One small, but VERY common question asked by Xcelsius 2008 users is:“How can I change the background color of my chart mouse over boxes in my Xcelsius 2008 model?” Solution? Use the 5 simple steps below:1. On the Menu, Go to ‘Format’ -> ‘Color Scheme’ 2. Select ‘Create New’3. Click on ‘Advanced Settings’4. Select Tab [...]
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No Comments » Posted on: Aug 27 To those who are not aware, Business Objects an SAP Company recently released Service Pack 1 for the Xcelsius 2008 SDK. Follow this link to get it from the SAP website: https://boc.sdn.sap.com/Xcelsius/sdk They were also nice enough to create a short webinar on how to use it (goes by kind of quick, but still a [...]
by admin No Comments » Posted on: Aug 25 I guess we could rename this the BOBJ/SAP rant, but instead we’re just going to stick with ’3 Xcelsius Components to Avoid’! Unfortunately, some of these components were also on our Xcelsius 4.5 list. We really thought that BOBJ would put some more work into them for the Xcelsius 2008 rewrite….but they obviously had more [...]
by admin 10 Comments » Posted on: Aug 20 We get so many questions from new users asking how to use the ‘Dynamic Visibility’ feature in Xcelsius 4.5 & 2008 that we created a short video tutorial! Before you Press ‘Play’ lets define Dynamic Visibility in Xcelsius: The ability to choose when a specific component is shown on the screen. The most common method [...]
by Mico Yuk 20 Comments » Posted on: Aug 18 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)? http://www.businessobjects.com/product/catalog/xcelsius/demos.asp 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 [...]
by admin No Comments » Posted on: Aug 4 If you recall a few weeks ago we reported a rumor that the Xcelsius 2008 SP1 (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 [...]
by admin 7 Comments » Posted on: Aug 1 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 [...]
by admin 5 Comments » Posted on: Jul 21 by admin No Comments » Posted on: Jul 19 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 [...]
by admin No Comments » Posted on: Jul 17 Problem: Lately, there here has been a number users asking where and how they can still purchase Xcelsius 4.5 due to the numerous bugs surrounding the current release of Xcelsius 2008. SAP (formerly Business Objects) is no longer selling Xcelsius 4.5. Well we did some research and found that Amazon is the best place to [...]
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