In the ever-evolving landscape of data analytics and visualization, the power of open source tools has become increasingly evident. Among the plethora of options available, Helical Insight emerges as a beacon of innovation and reliability, spearheading a revolution in data visualization. Let’s delve into why Helical Insight stands tall as the frontrunner in the realm
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If a CrossTab has more than one row/column group level, then this functionality give control to the user to specify whether or not to enable the CrossTab to be expanded at runtime, and set the default expanding/collapsing state of groups in the outer level. This functionality is available in CrossTab property and which is applicable
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In case if you are looking for support and usage of Helical Insight with Time Plus proton you can follow the steps mentioned in the below document to learn how to do the same. In our subsequent versions Helical Insight will already have all the required files and configurations will be by default present as
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The basis of everything on dashboard is the grid settings for the dashboard, it should be the first setting one should visit so that we can make sure that dashboard works the way we expect it to be. Let us understand what these settings are and how do we make use of it. Right-Click on
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Once you start adding reports or other objects to the dashboard, the primary task is to give them at a proper size and position. Resize and repositioning can be done in multiple ways. You can click and drag or use Alignment option in right-click context menu. Either way, you will be able to perform the
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In this blog we are going to cover the need of migration from ChartIO as well as the details of a cost affective open source BI option which can be tried along with a small brief of its features. you can find here best Open Source BI Alternative Replacement of Chartio because they just got
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In this blog we would be discussing and explaining how can connect to Excel as a datasource using Open Source BI product Helical Insight via Apache Drill. You can refer to our other blog to learn how apache drill can be used to connect to other kind of flat files like CSV TSV Parquet JSON
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Problem Statement: Whenever there is a huge data in Select2 input control, the dashboard/report freezes for sometime or takes time to respond back i.e., when clicked on Select2, it takes lots of time to open and display the dropdown values. Solution: In order to handle huge data in Select2 input control, which has Infinite scroll,
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The charting engine provided by default Helical Insight Community Edition is D3 and C3 charts.Anyhow, there will be few requirements which cannot be accomplished with help of default properties.In such cases, we can use ‘JS Editor’ option available and write javascript to achieve that requirement. We can use 4 life cycle events for the report
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Helical Insight supports various relational, columnar, NoSQL databases as well as flat files. This blog shows how to connect to MS Access in Helical Insight. Step 1:Go to the Datasources page and click on MS Access. You will be prompted to download the relevant database driver. Download the driver from the link on our blog
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