Posts tagged "Xcelsius 2008"
SAP BusinessObjects 4 Teaser
SAP just put out a trailer showing off some of the new functionality for the newest release of BusinessObjects. Looks like “data federation” could be included in universes design, the addition of Advanced Analysis as well as some other cool things added to Xcelsius (Crystal Dashboard Design) like QaaWS directly in the tool as well as a Query Prompt Selector. Enjoy!!
Continue reading...Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius 2008): Tips and Tricks ep3: Automatically Moving your Tab Set
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Sorry we missed our normal Tuesday blog post. I have been really busy finishing off a project and getting ready for a 3 week engagement that starts next Tuesday. So I figured that a short post was better than no post at all. Another question was put up on the BOB Forum asking if it was possible to automatically move from tab to tab on an interval. A couple options were thrown out there before mine (all valid options) and I decided that I wanted to go the route and try to keep the functionality all inside of Xcelsius instead of trying to constantly pull data in from a data source. After about 30 minutes I was able to do this with 2 history components and a tab set.
Continue reading...Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius 2008) Tips and Tricks ep2: Automatically Closing Your Calendar Control
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Welcome to episode 2 of our Tips and Tricks for Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius 2008). This post is going to be a short one but should help in making your dashboard stand out among the rest. Ever since I started working with Xcelsius 4.5, I had clients wanting functionality built into their dashboards that just wasn't feasible with the standard out of the box components. One of the biggest request was to take the calendar control and to make it so that they didn't have to click the toggle button to open the calendar, click the date and then click the toggle button to close the calendar. Too many clicks in the end users eyes. So with every new fix pack / service pack for Xcelsius, I have tried to build the functionality that will allow the end user to click a date and have the calendar disappear. With the addition of the push button, we are now able to do this.
Continue reading...Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius 2008) Tips and Tricks ep1: Adding a Select All to your Selector
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
I build and design dashboards pretty much on a daily basis whether it be for a client, POC, or as demo material. One of the biggest things that I dread to hear, is my boss saying either one of these phrases: "How hard would it be...." or "You know what would be cool?" This usually means that I will have to put on my thinking cap and figure out how to pull something off in Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius). TANGENT: Before I go any further, I am going to say that the renaming of Xcelsius to Crystal Dashboard Design has not really sunk in with me, so I apologize for switching back and forth in advance. Anyways, as I was saying, I have to pull off some pretty interesting things relatively often so I thought why not share these Tips and Tricks with everyone who follows our blog. This will be the first entry in a line of many that will pick out a little pieces of functionality that I have built using standard components inside Crystal Dashboard Design and using QaaWS or Live Office. Topic number one is allowing your dashboard to select All of the entries in a selector.
Continue reading...Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 2 is Now Available!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Service Pack 2 for our beloved dashboard generator Xcelsius 2008 has been released today! The download is available out on SAP's Service Marketplace and can be found under the Business Objects Download page through the following path: SAP BusinessObjects packages and products > SBOP Xcelsius Enterprise > BOBJ Xcelsius Enterprise 2008. The download is a lot smaller then BOE 3.1 SP2 so you won't need to wait all day to get your hands on this. It should be 30 minutes to about a hour depending on your internet connection.
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- Release of a new SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards/Xcelsius add-on component
- SAP BusinessObjects universe and report development for a financial services company
- Creation of a custom SAP BusinessObjects CBT program to provide training to end users
- Student and faculty performance analysis and benchmarking for a K-12 school district
- Development of a custom SAP BusinessObjects extranet, data warehouse, universes, reports and dashboards for a statewide Poison Center
- Claims analysis and reporting for a professional liability insurance company
- Migration from SAP BusinessObjects XIR3 to SAP BI4 for an insurance company
- Inventory and sell-through analysis for a consumers goods manufacturing company
- Sales data mart, reports and dashboards for a mid-market manufacturing company
Monday, October 11, 2010
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