Step 2: Data configuration

The initial list of data fields contains all fields added to the Arria extension (as seen in the Qlik Sense Properties panel).

You can remove fields from individual NLG apps without affecting their availability in other NLG apps or in Arria Answers.

To remove a field from an NLG app, click to expand it, then click Remove. You then must click Confirm Remove? to confirm. To remove all fields at once, click Remove All, then click Confirm Remove All?.

To re-add a field to an NLG app, click Add Dimension (or Add Measure) and select the relevant field from the dropdown. If all dimensions or measures added to the extension already appear in the list, the option to add more to the NLG app is disabled.

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The Arria extension automatically categorizes each field in your selected data as a dimension or a measure according to how they've been categorized in Qlik Sense.

To recategorize a measure as a dimension, remove the field from the Arria extension by deleting it from the Qlik Sense Properties panel, then re-add the field as a measure. Do the same to recategorize a dimension as a measure.

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Further characterize your selected dimensions and measures by adjusting their attributes.

Dimension attributes

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION	LOCATION
Alias	Adds an alternative name for the field (if desired). For example, you could give the Segment field the alias Market. Default: none
Entity Type	Ensures appropriate handling of dates and locations in the narrative. Set the Entity Type field to DateTime or Location as required. For example, when you set Entity Type to Location, the narrative uses language like "... in Canada." rather than "... for Canada." If neither of these entity types applies, leave this selection blank. Default: none

 

Measure attributes

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION	LOCATION
Alias	Adds an alternative name for the field (if desired). For example, the Sales field could have the alias Actual Sales. Default: none
Entity Type	Along with a measure’s aggregation type, determines what type of analysis is appropriate, and therefore which apps can be used to analyze the measure. Not all aggregation and entity type combinations are supported by every app. For details of the combinations supported by a particular app, see the relevant page in the NLG Apps Directory. Also ensures appropriate language and formatting is used in the narrative. For example, when Currency is selected, 3,000,000 is displayed as $3M. Default: none Note When analyzing percentages: if your percentage data is formatted as decimals (e.g. 0.75), use Percentage. The % symbol is automatically appended in the narrative. if your percentage data is formatted as percentages (e.g 75%), use Ratio, and enter % in the Unit field.
Unit	Defines the appropriate unit for your measure (e.g. kg). The unit specified in this field appears in the narrative after the corresponding numerical value. A number of ISO 4217 currency codes are supported. Select the code for the currency you want to use in the narrative. For example, when the Unit field is set to GBP, $3M is displayed as £3M. Default: USD Note No currency conversion calculation is performed when you set Entity Type to Currency.

 

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The higher the position of a field in the list of dimensions, or in the list of measures, the higher its priority for coverage in the generated narrative.

The priority order for non-time dimensions is important for apps that perform drilldown analysis. For example:

The priority order for measures is important for apps that describe each measure in turn. For example:

Drag and drop fields to change their priority order to suit the narrative you want to generate.

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Preview the narrative at any time to see how your configuration choices affect the generated text.

Clicking Preview takes you to the narrative options page where you can see the preview text in the Preview pane.

Click Attributes to return to the data attributes page.

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