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Senior BI Systems Analyst at PTC
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Has made our business users empowered to build their own reports with minimal IT intervention.

What is our primary use case?

  • Used by our business users for day to day reports
  • Users build their own apps
  • Users also consume apps built by the IT team.

How has it helped my organization?

Qlik has made our business users empowered to build their own reports with minimal IT intervention.

What is most valuable?

  • Easy to use and learn: gets the users up and running with a basic training session
  • Agile: quick to develop an app and iterate on
  • Stable: stability with a large number of users.

All the above have made users very happy.

What needs improvement?

  • More visualizations 
  • Automated report delivery 
  • Cross app data sharing 
  • Easy app sharing options with specific users.
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For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Great.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable but adds more coat.

How are customer service and support?

Good so far.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solutions.

How was the initial setup?

Simple.

What about the implementation team?

Vendor Axis. Good level of expertise.

What was our ROI?

Great.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

  • Setup time was very quick and easy
  • The cost was similar to other vendors.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

What other advice do I have?


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Works at radical
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Assists with our data-driven philosophy and allows for tasks that were previously impossible
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of QlikSense is that you can capture the data without modifying it and then perform the ETL (extract, transform, and load) process."
  • "Currently, we are not very happy with the iPad or iPhone app because it is not working as we want."

What is our primary use case?

I built a pilot in QlikSense for an existing customer with QlikView.

I had to learn all about QlikSense in a short period to develop a complete application. It was very easy and fun for me to jump into a new version of Qlik.

Currently, I love QlikSense and I continue learning about it.

How has it helped my organization?

With QlikSense, our company can tackle some projects that we never could have before. We are improving all areas or departments and we are building a real data-driven philosophy around data and the power of information. A lot of tasks are now very easy, whereas previously they were impossible.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of QlikSense is that you can capture the data without modifying it and then perform the ETL (extract, transform, and load) process. It is all much faster and safer. In addition, it is also easy to connect to any type of data source.

What needs improvement?

Currently, we are not very happy with the iPad or iPhone app because it is not working as we want. It is not very friendly and we very often have login errors.

GeoAnalytics is getting better in each version, but from my point of view, GeoAnalytics has a lot of points to improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for more than five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Inspires and encourages our users to be more proactive when it comes to using company data
Pros and Cons
  • "This tool not only allows for consumption of the data in a visual way, but also allows the user to modify the question to get new answers."
  • "The product could be improved by implementing a user-feedback ranking system."

What is our primary use case?

I use this solution to provide my organization with a self-service BI Tool. This tool not only allows for the consumption of the data in a visual way but also allows the user to modify the question to get new answers. This tool is used mainly to show the company data and KPIs using perspectives that are unique to the user.

How has it helped my organization?

Qlik Sense has inspired the users to question the data more. They are interested in making sure there is data quality in the sources and has helped make some quick decisions without the need to do repeat analysis. Qlik has saved users time and lowered the number of requests for analysts to perform ad-hoc reporting.

What is most valuable?

I think all of the features in Qlik Sense are vital to the product. I enjoy being able to use the ETL features, as well as the front-end scripting (set-analysis). The most valuable feature is that all pieces work together as a platform that allows you to easily provide BI solutions.

What needs improvement?

The product could be improved by implementing a user-feedback ranking system. This would inspire the new development to be prioritized by the community so that the most requested features would come first. Power BI (Microsoft) currently uses this solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

Two years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Managing Director at aufinia consulting
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Provides support for our customers with the help of drag and drop dashboard creation
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution has improved our organization by making our analysis results available to customers."
  • "A valuable improvement for this solution would be the enabling of us to host dashboards for our customers."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is making dashboards for customers.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution has improved our organization by making our analysis results available to customers.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the drag and drop dashboard creation.

What needs improvement?

A valuable improvement for this solution would be the enabling of us to host dashboards for our customers.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three years.
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The fast and intuitive interactivity of charts and dashboards are invaluable

What is our primary use case?

