Customize your Xcelsius dashboard with Export2Excel solution from ClearPeaks

Jul 6th, 2009
by Kalyan Verma.

In this post Luca Spinelli and Ivan Aguilar from ClearPeaks indroduce us to the new export to Excel solution for Xcelsius using the Apache Tomcat (jsp) server.

If you have been searching for an export to Excel solution for Xcelsius using the Apache Tomcat (jsp) server, look no further.

ClearPeaks has developed a customized solution that any BI Developer can quickly and easily add to an Xcelsius dashboard. Export2Excel* will allow your end users to filter results by selecting part of their dashboard using the XML connection of Xcelsius. Essentially, this customized option adds flexibility to an Xcelsius dashboard for those users who want to look at data outside of the predefined dashboard components.

How to Configure Export2Excel

Follow the steps below to configure the Export2Excel solution in your Xcelsius dashboard:

1. Download the WAR file (Find the link at the end of this post)

2. Copy the ExportToExcelv2.war into your Tomcat webapps folder

3. Open the Data Manager

4. Add XML connection

5. Set the XML Data URL as http://<servername>:<port>/ExportToExcelv2/index.jsp

6. Check the “Enable Send” function. This will contain the range of cells that you choose to export.

7. Check the “Enable Load” function. Be sure that the Name is URLDummy (as highlighted in red in the screenshot below), and that the Range contains just one cell. This cell is the URL of the exported Excel file.

Note: Add a refresh connection and URL button on the Xcelsius dashboard to open this link

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Demo:

As you will see in the image below, ClearPeaks has merged the functionalities of a refresh connection button and a URL button. As a result of this customized functionality, users can open an Excel file and begin their own analysis and comparisons if desired.

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If you want to learn more about ClearPeaks and our BI solutions, please contact us at info@clearpeaks.com or visit us at www.clearpeaks.com.

* Copyright (C) 2009 ClearPeaks. This free solution can be used, published or redistributed with appropriate credit to ClearPeaks. Please see the terms and conditions of the General Public License within the “About ClearPeaks Export2Excel” tab of the file.

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  • Hi Ann,
    did you already download the latest version from our website (www.clariba.com)? By the way, if you face those issue with spacial characters then you should replace them in your excel. I know that it is a pity, but I will check whether we can do something and make it working.

    One more thing, please keep in mind that it doesn’t work because the Xml file does not compile correctly (because it doesn’t allow us to use &…etc.)

    I hope I can get back to you soon with some good news…in the meantime you need to use find(replace()) in excel I am sorry :(!

    Best Regards,
    Luca

    Clariba
    luca.spinelli@clariba.com

  • Ann Merin

    Hi Luca,

    i have tried with find and replace.Please check my expression.
    =IF(ISERROR(FIND(“&”,C54,1)),C54,REPLACE(C54, FIND(“&”,C54,1),1,”%26″))

    but instead of returning %26, it is returning %2526.

    Thanks in advance
    Regards
    Ann

  • Bill

    Hi ,

    I have deployed export to excel in 4.5 and 2008 a few months back but facing problem when doing the same practice in Xcelsius SP3.jsp file is not populating any link to load. i can see my xml from data manager when configuring xml feed but same xml is not reaching to web server. Any ideas and yes i have made this change in jsp
    String exported = (String) urlLine.readLine();
    while (urlLine.ready()) { exported += (String) urlLine.readLine(); }

    but still not working 🙁

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  • Manju

    Hi,

    I have deployed this as per the instructions specified above but am getting the following error:

    “Cannot access external data”

    An error has occurred.
    For more information, contact the file creator or your system administrator.
    Error: Error #2032
    Connection Type: XML Data

    For your information: I have created the crossdomain policy file in Tomcat’s root folder and the Adobe’s Global security settings are set to “Always Allow”

    Please help me to fix the error

  • Scott C.

    Hello,

    I am working on an Xcelsius dashboard and have implemented this solution. My dashboard updates via QaaWS. That is, there is a drop down menu that, when the user chooses a new value, the QaaWS fires and the data is updated in my dashboard. This part is working just fine.

    I’ve been having mixed results using this export feature. When I click the Refresh Connection button, sometimes the data exports. Other times, I get that lovely 2032 error. If I keep clicking OK on the error and continue to retry to export, eventually it works (after about 6 more attempts at exporting).

    I have already updated the line of code suggested by Scott Lassiter. That was a big help. There are no special characters in my dataset at the moment so this isn’t the issue. (I know this because the export does work sometimes).

    I’ve read some conflicting comments that the culprit might be the crossdomain.xml file or that it might not be. For the record, I have not dropped this file anywhere on the server.

    I have officially run out of things to try. This feature is EXACTLY what I’m looking for so I’d really like to get it working consistently. Does anyone have any ideas on what else to try? Luca? Anyone else??

    Thanks in advance!!

  • Chao

    Hi,

    I used IBM Websphere and not Tomcat to deploy the business objects. Could you tell me the root folder where to put these files?

    Thanks

  • RS4

    Hi,

    We also getting the same errror below when refresh the XML connection.

    An error has occurred.
    For more information, contact the file creator or your system administrator.
    Error: Error #2032
    Connection Type: XML Data

    Appricate any advices on this regards.

  • Lina_xs

     what is the “Tomcat webapps folder”

  • carrilucc

    Hi,
    should I be worry for upgrades whether I use this solution?

  • Riaz Ahmed

    Hi,

    This is very good information. I tried to do the same but I am getting the below error if I am refreshing the connection in sap Dashboards.

    An error has occurred.

    For more information, contact the file creator or your system administrator.

    Error: Error #2032

    Connection Type: XML Data

    Please help me

    Thanks
    Riaz

  • deep mandaliya

    Hello,

    Can you please help me in solving the below error.

    I have kept the file in the tomcat folder so i can access directly the index.jsp file. but it is showing the file not found.

    Please reply me ASAP..

    Thanks,
    Deep Mandaliya.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/205bcd37bd11de32055f4a4d3906ca1d9a461e8160ff11f57042ccc06cddd2c7.jpg

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