In this article, we will see how we can use different filtering conditions for different data types. There can be 3 basic types of data i.e. numeric, textual or date. We will see one by one the filtering conditions for each of these data types. Numeric data Let us consider the ‘sample travel data’ and
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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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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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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 provides a user the flexibility to apply database functions on different data formats like Text, numeric, date, time, date-time, etc. Following are the steps to apply database functions. In the below blog we have shown the steps to apply a single function. But you can also apply multiple nested functions also like outside
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As Helical Insight supports Multi-tenancy, users would like to see data which is relevant to them. For example, Sales managers would like to see the reports/dashboards of sales data, Finance managers would see only financial reports etc. For that, ‘Metadata security’ feature can be used in which user can grant or deny the permission of
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Helical Insight provides the user with the functionality of exporting the Reports/Dashboards into various file formats. Some of the file formats that Helical Insight supports are PDF, JPEG, PNG, Excel etc. Note: Users can also add a new ‘Exporting file format’ like .PPT by using exporting APIs Following are the steps to export a Report/Dashboard:
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Helical Insight gives user an advantage to add JavaScript and CSS in the adhoc interface to make customization’s in the report. Users can also view the SQL query generated for the report. Following are the steps to customize report using JavaScript and CSS: Step 1: After a report is generated, click on ‘Editor’ button from
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A View is a virtual table based on the result set of an SQL statement. It is primarily used for designing complex reports which are a bit difficult to achieve using the drag drop interface. The output structure of those SQLviews are saved as a separate table in the metadata which can then in-turn be
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The ad-hoc interface for creating reports looks like: Tables/columns panel: All the tables and the columns under them can be seen in this panel on the left. Users can use these columns to create a report. Selection area: This is an area where all the columns selected for creating reports are
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