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Adhoc Module
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Using Snowflake With Open Source Bi Product Helical Insight

With RC1 (GIT 6111) onwards of helical insight version 5.0 enterprise version we are supporting Snowflake DB by default. In this blog we are covering how to make the connection string as well as in case if you are using an older version of helical insight how can you make it work. Download the Snowflake.zip
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Helical Insight with Apache Drill

In this document we are covering how you can connect to Mongo and another RDBMS (like mysql, oracle, sqlserver etc) and do a crossdb join and create reports. Pre-requisite : – Helical Insight (version 5.0) installed – Apache Drill (version 1.20) installed Useful links : https://www.helicalinsight.com/connecting-mongodb-using-apache-drill/ https://www.helicalinsight.com/drill-installation-helical-insight/ NOTE : Above documents might be using different
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Dashboard Designer Customization Using HTML/CSS
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Dashboard designer Undo Redo

The much-awaited option to have better designing experience is now available in Helical Insight 5.0 RC2 GIT 830 onwards. Now if something is not the way you imagined it to be, you can simply undo the recent changes. Every action is taken into account, be it resizing or repositioning of reports, changing attributes, adding or
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Adhoc Designer Undo Redo

The much-awaited option to have better designing experience is now available in Helical Insight 5.0 RC2 onwards GIT 830 build onwards. Now if something is not the way you imagined it to be, you can simply undo the recent changes. Every action is taken into account, be it application of formatting, changing of color, applying
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Charts customization through UI
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Pie and Donut Chart Properties

NOTE: From version 5.2.1 onwards, we have added one more property which allows to add “Total” at the centre of Donut chart. That part we will be covering towards the end of the blog. NOTE: From version 5.2.2 we have also added some more options to display multiple things like label, value and percentage in
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Helical insight version 5.0
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Filter Settings For Dashboard

In this blog, we are going to see how to apply filter at dashboard level and various settings related to filter present on the dashboard. There are 2 ways to apply filter at dashboard level. Select the Filter icon on left side of report and you will see the filters related to that report. When
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Helical insight version 5.0
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EXPORT/IMPORT a file in Helical Insight

In this blog we will learn how to migrate file from one server to another server of helical insight version 5.0 onwards. When you want to migrate a report or folder from one server to another server, then in that case we can use export-import combination to access that particular folder or report. Till version
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Numeric Database
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Avg Database Function Usage In Helical Insight

In this blog, we will learn how to display the average value from a numeric column in Helical Insight. If we want to display the average value. Click on Travel Cost column. Click on more, user will get two options i.e., Quick and Advanced Click on “Advanced” Tab in this, you will see a function
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Technical Guide
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Cyclic Cascading of Parameters in Helical Insight

In this blog, we will discuss about how we can implement cyclic (One to Many) cascading between multiple parameters in Helical Insight. In this blog we have covered how to do it in the versions upto version 4.1. This kind of filter is called as interactive filtering in PowerBI. This allows the value of one
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Technical Guide
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Sharing A Metadata With Other Organization

