Ever wondered how to create pop ups in Xcelsius? Here is a short video that I recorded to demonstrate the same. I was able to achieve this using the Push Button component which is one of the new components that came along with Xcelsius SP3. Although it looks like a simple selector component , the Push Button can be very powerful when put to good use. Prior to SP3, this could have been possible with a toggle button, however it was an alternative approach rather than a straight forward one.
Pop ups can be a great feature in Dashboards as you can save a lot of screen real estate and also shift the user focus when you want their attention to be drawn to a detail. Using pop ups you can make your dashboard even more interactive.
Video after the jump!
Thank you, now I know how I can use the Push button component. I like the solution with the “X” label to close the pop-up !
Excellent video! Explanation is so clear with real time example! Thank you much.
@Annabelle @Bhavna Glad it helped you!
Hi Kalyan,
I Hope u can solve my Problem.
This is Bhikhu Rajbhar, i am user of xcelsius2008sp3. it’s really very coooooool software to visualize ur data. and i love to work on it.
but i have problem when i am importing the .xlsx file in xcelsius, i am not getting the rows more then 65536.
Is their any row limitation for xcelsius2008sp3 ??????????????????
Kindly revert back asap…., it will very useful for me, if i will get ur early response.
Crystal clear! Intelligent Business Solution to conjure a Pop-up out of push button component. Thanks for the video.
Thanks again for producing another excellent video tutorial. I have used the toggle button to do something similar in the past, put now will try the push button instead.
Thanks Guys!
hi,
While importing any excelfile, i want those sheets to be added to my old excelfiel,in xcelsius it relplacing the previous excel files …is there any way to do so …
Thanks in advance
Hi,
Going through your work…excellent job Kalyan.
What is the link for traffic Streetlight component. If you can share, it would be of great help.
Arvind
Thanks for such a nice demo. Very helpful.
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Excellent video! Explanation is so clear with real time example! Thank you much.
this is very great!!
thanks for the video
Kalyan,
Thanks for the tip, with a clearly explained video.
The work around is great.
Regards
Rama Krishna Kota
Hi Kalyan, my requirement is to create a pop-up on a title of my chart(it just contains some description of the chart).
Here is what i did:
a) created 2 label components( One for my title and one for my pop-up)
b) created a toggle button beneath the label component(send to back)
c) created a push button like you did above, and configured dynamic visibility
Now when i click on the toggle button for the first time, the pop-up appears perfectly, then i click on push button to close it. But the problem is the toggle button is now in ‘On’ position….so to have the pop-up come again i have to click it to off and then to On again(2 clicks)….any ideas? In other words…. I want to clear the toggle selection also when i click on the pop-up button.
Thanks,
@Vinay, send your example XLF to admin@myxcelsius.com. I will take a look.
Kalyan,
What impressed me most is yours presentation style. Clear, simple and to-the-point.
Thanks once again.
Regards,
Gourav
Thanks Gaurav!!
Pretty good post…
I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon….
I dont see any video…i can only see a picture.
What means by Video after the jump??
Very nice presentation. Your pacing and timing made it easy to follow. Great idsea too!
Hi Kalyan,
Great info thanks. Well, I have created a BMI calculator and I used label as my pop up. Now, if a person’s BMI is 18, then the label should state Normal. I have referenced this label to the BMI Calculator. The problem is the label is not taking the vlookup. I am not sure what the solution is. I have tried many avenues. Could you please help me on this one? Thanks.
Hi Kalyan,
It was a wonderful presentation… One quick question… Is there a way to close the Window Browser??? When we construct a dashboard and export it to BO Portal, when we click any URL if it opens in another window… I just wanna close that browser window. Are there any components in XCelsius that can sort out this issue??? Any inputs Please…
Thanks in Advance…