Tag: Open source BI tools

Charts customization through UI
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Report Footer

Report footer will work for all kind of charts and visualizations. Following are the steps to add/edit report footer: Step 1: Click on the ‘Customize’ button Step 2: Double-click on ‘Report footer’ icon Step 3: Enter the text/number for the report header and choose the font type, size, color, alignment etc. Users also can use
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Tabular reports customization through UI
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Heat Map

Following are the steps to apply Heat Map feature: Step 1: Click on the ‘Customize’ button. Step 2: Double-click on Heat Map icon. Step 3: Select start color and End color and click on ‘OK’. Generally a light shade is selected for indicating small measure and a dark shade to indicate big measure. Exactly opposite
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Tabular reports customization through UI
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Column Freeze

Following are the steps to apply ‘Column freeze’ feature: Step 1: Click on the ‘Customize’ button. Step 2: Double-click on ‘Column freeze’ icon. Step 3: Select the column till which you want to freeze the columns and click on ‘OK’. In above image, you can see the columns of the report. If for example user
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Tabular reports customization through UI
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Background Color

Following are the steps to customise the background colour:   Step 1: Click on the ‘Customize’ button Step 2: Double-click on ‘Background color’ icon   Step 3: Select the color from the color tray and click on ‘OK’ button     Step 4: Now click on the apply tick mark as shown in the image
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Database Functions

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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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Data Security

As Helical Insight supports Multi-tenancy, users would like to see data which is relevant to them. For example, Sales managers would like to see the reports/dashboards of sales data, Finance managers would see only financial reports etc. For that, ‘Metadata security’ feature can be used in which user can grant or deny the permission of
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Exporting Report

Helical Insight provides the user with the functionality of exporting the Reports/Dashboards into various file formats. Some of the file formats that Helical Insight supports are PDF, JPEG, PNG, Excel etc. Note: Users can also add a new ‘Exporting file format’ like .PPT by using exporting APIs Following are the steps to export a Report/Dashboard:
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Inserting JS & CSS

Helical Insight gives user an advantage to add JavaScript and CSS in the adhoc interface to make customization’s in the report. Users can also view the SQL query generated for the report. Following are the steps to customize report using JavaScript and CSS: Step 1: After a report is generated, click on ‘Editor’ button from
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Usage of ‘View’

A View is nothing but a virtual table based on a result set of SQL statement. It is mainly used for designing complex reports in adhoc or when certain pre-calculations are required, which then can be used in the adhoc interface as columns to create reports. These Views are basically stored in local Helical server.
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Ad-hoc Report Module
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Ad-hoc Interface Overview

The ad-hoc interface for creating reports looks like:     Tables/columns panel: All the tables and the columns under them can be seen in this panel on the left. Users can use these columns to create a report.     Selection area: This is an area where all the columns selected for creating reports are
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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