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Adhoc Module
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Axis Customizations

NOTE: From version 5.2.1, we have added option of specifying the tick size and color which we have covered at the end of the blog. These, as the name suggests, will be applicable for your axis charts like: Line Charts, Bar Charts, Area Charts etc of Open Source BI product Helical Insight v 5.0 GA
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Adhoc Module
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Manage your labels with ‘Rotate Label’ option

These, as the name suggests, will be applicable for your axis charts where data label should be vertical instead of horizontal. This property is available on Open Source BI Product Helical Insight version 5.0 GA onwards. Prepare your report with the data label turned on, in order to enable data label use the “Label” option
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Adhoc Module
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Crosstab Properties

This property, as the name suggests, will be applicable for your CrossTab visualization and will allow you to enable and use options like Grant Total, Subtotal, Row total, column total etc. This is avalaible from Helical Insight version 5.0 GA onwards. Create a crosstab report and then navigate to Properties Module. Within Properties, choose the
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Card visualization Customization Options

In this blog we are covering various kind of cards customization options of Card. These, as the name suggests, will be applicable for your card visualization under More Charts. You can navigate these options under Properties section.  A lot of things can be done which includes title, prefix and suffix image or text or icons
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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‘Export’ and ‘Import’ in Helical Insight 5.0

This will allow you to easily migrate your work around multiple servers from a UI driven option like migrating the reports dashboards from development server to production server etc. Note that functionality has been added from version 5.0 instance onward. In order to avoid any complication it is better if both source and target are
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Manage your labels with ‘Rotate Label’ option

These, as the name suggests, will be applicable for your axis charts and will allow you to rotate the data labels i.e. make it vertical instead of default horizontal for easier readability. Using the “Label” option of “Marks” it is possible to add data labels to the created axis chars. You can then navigate these
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Charts customization through UI
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Customize Axis and Grid of the charts

These, as the name suggests, will be applicable for your axis charts like: Line Charts, Bar Charts, Area Charts etc. These options help you to manage your grid and axes of your charts like you can do things like enable disable grid lines, rotate the axis tickes by a specific angle for easier readability, specify
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Sorting in Reports with Helical Insight 5.0

Most of the reports that we require consists of sorted data i.e. ascending order or descending order. Some use cases includes like finding top 10 customers, or last 1 week of data, or could be for any needs. Sorting can be done on any data type like text, number, date, date time etc. With Helical
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Dashboard Designer Customization Using HTML/CSS
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Shortcuts in Dashboards

The best open-source business intelligence tool just got better. The intuitive interface now comes with keyboard shortcuts. The keyboard shortcuts makes the entire process of using the application much more easier, smoother and more importantly faster. Please note that this is applicable to Helical Insight version 5.0 GIT 830 build onwards. To see the shortcuts
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Shortcuts in Adhoc reports interface

The best open-source business intelligence tool just got better. The intuitive interface now comes with keyboard shortcuts. This blog is relevant to Helical Insight version 5.0 RC 830 build onwards To see the shortcuts hover over the icon and see the shortcut for it and you never need to go back to icon and click
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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