Has anyone ever wondered whatever happened to the Xcelsius 2008 .xlf source files for the demos and samples provided on the current Demo website (see below)?
For those who are familiar with the old Xcelsius 4.5 website you will recall that Business Objects used to provide the .xlf source files for most of their demos.
Well guess what? We think we found some of them! While they are built in 4.5, we don’t see much change from the Xcelsius 2008 to the 4.5 versions besides the logo and background colors! (Who knows? Maybe someone got lazy.)
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If you recall a few weeks ago we reported a rumor that the Xcelsius 2008SP1 (Service Pack 1) would be available sometime in July 08? See original post here.
Well, though our date was off by 2 weeks, the good news is that it’s here! We got the information below on how to download SP1 directly from the SAP forums (Note: We recommend uninstalling your current Xcelsius 2008 version and writing down your Product Key Code first).
We are very pleased to announce that Xcelsius 2008 SP1 is now available for download!
You can also navigate to this page by following this path: www.sdn.sap.com > Business Objects > Business Objects Support for Crystal Reports and Xcelsius > Downloads (opens a new window https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-downloads) > Software Product – Crystal Xcelsius, click “Search” > Xcelsius 2008 SP1 will be the first listing
We are hearing from some users that there are some issues with installing it on Vista systems. Gosh we hope SAP did not miss this! We will be going through it with a fine tooth comb to see what has been done and which bugs remain so stay tuned…..
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So we finally came to a decision on what our first template would be and here it is! Keep in mind we hope to crank out more of these, depending on your feedback.
The Xcelsius chart components seem to be problematic to many users, so we decided to start with demoing how to use the Xcelsius 2008 US Map Drill Down functionality with the Xcelsius tab component, column chart and scenario button. Below is a preview of the model and a short description of each tab: Download Source Files
US Sales Map shows colored alerts for each state based on % of targeted values
Column Chart displays 2 series ‘Actual vs. Target’
Slider changes target values by chosen percentage (%)
Scenario Button allows the user to save, load and delete scenarios. Try it!
Horizontal Line is strictly cosmetic on both tabs!
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Can’t afford a professional designer for your dashboards but still need the look?
On July 2, 2008 SAP hosted a live Webinar conducted by Clifford Alper, Director of Software Development at Analysis Factory. (They were our #1 choice for Xcelsius Template Galleries online!)
The webinar is entitled “How-to Half Hours: Tips & Tricks for Customizing the Xcelsius Application Templates”. Clifford explains how to modify the Xcelsius Templates that come with Xcelsius 2008.
For the design challenged user this webinar is a must! Be sure not to miss the QA session at the end.!
Interested in hiring one of our Gurus to build your dashboards?
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Nonetheless, here is the link to download those source files:
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