning from data, organizations can experiment at scale, uncover new business opportunities and adapt to changing market conditions faster than ever.
To read more about this article on Forbes, visit: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/01/28/how-ai-has-changed-the-world-of-analytics-and-data-science/
Qlik is a data analytics leader and is leading AI innovation with powerful data integration and responsible governance, a unique analytics engine, and cutting-edge AI solutions.
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In this blog post, I will cover some enhancements that have been made to the Pivot table. The Pivot table is like a Straight table in that it takes multiple dimensions and measures, but what makes it stand apart from the Straight table is that the columns and rows can be reorganized providing various views and subtotals. The Pivot table can be found in the Qlik Visualization bundle under Custom objects.
The styling option continues to improve, giving the developer flexibility in styling the header, dimension, measure, total and null values in the chart. Text and background colors can be adjusted based on an expression as well. Rows can be indented, which I like because it looks more compact and takes up less space on the left.
Indented
Not indented
As you can see in the images above, a row can be presented as a link by changing the Representation to Link and adding a URL.
Indicators can also be added to cells alongside the text to call the user’s attention to something. For example, in the image below, a red yield indicator is shown when the sales value is less than 1,000 and a green dot is shown when the sales value is greater than 20,000.
Right-to-left support is available in the Pivot table as well for those who read right-to-left.
This setting can easily be toggled in the Settings of an app in the Appearance section.
While in view mode, rows and columns can be expanded or collapsed by either clicking the – or + sign or by opening the menu and selecting collapse or expand. From the menu, the sort order, search and selections can also be set.
Another enhancement of the Pivot table is the ability to use a cyclic dimension for the rows or columns. In the Pivot table below, a cyclic dimension with 3 fields (Category Name, Product and Product Name) is used for the rows. Notice that only one field of the cyclic dimension is visible at a time.
From the Pivot table, the cyclic dimension can be changed by opening the menu and selecting the desired dimension. To learn more about cyclic dimensions, check out one of my previous blog post.
Try out the Pivot table (found in the Visualization bundle) the next time you are developing an app to make use of the new enhancements. Check out Qlik Help for more information on the Pivot table and take a look at the What’s New app to see the Pivot table used in this blog post.
Thanks,
Jennell
Custom CSS has been a popular workaround in Qlik Sense for years, helping developers tweak layouts, hide buttons, and get around styling limitations. But things are shifting. With the Multi-KPI object being deprecated and native styling options getting stronger with every release, it’s a good time to rethink how we approach custom styling in Qlik Sense moving forward.
In this post, we’ll break down:
Let’s dive in!
Why is custom CSS used in Qlik Sense?
In the past, Qlik’s built-in styling options were limited. That led to many developers using CSS to:
Most of this was made possible by either creating custom themes, building extensions, or using the Multi-KPI object as a helper to inject CSS code. But as powerful as these techniques were, they also came with downsides, like breakage after updates or difficulty governing app behavior at scale.
So, What’s Changing?
The biggest shift is the deprecation of the Multi-KPI object, which has served as a popular CSS injection tool. Here's what you need to know:
EOL of the Multi-KPI object is May 2026:
If you’ve been using the Multi-KPI as a styling workaround, it’s time to plan for alternatives.
Native Styling Has Come a Long Way
Before reaching for CSS, it's worth exploring what Qlik now offers natively. Many of the styling tweaks that once required CSS are now fully supported in the product UI.
Here’s a quick look at recent additions:
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Native styling available now or coming in the next update |
Straight Table |
Background images, word wrap, mini charts, zebra striping, null styling, header toggle |
Pivot Table |
Indentation mode, expand/collapse, RTL support, cyclic dimensions |
Text Object |
Bullet lists, hover toggle, border control, support for up to 100 measures |
Line Chart |
Point and line annotations |
Scatter Plot |
Reference lines with slope, customizable outline color and width |
Layout Container |
Object resizing and custom tooltips |
Navigation Menu |
Sheet title expressions, left/right panel toggle, divider control |
And this list keeps growing. If you're building new apps or redesigning old ones, these built-in features will cover a huge percentage of use cases.
Many deprecated CSS tricks are now native. Check out the full Obsolete CSS Modifications post for examples and native replacements.
What About Themes?
Themes are not going anywhere. In fact, they remain the most robust and supported way to apply consistent styling across your app portfolio.
With custom themes, you can:
You can still include CSS files in themes, but remember:
If you're new to themes, Qlik.dev has a great guide to get started, or checkout my previous blog post for some tips and tricks.
Still Need Custom CSS? Here’s What You Can Do
If your use case goes beyond what native styling or themes can handle—like hiding a specific button, or styling based on object IDs—you still have a few options:
What's Missing
A lot of Qlik users have voiced the same thing: "we still need an officially supported way to inject CSS at the sheet or app level"
Some have suggested:
Qlik has acknowledged this feedback and hinted that future solutions are being considered.
