Everything Xcelsius » Xcelsius News http://everythingxcelsius.com The Everything Xcelsius Weblog is the fastest growing Xcelsius community on the web! It is a place where developers and clients alike can come to gain more information about SAP's Crystal Xcelsius software. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:37:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Introducing Reportapalooza – SAP 1st Virtual Reality Show! http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/08/introducing-reportapalooza-%e2%80%93-sap-1st-virtual-reality-show.html http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/08/introducing-reportapalooza-%e2%80%93-sap-1st-virtual-reality-show.html#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:58:58 +0000 Mico Yuk http://everythingxcelsius.com/?p=2089 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 win fun prizes.  Think ‘American Idol’ except instead of singing we are building reports. Oh yeah,  no one gets voted off, points are tallied each week and at the end of the competition.

Talk about neat?  Outside of being excited that SAP is entering THIS century with their marketing efforts :) take a quick peek at the impressive TOP 5 EXPERT LIST below which you can also follow on twitter here.

  1. Mico Yuk – yes that’s me, so hopefully you are somewhat biased in your voting LOL! SAP 2010 Mentor, Founder of this blog / Xcelsius Gurus Network, Xcelsius fanatic/blogger
  2. Jamie Oswald – fellow SAP 2010 mentor, former GBN Ambassador, long-time BOE Specialist
  3. David Deitch –   Owner of largest Linkedin Crystal Reports Group, long-time Crystal Reports Guru
  4. Jim Brodgen – SAP BOE Webi Author, Xcelsius 2010 Winter Olympics winner, long-time BOE Guru
  5. Brian Durning – ASUG Crystal Reports SIG Chair, long-time Crystal Reports Guru

 

The competition officially starts today so be sure to visit the site and sign up for email updates to win prizes!  I will be blogging throughout and offering some specials to our community as well. :-)

GET STARTED NOW – Vote on our first challenge poll today to pick which dashboard you want us to build and win a $25 Itunes gift card. Click here!

Here are some related articles:

  1. Official Press Release
  2. Social Media Today Article

Mico Yuk is a 2010 SAP Mentor and the founder of the Xcelsius Gurus Network and the Everything Xcelsius blog. To learn more about her, please visit our About Us page.

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]]> http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/08/introducing-reportapalooza-%e2%80%93-sap-1st-virtual-reality-show.html/feed 1 “Dear aBI” Advice Column on SCN http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/06/dear-abi-advice-column-on-scn.html http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/06/dear-abi-advice-column-on-scn.html#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:17:56 +0000 Mico Yuk http://everythingxcelsius.com/?p=1863 It is such a pleasure to be the first SAP Mentor to kick off this new “Dear aBI” series on the SCN Network.  As a BusinessObjects reporting community evangelist, I was first humbled, but then excited about being asked to do this.  I’m always amazed at how many questions we get from the community.  The goal of this new column is to address the most common ‘important’ ones.  While the answers are subjective, the opinions represented here are not only from experience, but also from a number of reliable sources both within and outside of SAP BusinessObjects.  Kudos to Jason Cao and everyone involved in getting this kicked off!  It goes to show, once again the commitment that SAP BusinessObjects has to getting the correct information to their users.  I encourage everyone to submit their questions, small or big and we will do our best to address them.

My first post, Dear aBI: Dashboarding Must-Haves, was published today! I look forward to your comments!

 

Mico Yuk is a 2010 SAP Mentor and the founder of the Xcelsius Guru Network and the Everything Xcelsius blog. To learn more about her, please visit our About Us page.

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  1. SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3.2 (FP3.2) What’s Fixed
  2. SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3.2 (FP3.2) Release Notes2

We will follow up with another post, once we finalize our evaluation!! Have a great weekend!

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]]> http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/06/crystal-dashboard-and-presentation-design-xcelsius-2008-fix-pack-3-2-fp3-2-documentation-available.html/feed 1 Breaking NEWS!!! Crystal Dashboard and Presentation Design (Xcelsius 2008) Fix Pack 3.2 (FP3.2) released! http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/06/breaking-news-crystal-dashboard-and-presentation-design-xcelsius-2008-fix-pack-3-2-fp3-2-released.html http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/06/breaking-news-crystal-dashboard-and-presentation-design-xcelsius-2008-fix-pack-3-2-fp3-2-released.html#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:30:00 +0000 Mico Yuk http://everythingxcelsius.com/?p=1824 Hi Everyone,

We are happy to announce the release of the Crystal Dashboard and Presentation Design (Xcelsius 2008) Fix Pack 3.2 (FP3.2) (See the official post by Matt Lloyd here)!! We were the first to announce its release on twitter yesterday and wanted to follow up with an official post. The Fix Pack must be applied to Crystal Dashboard and Presentation Design (Xcelsius 2008) SP3 (version: 5.3.0.0) or FP3.1. If you don’t already have it installed, please click here.

Download FP3.2 now by clicking here. Please be aware…there are two different versions available to download:

  1. The Xcelsius Present 2008 Fix Pack 3.2 patch is for Xcelsius 2008 SP3 Present only (note: this patch is not yet available).
  2. The Xcelsius Enterprise 2008 Fix Pack 3.2 patch is both for Xcelsius 2008 SP3 Engage and Enterprise.

After the FP 3.2 is applied, the version number should change to version: 5.3.2.0

The documentation is delayed, but will be available shortly from the SAP help portal. All your Crystal Dashboard and Presentation Design (Xcelsius) guides can be found by visiting the SAP BusinessObjects Solution Portfolio Knowledge Center. As soon as the documentation is available, we will know, so YOU will know as well!  STAY TUNED!!

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Mico Yuk is a 2010 SAP Mentor and the founder of the Xcelsius Guru Network and the Everything Xcelsius blog. To learn more about her, please visit our About Us page.

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]]> http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/06/breaking-news-crystal-dashboard-and-presentation-design-xcelsius-2008-fix-pack-3-2-fp3-2-released.html/feed 2 Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3.1 (FP3.1) Documentation is Available!! http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/03/xcelsius-fix-pack-3-1-fp3-1-documentation-is-available.html http://everythingxcelsius.com/2010/03/xcelsius-fix-pack-3-1-fp3-1-documentation-is-available.html#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:04:07 +0000 Soo Tang Yuk http://everythingxcelsius.com/?p=1611 As promised, we are letting you know first that the Xcelsius Fix Pack 3.1 (FP3.1) Documentation is available to explore. There are two different documents available:

  1. SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 FP3.1 What’s Fixed
  2. SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3.1 Release Notes

We will follow up with another post, once we finalize our evaluation!! Have a great weekend!

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