By default Open Source BI product Helical Insight gets installed on Apache Tomcat. In this blog, we will learn how to migrate this from Apache Tomcat to Apache web server. For Apache Web server default HTTP Port is: 80 and default HTTPS port is: 443. Similarly for Apache Tomcat default HTTP port is 8080 and
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From version 5.0 of Helical Insight Enterprise Edition, the entire method of implementing cascading input parameters has been simplified and it can be acheived from the UI itself. Please refer to this blog to learn how to do that. If you are using an older version you can go read further. Cascading Parameter is the
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When the user exports dashboard, a snapshot of the dashboard is taken and then stored in the selected format. However, if a user wants data from the tables on the dashboard to be exported, it is not possible for the entire dashboard. This is because there are a number of different reports on the dashboard
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Users can now directly use flat files like CSV, JSON, Parquet, TSV, Avro and Sequence Files which are uploaded in AWS S3 instance and using the same they can create reports/dashboards inside Helical Insight. Following steps need to be followed. Step 1: Download, install and start Apache Drill. To learn How to Install Drill. Step
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Authentication Token requirements for SSO with HI application Token Format: Company=<tenant_name>|username=<username>|role=<role1,role2..>|profilename1=<profilevalue1,profilevalue2>|profilename2=<profilevalue3,profilevalue4>expTime=<timestamp> Company=<organization_name>|username=<username>|role=<role1,role2..> |expTime=<timestamp> Token mainly comprises of 5 parts separated by a “|” (pipe separator). Token Encryption Token generated in the given format, has to be encrypted to make it secure. Chosen Encryption Algorithm details: Algorithm – AES Mode – ECB Padding – PKCS5Padding Secret
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There are various methods of integrating Helical Insight. One of the methods is using object tag which we would be discussing here. Following are the steps to achieve : Create a report or dashboard using Helical Insight which you want to integrate. Right click on the report or dashboard and open it in a new
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There are various methods of integrating Helical Insight. One of the methods is using embed tag which we would be discussing here. Following are the steps to achieve : Create a report or dashboard using Helical Insight which you want to integrate. Right click on the report or dashboard and open it in a new
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A lot of NoSQL and non-relational databases (like Mongo, Elastic Search etc) are able to store the data in the form of arrays, JSON and objects. In many cases, we would like to access this unstructured data for creating reports like bursting, flattening, finding key values etc. There are a couple of options which Helical
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It is possible to use MongoDB with Open Source BI product Helical Insight. There are two methods via which we can use Mongo inside Helical Insight. Method 1 : Via Dremio Method 2: Via Drill. Read on to learn how to connect via Apache Drill. Users can connect to MongoDB in Helical Insight via Apache
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It is possible to use MongoDB with Open Source BI product Helical Insight. There are two methods via which we can use Mongo inside Helical Insight. Method 1 : Via Apache Drill Method 2: Via Dremio. Read on to learn how to connect via Dremio. Users can connect to MongoDB via Dremio. The following steps
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