Helical Insight 6.2 – Streaming Response Enhancement

Introduction

Open Source BI Helical Insight version 6.2 introduces a major architectural enhancement with support for Streaming Response along with the implementation of an optimized Stream Cache Strategy.

If you plan to view multi pager data, then this configuration can give immense performance boost. Since page wise data we mainly see in canned report, in interactive report (hreport) also when we see the report in table format and you can easily see a performance improvement by more than 85-90%.

Further this version also helps with performance improvement of interactive charts/ dashboards also by nearly 50%.

Steps to Enable Streaming Response Configuration:

In our future versions, we will have this setting by default enable. But if you are using 6.2 or upgrading from older version to this version you will have to manually enable this setting.

1. Update cache.xml

Open the cache.xml file which is present at the location:

../helicalinsight-ee-6.2.0.952GA/hi/hi-repository/System/Admin/cache.xml

Change value of cacheStrategy from default to stream i.e. from: 

<cacheStrategy>default</cacheStrategy>

To:

<cacheStrategy>stream</cacheStrategy>

Also change: 

<enableParallelReportGeneration>false</enableParallelReportGeneration>

To:

<enableParallelReportGeneration>true</enableParallelReportGeneration>

2. Update setting.xml

Open the setting.xml file present at the below location:

../helicalinsight-ee-6.2.0.952GA/hi/hi-repository/System/Admin/setting.xml

Change: 

<streamResponse>false</streamResponse>

To:

<streamResponse>true</streamResponse>

3. Explanation of waitUntilFirstPageLoad Property in setting.xml

A new property named waitUntilFirstPageLoad has been introduced in the setting.xml configuration file from version 6.2.1 onwards.

<waitUntilFirstPageLoad>false</waitUntilFirstPageLoad>

Purpose of This Property

This property controls how canned report behaves when streaming mode is enabled, specifically during the initial page rendering process.

There might be components in the canned report which require to load all pages and then do calculation (example : total page number, percentage based on all values etc).

It determines whether the application should:

Render the first page immediately for faster user experience and that specific component which needs all page load to be left blank for faster viewing experience. When the platform has calculated everything then at the bottom, next to page navigation, user can see a button which will show that an update is available. Clicking on it now that component which was not appearing will also start appearing (like the total page number)

Wait until the platform has all the information ready to render the page completely and then start rendering the page. With this it might take more time but the entire report data is loaded before rendering the first page.

4. Save all configuration changes and clear the application cache from the Helical Insight home page.

Open the Canned Reports, charts and Dashboards to observe improved loading and execution performance.

Note:

Cache files will be generated in the below server path:

…/helicalinsight-ee-6.2.0.952GA/hi/hi-repository/System/Cache

Please reach out tosupport@helicalinsight.comin case of any questions.

You May Also Like

Leave a Reply

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