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Published inAug 2018
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781788997058
Edition2nd Edition
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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 keyboard to navigate and interact


Qlik Sense was primarily conceived to be used by touch gesture or a mouse device. The keyboard is used to type commands, expressions, text, and activate some shortcuts.

This recipe will show you how to use some useful shortcuts.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will use the Automotive.qvf file, which comes as a built-in example when we install Qlik Sense Desktop.

How to do it…

  1. Open the Sales overview sheet.
  2. Type CTRL + E to enter Edit sheet mode.
  3. Click on the Line chart object to select it.
  4. Type CTRL + C and CTRL + V to duplicate it.
  5. Type CTRL + Z to undo the operation.
  6. Change the size of the objects, and note that the Save button becomes active.
  7. Type CTRL + S to save the app with these changes.
  8. Type CTRL + E to enter sheet view.
  9. Type CTRL + - to zoom out of the window.
  10. Type CTRL + + to zoom in the window.
  11. Type CTRL + O to reset zoom in the window.
  12. Click on Brazil in the Car Sales by Territory donut chart.
  13. Type Enter to confirm the selection.
  14. Click on the Territory...
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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.
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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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