Hi Everyone,

As you’ve probably noticed we have been very slow in posting over the summer. I personally had a serious case of writer’s block that stemmed from social media overload, from which I am now happily recovered.

For those who don’t know, you can now follow us on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.  The Xcelsius Gurus network / communities have grown to over a 1000+ members combined over the summer due to your ‘word of mouth’.  We appreciate your support!

As fall eases in, and we say goodbye to our summer vacations I wanted to kick off this Fall by recapping some important events that took place over the summer in the Xcelsius world.

Xcelsius Gurus Related

1. Xcelsius Gurus/ SAP Customer Success Story – SAP did a customer success story one of our favorite New York based clients, Makosi Inc and this is the results. This was very exciting for us as we finally got a chance to show some of our work.  More to come on this during the fall!
2. Xcelsius Gurus Social Expansion - We decided to extend our social reach and it has been a great success thanks to YOU!  As mentioned above you can follow us on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
   
3. Xcelsius Gurus 1 Year Anniversary - This actually took place at the end of June while most of us were on Vacation.  We have grown quite a bit since last year and we plan to make 2010 a record year as the product continues to evolve.
4. Xcelsius Gurus GBN Presentations - This will come in a separate post next week.
   
5. Xcelsius Gurus GBN Webinar Recordings – Evan and myself did webinars for GBN this summer. We had a great turn out and it went well.  I also gave away 2 free template files to all attendees that can be found on the GBN Dashboarding website, I believe. You have to register for a free GBN Membership, but its well worth it. You then scroll down the page to find the webinar and hear the recordings.
   • Mico’s Webinar – Xcelsius Gurus-Top 10 Beginner’s Quick Start Guide!
   • Evan’s Webinar -Custom Components & the Xcelsius SDK: Facts, Myths and Tremendous Potential

Xcelsius Related

1. Release of Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 2 (Enterprise, Engage, Engage Server) – It was a bit bumpy in the beginning but SAP quickly got over the humps. We’ve gotten mixed reviews from users, but so far so good!
2. Release of Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 2 (Present ONLY) – This was released separately and hardly announced.  We honestly did not realize that the Service Packs for Present would be separate releases.
3. GBN Conference Early Bird Special (ended 9/4/09) – We are so excited about this event as all of our Gurus are presenting some of which are not represented on this site.  We will all be there and we are working to finalize the details on an invitation only SAP / Xcelsius Gurus event for the Xcelsius Community.  More to come this week!
4. Antivia XWIS wins SAP award for best integration with SAP BOE – This award winning application is definitely worth taking a look at for all who are frustrated with the limitations of QaaWS and Live Office.

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We want to be first to let you know that Centigon will be opening its doors in June to accept BETA users, but as one of our readers you can sign up now to test their newest component, the ‘CSV Connector’!  For those who don’t know what CSV stands for it means ‘comma separated value’.  Seats are limited, the BETA is not yet public so get in now.

Guru Honest Review – This is by far one of the easiest ‘live data connectors’ in Xcelsius we have ever used, which makes sense since the owners of this company were developers themselves.   No rigid formats, special headers or customized scripts!  Signing up on the page below takes on 2 minutes so do it now.

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Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3 (FP3) has arrived!!

Click here to get it!
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/downloads

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Since BOBJ migrated their website to SAP we’ve found it quite challenging to find anything . However, below is a list of links that we thought you might find useful. It not only includes a registration link for our upcoming Webinar tomorrow which features two very well known Xcelsius Gurus: Mico Yuk (of EverythingXcelsius.com) and Ryan Goodman (Centigon Solutions/Xcelsius Evangelist) discussing their ‘Top 10 Excel Tips for Success’, but also a list of other great Xcelsius Webinars for 2008!

* SPECIAL NOTE: We heard that Donald Maccormick might help kick off the 2009 Business Objects Webinar Series (on SCN) with “The Amazing Xcelsius 2008 SDK (and Why It Matters to Everyone).” You won’t want to miss this one! More details next year.

1. Xcelsius Gurus – Top 10 Excel Tips for Success (Upcoming – Dec 17, 2008)
2. Xtreme Makeover: Xcelsius Edition
3. Creating Adobe Air Applets from Xcelsius Dashboards
4. Live Data to your Xcelsius Dashboards
5. Adding Value to Xcelsius Applications in Xcelsius 2008
6. Tips & Tricks for Customizing the Xcelsius Application Templates
7. Which Dashboarding Solution is Right for You
8. Xcelsius and Query as a Web Service
9. Creating Xcelsius dashboards off salesforce.com data using LiveOffice
10. Creating Xcelsius dashboards off salesforce.com data using LiveOffice and publishing it to crystalreports.com within salesforce
11. Getting Started with Xcelsius 2008
12. Integrating Xcelsius visualizations into Crystal Reports 2008
13. Step-by-Step Development of a Crystal Xcelsius Web Application
14. Embedding Crystal Xcelsius into Custom Applications

Enjoy! We hope you find these links useful.

For future updates on upcoming webinars follow these 2 steps:

1. Bookmark the NEW Webinar website link – https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/businessobjects-webinars
   
2. Sign up by clicking here to be notified of upcoming webinars first!

PS – We’d like to hear what kinds of webinars you want to hear? Please send an email with the subject ‘Webinar Topic’ and include a brief explanation of the kind of information you’d like SAP to do a webinar on.

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