31 January 2022 Visualizing time series Share this message Every Friday at Bitmetric we’re posting a new Qlik certification practice question to our LinkedIn company page. Last Friday we asked the following Qlik Business Analyst certification practice question about visualizing time series: The answers you gave to this question were quite varied, with each answer getting at least one mention. While in real life there is often room for nuance, in the context of Qlik certifications there is typically only one answer: The correct answer is A: Line Chart We’ll go more in-depth on time-series visualization in a future post, where we’ll also add some nuance and will discuss things such as discrete and continuous data as well as categorical, ordinal and interval variables. For now, just remember, whenever a time-series is mentioned on a Qlik certification question, 99% of the time the answer will be the line chart, or variants such as the area chart or combo chart. So, let’s see what the result looks like: Compare this to the other options: Option B, the bar chart, gives a pretty good view of the data, but as the individual bars are not connected it’s harder to compare values between months. Compare for example the period May – July. In the line chart the ‘dip’ in June is much easier to spot (even when adjusted to the same vertical height). Option C, the scatter plot, is great for showing that Revenue and Margin are positively associated, but is useless for showing the trend across time periods. Option D, the table, is great source of information if you want to make a better visualization based on this data, but gives us the least immediate insight. That’s it for this week, see you next Friday? More from the Bitmetric team Qlik Cloud Backup Protect your investment in Qlik with daily incremental backups stored in an encrypted environment with redundant storage. Available for as little as 2 Euro per day. Learn more. Masters Summit for Qlik The Masters Summit for Qlik provides the next step in your path to becoming a Qlik specialist. As an extra perk, Bitmetric has secured an over $450 discount just for you! Use code BITMETRIC at checkout. Read more here. Friday Qlik Test Prep Solution Visualization How can we help? Barry has over 20 years experience as a Data & Analytics architect, developer, trainer and author. He will gladly help you with any questions you may have. Call us Mail us 12 May 2025 Dagelijkse Qlik Ondersteuning: altijd hulp bij data analyse Bij Bitmetric snappen we hoe belangrijk het is dat je Qlik omgeving gewoon goed werkt. Of je nu dagelijks data analyseert of snel wat inzichten nodig hebt, je wilt dat alles soepel verloopt. Daarom staan onze experts elke dag voor je klaar. Van kleine vragen tot ingewikkelde uitdagingen, we helpen je graag verder, zodat jij je kunt focussen op wat echt telt! Qlik 25 April 2025 Game-Changer in Qlik: Set Analysis Now Works WITHOUT Using It’s Syntax! Discover Qlik Cloud’s latest feature that lets you apply object level filters without writing any set analysis syntax. A simpler and faster way to build dashboards, especially for non-technical users. Read more in this blog post. New Release Qlik 23 April 2025 When Everyone Has Different Numbers: Why Data Alignment Matters Different teams, different data, different results. This post explores how misaligned data leads to confusion, and how TimeXtender helps bring everyone back to the same page. TimeXtender
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