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Charts customization through UI
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Radial Dendrogram Chart Customization

Helical Insight offers out-of-the-box customization scripts. Some customizations such as report background, header, footer, heading, tooltip etc. are common for all chart types. However, there are other unique chart customization scripts based on the type of chart that has been chosen. Detailed steps to customize Radial Dendrogram charts are given in this blog. Create a
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Charts customization through UI
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Dendrogram Chart Customization

Helical Insight offers out-of-the-box customization scripts. Some customizations such as report background, header, footer, heading, tooltip etc. are common for all chart types. However, there are other unique chart customization scripts based on the type of chart that has been chosen. Detailed steps to customize Dendogram charts are given in this blog. Create a Report
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HI Datasource
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Databases and Relevant Drivers

In this blog we are listing down the supported database drivers and relevant dependecy jar files, if any. Some of the databases are well tested but we are not able to include within the application by defaul because of CopyLeft/GPL etc kind of licensing issues. Hence you can download from here, then upload and start
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Technical Guide
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Database Functions for Unstructured Data

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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Technical Guide
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Connecting to MongoDB using Apache Drill

NOTE: Instead of Dremio (which is covered in this blog), we recommend using Trino to connect to and work with MongoDB. Learn how to use Trino with Helical Insight: Read the Trino Integration Guide It is possible to use MongoDB with Open Source BI product Helical Insight. There are two methods via which we can
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Technical Guide
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Connecting to MongoDB via Dremio

NOTE: Instead of Dremio (which is covered in this blog), we recommend using Trino to connect to and work with MongoDB. Learn how to use Trino with Helical Insight: Read the Trino Integration Guide It is possible to use MongoDB with Open Source BI product Helical Insight. There are two methods via which we can
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Technical Guide
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Connecting to Elastic Search Using Helical Insight

Users can connect to Elastic Search via Dremio. The following steps need to be followed: Step 1: Install and start Dremio. To learn how to install Dremio, click here. Step 2: Open Dremio console in the browser by entering your-host-ip:port in the address bar. Here, Dremio is on the localhost. Default port for Dremio is
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Technical Guide
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Drill Installation in Helical Insight

This blog gives details of the installation of Apache Drill in embedded mode, i.e., to use Drill on a single node. If you wish to install Drill in distributed mode, follow the instructions here. Pre-requisites: We have tested with Apache Drill 1.14 Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows: Oracle or OpenJDK 8 Windows only: A
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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