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Date Database
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Date Format Database Function Usage in Helical Insight

In this blog, we will learn how to display date or time in different formats. From any date/DateTime column in Helical Insight. Below you can see we are having a date in the format “YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS”. If we want to display date or time in different formats, click on Travel Date column. Click on more,
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Date Database
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Date Database Function Usage in Helical Insight

In this blog we will learn how to extract the date from date /date time column in Helical Insight. Below you can see we are having a date in the format “YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS”. If we want to extract Date, click on Travel Date column. Click on more, user will get two options i.e. Quick and
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opensource business intelligence
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Create Multiple Helical Insight Instances

Prerequisite : Java 8+ installed and JAVA HOME is set. Install apache tomcat 7+ Need to have any one of the database server installed like Derby, MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL etc   Steps to Deploy HI application : Extract helicalinsight-ee-2.1.0.8049 RC1.jar file. Once you extract this you will find hi-repository.zip and hi-ee.war Unzip the hi-repository.zip file
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File Repository
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Sharing Dashboards in Helical Insight

How to Share Dashboards? A dashboard is created using reports which are created from a metadata which, in turn, is created from a datasource. Thus, sharing a dashboard involves: Sharing the Dashboard file Sharing the Reports from which dashboard is created Sharing the Metadata from which reports are created Sharing the Datasource from which metadata
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Technical Guide
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White Labeling Helical Insight Application

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 and feel
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Uncategorized
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Significance of Business Intelligence in Social media

Introduction: Amongst various sources, social media has been one of the most highlighted and influential players in the cyber arena. Facebook is on the verge to beat the size of Germany with around 400mn active users. Twitter is following the Facebook in the same line. This unbeatable & phenomenal growth of the online giants is
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Technical Guide
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Importing CSV File into MySQL Database in Helical Insight

In this article you will learn how to import CSV file into MySQL. When a Helical Insight is installed then by default MySQL database is installed with it. Follow the steps to import CSV file into MySQL Database in Helical Insight: Download CSV file Open Command prompt as an Administrator Type the following command cd
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Embedding Highcharts in Helical Insight

In this blog, we have covered how to embed high charts in community edition of Helical Insight. In order to embed in Enterprise edition please refer this blog Adding New Chart Type in Charts List in Adhoc In Helical Insight, embedding of highcharts is possible. To use highcharts, download latest version of highcharts. Here, I am embedding a
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Is your Business Intelligence tool really Intelligent?

According to Forrester blog a typical BI tool costs $1,50,000/- and ETL costs about the same. Services, hardware and implementation generally scale up to 5 times the software cost. It is after investing so much  that most businesses realize that the solution they have purchased is not really future ready. As the business expands, number of
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CSS Box-Model

CSS Box Model :- Cascading Style Sheets or CSS are used to design the semantics of HTML elements which are displayed on a web page. The CSS is used to set almost all visual properties like heigh, width, color, background, font, etc. “Box-Model” is the term in CSS which refers to the layout and design
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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