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Analytical Calendar - Feeling and Experiencing for Feedback

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2024-10-30

Analytical Calendar

Feeling and Experiencing for Feedback

Analytical Calendar has been developing for quite some time.  And there are quite a number of enhancements evolved in the design and also improved algorithms to tackle all the date manipulation issues.  With feedback on developers and users, it evolves the way of doing analysis with the new ways of using calendar.

Today, I am going to share a couple of QVD files and also the Qlik Sense template application such that you are able to feel and experience the benefits of analytical calendar.  I have put the files into google drive to share and you are easily to use web file data connection to grab and use them directly or simply download into your drive and try it out.


Analytical Calendar Date and Month Level

There are three analytical calendars are going to share:

  1. Date Level - Complete Week
  2. Date Level - Incomplete Week
  3. Month Level
* The concept of complete and incomplete week, please refer to the previous post.


For date level, it covers 5 years of data with period from 2021-01-01 to 2025-12-31.  And it has the following analysis perspective and comparison perspective:
  • Analysis Perspective
    • Actual Year
    • Rolling Year (2 - 3 years)
    • Actual Quarter
    • Year to Quarter
    • Rolling Quarter (2 - 3 quarters)
    • Actual Month
    • Year to Month
    • Rolling Month (2 - 11 months)
    • Actual Week
    • Year to Week
    • Rolling Week (2 - 26 weeks)
    • Actual Date
    • Year to Date
    • Month to Date
    • Rolling Day (2 - 30 days)
  • Comparison Perspective
    • Comparison Year Before (1 - 3 years)
    • Comparison Quarter Before (1 - 3 quarters)
    • Comparison Month Before (1 - 11 months)
    • Comparison Week Before (1 - 26 weeks)
    • Comparison Day Before (1 - 30 days)
    • Comparison - N/A

For month level, it covers 5 years of data with period from 2021-Jan to 2025-Dec.  And it has the following analysis perspective and comparison perspective:
  • Analysis Perspective
    • Actual Year
    • Rolling Year (2 - 3 years)
    • Actual Quarter
    • Year to Quarter
    • Rolling Quarter (2 - 3 quarters)
    • Actual Month
    • Year to Month
    • Rolling Month (2 - 11 months)
  • Comparison Perspective
    • Comparison Year Before (1 - 3 years)
    • Comparison Quarter Before (1 - 3 quarters)
    • Comparison Month Before (1 - 11 months)
    • Comparison - N/A


Analytical Calendar QVD Files

The following are the shared files:


Analytical Calendar Qlik Sense Template

The three Qlik Sense templates are shared in my github.


How to use Web File

The Qlik Sense template is using the web file to directly load the calendar from my google drive.  Below is a brief guide on the step required.

1. First, in data load editor, right hand side, select "Create New Connection".




2. Then, select "Web file" under "Data Sources".


3. Then, enter the QVD URL (the QVD file mentioned above) and also a name for the data connection.


4. Then, a data connection is created.  Select the table to "select data".


5. Then, it will load the data from the URL to preview.  And then select "Insert Script"



6. Then, the required script to load the data will be added.


7. Use the same steps for the two QVDs.
e.g.
  • AnalyticalCalendarMonthLevel_2025.qvd 
  • DimCalendarMonthLevel_2025.qvd


Thank you for reading.  I hope you enjoy using the analytical calendar.  Just leave a message if you have any discussion/share want to make.