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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Public And Private Folders in Helical Insight 5.0

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FOLDER CONCEPT IN HELICAL INSIGHT AND HOW TO ACCESS PUBLIC FOLDER CONTENT. We have a different type of folders like public and private folder. Private Folder: These are the folders which we create for personal use. The files kept in this folder are like reports, dashboards, or metadata will only be available
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HI installation guide
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How to Deploy Helical Insight License

Update License in Helical Insight This Article will help you in deploying Helical Insight license in the enterprise version. Get the Licence file. The license file name will be “hdi.licence” Go to the below-mentioned application path In Windows: “..\Helical Insight\hi\apache-tomcat-9\webapps\hi-ee” In Ubuntu: “..\Helical Insight\hi\apache-tomcat-9\webapps\hi-ee” Copy the hdi.licence file and paste in the above-mentioned directory Restart
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Technical Guide
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Export Data in Excel OR CSV Formats

When the user exports dashboard, a snapshot of the dashboard is taken and then stored in the selected format. However, if a user wants data from the tables on the dashboard to be exported, it is not possible for the entire dashboard. This is because there are a number of different reports on the dashboard
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Adhoc Module
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Rounding Decimals in Card Widget

This blog is relevant to version 4.1 or older version of Helical Insight Enterprise version. Rounding Decimal Values in Card Widget Using JS Post-Fetch Method in Helical Insight Application Open the application create a sample card visualization To apply rounding functionality using js post fetch method Open the editor and paste the below script hi_container.set("postFetch",function(c){
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database support
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Dynamic Database Switching

Introduction: Helical Insight metadata connects with a database which is predefined. Now there might be certain cases in which we would like the metadata to connect to different data sources based on certain condition, for example, different organization etc. Here we have explained how the metadata is connected to different data sources based on logged
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Whitelabelling
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Changes in Welcome Page

NOTE: This blog is relevant to version 3.0, 3.1, 4.0 and 4.1 of Helical Insight and will not work for any other version. You can know the version from the bottom left (above file browser) or from the admin page. By default there is a page which appears when a user login as administrator or
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opensource business intelligence
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Domain Redirection

By default Helical Insight is accessible using IPaddress:portnumber/applicationextension like 192.169.2.164:8085/hi-ee/. In this document, we have tried to cover one of the use cases of providing sub-domain name instead of IP address or localhost like using login.abc.com rather than the actual IPaddress. Open the file server.xml which is present at the location given below: Location:: \hi\apache-tomcat-7\conf
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Technical Guide
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SSO Token Requirements

Authentication Token requirements for SSO with HI application Token Format: Company=<tenant_name>|username=<username>|role=<role1,role2..>|profilename1=<profilevalue1,profilevalue2>|profilename2=<profilevalue3,profilevalue4>expTime=<timestamp> Company=<organization_name>|username=<username>|role=<role1,role2..> |expTime=<timestamp> Token mainly comprises of 5 parts separated by a “|” (pipe separator). Token Encryption Token generated in the given format, has to be encrypted to make it secure. Chosen Encryption Algorithm details: Algorithm – AES Mode – ECB Padding – PKCS5Padding Secret
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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