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Navigating in the user interface

Qlik Sense is a web-based application with a number of different views to work in.

Hubs are your starting point and where you see will all your apps. You can view and interact with apps in any hub. You create new apps in the Qlik Sense Enterprise hub.

Depending on how your organization has deployed Qlik Sense Enterprise, you may also have one or more cloud hubs. Your administrator will provide you with a web address to start using Qlik Sense. That address will determine the hub that opens for you.

In the Qlik Sense Enterprise hub, you can create, develop, publish, and consume apps, depending on the privileges assigned to you by your Qlik Sense administrator.

In a cloud hub, you can view and interact with apps that an app developer has published from the Qlik Sense Enterprise hub.

A cloud hub in Qlik Sense Enterprise is different from Qlik Sense Cloud, which is the standalone software as a service offering from Qlik. You cannot, for example, publish directly from Qlik Sense Enterprise to Qlik Sense Cloud.

Overview of Qlik Sense Enterprise hub and Qlik Sense Enterprise cloud hub.

Technical illustration showing the Qlik Sense Enterprise hub, and the Qlik Sense Enterprise cloud hub.

The hub

The hub is your starting point and it is where you find all your apps.

For more information, see The hub and The hub in Qlik Sense Desktop.

App overview

When you open an app from the hub, you arrive at the app overview. From here you see all the content the app contains (such as sheets, stories, and bookmarks).

For more information, see App overview.

Data manager

You can add data sources without using scripts in the data manager.

For more information, see Managing data in the app with Data manager.

Data load editor

You use the data load editor to create, edit, and run the script that loads data into your app.

For more information, see Data load editor.

Data model viewer

You use the data model viewer to get an overview of the data you have loaded into your app.

For more information, see Data model viewer.

Sheet view

You arrive at sheet view when you open a sheet in an app. It is here you develop and analyze apps.

For more information, see Sheet view.

Storytelling view

You arrive at storytelling view when you open a story in an app. It is here you build and play stories based on your data discoveries and insights.

Fore more information, see Storytelling view.

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