Helical IT Solutions Announces Version 6.1 of Open Source BI Helical Insight
                     Helical IT Solutions Announces Version 6.1 of Open
Source BI Helical Insight - Major
Enhancements Advancing Toward a Unified BI Platform.
Helical IT Solutions is excited to release Helical Insight version 6.1.0.862, a significant update to
its  open-source  Business  Intelligence (BI) platform.  This  release reinforces  Helical  Insight’s
vision  of  becoming  a comprehensive  embeddable  BI  product that  offers  pixel-perfect
documents kind of canned reports,  interactive dashboards with drill down drill through and
would be adding GenAI BI (chat based) module within one platform. 
Helical  Insight  continues to  advance  the accessibility  of  analytics by delivering  a  unified BI
platform with flat pricing, flexible deployment, drag drop interface and embedding options. Its
intuitive, browser-based experience enables both internal teams and external users to easily
adopt self-service analytics and scale insights across the organization - without escalating costs
or multiple BI products. 
Version 6.1.0.826 brings backend upgrade to latest version of Java and Tomcat. With enhanced
UI/UX,  faster  visualization  creation,  improved  reporting  controls,  and  broader  visualization
support, the platform enables organizations to embed interactive dashboards and pixel-perfect
reports  seamlessly  into  their  products  while maintaining simplicity,  scalability,  and  cost
efficiency. 
The latest release expands JDBC URL pattern support, including backslash-based formats and
others aslo. It also bundles the latest PostgreSQL JDBC driver by default.  
Visualization creation UX has been significantly simplified with single click, enable/disable of
charts and hover-based  guidance based  on  number  of  dimensions  and  measures
present. Subcharts within  card  visualizations  are  now  displayed  in  a  full-screen,  responsive
view, improving readability and clarity.  
Additional options  for  trend card,  OpenStreetMap  (OSM)  mapping  engine  support  and
Calendar  Chart  for  easy  date-wise  comparisons  and  trend analysis  are  introduced. Backend
control over export settings such as orientation and paper size for charts and ad-hoc reports is
provided, with UI-driven controls coming soon.
 
The paginated canned Reporting module now supports Table, Cross Tab, and Chart elements,
combining detailed data with visual insights. This bridges traditional reporting with modern BI in
a single reporting experience.  
A  new Report  Properties  panel enables  control  over  layout,  spacing,
headers, footers, pagination is now available to toggle and edit. Single select inputs are now
radio buttons, differentiating from multi select inputs enhancing UI consistency. 
To learn more about Helical Insight and the latest release, visit https://www.helicalinsight.com/.