First off, there’s a new forum on the SAP site dedicated to the Xcelsius SDK – nice! https://forums.sdn.sap.com/forum.jspa?forumID=466 After running through the Xcelsius SDK forum, I noticed a few quick-win issues posted that I’d like to lend a hand on. The issues are: Dynamic Visibility Number Formatting and…Flex Charting Watermarks (a very annoying problem).
Please download SP2 directly from SAP Software Download Site. This download applies to Xcelsius Engage, Engage Server and Enterprise. Not Xcelsius Present. For information on how to install it, please visit the Documentation Site Which includes the following: • What’s Fixed in Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 2 • What’s New in Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack [...]
The flashy aesthetics of Xcelsius has always been a debate sparked by data visualization experts and designers who like the “shiny” graphics provided by Xcelsius and other technologies. I disagree with customers or developers who passionately desire Flashy graphics over what Few emphasizes as well executed dashboard design by maximizing every inch of screen real estate.
One of the more annoying things about Xcelsius charts is its inability to show data lables. That is to say, you can’t see the values of each data point on a chart without hovering over each point. In this video, I show you how you can leverage one of Excel’s oldest tricks to actually show [...]
If you are an Xcelsius developer and feel that you have what it takes to be a part of our Xcelsius Guru network and work with us on the more challenging projects..please send the following to Soo@EverythingXcelsius.com. Updated Resume Short explanation of Experience connecting w/ QaaWS, Live Office, SAP BI 7.0, Adobe LCDS Screenshots or [...]
This month SAP is holding the Innocentive Xcelsius SDK component challenge, enabling developers to create and submit innovative add-on solutions that bring value to the Xcelsius 2008 environment. This is a great opportunity to earn recognition for your submission(s) and to possibly claim some prize cash should you emerge as a category winner.
In this multi-part series, we will enumerate fundamental pieces of the SDK and how to properly use them, including custom component development, property sheet development, component packaging and advanced component integration topics. Let’s get started with a few common items to be aware of. Dynamic Visibility Although there is not a utility available in Xcelsius [...]
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’. [...]
Sorry for the late notice… If you are following us on Twitter or in our Linkedin.com group this is old news, but Ryan Goodman and myself have teamed up again to deliver another dynamic webinar! For those who are unaware our first webinar together last year, THANKS TO YOU, it was rated #1 in 2008 [...]
Have you ever created a Line chart, then decided you needed a Column chart? Making the switch between chart types is easy in Excel, but in Xcelsius there is no way to quickly change chart types. You simply have to start over. That means adding a new chart to your canvas, re-doing all your configurations, [...]