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Helical Insight application (EE) Installation Guide

Requirement: Java 1.7+ Download Helical Insight 2.0 executable and save it in your desired location. In order to install hi-ee using command line 1. Open command prompt (windows) or / terminal (linux and MAC). 2. Go to the location where you have saved Helical Insight 2.0 via terminal/command prompt. Type “java -jar helicalinsight-ee-2.0.0.6954 RC1”. (name
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How to open the Adhoc Interface with preselected metadata

Introduction: In certain cases you may want to embed Adhoc reporting interface of Helical Insight inside your application thus empowering your end users to create reports on the fly. But in those cases you want them to be able to create report using only a preselected metadata. This blog will help in creating the adhoc
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How to Migrate Helical Insight Application on Version 3.0

In the below blog we will cover the steps to migrate your Helical Insight application to version 3.0. Before starting the migration, please take the backup of following files/folders. 1. Helical Insight Repository (which contains all reports, dashboard, metadata and other work related files) Path in Windows: “..\hi\hi-repository” Path in Linux: “../hi/hi-repository” 2. Take backup
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How to Enable HTTPS in apache-tomcat

Introduction: Using this blog you will able to enable the Secure Socket Layer(SSL) in the apache-tomcat web server to access the application using HTTPS. This blog is applicable when you are using self-sign certificate and Helical Insight is being used in a stand alone mode not embedded within a third party application. Prerequisite: 1. Java
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Implementing Single Sign On (SSO) in the Helical Insight Application

Introduction What is SSO ?: Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication process that allows a user to access multiple applications with one set of login credentials.  This guide helps you to implement the single sign-on (SSO) using custom token-based authentication, this will results in a user being able to log in to Helical Insight application based
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Tabular reports customization through UI
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Table Border

Following are the steps to add/edit report border: Step 1: Click on the Customize button Step 2: Double-click on Border icon Step 3: Select the border size, color and type of border and the click on ‘OK’ Step 4: Now click on the apply tick mark as shown in the image below to generate the
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Charts customization through UI
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Report Sub-heading

Following are the steps to add/edit report sub-heading: Step 1: Click on the Customize button Step 2: Double-click on Report Sub-Heading icon Step 3: Enter the text for the report sub-heading and choose the font type, size, color, alignment etc. and click on ‘OK’ Step 4: Now click on the apply tick mark as shown
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Creating Cross Tab Reports

Cross tabular reports can be used to compare data values for multiple entries in a tabular format. Following are the steps to create a Cross-Tab report: Step 1: Select the columns from the tables that you want to see in the cross-tabular reports     Step 2: Click on the CrossTab button as shown below:
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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