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How to Delete an Applied Database Function in Helical Insight

Once you have created a report using applied database function there might be a need to delete the applied DB function or change those values. In this blog, we will learn how we can go about doing the same. Below is the snapshot of the report which is created by applying Database function on one

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Impersonate Mimic User in Helical Insight

In this blog we shall see how Impersonate/Mimic feature works in Open Source BI product Helical Insight. The impersonate feature has been added to Helical Insight so that when an admin applies certain security conditions for a user/shares certain resources with a user, he can then see via this functionality whether the same have been

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Connecting to Google Big Query using Helical Insight

In this blog, we will provide steps to connect to google big query data source connection in Helical Insight Open Source BI application Prerequsite: Helical Insight is successfully installed Login to BigQuery Web UI, and create dataset and tables by following below link: Create dataset in BigQuery Download required of simba JDBC driver for big

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Configure JAVA_HOME/JRE_HOME Environment Variables For Linux

Check the java version with the command java -version if it successfully installed then you can see the version else you will see the below image. Java –version If you get result similar to the below image you do not have Java installed. The list shows you which packages in your system have Java available

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Usage of Hidden Column in Helical Insight

Helical Insight Adhoc reporting interface is having a feature called hidden column. A hidden column allows us to hide a column which can be part of the report selection but it will not be visible in the report as such. For example, We want to arrange according to month number but do not want to

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