It then provides associative search facilities, which the supplier likens to Google's Instant Search, with the interface highlighting significant relationships in the data. Thirdly, the product offers extensive data visualisation via expandable 2D and 3D charts, tables and graphs.
According to analysts, data visualisation is one of the main features of the platform. During the MP expenses scandal, QlikTech developed a demo application that allowed people to visualise and analyse their MP's expenses. Steve Dark, an independent QlikView consultant, says: "At the time the scandal was unfolding, the data was being rolled out via QlikView on the web. In the intervening time there has been a huge surge in interest in and use of QlikView in the UK.