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Qlik Sense Consulting Services

Alphabyte provides Qlik Sense consulting. Qlik Sense lets your teams explore data freely and find answers to questions nobody thought to ask. Getting that value takes more than a deployment. It takes a well-built data foundation, clear governance and applications designed around the problems your business needs to solve.

We help mid-market and enterprise organizations implement, migrate and support Qlik Sense, with self-service analytics your teams can rely on.

Success Stories

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What We Do

Qlik Sense consulting that connects clean, governed data to applications your teams can explore on their own.

Qlik Sense is a business intelligence and analytics platform built around an associative engine. Instead of following fixed drill paths, users select any value and see what is related and what is not, across every dimension of the data. That makes it strong for exploration and self-service analytics, as long as the data model and load scripts underneath are designed well.

Our team pairs Qlik consulting with data engineering. We set up the environment, connect your sources with optimized load scripts and QVD layers, build applications and executive dashboards, and configure section access and governance. We also migrate QlikView applications to Qlik Sense and embed Qlik analytics into the portals and tools your people already use.

We also build reporting in Power BI and Tableau, and many organizations use more than one.

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Qlik Sense Implementation & Configuration

Environments set up from scratch, with connections, security and governance ready for production.

02

QlikView to Qlik Sense Migration

QlikView apps moved to Qlik Sense with business logic and data models preserved.

03

Data Integration & Warehouse Connection

Warehouses, ERP, CRM, databases and APIs loaded through optimized scripts and QVD layers.

04

Qlik Application & Dashboard Development

Qlik Sense apps and executive dashboards built around your KPIs and business questions.

05

Self-Service Analytics Enablement

Business users build their own sheets and analysis without waiting on the data team.

06

Embedded Analytics Development

Qlik Sense visuals built into your existing applications, portals and daily workflows.

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Governance, Security & Access Management

Section access, role-based permissions and audit logging so people see the right data.

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Ongoing Support & Managed Services

App updates, performance tuning, access management and new development as your needs change.

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Our Approach

  • Over 1 to 2 weeks we review your data sources, current reporting, user workflows and analytics gaps. We document stakeholder needs, data availability, security requirements and integration points, then agree on scope and priorities with you. If you run QlikView today, we also take stock of the applications that need to move.

  • We design the data sources, load script structure, QVD layers and application layout. The data model follows your business logic and the way your organization measures performance, and it is built for speed and easy maintenance. You review the design, including how development and production content are kept apart, before the build starts.

  • Over 3 to 8 weeks we build and test connections and load scripts against your live sources, with QVD layers for fast loads and efficient refresh. We then develop the Qlik Sense applications, measures and visuals, and check every key figure against your source systems and the business requirements we agreed together.

  • We set up section access, role-based permissions, data governance policies and environment management across your Qlik Sense tenant. Development and production content are kept separate, and each application and data asset has a clear owner. The result is an environment where the right people see the right data and changes stay controlled.

  • We test data accuracy, application speed, security rules and real user scenarios end to end before launch. Administrators and business users get training suited to their roles. Go-live follows a planned cutover with a rollback plan in place, so your teams can switch over with confidence and little disruption to daily work.

  • We hand over documentation covering load scripts, application logic, security settings, governance policies and troubleshooting steps. We walk your team through it, so they can manage, extend and maintain the Qlik Sense environment on their own. If you prefer, we can stay on for ongoing support and managed services after launch.

Reporting Success Stories

Wholesale Distribution

What AWD needed was 21st century answers to a complex 21st century question. Quarterly P&L reports simply did not make the cut. It left many questions unanswered – what is the net profit on each item or branch? Who are our top sales execs? Who are our top customers and how much profit are we generating from them?...

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E-Commerce

Annmarie Skin Care’s challenge is common and is experienced by e-commerce shops across the spectrum: while relying on 3rd party applications provides quick access to the functionality necessary to run its shop, it creates scattered environments of data that make it difficult to gather meaningful insights.

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Hotels & Hospitality

360° Hotel Group relied on their existing Financial and CRM system to generate reporting that was inefficient and lacked the analytical depth to help them make informed decisions. Realizing their analytics and reporting infrastructure required a makeover

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Your Qlik Sense Consulting Team

Qlik Sense works best when the data underneath is clean and well modelled. Alphabyte is a data and AI consultancy, founded in 2015, and has served 100+ organizations. Our consultants and data engineers work as one team, so your applications and the data feeding them are designed together.

We build Qlik Sense environments that are practical to maintain, perform well and put governed self-service analytics within reach of every level of your organization.

We work with mid-market and enterprise organizations. Related services: data analytics & BI consulting, dashboard development and real-time reporting.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Qlik Sense is a business intelligence and analytics platform from Qlik. Its associative engine lets users select any value and instantly see related and unrelated data across every field, instead of following a fixed drill path. Organizations use it for interactive dashboards, guided applications and self-service analysis, and it can run in the cloud or on infrastructure your organization manages.

  • A Qlik Sense consultant designs, builds and maintains your Qlik environment. That covers load scripts, QVD layers, the data model, applications and dashboards, section access and governance. At Alphabyte our consultants also connect the data sources behind your apps, check key figures against your source systems and train administrators and business users, so the environment keeps working after launch.

  • Most organizations bring in help when they are setting up Qlik Sense for the first time, moving off QlikView, or living with apps that load slowly and show inconsistent numbers. Other common reasons are a new data source to connect, a security model that has grown hard to manage, or a team that wants self-service analytics but lacks the time to set it up.

  • Cost depends on the number of data sources, how clean the data is, how many applications and audiences you need, how complex the security model is and whether QlikView apps need to be migrated. Qlik licence costs are billed separately by Qlik. We start with a short discovery, then scope a focused first release with you before work begins.

  • Both are capable BI tools. Qlik Sense is strong for free-form exploration thanks to its associative engine, and suits teams that already have Qlik skills and applications. Power BI often suits organizations on Microsoft 365 and Azure because it fits tools your team already uses. We work with both and can help you choose.

  • Discovery usually takes 1 to 2 weeks. Building the data connections, load scripts and first applications usually takes 3 to 8 weeks after that, depending on the number of sources, data quality and security needs. Governance setup, testing and training follow before go-live. Larger programs and QlikView migrations are delivered in phases, a few applications at a time.

  • Start with an inventory of your QlikView applications, who uses them and which are still needed. Load scripts and data models can often be reused, while dashboards are usually rebuilt to suit Qlik Sense. We move applications in phases, keep business logic intact, test every key figure against the original and run both side by side until users are confident.

  • A QVD is Qlik's own file format for storing data that has already been loaded and prepared. Building a layer of QVD files between your source systems and your applications means data is extracted once and reused by many apps. That makes applications load faster, reduces the load on source systems and keeps business rules consistent across every app.

  • Yes. Qlik provides embedding APIs that let you place Qlik Sense charts, sheets and filters inside your own web applications, portals and internal tools. Users see interactive analytics where they already work, with the same security rules as the main Qlik environment. We design the embedding, handle authentication and access rules, and test it across the browsers and devices your users rely on.

  • An in-house hire can work well for steady app changes once the environment is in good shape. A consulting team brings data engineering, data modelling, security, governance and training together, which helps when you are implementing Qlik Sense, migrating from QlikView or fixing slow, inconsistent apps. Some clients use us to set up the foundation, then hand day-to-day work to an internal hire.

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