Extracting data from an R/3 system to Xcelsius

Hi,
Could you help me - what is involved in extracting data from an R/3 system (i.e. not BI) and getting it into XCelsius?
My idea at the moment is to write an ABAP to extract the data to a Z table, and wrap it up in a web service, and access this from XC? Woudl this be on the right track or is there an easier way?
Thanks.

Hi, you can do as you describe but I would prefer to build a Crystal Report-report against the R/3 systems and then use LiveOffice to extract the data to Excel and then build the Xcelsius on top of the Excel file. The advantage is that you can use Business Objects Enterprise and get built-in security to the dashboards. You can also schedule the Crystal Report and refresh against instances to speed up performance.
Andreas

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