Strategies to reduce the data size and improve performance
Using some of the test data that we have generated, or any other data that you might want, we can discover more about how QlikView handles different scenarios. Understanding these different situations will give you real mastery over data load optimization.
Optimizing field values and keys
To begin with, let's see what happens when we load two largish tables that are connected by a key. So, let's ignore the dimension tables and load the order data using a script like the following:
Order: LOAD OrderID, OrderDate, CustomerID, EmployeeID, Freight FROM [..\Scripts\OrderHeader.qvd] (qvd); OrderLine: LOAD OrderID, LineNo, ProductID, Quantity, SalesPrice, SalesCost, LineValue, LineCost FROM [..\Scripts\OrderLine.qvd] ...
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