Data discovery is the inevitable consequence of demands from active users who want information from the ever-increasing amount of data. From the very beginning, the core of the Qlik philosophy was the empowered user. It affects both the view of how BI solutions should be developed and how the user interface of the tool should be designed.

In summary, data discovery is user-centric; it is BI for the empowered user. It means total freedom in how data is explored. It should be simple and have as few limitations as possible. Data discovery means a user-centric development process so that user feedback can be implemented instantaneously.

In the next chapter, we will look some of the other factors behind the development of Qlik Sense.