Helical Insight
Enabled customizable BI workflows by building an open-source analytics platform with 360+ APIs
Built and enhanced Helical Insight to enable businesses to create, customize, and deploy analytics workflows with self-service reporting, embedded dashboards, and multi-source data integration.
360+ API Coverage
100% Data Source Support
100+ Clients Onboarded
About the Client
Helical Insight is an open-source business intelligence framework designed to provide analytics, reporting, and data visualization capabilities for enterprises. The platform supports multiple data sources, offers self-service reporting, and enables workflow-driven analytics with features such as in-memory processing, scheduling, alerting, and multi-tenant deployment across cloud and mobile environments.
Business Context
Traditional BI tools offer limited customization, predefined workflows, and high vendor dependency, restricting flexibility for businesses with evolving analytics needs. A flexible, developer-friendly BI platform was required to support custom workflows, multi-source data integration, and scalable analytics without reliance on closed systems.
Challenges
Limited flexibility in traditional BI workflows
Most BI tools provided fixed workflows, making it difficult to customize analytics processes.
High dependency on vendor-controlled ecosystems
Closed architectures restricted customization, integration, and extensibility.
Handling multiple data sources and large datasets
Supporting diverse databases and high-volume data required efficient processing and caching mechanisms.
Need for embedded and white-labeled analytics
Businesses required the ability to integrate analytics into their own products with customizable interfaces.
Solutions We Implemented
Developed API-driven customizable BI architecture
A platform with 360+ APIs enabled workflow customization and seamless integration with external systems.
Built self-service reporting and dashboard capabilities
Users could create reports using drag-and-drop interfaces without dependency on developers.
Implemented scalable data processing with caching and in-memory engine
Optimized performance for large datasets and concurrent users through configurable caching mechanisms.
Enabled embedding, white-labeling, and multi-tenant deployment
The platform supported integration into external products with customizable UI and tenant-level isolation.
Impact
Enabled fully customizable analytics workflows
Businesses could define and execute their own analytics processes without system limitations.
Reduced dependency on proprietary BI tools
Open-source architecture allowed flexibility and lower cost of ownership.
Improved accessibility with browser-based analytics platform
Users could access dashboards and reports without requiring desktop installations.
Supported scalable analytics across multiple data sources
The platform handled diverse datasets and high user concurrency efficiently.
Tech Stack Used
WordPress
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PHP
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MySQL
Reliable relational database supporting high-volume application data.
Apache
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