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Background
Sisense provides an out of the box Usage – Query dashboard when the Usage Analytics model is enabled. This dashboard offers insights into queries created and executed by users.
The goa...
01-27-2026 Step-by-Step Guide:
1. Adjust the Prometheus Custom Resource (CR) The Prometheus CR controls runtime configuration, including retention and storage settings. Updating the CR applies changes immed...
12-10-2025 Step-by-Step Guide:
Scenario
You’ve upgraded from an older Sisense version (or migrated to Linux) that used the original Translator. In the current version, which uses the Analytical Engine, som...
12-02-2025 Step-by-Step Guide:
Run the following command to check the most recent update history:
1. yum history
The list with the recent updates and timestamps will open
2. Find the transaction ID you...
11-28-2025 Step-by-Step Guide:
Scenario
You’ve upgraded from an older Sisense version (or migrated to Linux) that used the original Translator. In the current version, which uses the Analytical Engine, some...
11-28-2025 Reference: Sisense Community Article – “Clickable URL Links in Pivot Rows”
Step-by-Step Guide
1. Enable HTML Rendering for Pivot Tables
Navigate to Admin → System Management → Configuration. ...
11-28-2025 Step-by-Step Guide:
There are two main approaches to implementing financial quarter-specific drilldowns:
Option 1: Enable Custom Fiscal Year (ElastiCube or Environment Level)
Step 1: Set Fisca...
11-28-2025 Note: Applicable for L2025.2 and newer (RKE2).
For <L2025.2 (RKE1) instances, please refer to the guide below:
Optimizing Docker Storage | Sisense
Step-by-Step Guide:
Due to the fact that Co...
10-30-2025 Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure you have the following:
Access to the Kubernetes cluster where Sisense is deployed.
A Google account with 2-factor authentication enabled.
A Google “A...
10-14-2025 Often, we want to analyze our data by focusing on top or bottom performers, and for that, Sisense provides convenient out-of-the-box ranking filters. However, there are times when the analysis requir...
10-09-2025 Learn how to use Sisense Web Access Tokens (WAT) for secure, scalable API access. This guide explains the key differences between WAT and user tokens, common pitfalls, and how to properly authenticat...
10-09-2025 When creating a VM for Sisense installation in a cloud environment (such as AWS), it is deployed with the default key-based authentication method, meaning it will be required to provide the respectiv...
09-28-2025 This guide walks you through the steps to understand the cause of this error and provides practical fixes to successfully complete the installation.
09-18-2025 This guide shows how to use Custom Filter to layer conditions such as exclusions and top-N limits for more precise results when a single filter condition alone doesn’t provide the control you need.
09-15-2025 In this guide, we’ll cover step-by-step how to use commands like top and ps to identify resource-hungry processes, and how to interpret the load average. By the end, you’ll be able to spot which proc...
09-12-2025 Step-by-Step Guide:
What to Look For: Common Symptoms
If Sisense is running below the required specifications, you may observe:
Persistent slowness or delays – queries and dashboards take l...
09-11-2025 Step-by-Step Guide:
Usually, manual backup of the configuration is not required since it is being already collected by Sisense on a daily basis and can be found in /opt/sisense/storage/configurati...
09-02-2025 Step-by-step guide:
Navigating and Filtering Logs with journalctl
journalctl is a command-line utility for querying and displaying the contents of the systemd journal. Here are some fundamental c...
09-02-2025 Sisense Windows Version 7.2 and above
Sisense Web Application is installed by default on port 8081 (HTTP). To customize the port of the web application, you can do the following:
On the Sisense...
08-15-2025 Step-by-Step Guide:
For example, we are trying to find a location by ZIP 83128, which belongs to Alpine, WY, USA.
The Scatter map shows it in Hermosillo, Sonora, 83128, Mexico.
To check this ...
08-15-2025