In this Post, Greg Wayne, showcases one of his utilities built using Xcelsius 4.5.
This is a basic utility to estimate sample size for continuous data, e.g., cycle time, pressures, weights, and their continuous measures. Enter in your population size and estimated standard deviation and press calculate.
Click on the image for the Interactive SWF (Scroll down to the bottom of the post to download the source files)
In this Post, Greg Wayne, an IT Measurement Analyst at Sallie Mae and an Xcelsius 4.5 Expert, shows us how to Simulate Web Search Functionality in Xcelsius Pro 4.5.
In this example I will show how we can use simple components in Xcelsius to simulate Web Search Functionality. This is actually extremely easy to do, but a little tricky to explain. If you have any trouble following the instructions feel free to email me.
It’s Interactive (Scroll down to the bottom of the post to download the source files)
Yes, it is. A long list of issues have been addressed and resolved. Thanks to the Gurus at Everything Xcelsius to spread the word. Click here for the links to download.
‘Query as a Web Service’ (QaaWS) is a client tool that was first made available with BusinessObjects XI R2. Now with XI 3.0 and 3.1, it is quickly becoming a commonly used client tool because of its ability to interface with Xcelsius 2008 and convert your static presentations into dynamic and live visualizations.
The following set of screen shots will walk you through the process of creating a simple application that integrates QaaWS and Xcelsius 2008 within BOE XI 3.1.
This example will include two QaaWS queries; one to provide the countries for our ListBox and a second query that will accept the selected country and provide the data for our chart. Let’s begin by opening QaaWS and creating a new Web Service query.
Launch the QaaWS Tool
In this article I would like to write about my experiences with both Qlikview and Xcelsius which I hope will give you a better understanding of which product you may want to go with.
Visual Appeal
In this category, Xcelsius in my opinion wins hands down. The charts, gauges, dropdowns, etc have much more of a 3D bubbly feel compared to Qlikview. At the end of the day this may be what executives would prefer since people in general are more interested in things that are more pretty.
Here are some examples of a dashboard from Xcelsius and a dashboard from Qlikview.
Xcelsius Dashboard
Qlikview Dashboard
