Qlikview Interview Questions

1.

Which is the most interesting analysis you have done on the qlikview projects you
worked so far? Which is extremely challenging /good learning experience/
extremely useful for end users?

2. What are the value add on you suggested to users ?

3. Difference between Qlikview and Database?
4. What you think is the limitation of Qlikview? (Clues could be compared with any
BI tools)
5. You have worked on the different versions of Qlikview from 8.2 to till 11. Could
you walk us through your learning experience with each of the versions ?What is
major difference you find between Qlikview 8.5 and Qlikview 11?
6. Did ever come across the limitations of qlikview while doing any
implementation? (Clue: limitations of charts sorting in pivot table ,Trellis chart,
Fast change).
7. Have you come across predictive analytics or advanced analytics?
8. What are typical questions you faced from Client regarding Qlikview Capabilities?
9. What are the things you consider before you start programming ( after getting
requirement specification from the Client)?
Technical Questions
Developer
1.

If qlikview couldnt find the file in the destination folder, it will throw up error.
How to disable it? (Errormode=0)

2. Data modeling concepts.(Star and SnowFlake)

3. How to get current selection in the Drill down /cyclic group field?
4. How to optimize qlikview Application?
5. How to implement Incremental Load?
6. What is slowly changing dimension? And in qlikview , how it is implemented?
7. What is valuelist and valueloop functions?
8. What is the difference between rowno and recno?
Qlikview Server/Publisher
1. Difference between Qlikview Server and Publisher? How to send pdf reports to people
outside the domain?
2. Did you face any problems after migrating to new versions in Qlikview? ( Problems
with Ajax and IE plugin)
Visualization
1.

What are the best design concepts? (Possible answers: Four quadrants,Sizing of
quadrants based on importance, consistent colors and objects placement, less
contrast colors, logo in the first page)

2. Which charts you have used so far? And can you please detail use of each chart?
3. What is the difference between Straight table and Pivot table?
Database Questions
1. What is referential Integrity?
2. Display the names of the employees who earn highest salary in their respective
departments.
SQL> select ename,sal,deptno from emp e where sal in(select max(sal) from emp m
where m.deptno = e.deptno);

3. Find out top 5 earners of company.

SQL> select * from (select * from emp order by sal desc) where rownum <= 5;
4. Display the Employee name and Managers names.
SQL> select e.ename employee, m.ename manager from emp e, emp m where
m.empno=e.mgr
1.Explain more about one Qlikview Project you have worked?
2.Incremental Load
3.Data Modelling (Star Schema and Snow Flake Schema)
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1. What is the difference between Set and Let?

2. How many dimensions can be used in Bar chart?
3.Which Qlikview object has only expression, no dimension?
4.What is the difference between Concatenate Load and Join?
5. Incremental Load
6. Synthetic keys . How to remove them
7. What is Circular reference? How to avoid them?
8. Have you used any macros in your application? If so, what you have used it for.
9. What is Set Analysis ( benefits of using it)? Why its called Set Analysis
10. Difference between Qlikview version 9 SR 6 and previous other Qlikview 9 versions?
11. What is the use of exists function in qlikview?

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1. Difference between AJAX and IE-Plug-in

2. IIS is able to use in QlikView 9 server
3. Difference between LET and SET
4. Difference between straight table and pivot table
5. Difference between grid chart and scatter chart

6. How to implement Dynamic Google map

Query

What to look for...

How would you describe a: a) Dashboard b) MI solution

Basic BI / MI knowledge

What is it that drew you to working with QlikView

Response around solutions that can be delivered / end user

satisfaction - rather than a feature list

Describe some of the solutions you have built in QlikView

Applicacations around finance / insurance

What parts of QlikView project life cycles have you been

involved in

Comfortable in dealing with people as well as software

What feature of QlikView would you like best, and why

This one is subjective - but may draw an interesting response

What would you say the limitations / flaws with QlikView are

Again very subjective

What presentation object would best suit......

Holds an opinion on basic data presentataion

What is a QVD file and why might you use one

It's a data repository file, can aid a robust / quick reload

strategy, essential for incremental loads of data

What is the difference between optimized and non optimized

QVD load

When retreiving from QVD optimized mode is up to 100x

quicker - only works if you follow a set of rules

Describe the use of the ApplyMap statement

Used for mapping data from one source onto another at load
time, very flexible in how it does this

How might you seek to decrease memory usage by a

document

Drop redundant items, remove granularity (eg. drop time from

datetime fields), split fields (eg. post codes)

What kind of optimisations can be done to data models

Merge tables to reduce joins at run time - create a flatter

structure at load time

Describe the crosstab directive; how and why would you use
it

Transforms columns into rows by dimensions (eg. in Excel

where have cols for description then one col per month)

