Date: August, 2008

First Look: Xcelsius Present 2008

[tab:Article] Many of you must have heard the news. Business Objects, an SAP company announced the release of Xcelisus Present 2008 today at the Business Objects Influencer Summit held at Boston (click on the News Tab above for more News on Xcelsius Present 2008). James Thomas, vice president of volume products for Business Objects says [...]

Olympics Medal Tally Dashboard

As promised, here is a dashboard which shows the last 5 Olympics Medals tally for the Top 5 countries. Its not detailed as i intended it to be. It has just one drill down which drives the dials. I’m still adding more drill downs and components. I will update it during this week. Play with [...]

Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony Slideshow using Crystal Xcelsius

Since I was a kid, I was always excited about the Olympics. My first olympics was the 1988 Seoul Olympics in South Korea. I was 7 and the sport which caught my attention was Swimming. On the contrary I’m a very bad swimmer, I can survive for 5min in water and then I’m sure i’ll [...]

“Excel is busy” or “Server Busy” in Crystal Xcelsius.

In November 2007 i posted an article on this error. Lot of users, including me, had a tough time resolving this issue. While browsing through one of the forums i bumped into this thread. Though of posting it and sharing. Looks like the resolution is pretty simple. Uninstalling Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 caused [...]

Video: Ticker component in Crystal Xcelsius

The Ticker component provides a way to display horizontally scrolling text in your models. Tickers may be familiar as they are frequently used in television news programs. Unlike television, however, Xcelsius models are interactive, and as such, the Ticker component can also be used as a Selector. For example, a Ticker being used to display [...]