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Published inAug 2018
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781788997058
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Pablo Labbe
Pablo Labbe
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Pablo Labbe

Pablo is a Business Intelligence Consultant with over 18 years of experience. In 2008 he was presented to Qlikview, the former product by Qlik and the seed for Qlik Sense. Since that year he was focused on delivering BI solutions in a new way. Now he is the Principal of ANALITIKA Inteligencia delivering BI projects and training focusing on Qlik products and other technologies that embrace the Self-Service BI. He is an active member of the Qlik Community and other social media sites. You can follow him on Twitter - @pablolabbe and LinkedIn.
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Philip Hand
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Philip Hand

Philip Hand is a Senior Business Intelligence consultant who has worked with QlikView in the BI space for over 7 years. Working with Qlik's top partner in the UK, he has implemented end-to-end solutions in a wide variety of enterprises and for large business customers. Philip has great experience and knowledge working across many sectors from the public sector, insurance, and financial services to large retailer and manufacturing businesses.
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Neeraj Kharpate
Neeraj Kharpate
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Neeraj Kharpate

Neeraj Kharpate works as a Senior Business Intelligence consultant at Capventis, a QlikView Elite Partner. Having started his career working as a technical support executive for an aviation ERP, Neeraj embarked on his journey with Qlikview in mid-2007. He is a certified Qlikview designer, developer, and trainer. Neeraj has been closely following the developments in Qlik Sense ever since it was launched in 2014 and is extremely excited about the future of this product. Neeraj has completed his Masters in Business Administration from the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. He also has a diploma in Management Consulting from the Chartered Management Institute, UK.
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Using the ShowHide Container extension


If you already have a need to conditionally show or hide an object based on specific selections, user login, or creating a drill-down navigation using different objects for each level, this extension is a good choice.

Getting ready

To start this recipe, first you need to download the ShowHide extension from Qlik Branch, by searching for showhide container in the search box:

After downloading the extension, install the extension in your Qlik Sense Desktop or server, following the previous recipe about importing extensions.

The Automotive sample app has information about sales and production of cars around the world. Most of the views are separated into different sheets. This recipe explains how to use the extension to show a Sales overview and Production overview, which are in separate sheets, combined in a single sheet.

You will need to use the variable extension as well to create a button to alternate the visualization of each view.

How to do it…

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Qlik Sense Cookbook. - Second Edition
Published in: Aug 2018Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781788997058

Authors (3)

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Pablo Labbe

Pablo is a Business Intelligence Consultant with over 18 years of experience. In 2008 he was presented to Qlikview, the former product by Qlik and the seed for Qlik Sense. Since that year he was focused on delivering BI solutions in a new way. Now he is the Principal of ANALITIKA Inteligencia delivering BI projects and training focusing on Qlik products and other technologies that embrace the Self-Service BI. He is an active member of the Qlik Community and other social media sites. You can follow him on Twitter - @pablolabbe and LinkedIn.
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Philip Hand

Philip Hand is a Senior Business Intelligence consultant who has worked with QlikView in the BI space for over 7 years. Working with Qlik's top partner in the UK, he has implemented end-to-end solutions in a wide variety of enterprises and for large business customers. Philip has great experience and knowledge working across many sectors from the public sector, insurance, and financial services to large retailer and manufacturing businesses.
Read more about Philip Hand

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Neeraj Kharpate

Neeraj Kharpate works as a Senior Business Intelligence consultant at Capventis, a QlikView Elite Partner. Having started his career working as a technical support executive for an aviation ERP, Neeraj embarked on his journey with Qlikview in mid-2007. He is a certified Qlikview designer, developer, and trainer. Neeraj has been closely following the developments in Qlik Sense ever since it was launched in 2014 and is extremely excited about the future of this product. Neeraj has completed his Masters in Business Administration from the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. He also has a diploma in Management Consulting from the Chartered Management Institute, UK.
Read more about Neeraj Kharpate