As many of you know, by using Xcelsius SDK and Adobe Flex you can build your own custom components for Xcelsius 2008. Rich Heilman of Enterprisegeeks.com recently wrote a post on his encounter with Xcelsius SDK and Adobe flex. In the process he managed to build an enhanced list view component. Many of you might […]
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“CX Now!” Xcelsius for Free!
Do you know that you can download Xcelsius (Full Version) for free from BusinessObjects website? I didn’t know either till yesterday when Andy from Argentina wrote to me about an issue he had with “Xcelsius Now” not having an option to connect to XML data. I wondered which edition of Xcelsius is Andy referring to. […]
IBM Cognos 8 Go! Dashboard
Looks like everyone in the BI world wants a Drag and Drop Dashboard Builder. Here is another giant, IBM Cogono launching their Dashboard tool. They call it Go! Dashboard (Yes, the ! is intentional). Found this interesting Demo video. I will be exploring more about the core features soon. Till then get introduced by this […]
Xcelsius “Location Intelligence Component” from MapInfo
Xcelsius Custom Components are surely attracting the big players now. One among them is MapInfo. MapInfo recently announced the release of a Custom Component for Xcelsius 2008. ““Adding location intelligence to our business intelligence dashboard empowers users with a more detailed, comprehensive view of location-based information,â€. “By integrating the Pitney Bowes MapInfo LIC with Xcelsius, […]
Xcelsius Web 2.0 components add-on!
Are you a Web 2.0 addict and an Xcelsius Developer at the same time? Your Prayers have been answered. BusinessObjects labs has released an Xcelsius Add-On component pack with 6 new components. Although its a prototype, fresh out of labs and cannot be used on production environments, I think it will be a great add-on […]