What You Should Do Today
That’s a wrap on this post. With more native styling features on the way, I’ll be keeping an eye out and will be likely sharing a follow-up as things evolve. If you're in the middle of refactoring or exploring new approaches, stay tuned, there’s more to come.
Qlik Sense では自動でダッシュボードの色を変えることができます。例えば昼と夜、ダッシュボードを開く時間によって色を変更することができます。シートアクションとLocaltime関数と変数を使って簡単に設定ができます。もちろんスイッチで切り替えることもできます。
アプリは Qlik Showcase でご覧いただけます。ここでは設定方法をご説明します。
1. 色を切り替えるためのスイッチとなる変数を作成します。
0 が昼モード、1 が夜モードとしています。
2. シートのスタイル指定で背景画像を設定します。
3. シート全体の大きさのレイアウトコンテナを作成し、スタイル指定で背景色に[数式を使用]で if 文で色を設定します。ここでは、変数 vTime が 0 の時は透明、そうでないときは半透明の黒を指定しています。
4. 同様にチャートの背景や要素の色も if を使って設定します。
今回のアプリでは、チャートの背景は vTime が 0 の時は半透明の白、1 の時は半透明の黒を設定しています。
チャートの要素はそれぞれ、明るいオレンジやブルーと、濃いめの赤や紺を設定しています。
チャートによって少し色を変えたり、ColorMix関数を使用したりしています。
5. ダッシュボードを開く時間によって色を変更するために、シートアクションを設定します。
ここでは朝5時よりあと18時になるまでは vTime に 0 (昼)、そうでなければ 1 (夜)を設定しています。
6. 任意に色を切り替えられるように、昼用と夜用のボタンを作成し、vTime を変更できるようにします。
フォントの色には数式が使用できないので、昼と夜のどちらのモードでも読める色にする注意が必要です。
遊び心のあるダッシュボードの作り方をご紹介しました。お試しください。
Hello Qlik Community!
June has arrived, ushering in the start of the beloved summer season—at least here in the States. As the days get warmer and brighter, we’ve got a couple of fresh updates to share in the Community this week:
Forums Renamed
We’ve aligned the forums with the new name changes:
Scroll bar for board selector
Added a scroll bar to the board selector on the homepage
As we step into summer together, we’re excited for everything the season—and this community—has in store. Keep an eye out for more updates coming soon.
Your Qlik Community Managers,
Melissa, Sue, Jamie, Nicole, Tammy, Caleb and Brett
@Melissa_Potvin @Sue_Macaluso @Jamie_Gregory @nicole_ulloa @Tammy_Milsom @calebjlee @Brett_Cunningham
One standout success is Lwam Teklay. Originally from Ethiopia, she studied applied computer science at Thomas More after transferring through the EU’s Erasmus+ program. It was there she encountered Qlik through a data visualization module and discovered a powerful tool that would shape her future.
“My first impression of Qlik was how easy it was to use,”
— Lwam Teklay, Data Consultant at EpicData
Teklay’s introduction to Qlik came during a project where she analyzed flight delays at Schiphol Airport using Qlik Sense. The assignment required building multi-sheet dashboards to identify causes of delays, allowing her to combine storytelling and data in a meaningful, intuitive way.
“You can use Python for visualization, but Qlik makes it faster and more accessible,” she said. “You don’t need to code everything—you can focus on insights.”
This practical approach reflects the core philosophy at Thomas More. According to lecturer Ellen Torfs, who leads the university’s Business Intelligence and Visualization module:
“It’s important to go beyond theory. Even students going into development need to understand how to present and work with data.”
All 140 IT students take the Qlik-based module, leveraging the Qlik Academic Program’s free software, training, and certifications. The learning journey is structured to grow confidence while giving students flexibility to explore complex data tasks in an approachable way.
Teklay’s journey didn’t end in the classroom. She took her skills further during an internship with EpicData, working on a project titled “Sensor to Savior”. Using open-source data from the Catalan Water Agency and additional datasets from Kaggle, she built two dashboards analyzing Catalonia’s water supply. One dashboard was designed for the general public, while the other delivered real-time operational insights for water management professionals.
“I used Qlik AutoML® to add predictive features. The fact that I could use one platform end-to-end—data integration, analysis, and prediction—was a huge advantage,”
— Lwam Teklay
The project sparked interest from government bodies and even inspired conversations with a Belgian water treatment operator. Most importantly, it led directly to a full-time job offer from EpicData, where Lwam now works as a data consultant.
“The Qlik Academic Program helps students discover their strengths—whether it's data modeling, analytics, or storytelling,”
— Frédéric Vissers, Qlik Consultant at EpicData
This story is more than a personal win—it’s a model of what’s possible when academic institutions and industry align around data literacy. It’s also a powerful example of the Qlik Academic Program’s mission in action: equipping students with real, marketable skills that open doors and solve real problems.
👉 Want to bring these opportunities to your students? Learn more: https://www.qlik.com/academicprogram