When building a distributed system, developers are often faced with something known as the dual-write problem. It occurs whenever the system needs to perform individual writes to separate systems that can't be transactionally linked. This situation creates the potential for data loss if the developer isn't careful. However, techniques such as the Transactional Outbox Pattern and Event Sourcing can be used to guard against the potential for data loss while also providing added resilience to the system.

Last year we released Tabular Reporting, a new Excel and Office 365 add-in that addresses operational report and distribution requirements by creating formatted reports using existing Qlik Cloud Analytics apps and data. Now you can make those same reports available to download, on demand, directly to users while they analyze data within a Qlik Cloud Analytics app, complete with their preferred data selections.

Join Principal Technical Marketing Manager Mike Tarallo and Senior Web Developer Ouadie Limouni as the team up once again to show you what is possible and what you may have missed in the Qlik Cloud platform. Witness the art of the possible, sophisticated and simple embedding, and a recent recap of the capabilities that make Qlik a leader for 14 years in the Gartner Magic Quadrant in Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.

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