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Canned Reports Usage
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Helical Canned Reports: Getting Started

Helical Canned Reports is a new module that has been introduced in Helical Insight 4.0. This module enables the users to create canned reports or pixel perfect pre-formatted reports. These reports are scalable, pixel-perfect, multi page reports which are also printer friendly. Canned reporting module can be used to create reports like invoices, balance sheets,
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Canned Reports Usage
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Canned Reporting : Line Component

In this blog we are going to cover the points related to the usage of line component. Line component is mainly used for separation of fields/components. A line field can be dragged from left field and can be added. By default, as soon as a line component is added the foreground color is used as
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Canned Reports Usage
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Canned Reporting : TEXT Component

In this blog we are going to cover the points related to the usage of text component. Text is the most used component in creating canned report and can be used for creating dynamic as well as non dynamic content like label, heading, titles, static text etc. A text field can be dragged from left
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Dynamic Query View in Metadata

Sometimes, you may want to modify the query generated for a report based on the input parameters selected by end user. Different filter values may trigger different queries in such cases. To achieve this easily, dynamic query view feature has been added at metadata level in Helical Insight. What is dynamic query? Dynamic query essentially
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Filter Expressions for Dynamic Query View

This blog gives details about the filter expressions that can be used in the dynamic query view on the metadata page of Helical Insight. Dynamic queries allow the report level filters to be used in the view to generate the query based on those filters. Filters can be accessed by using the ${filter} notation. Filter
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FormData Expressions in Dynamic Query View

In this blog, we have given details of all the formData expressions that can be used in the dynamic query view. Dynamic query essentially implies that the query is generated at runtime depending on the user inputs.This can be achieved by adding a dynamic logic/groovy script using which end user can use the filters, formdata
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Helical Insight Community Edition
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Checkbox usage in Community Edition Reports

Introduction: In this blog we are going to explain how to use checkbox in multi select parameters in Community Edition Reports. Here we are creating a sample report which shows travel medium wise cost. Please make sure you have gone through the blog “Introduction to Community Reporting Interface.” Steps to create pie chart using filter
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Technical Guide
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Load Balancing and Availability Solution with Test Cases

Introduction:This document consists of proof of concept details for the implementation of load balancing and high availability solution within the Helical Insight application. Background : A web application hosted on a single node has many disadvantages mainly like unavailability in case of node failure and degraded performance in case of huge load. To address these
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Charts usage guide
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How to add target lines and background color in D3 Charts

This blog explains how to customize D3 charts I.e. adding target lines other than axis lines and change background color of particular region. Consider the below chart which plots dots based on the data related to ‘Confidence’,’Assessment’ and ‘Awareness’ Add Target lines If we want to add target lines on Y axis at particular places,
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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