In this blog we are covering the best practices which should be followed while using Helical Insight to create your reports, dashboards, embedding, Single Sign On, optimal performance, higher security etc. DATASOURCES: a) Dynamic DB Switching : – There are certain cases when we would like the report or dashboard to all together switch to
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NOTE: From version 5.2.2 of Open Source BI Helical Insight, we have provided DIRECT inbuilt support to Excel as a datasource. This method is much more simpler to use and recommended. Please refer to this link to learn more: https://www.helicalinsight.com/usage-of-flat-files-excel-in-helical-insight/ If you are using older version or want to use Apache drill, then continue to
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Users need to configure connection of Apache Drill to use it as a middleware if they wish to connect to flat files and MongoDB via Apache Drill. Once Middleware configuration is done, users will be able to see icons of the flat files on the Data Sources page. The Apache drill must be installed and
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