What’s New in Qlik Sense February 2024 for Business Users, Analytic Creators and Data Integrators

This blog post provides Qlik Sense business users, analytic creators, and data integrators a summary of the features and improvements available in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows. Let’s get started with what’s new in Qlik Sense for February 2024.

Qlik designed and added all of the above based on feedback from our users. Qlik launched the new Pivot table in the Visualization bundle, and it is set to replace the native pivot next year with the incorporation of additional features.

Pivot table (Visualization bundle)

Layout container

The Layout container is a new component in the Dashboard bundle. In the Layout container, you can place charts in a freeform manner with or without a snapping grid. You can overlap and stack charts and control them with show conditions. The Layout container is highly versatile, but it is especially useful for:

• Grouping charts together
• Combining charts into new visualizations
• Creating composite KPIs
• Grouping and reusing user controls and buttons
• Creating aesthetic pleasing dashboards

To get the most out the layout container, follow best practices, check out Bruno Calver’s talk at Techspert Visualization Day on Qlik Community.

Layout container (Dashboard bundle)

Layout container

Styling Grid, Funnel & Sankey charts

The new property panel for styling upgraded the Grid chart, Funnel chart, and Sankey chart. The styling includes general settings for title, subtitle, footnote, background, border and shadow and chart specific settings for axis and value labels.

Grid chart (Visualization bundle)

Funnel chart (Visualization bundle)

Sankey chart (Visualization bundle)

Filter pane styling

The Filter pane now gets more properties for styling: General settings for title font styling, background, border and shadow. Chart specific styling for header and content font styling, color settings for selection state, background color and image.

Filter pane

Styling a filter pane

Borders and shadows

As of today, most charts receive settings for borders and shadows. While the border setting of charts inherits from the theme, you can now override and customize the border width and color settings per chart. Use the border wisely to achieve your goals, as it can significantly influence how your dashboard is perceived.

Chart shadow is a new property on charts, providing a shadow contour around the chart, with options for size and color. Shadows create a depth effect and can highlight and make certain elements stand out.

In the Layout container, where charts can overlap and be stacked, borders and shadows work very well.

Customizing the borders and the shadows of visualizations

Copy and paste style

A new menu choice has been added, allowing you to copy style settings from one chart to another. This quality of life improvement makes it easier to style and work with charts. Especially now when all charts has many more styling settings.

Applying custom styling to a visualization

We hope that you’re just as excited about this new February 2024 release for Qlik Sense Business Users, Analytic Creators and Data Integrators as we are. If you need help upgrading or migrating, then do not hesitate to get in touch!

Until next time!