Xcelsius “Location Intelligence Component” from MapInfo

Jan 6th, 2009
by Kalyan Verma.
2 comments

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,”. “By integrating the Pitney Bowes MapInfo LIC with Xcelsius, enterprises can add location analysis to enhance their existing visualization capabilities to make more-informed business assessments about new markets, customers and competition.”–Donald MacCormick, Chief Transformation Officer at Business Objects, an SAP company.

Click here for the full press release

What is Location Intelligence:

Here is an interesting video from MapInfo:

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Want to know more:

Here is a complete Wiki from Wikipedia. Learn More >>

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Xcelsius Web 2.0 components add-on!

Jan 5th, 2009
by Kalyan Verma.
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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 for the developers to Play with and get used to it before they are launched in the next release or hot fix. That’s exactly what I’m doing right now. After the initial smoke tests, I found that the components are still sluggish and taking a lot of resources. Not many options in the properties tab. Waiting to see the production version. I will be doing a thorough testing of these new boys and will be posting a video series on videos page soon. Watch out. Below are the components: (You can download the ZIP file from BO Labs website)

Tag Cloud:

You must have seen tag clouds on various blogs. A tag cloud (or word cloud) is a set of related tags with corresponding weights. The weights are represented using font sizes. This is a great add-on for visual representation of data.

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Simulating Tool Tip functionality in Xcelsius

Jan 5th, 2009
by Kalyan Verma.
6 comments

Often Dashboard design requirements demand functionality that does not come as a Out of box solution in Xcelsius. One such example is a tool tip. However, developers find their alternatives with the existing components and their properties. In this example I will show how we can use simple components in Xcelsius to simulate Tool Tip functionality. Some of you will be amazed to see how easy it is to do this.

I always have a hard time explaining tricks. I always fear that I might miss something important. Hence these days I’m creating videos for everything. Check the Videos page for previous videos. Below is what I’ve achieved. Hover over the word “Crystal Xcelsius” in bold to see the Tool Tip.

Download Source Files:

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It’s Interactive:

Watch:

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Book Alert: Xcelsius 2008 Dashboard Best Practices – I’ve Got mine!

Jan 4th, 2009
by Kalyan Verma.
5 comments

Xcelsius Best Practices BookThe Wait is Over! Finally the book has arrived in the stores. The much awaited “Xcelsius 2008 Dashboard Best Practices” book is now available on Amazon. Go grab it now. Continue reading →

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Test Drive: XYahooMap Component

Jan 4th, 2009
by Kalyan Verma.
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Whether you already bought  Xcelsius 2008 or planning to buy one and not happy with the out of box components, then getting your desired Custom Components developed using Xcelsius and FLEX SDKs is the best option. Starting Xcelsius 2008, Business Objects is offering SDK for customer’s flexibility to design their own components. Although many users are happy with the out of box components repository, the awareness of the SDK is luring the customers to get them developed by in house flex developers or 3rd party companies like Centigon Solutions. I was recently browing the Business Objects Market Place and then was redirected to a blog, where Donald MacCormick posted some of his free Xcelsius components. One among them which caught my attention was the XYahooMap Component.

Donald says:

“The XYahoomap component is a simple extension to the Yahoo Maps Flash control (available here), which provides full map drag, zoom and differing views (map, satelite, etc) of a normal Yahoo Map but now it can be part of an Xcelsius model ”

I was curious and took it for a Test Drive.

Note: You need your own Yahoo App ID. Get one here.

Used a similar example as that of Donald’s, however used more data and Zoom Levels to show the full power of the component. Download the Source files below. Leave a comment if you have any questions.

It’s Interactive:

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