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Storytelling view

You can open a story from the app overview or the sheet view by clicking Ç and then clicking on a story.

In storytelling view, you can do the following:

  • Build stories to present insights and ideas based on your data discoveries.
  • Play a story as it would be presented to an audience.
  • Publish a story.
Information notePublishing is not supported in Qlik Sense Desktop.

Build (edit)

You build stories by using snapshots of your visualizations. To make the stories look good you can add different kinds of visual effects and content such as text, shapes, images and effects.

A

The toolbar contains the global menu and useful commands.

Navigation menu with options App overview, Data manager, Data load editor, Data model viewer and Open hub.

Open hub is not shown if the hub has been disabled by your administrator.

Information noteOnce the app has been published, you cannot navigate to the data manager, the data load editor or the data model viewer.
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Global menu with options Add data, Export a story to PowerPoint, Publish story, Duplicate story, Delete story, Help and About.

Information noteOnce the app has been published, you cannot add data.
Information noteThe app your story belongs to must be published to enable publishing of the story.

Show or hide app information, where you can choose to edit app information or open app options and style your app.
Information noteOnce the app has been published, you cannot edit app information nor open app options.
Ç Access to all stories in the app and to creating a new story.
> Access to all bookmarks in the app.
4 Access to all sheets in the app and to creating a new sheet.

App overview

Data load editor

Data model viewer

The hub

Exporting a story

Navigating between stories

Bookmarking selections

Sheet view

Creating new stories

B A set of tools and libraries to help build and your story and make it look good. Story tools
C The story timeline gives you an overview of and control over the composition of your story. You can navigate inside the story using the slide thumbnails. Story timeline
D Create new slides to add to your story timeline. Adding a slide to a story
E Play the story before you make it available for others. Playing a story
F You work with the current slide by inserting snapshots, text, shapes, and visual effects from the story tools. Story slide
G

A selected unlocked slide item with resizing handles.

\ Lock the snapshot.
@ Edit the snapshot.
Å Replace the snapshot.

Resizing items on a slide

Changing a snapshot’s appearance

Replacing a snapshot on a slide

H Cut, copy, paste, and delete items on the slide.

Copying and moving items on story slides

Deleting items from a slide

Play

When you play a story, through your snapshots, you can get access to the visualizations from where the snapshots originate. If you have embedded sheets into your story, you can make selections in these embedded sheets, just as you can in a sheet when you are analyzing.

These abilities bring your story to life and you can answer new questions from your audience and steer the story in new directions. For more information, see Playing a story.

Touch gestures in storytelling view

The table describes the touch gestures that are used for navigating in storytelling view.

Tap Highlight a data point in a snapshot by applying an effect.
Double-tap Edit a text object or an image.
Long-touch and release Open the shortcut menu.
Long-touch and drag

Move a slide to a new location in the timeline.

Move an item on a slide.

Swipe

Scroll the list in the snapshot library.

Go to the next or previous slide when playing a story.

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