This article will elaborate about how to share metadata with other organization. Using Helical Insight you can fulfill all your data security conditions at a metadata level. To know more, how to define a data security condition click here In this blog we have covered individual metadata file sharing. You can also share a folder
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Helical Insight’s self-service capabilities is one to reckon with. It allows you to simply drag and drop columns, add filters, apply aggregate functions if required, and create reports and dashboards on the fly. For advanced users, the self-service component has ability to add javascript, HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3 and AJAX. These customizations allow you to create dynamic reports and dashboards. You can also add new charts inside the self-service component, add new kind of aggregate functions and customize it using our APIs.
Helical Insight’s self-service capabilities is one to reckon with. It allows you to simply drag and drop columns, add filters, apply aggregate functions if required, and create reports and dashboards on the fly. For advanced users, the self-service component has ability to add javascript, HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3 and AJAX. These customizations allow you to create dynamic reports and dashboards. You can also add new charts inside the self-service component, add new kind of aggregate functions and customize it using our APIs.
Helical Insight, via simple browser based interface of Canned Reporting module, also allows to create pixel perfect printer friendly document kind of reports also like Invoice, P&L Statement, Balance sheet etc.
Helical Insight, via simple browser based interface of Canned Reporting module, also allows to create pixel perfect printer friendly document kind of reports also like Invoice, P&L Statement, Balance sheet etc.
If you have a product, built on any platform like Dot Net or Java or PHP or Ruby, you can easily embed Helical Insight within it using iFrames or webservices, for quick value add through instant visualization of data.
If you have a product, built on any platform like Dot Net or Java or PHP or Ruby, you can easily embed Helical Insight within it using iFrames or webservices, for quick value add through instant visualization of data.
Being a 100% browser-based BI tool, you can connect with your database and analyse across any location and device. There is no need to download or install heavy memory-consuming developer tools – All you need is a Browser application! We are battle-tested on most of the commonly used browsers.
Being a 100% browser-based BI tool, you can connect with your database and analyse across any location and device. There is no need to download or install heavy memory-consuming developer tools – All you need is a Browser application! We are battle-tested on most of the commonly used browsers.
We have organization level security where the Superadmin can create, delete and modify roles. Dashboards and reports can be added to that organization. This ensures multitenancy.
We have organization level security where the Superadmin can create, delete and modify roles. Dashboards and reports can be added to that organization. This ensures multitenancy.
We have organization level security where the Superadmin can create, delete and modify roles. Dashboards and reports can be added to that organization. This ensures multitenancy.
We have organization level security where the Superadmin can create, delete and modify roles. Dashboards and reports can be added to that organization. This ensures multitenancy.
A first-of-its-kind Open-Source BI framework, Helical Insight is completely API-driven. This allows you to add functionalities, including but not limited to adding a new exporting type, new datasource type, core functionality expansion, new charting in adhoc etc., at any place whenever you wish, using your own in-house developers.
A first-of-its-kind Open-Source BI framework, Helical Insight is completely API-driven. This allows you to add functionalities, including but not limited to adding a new exporting type, new datasource type, core functionality expansion, new charting in adhoc etc., at any place whenever you wish, using your own in-house developers.
It handles huge volumes of data effectively. Caching, Pagination, Load-Balancing and In-Memory not only provides you with amazing experience, but also and does not burden the database server more than required. Further effective use of computing power gives best performance and complex calculations even on the big data even with smaller machines for your personal use. Filtering, Sorting, Cube Analysis, Inter Panel Communication on the dashboards all at lightning speed. Thereby, making best open-source Business Intelligence solution in the market.
It handles huge volumes of data effectively. Caching, Pagination, Load-Balancing and In-Memory not only provides you with amazing experience, but also and does not burden the database server more than required. Further effective use of computing power gives best performance and complex calculations even on the big data even with smaller machines for your personal use. Filtering, Sorting, Cube Analysis, Inter Panel Communication on the dashboards all at lightning speed. Thereby, making best open-source Business Intelligence solution in the market.
With advance NLP algorithm, business users simply ask questions like, “show me sales of last quarter”, “average monthly sales of my products”. Let the application give the power to users without knowledge of query language or underlying data architecture
With advance NLP algorithm, business users simply ask questions like, “show me sales of last quarter”, “average monthly sales of my products”. Let the application give the power to users without knowledge of query language or underlying data architecture
Our application is compatible with almost all databases, be it RDBMS, or columnar database, or even flat files like spreadsheets or csv files. You can even connect to your own custom database via JDBC connection. Further, our database connection can be switched dynamically based on logged in users or its organization or other parameters. So, all your clients can use the same reports and dashboards without worrying about any data security breech.
Our application is compatible with almost all databases, be it RDBMS, or columnar database, or even flat files like spreadsheets or csv files. You can even connect to your own custom database via JDBC connection. Further, our database connection can be switched dynamically based on logged in users or its organization or other parameters. So, all your clients can use the same reports and dashboards without worrying about any data security breech.
Our application can be installed on an in-house server where you have full control of your data and its security. Or on cloud where it is accessible to larger audience without overheads and maintenance of the servers. One solution that works for all.
Our application can be installed on an in-house server where you have full control of your data and its security. Or on cloud where it is accessible to larger audience without overheads and maintenance of the servers. One solution that works for all.
Different companies have different business processes that the existing BI tools do not encompass. Helical Insight permits you to design your own workflows and specify what functional module of BI gets triggered
Different companies have different business processes that the existing BI tools do not encompass. Helical Insight permits you to design your own workflows and specify what functional module of BI gets triggered