16 May 2024 – Helical IT Solutions proudly announces the launch of Helical Insight version 5.2, the latest iteration of its acclaimed Open Source Business Intelligence (BI) platform. This release marks a significant milestone in empowering enterprises with a versatile and cost-effective BI solution, poised to revolutionize analytics landscapes worldwide. Helical Insight emerges as a
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Introduction: Helical Insight metadata connects with a database which is predefined. Now there might be certain cases in which we would like the metadata to connect to different data sources based on certain condition, for example, different organization etc. Here we have explained how the metadata is connected to different data sources based on logged
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How to Install Spark SQL Thrift Server (Hive) and connect it with Helical Insight In this article, we will see how to install Spark SQL Thrift Server (Hive) and how to fetch data from spark thrift server in helical insight Prerequisite: Helical Insight should be installed and running. We will now see how to install
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In order to remove default admin and default user buttons from login page of Helical Insight application, we need to follow below steps: Go to the location where Helical Insight application is installed. Now search for ‘loginBody.jsp’ file which is located at “webapps/hi-ee/WEB-INF/jsp/login/loginBody.jsp” directory Open ‘loginBody.jsp’ Comment the following section of code as shown below.
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With every newer version of Helical Insight being launched there might be a need to upgrade Helical Insight to the later versions. This blog will provide step by step guide to upgrade Helical Insight to the later version while keeping all the work and customization’s intact as per the previous version of Helical Insight. We
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The configuration details shows the details filled by the user at the time of Helical Insight application installation. Now, to view the details filled by the user there are 2 methods available : Method 1: Open installation directory or Folder Go to *\hi-repository\System\Admin Find setting.xml file. Open setting.xml file and find <BaseUrl> tag. After searching, <BaseUrl>http://localhost:8080/hi/hdi.html</BaseUrl>
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Install the JDK software. Go to this URL for downloading java (Note: Oracle login might be required, if you do not have the required credentials you can register and create free login ) Select the appropriate JDK software and click Download. The JDK software is installed on your computer, for example, at C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_02. You
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This article talks about introduction to Metadata Security Pre-filtering. Metadata pre-filtering is a process where a filtering of information within organization, user, role etc takes place at a metadata level. For example, your most of the company members can access database Adhoc UI and drag drop interface, but only few should have access to the
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In this article, you will learn about how to apply Filter Expression using Helical Insight. Filter expression is a query expression written in order to fulfill certain condition which cannot be directly fulfilled by applying a general filter. There are two types of filter expression which can be used, one in which functions are present
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