Applications designed to provide fast and reliable access to financial reports and client profile analysis.

How has it helped my organization?

  • It provides the ability to integrate our applications with ERP web-based frameworks. 
  • It also gives us the opportunity to develop our apps to be used on mobile smartphones and tablets.

What is most valuable?

The fast and intuitive interactivity of charts and dashboards and the ability to create your own stories in a report.

What needs improvement?

Better visualization options on charts such as pivot tables, and better control over total lines in the pivot and straight tables without the need to download extensions to accomplish this task.

For how long have I used the solution?

Still implementing.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use QlikView at the moment, but QlikSense is more modern and can be integrated with web-based systems.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Assistant Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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Gives all inventory details in real-time, but the bookmarking needs improvement
Pros and Cons
  • "Qlik Sense has helped us in getting all inventory details in real-time ready for our sales reps to order and fulfill our inventory based on demand."
  • "Needs more bookmarking and a data load screen."

What is our primary use case?

Our sales reps are using it in the field to get updated information on inventory details when reaching out to our warehouse to fulfill stock.

How has it helped my organization?

Qlik Sense has helped us in getting all inventory details in real-time ready for our sales reps to order and fulfill our inventory based on demand. The dashboards have been really helpful in getting our data insights.

What is most valuable?

Custom scripting in Qlik is great, which is useful when customizing the tool in different ways to suit our needs.

What needs improvement?

  • Bookmarking
  • Data load screen
  • More real-time analysis, like Power BI
  • Easier ways to push data into product for viewing second-by-second data.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three to five years.
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Capacity Analyst at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
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I like the charts and tables and how they interconnect.

What is most valuable?

The charts and tables and how they interconnect. The speed at which you can drill down into a single row of data amongst 100s of millions like we have is amazing.

How has it helped my organization?

We can now view where and how we lose hours (ie. vacation, bereavement, sickness, training, union business, etc.)

What needs improvement?

Training resources in print.

For how long have I used the solution?

1.5 years

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

They're good, but sometimes lack in responding on time.

Technical Support:

5/10 - really needs improvement, we can't be expected to spend large amounts of money in consulting fees every time we need something, especially when you're not providing training resources.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

I'm not the IT administrator, so can't really answer that.

What about the implementation team?

In-house.

What was our ROI?

Hard to measure that.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, we looked at Domo and QlikView.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Operations and Delivery Leader at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Enables us to create a dashboard with live data and make decisions based on the information provided
Pros and Cons
  • "We can generate various graphs, various reports and we can mainly use it for dashboard related things. We can create a dashboard with live data and we can make decisions based on this information,"
  • "I would like for it to be more of a plug and play with all of the tools and sources. It would make it much easier to use."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for analytical purposes, like business queries and service management queries. 

What is most valuable?

We can generate various graphs, various reports and we can mainly use it for dashboard related things. We can create a dashboard with live data and we can make decisions based on this information.

What needs improvement?

I would like for it to be more of a plug and play with all of the tools and sources. It would make it much easier to use. 

It should take less time to margin my reports and they should have reusability of existing data to make it easier for coding.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is quite good, we have not experienced any downtime or slowness. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In regards to scalability, we'll see if we can have a more concurrent user and speed will be as good as what we're experiencing now. As soon as we put more load connections, we hope that it has the same outcomes. Right now, we have less than 50 users but our plan is to increase by almost four times to 100 in our first year and down the line, it would be 300 plus.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is quite good. It's comparatively really nice. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy. It's easy to install and user-friendly. The deployment didn't take more than two weeks.

What about the implementation team?

We deployed in-house. We required two staff members.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing is quite good, easy, but slightly expensive. We'll keep increasing the number of users and then we can probably get better discounts.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Jay PandyaOperations and Delivery Leader at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User

It's one of the best BI tool I have used .. worth to try and explore against your need.

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