Emailing ppt file with xcelsius dashboard - need advice

We have created a live connection to our xcelsius dashboards via LiveOffice, and we use it to load client-specific data into templated charts. We would like to email the pre-loaded powerpoint dashboards to clients and initially planned on using the "Save Scenario" function until we realized that this loaded/saved data is only available locally.
Any workarounds for loading data, saving, and then emailing to an end-user who is unable to connect to BOE?
Thanks.

Hans,
Here is what you can do:
-->Run the dahboard in preview mode
>then goto FileSnapshot-->Current Excel data
-->Save the file
-->Import the saved excel file back into your existing dashboard. (Perhaps you can save (""Save as") your original dashboard and then make changes to the new one)
-->Export the file to PPT
--> Now you will be able to share the dashboard with your end users
P.S. You can remove live office connections configured in the data manager from the New dashboard.
Hope this helps...
-Anil

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