I often receive the question “I want to do xyz with a Flex custom component integration in Xcelsius 2008, is that possible?”. Nearly every time, my answer is yes – as long as you’re developing using the proper version of Flex, you can pretty much do anything you want with the following general guidelines in [...]
Did you know that you can add colors to your custom number formatting in Excel? Not only that, but you can leverage Excel’s custom number formatting to add color to all kinds of Xclesius components. I recently produced a video demonstrating how to apply colors to Y-Axis labels based on simple conditions. This is an easy way to add another layer [...]
What kind of custom components can I build for my Xcelsius 2008 dashboards? You can build from scratch or extend any existing component that is available in the Flex 2.0.1 SDK. Below are some common cases (just to name a few) for custom component development. You may need to: Connect to custom data sources Design [...]
Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3 (FP3) has arrived!! Click here to get it!https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/downloads Is there someone that you think may be interested in this article? Feel free to share (click below).
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Just a reminder that Centigon has to 2 upcoming Webinars over the next 2 weeks. They will be presented by Ryan Goodman, owner of Centigon Solutions and Flex + Xcelsius dashboard expert (Ryan’s secret weapon) Evan Delodder. We wanted to provide our take on each webinar and why you might not want to miss out! [...]
Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 2 is here as promised! https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/downloads Thanks Gerrit from SAP Business Objects for letting us know in his comment on the original post! Click here to get it! For the latest news and tips be sure to subscribe via email or RSS (on right) to our blog!
We realize that we’ve been pretty quiet for the New Year. We are admittedly a bit behind as we got carried away with our 2009 blog re-design and offerings (all to please our readers of course), but we guarantee its worth the wait! We expect to have this wrapped up in February. Now to an [...]
Mark your calendars!! New Event Alert! Antivia recently notified us that they are delivering a webinar for BusinessObjects entitled Powering your Xcelsius Dashboards via seamless integration with Web Intelligence reports, scheduled for January 14th, 2009 at 10am PST / 1pm EST. The webinar will be focused on the Xcelisus Web Intelligence Integration Suite. The knowledgeable, [...]
We just wanted to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to all of our readers. We hope that you all have a blessed Holiday season with your family and we look forward to moving into 2009 with you. Sincerely,The Xcelsius Gurus