In his article “The Slow Death of a Gauge,” Ryan Goodman makes a number of great points about the use of gauges in dashboards and he is absolutely correct, for many reasons, gauges are not a great way to display information in a dashboard and if you are using them you should look at some [...]
by Donald MacCormick 
6 Comments » Posted on: Sep 23 
And Reportapalooza continues! Two weeks ago I wrote my first blog post about this exciting SAP BusinessObjects virtual competition. Since then, THANKS to YOU, I won Challenge #1 with my Coffee Consumption Calculator. I can’t thank everyone enough for the overwhelming support and feedback that I received! I am cooking something up in the form [...]
by Mico Yuk No Comments » Posted on: Sep 21 
A commonly requested feature in SCDD custom components (formerly Xcelsius 2008) is the ability to share data between custom components, across separate SWF files. Usually, developers turn to Flash Vars or other methods of workaround, which present limitations and additional work. Fortunately, there is another more streamlined approach if you wish to share data between [...]
by Evan DeLodder No Comments » Posted on: Sep 16 
When I started educating customers on business intelligence dashboards in the early 2000s, we used a term “eye candy for executives.” This term was coined thanks to the flashy graphics and over the top shiny look and feel for Xcelsius. This emotional effect that Xcelsius has on customers is amazing and to this day I [...]
by Ryan Goodman 11 Comments » Posted on: Sep 10 
Hi Folks, As winner of Challenge #1, and on behalf of not just myself but the other 4 experts, I just want to say THANKS to everyone for your ongoing support and participation in this Reportapalooza competition. It’s really YOU the community, (the partners, customers, fellow reporters)… who make this exciting for us! I can’t [...]
by Mico Yuk 13 Comments » Posted on: Sep 8 
Interested in learning how to use the Xcelsius SDK? Then don’t miss this one time opportunity to learn from the best of best, none other than the FleXcelsius Gurus, as Centigon Solutions hosts the first ever FleXcelsius Bootcamp! In this is a one of a kind boot camp, you will learn how to transform Flex components [...]
by Evan DeLodder 3 Comments » Posted on: Aug 18 
If you are on twitter following the @XcelsiusGurus you’ve probably heard the new buzz word #Reportapalooza, SAP’s new virtual reality show where 5 Crystal Reports / Xcelsius experts will compete for prizes. The cool part? All challenges will be judged by YOU, yes YOU the community who will also have the chance to participate and [...]
by Mico Yuk 1 Comment » Posted on: Aug 16 
UPDATE (8/15) – IF YOU ARE A NON-ASUG MEMBER AND WISH TO ATTEND PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL AT GURUS@EVERYTHINGXCELSIUS.COM BEFORE MONDAY (8/16) AT 10AM EST AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE INCLUDED. THANKS TO ASUG FOR RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY! Sorry for the late notice, but I wanted to be sure to invite [...]
by Mico Yuk 8 Comments » Posted on: Aug 16 
UPDATED: SAP JUST ANNOUNCED THAT ADOBE RELEASED THE FIX EARLY. CLICK HERE TO READ. If you are the average Xcelsius user who demos dashboards on a regular basis via PowerPoint you’ve probably encountered the issue seen below when you try to view your dashboards in PPT after updating to Adobe Flash Player 10.1 As you [...]
by Mico Yuk 2 Comments » Posted on: Aug 11 
I wanted to drop a quick post to let our community know that due to an overwhelming request, we have decided to hold another session of our Xcelsius Advanced Developer Workshop. Xcelsius Advanced Developer Workshop (Sep 22- Sep 23 | Dallas, TX) Mike Alexander (Author, Crystal Xcelsius For Dummies) and Loren Abdulezer(Author, Xcelsius Best [...]
by Michael Alexander No Comments » Posted on: Aug 9 
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