What is a calculation condition and why would you use one

Stops a potentially costly calculation / display taking place by

checking a more efficient expression first

What is a show condition and how does it differ from

calculation condition

Similar to calculation condition but the object is removed from

the screen rather than displaying a message

What are the advantages of using a theme

Contains all UI attributes in a single file, when new objects are

created they can pick up from the theme

Why might you make use of variables

Can keep re-useable code snippets, calculate values for

global use, maintaining state of objects

4.Qlikview Architecture
5.Binary Load (Datamart or qlikmart) and Qvd
6.Associative Technology
7.Implementation of Security in Qlikview
8.How big is data you worked with in Qlikview?
9.Optimisation of Qlikview application
10.what versions of Qlikview you have worked with?
11. Will be asked on the difference between different version based on your answers?
12.Circular loop? why its created and its impact on the application? how you avoid that?
13.Synthetic Key?
14. what is set analysis? have you used in your application?
15. Did you use macros? If so, which situation you have used it?
16.Interval match
17.Slowly changing Dimension
18.How do you implement security in Database? (Asked in general

Optimized and unoptimized QVD Load Situations?

Explain 3 tier architecture implementation while deploying QlikView application?

Briefly explain how does QlikView storage the data internally?

What are the restrictions of Binary Load?

How are NULLS implemented in QlikView?

How do you optimize QlikView Application? (What tools are used and where do you start?)

What is the difference between Perfect Key & Information Density?

QlikView Scripting :

What is Mapping Load & ApplyMap() ?

Synthetic Keys in QlikView and how & when to avoid them?

Different flavours of Joins in QlikView?

Explain IntervalMatch function in QlikView?

Explain Concatenation, No Concatenation & Auto Concatenation?

Explain how to implement Incremental Load?

What is Circular Loop and how do you avoid it?

Explain Exists() function in QlikView and when do you use this function?

What is Generic Load in QlikView?

QlikView Expression Language / UI :

Explain Aggr Function?

What is the use of FirstSortValue in QlikView?

What are Set Modifiers and Set Identifiers?

What is P() & E() and where do you use them?

What is the difference between ValueList() and ValueLoop()?

What is Partial Reload? and why do you use ONLY Qualifier?

What is the difference between Cyclic Group & Drilldown Group?

QlikView Security :

Describe Section Access architecture?

What is the difference between Authentication & Authorization in QlikView? And how to
implement them?

What is the difference between File System Security vs Section Access?

Explain Strict Exclusion while implementing Section Access and what are the
implications of not using this option?

How do you implement Section Access on hierarchy based data?

QlikView Server & Publisher :

What are the multiple protocols defined for client communication with QVS?

Explain different communication encryptions for Windows Client & AJAX Client?

What is the use of Anonymous User Account in QVS?

What are the different types of CALs and explain them?

What are the different editions of QlikView Server?

General :

Difference between Star Schema & Snow Flake Schema?

Difference between RDBMS & Associative Database?

Ragged Hierarchies in Datawarehousing

Qlikview Important question:

1. What is the differences between versions 8.0 &8.5 & 9?

2. What is the differences between server versions 9.0 & 10.0 ?
3. What is section acess?
4. What is set-analysis?
5. Functions: Peek,Apply-Map,Left-join,Left-Keep?
6. Functions: Resident, Synthetic-Key,In-Line?
7. What is link table?
8. Diff b/w section access& section application?

9. Components in BI Publisher?
10. What is meant by Windows authentication? How to give it?
11. Generic load?
12. Mini chart?
13. what is Trellis chart& why we use this?
14. Split axis?
15. What is Calculated Dimension?
16. Types Of Licenses?
17. What is Tabular View?
18. What is Recno(),Rowno(),Interval Match,Previous?
19. Difference between SET & LET,STRAIGHT TABLE & PIVOT TABLE
20. Diff b/w Join & Concatenate, GRID-CHART & SCATTER CHART?
21. Diff b/w Previous & Peek?
22. What is variable?
23. Types of concatenate?Explain?
24. Diff B/w Enterprise Management Console & Management Console?
25. How many types of Charts?
26. SAPconnector?
27. How many dimensions can be used in Gauge chart?
28. Diff b/w scatter& grid chart?
29. What is difference between Concatenate,Load and Join?
30. Explain Incremental Load?
31. What is Circular Refenrence? How to avoid them?

32. What is the use of Exists function in qlikview?

33. What is it that drew you to working with qlikview?
34. What is the difference between optimized and non-optimized QVD Load?
35. what is block chart& how to use in real time?
36. why we use Bar& Gauge charts?
37. How to Remove null values?
38. can we use distinct or not?
39. What is the use of macros?
40. what is Binary load?
41. Can we delete cals which is used just now by customer(now its idle)?
42. What is Access point& Collabration pane?
43.

Windows Schedule
Publisher/server
Macros
Qlikview enterprise management console/management console
Common calendar how to create
Data integration
How to develop pivot table