Advanced Workshop Differences between relational databases and QlikView Synthetic keys and circular references The examples and exercises are found in the folder SyntheticKeys_CircularRef. What happens when you get a synthetic key in QlikView? Examples and exercises show different ways to solve the problem of synthetic keys. Joins and concatenations The examples are found in the folder JoinConcatenate. Examples show how different kind of join:s (inner, outer, left, right) and a “concatenate load” works. There is also an example of how to aggregate records before joining a table, to avoid the problem with multiple records that will otherwise occur in a one-to-many or many-to-many relationship. Inter record functions in layout and script The examples and exercises are found in the folder InterRecord. The subfolder “Layout” contains exercises of how to compare records on different rows in pivot tables and straight tables using layout functions. The subfolder “Script” contains an example of how to accumulate values in the script using the “peek” function. Control structures The examples are found in the folder ControlStructures. The subfolder “DoDir” contains a script example of how to search a directory for specific files. The subfolder “For_Loop” contains an example of how to loop through subfolders when loading files into QlikView. The subfolder “While loop” contains an example of how to generate a number of dates based on a start date and end date, using a while loop. Conditional Expressions The example is found in the folder ConditionalExpressions. An example application shows how to use “if” conditions in layout expressions. It explains the differences between “if(x=y,sum(Value))” and “sum(if(x=y,Value))” Intervalmatch and Slowly changing dimensions The examples are found in the folder Intervalmatch. A basic example shows how to do an intervalmatch in QlikView. The subfolder “SlowlyChangingDimensions” contains a Powerpoint presentation that explains what Slowly changing dimensions are. It also contains examples of how to solve them in QlikView.

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Statement of account and Balance sheet The examples are found in the folders StatementOfAccount and BalanceSheet. The folders contain examples of how to make a Profit and Loss statement and a Balance sheet in QlikView using partial sums on different levels. YTD functionality The example is found in the folder YTD. An example application shows how to work with Year to Date functionality in QlikView.

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