VIDEO: QlikView vs. Qlik Sense

click view and click cents are both data analytics applications from the business intelligence vendor click while these tools are made and sold by the same vendor they're similar enough that it's wise to compare the two before you decide on a purchase in this video we'll take a look at the different use cases capabilities and user types for click view and click sense but if you're still unsure about using any of clicks products we can help use our product selection tool at technologyadvice.com to get free bi software recommendations based on your specific needs we'll ask a few questions to get a sense of what you're looking for then we'll match you with five vendors we think you'll love click the link in the description to get started before we jump into what makes click view and click since unique it's important to note a couple things first both applications run on the same analysis engine you can think of them as different user interfaces for accessing the same underlying software in second click since is not meant to be a replacement for click view they are separate products intended for different functions while many modern analytics software tools like tableau and Microsoft power bi used query based analysis clicks products take a different approach click view and click sense are both built on an associative engine this means that instead of using a programming language like SQL to conduct data analysis through questioning which is often prone to flawed assumptions about how data should be related clicks associative engine looks at all of the possible associations in your data across all of your data sources both click view and click sense use color coding to show you what's related or unrelated to your data selections are highlighted in green related data is highlighted in white and unrelated data is highlighted in grey basically clicks engine tries to take as much human cognitive bias out of the equation as possible the idea is that by seeing how data is actually associated as opposed to how someone might think it could be associated users can get much more valuable insights from their data and arrive at conclusions faster with that in mind let's look at click view click view was clicks original data analytics app and it was built for guided analytics that being the case the software allows for considerable flexibility and data analysis and features a software development environment for developers and data scientists to create business use case application people from across the company can then use these applications to access different reports dashboards and calculations with click view non analysts are not able to make their own visualizations for developers and non developers alike click view is made to be collaborative you can access the software from your computer tablet or phone and communication tools like instant messaging and commenting make it easy to ask questions of colleagues click sense on the other hand is a self-service data discovery and analysis tool unlike click view you do not have to be a developer or data scientist to comfortably use click since effectively making every team member and analyst the user interface is much more modern-looking and drag-and-drop functionality makes it easy to quickly build attractive visualizations dashboards layouts and something click calls stories stories let you format your visualizations and easy to understand slides so that you can share them with other people who may not work in your department another huge difference between clixsense and click view is that click since is a SAS tool while click view is not choosing between click view and click sense comes down to what you're looking for in bi software one application is not necessarily better than the other but both are certainly better suited to different uses if you have a dedicated team of in-house developers and data scientists click view might be better for your company this is especially true if you work with very large complicated datasets or if you want to specifically focus analysis on certain reports and metrics likewise you might choose click since if you want to democratize data analysis within your organization click since gives every contributor the power to find insights within your company data letting anyone create charts dashboards visualizations and stories if you're still undecided between these two tools we can help visit our website at technologyadvice.com to use our product selection tool in less than 5 minutes we'll match you with 5 business intelligence winners that we think you'll love click the button on the left to get started

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