New: Qlik Sense Enterprise May 2023

Since Qlik Sense has focused mainly on the SaaS version, developments are moving incredibly fast. Almost every week, new features, functionalities and improvements are rolled out in Qlik Sense Cloud, where they can be used immediately. Many of these improvements are also bundled four times a year into a new release for Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. This month is no exception: with the May 2023 release, we have a good moment to take a look at the latest features that excite us. Business Intelligence consultant Stijn Verhoeff tells you more about them in this blog.

Straight Tables

The Straight Table has been rebuilt from the ground up. The most valuable improvement is the Alternative Columns functionality, which promises to make Self-Service a lot easier. Dimensions and measures can now be added to the table that are not shown by default, but are available to the user through the Chart Exploration option.

This allows users to decide for themselves which dimensions and measures should be shown or hidden. This makes it many times easier to switch quickly between different levels of analysis, something that until now required building a complex Ad Hoc table.

It is also possible to easily add multiple dimensions and measures at the same time and to set the column width for each column in different ways. If too much data is shown by default, you can also choose the Pagination option, which shows only a set number of records at a time.

For now, the Straight Table can be found in the Visualization Bundle, but it is expected to replace the current Table.

Filter Panes

The functionality of the good old Filter Panes has been considerably expanded. For example, frequently used filters can now be shown as a 'Grid' instead of the regular drop-down list. This makes it easier to use common filters such as a year or month selection. In terms of layout there are even more new options, such as Compact Mode and Check Box Mode, which enable new ways of displaying filters.

A histogram can now also be added to the Filter Pane, showing the absolute or relative frequency of each value per field value. This quickly and easily gives an idea of which values occur most often within the current selections. Please note: this works best with fully denormalized tables; if the field contains only unique values, it will add little value.

Styling Options

The Styling options have been extended for many objects with a number of new possibilities, to customize the 'look and feel' of a dashboard even better.

It has recently become possible to use a custom font in the (sub)titles of many objects. This will be extended further, so that axes and values can also use a custom font. If an organization has defined a number of fonts in a style guide, these can now also be added to a custom Theme. This way, these fonts are always shown as the first option.

Object Functions

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