Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Data Modeling
Up until now, we've seen the HighCloud Airlines team becoming familiar with
QlikView and its powerful analytic capabilities and data association engine. The
time has come to establish how their first production application will be developed,
starting with its very core: the
Data Model
.
We've constructed a data model in the preceding chapters using pre-processed
tables, so it was an easy task. In this chapter however, we will dig into the hows and
whys of data model design in QlikView, exploring different scenarios and learning
about the inner workings of QlikView's associative engine. This enables us to take
the most advantage of the dataset we will be analyzing.
In this chapter, you will learn about:
• Which type of data model is best suited for QlikView
• The different "rules" that need to be followed when designing data models
for a QlikView document
• How to best take advantage of the associative data model to make your
documents highly dynamic
• How to work with tables and the associations between them
