Effectively using the KPI object in Qlik Sense®

A visualization should provide the user with a careful and effective presentation of the data. Numbers have an impact value and they contain a message. Key performance indicators demonstrate the importance of numbers in business and also communicate the health of the business to the audience.

Getting ready

We will make use of the application from the preceding recipe. The application has the following script loaded, it gives information on the Sales and Target values for four countries:

LOAD * INLINE [
Country, Sales, Target
USA, 10000, 8500
UK, 7000, 9500
Germany, 5000, 4500
Japan, 6000, 6000
];

How to do it…

  1. Go to the App overview and create a new sheet.
  2. Name the sheet as KPI and open it.
  3. Go to the Edit ...

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