Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
What is a SiB?
A SiB (an acronym for Seeing is Believing) is the proof-of-concept session in which,
during the pre-sale process, the technical capabilities of the QlikView software are
demonstrated to the prospective customer. The way we demo QlikView at this stage
usually involves creating a targeted QlikView document that uses the customer's
actual data in a limited amount of time.
That's why, in this chapter, we will build a QlikView document based on real and
useful data, focused on HighCloud Airlines' line of business. The dataset we will
use is publicly available and covers information about airline operations in the US.
The original data files have been downloaded from The Bureau of Transportation
Statistics of the United States website (
http://transtats.bts.gov
), and have been
pre-processed so that we can focus on the main concepts this chapter is intended
to outline. As the topic evolves, we will introduce more advanced concepts so that,
in the end, we are able to work with the original data files throughout the whole
processing phase.
Because of the nature of the SiB phase, the analytical application should be
developed rather quickly by the QlikView team. Since it will mainly be focused on
technical features and data discovery functionalities, some design details (such as
color, style, object positioning, and so on) have been left out for now. However, these
details will be covered in their own good time, later in the topic.
Preparing the workspace
Before we start, we need to make sure we have everything we'll need throughout
the chapter.
Since the previous chapter covered the QlikView Desktop installation process, we
assume that it is already installed on your machine by now. If not, please take a
moment to install it before continuing.
Setting up the folder structure
We will create a Windows folder structure with which we'll work throughout the
topic. This set of folders will help us organize the various iles we'll be using and
arrange them by the specific role these files play in our project.
The iles provided along with the topic are already
structured with the folders we need. If you have already
copied the original files, you can skip the outlined process.
