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Helical Insight connection with snowflake

Before we connect with snowflake let’s understand what is snowflake :- While data is a core asset for modern enterprises, technology’s ability to scale has created a surge of big data. Managing and storing that data has become a critical function for modern business operations. Choosing a data platform that can handle massive volumes of
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Open Source Alternative To Tableau

Information fuels the business; however, it requires a precise tool to extract meaningful information from complex and mysterious data lying underneath. Tableau is a market leader when it comes to a powerful data visualization and BI product. There are some special features that sets apart Tableau from rest of the analytical and business intelligence applications.
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Helical insight version 5.0
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Open Source Alternative to Pentaho

In this blog we are going to cover a comparison of Open Source BI product Helical Insight with another Open Source BI product Pentaho. We would be covering on all points comparison. Where Pentaho performs better and points where Helical Insight performs better, we would be covering an all honest review below. This comparison is
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Helical insight version 5.0
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Open Source Alternative To Jaspersoft

In this blog we are going to cover a comparison of Open Source BI product Helical Insight with another Open Source BI product Jaspersoft. We would be covering on all points comparison. Where Jaspersoft performs better and points where Helical Insight performs better, we would be covering an all honest review below. This comparison is
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Helical insight version 5.0
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Open Source Alternative To Metabase BI

In this blog we are going to cover a comparison of Open Source BI product Helical Insight with Open Source BI product Metabase. We would be covering on all points comparison. Where Metabase performs better and points where Helical Insight performs better, we would be covering an all honest review below   DEPLOYMENT DEPLOYMENT Technology
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Open Source Alternative To Superset / Preset BI Tool

In this blog we are going to cover a comparison of Open Source BI product Helical Insight with Open Source BI product Superset. We would be covering on all points comparison. Where superset performs better and points where Helical Insight performs better, we would be covering an all honest review below DEPLOYMENT Technology Stack: Helical
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Enable SSL in Helical Insight Tomcat

Helical Insight application mainly hosted on Apache tomcat application server. There are multiple ways using which we can enable SSL on apache tomcat for ex. HTTPS proxy redirection, AJP redirection, IIS, NGINX, HAProxy, configuring SSL details at apache tomcat level etc. The SSL certificate can be applied at any of the webserver or directly at
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Create reports on REST API / HTTP request on Helical Insight

NOTE: From version 5.2.2 of Open Source BI Helical Insight, we have provided DIRECT inbuilt support to REST API driver. This method is much more simpler to use and recommended. Please refer to this link to learn more : https://www.helicalinsight.com/connect-and-use-an-api-as-a-data-source-in-helical-insight-5-0/ If you are using older version or want to use Apache drill, then continue to
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Adding Shadow in Dashboards

Adding shadow is one of the many right-click operations available for your use. Depending on which object you right-click on (dashboard, report, text, image, group etc), the properties will be applied only to that object Step 1: Right click and select Shadow. This will give you options related to shadow for that component. In this
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Adding Image and Text within Dashboard

Many a times there arise a need to add up additional objects to dashboard, other than reports that we have built up. We may need to add additional text to label up the objects or put up a description or elaborate a report. Other times we may have to add up the organization logo or
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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