Mastering Qlik Sense
by Ralf Becher, Karl Pover, Jason Michaelides, Dilyana Ivanova, David Alcobero, Martin Mahler, Juan Ignacio Vitantonio
When to use the ETL approach
One of the powerful features in Qlik Sense is its scripting capabilities. The ability to modify your data is something the puts Qlik Sense ahead of other tools.
Qlik Sense scripting simplicity and the fact that you build your applications in a live environment—which I will explain later on—makes the tool ideal for fast development and prototyping. And prototyping is key when we talk about the ETL approach.
The reality is that you will never have everything you need to display in your dashboards in your data source. This is because, most of the time, the interest of the team managing the golden data source isn't the same as the team building dashboards. You, as a Qlik Sense seasoned developer, must enforce business ...
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