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How to Connect Helical Insight with MongoDB

This article shows how to connect Helical Insight Application with a MongoDB datasource. In Helical Insight version 1.0.1 beta currently we are not providing a UI for directly connecting to MongoDB which we are working upon. Meanwhile MongoDB datasource usage inside Helical Insight is a backend process. There are 2 file types required for proper
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EFW
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EFW Method for Tabular report Creation

In our earlier blog “EFW for Creating a Report“, we have discussed about how to create a report using EFW and necessary files required to implement it. For creating a Tabular report using EFW method, there are 4 files required to visualize it which are EFW (.efw) – Entry point of the report. It contains
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Technical Guide
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How to update database driver list

Add New Database: Helical Insight supports a variety of databases, it also gives you the flexibility of adding all together a new DB even if it is not present in the list. If your database is not found in the list that comes out-of-the-box, you can add the driver by following the process given below:
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HelicalInsight v1.0.0
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White Labelling in Helical Insight

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. This article briefs you about how you can completely white label and change the look
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Virtual Datasource
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How to View Virtual Datasource List

Steps: Login into Helical Insight Application. Click on the Datasource tab Now click on the “Edit” option. Now, select Datasource Type. In this case “Virtual Datasource” is selected. On selecting datasource type,a list of datasources will be displayed.Also,intended datasource can be searched using “Search Datasource” in case multiple datasources are present.   For further assistance,
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database support
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How to Connect CSV Datasource using Helical Insight Application

Steps: Create a folder inside HI Repository. In this case we have created a folder named “CSV Datasource”. C:\Helical Insight\hi-repository\CSV Datasource Inside this folder create another folder and save the CSV file inside it. In our case we have created a folder named “CSV”. C:\Helical Insight\hi-repository\CSV Datasoure\CSV Place the CSV which you intend to use
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database support
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How to Access Hive Datasource in Helical Insight 1.0.1 Beta

In this blog we will cover how to connect Open Source BI product Helical Insight application with Hive database. Click on “Data Sources” page. The list of Data sources is present as a collection of icons for each database. Click on “Hive”. Now in the “Create” tab, enter the following details: Host: Enter the server
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database support
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Quickfix guide to connect Hive server using Helical Insight 1.0.1 Beta

Following are the steps to configure Hive Datasource into Helical Insight Application : Go to Tomcat Library folder Path: “ C:\Helical Insight\apache-tomcat-7\webapps\hi\WEB-INF\lib “ Note : Path address will depend on where the Helical Insight application is installed. Here, Helical Insight Application is installed in windows C drive. Extract the jar files provided into lib folder.
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VF
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How to use Card VF in Helical Insight

To display specific data on a dashboard a card is used. There can be multiple cards on a single dashboard. This article talks about how to create such cards using Helical Insight VF. Some of the Card VF developed using Helical Insight: Steps: Download this file. The unzipped folder, named “VF FILES”, is to be
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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