Based on the kind of data that has been used as a filter, we get various kind of filtering condition. In this blog we will cover the same. 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
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With version 5.0 of Helical Insight onwards we have introduced a different method of implementing drill down and drill through making the entire process much more smooth and simple to implement. Note: Difference between Drill Down vs Drill Through. In Drill Down, we go to a granular level of information within same chart. We can
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With version 5.0 of Helical Insight we have added a lot of advanced functionality in terms of filter usage. One of those functions is called “Display” and “Value” which we would be explaining how to use. When a filter is added, you can click on these 3 lines as shown in the image and click
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In this blog, we will learn how to use date filter and the various kind of functions which are available on this kind of data. With version 5.0 onwards, Helical Insight is providing a lot of prebuilt date/date time functions for quick filtering along with a new UI for user selection. Below you can see
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In this document we will be covering how to create a drill through report. Refer to our other blog to learn how to implement drill down in helical insight version 5.0 Note: Difference between Drill Down vs Drill Through. Note: Drill Down and Drill Through can only be applied on Table, CrossTab and GridChart visualizations.
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In this blog, you will learn about how to use Apply before Aggregate function. Basically this can be used to specify the sequence in which we would like to apply the dbfunctions along with aggregate functions i.e. whether first aggregate function should get applied or whether first DBfunctions should get applied. Let us understand with
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Following are the steps to add a Header to a Dashboard. This below UI is available from the version 5.0 onwards of Helical Insight: The header option allows giving the entire dashboard or individual components a header, based on where we have right clicked and specifying the configurations. Right-click on the dashboard designer page, when
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Helical Insight supports various relational, columnar, NoSQL databases as well as flat files. This blog shows how to connect to MS Access in Helical Insight. Step 1:Go to the Datasources page and click on MS Access. You will be prompted to download the relevant database driver. Download the driver from the link on our blog
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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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