Usage Metrics for XCelsius Dashboards

For those XCelsius Dashboards that are published to Infoview, is there any method of tracking Usage of those dashboards to measure that our implementation was successful and how successful? For Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports we have a good idea on activity, but have had very little succes on XCelsius.
We are using XCelsius 2008 SP1 and BOBJ XIR3SP2
Our research to date only indicates that publishing activity (Create/Delete) is tracked, nothing else.

Hi CB,
Maybe, in BI4.0 (the 'XI' is gone).
Auditing is improved over XI3.1. You may want to try the 'View' event which applies to
u2022 Interactive Analysis
u2022 Interactive Analysis processing service
u2022 Central Management Console
u2022 BI launch pad
u2022 Dashboard Design cache service
u2022 Crystal Reports cache service
u2022 Crystal Reports viewing and modification service
u2022 Dashboard service
u2022 Open document
according to page 541 in the manual. http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir4/en/xi4_bip_admin_en.pdf
All the manuals are now up at help.sap.com, look under SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform for the full list.

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Can anyone shed some light on how to apply a toggle button for multiple connections using xcelsius dashboard.
I created two SAP connections in my xcelsius dashboard. The first connection uses query 1 (bottom ten customers) and the second connection uses query 2 (top ten customers). I wanted to use a toggle button where the user would click Top Ten customers versus Bottom Ten customers. Which ever the user clicks in the toggle botton would run that query.
If the toggle button is not the way to handle this can someone explain a better approach to run either query in the same dashboard.
Thanks,
Joe

Hi,
I've never had to do this so have no practical experience. However in theory you should be able to do the following (assuming the data connection type youu2019re using has the "Usage" tab):
Set up the two connections as normal - On the usage tab set the detail query to Refresh before components are loaded and make sure that this is unchecked for the other query. Set both queries to populate the same range so that one query will overwrite the other in the Xcelsius spreadsheet.
Bind a toggle button to a cell e.g. A1
Back to the data connections again and set the "Refresh on trigger" trigger cell to A1. And set the "When Value Becomes" to either "On" or "Off" dependent on how you've set up the toggle button. Repeat for the other query.
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Hi Everyone,
We have to build an Xcelsius dashboard based on an excel sheet's data. This excel sheet is placed on a sharepoint, which will be updated periodically.
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Hi Ryan,
Yes our customer does have sharepoint, can you please let me know how the sharepoint can expose the Excel spread sheet as a web service. I think this solution will work out, if i can get the web service. Please share the steps for this.
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Issues migrating Xcelsius Dashboards from Dev to QA in BO 4.0

We are currently using BO 4.0 SP2 for enterprise landscape and Crystal Dashboard 4.0SP2 for dashboard design. We have Webi Reports created on top of BEx queries and BI Web Services are created on top of WEBI Report blocks used as the data sources for Xcelsius dashboards. All the dashboards work fine in Development environment. Now the problem is when we migrate the dashboards to QA, dashboards doesnt work anymore as the Web Services based on Webi Report blocks have the BOBJ Dev server name hard coded in the Web Services URL and still shows the same in QA. I can change the web services url to point to QA in XCelisus, however can't edit the web service in QA to change it to point to Dev. Has anyone experiences this issue?
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Hi Sankar,
Proc :1
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Proc 2:
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Hi all,
Need assistance to understand what needs to be done in the below case:
Current scenario:
1. Developed Xcelsius Dashboard based on SAP NW Connectivity on BO XI 3.1 SP2+.
2. Configured trust between SAP BW server and BO Server using steps outlined in integration kit(login/accept_sso2_ticket, etc).
Imported user roles in BOE and enabled SAP authentication.
After this, WEBI Reports based on Bex queries refresh in Infoview without prompting for Login id/Password.
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In the hyperlink, I am using the same link which gets generated when I use the option Xcelsius 2008>>file menu>>SAP>>Launch
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SAP system id=Y(SAP EP Portal)
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Thanks,
V Fernandes

Hi Ingo,
Thanks for your explanation. I was referring the configuration mentioned in the wiki article for displaying Xcelsius Dashboard in Infoview where this was explained as a possibility. Even though its not Lean.
Link: [http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/IntegrationofanXcelsiusdashboardinBOE+Infoview]
The only difference in my case is the use of SAP Authentication instead of Enterprise.
Thus as per your last update the following workflow is only valid:
1. User logins to Infoview using SAP Authentication.
2. User clicks on Xcelsius Dashboard Hyperlink object.
3. SAP Enterprise Portal login pops up within the Infoview Workspace.
4. User has to fill in the Login credentials again.
5. Dashboard load up successfully.
Please correct me in case I am wrong.
Thanks for the response.In case there is any other way this can be achieved, then please do let me know. Appreciate for all the help.
Regards,
V Fernandes

Best practice to implement different Xcelsius dashboard for different users

I'm implementing an Xcelsius dashboard that requires to show each individual user with different content (e.g. When a user logins in, the dashboard shows her name and job title, her performance and her subordinate's performance). I'm just wondering what's the best practice to implement scenario like this? Thanks.

Hi Thomas
What you are looking at is "Row Level Security" within BusinessObjects and the options you have are determined by what type of data you are reporting off of (relational data, OLAP data, BW data, etc.)
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Best application for viewing Xcelsius Dashboards in an iPad

Hello, I have being exploring some options in order to visualize our company´s Xcelsius dashboards on an iPad, so far I have reached a short list of two options: MyBi/Exxova and iswifter, both of them have been approved by Apple and are currently available at the itunes store. I think MyBi/Exxova is a better option because it is more business oriented and is also capable of reading Webi and Crystal reports.
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Hi,
Adobe Macromedia Flash player is not supported by iphone so Xcelsius will not run. I see that Flex 4.5 has an option to compile a version compatible with iphone but Xcelsius is still on Flex 2 hotfix 3 so no support that I can see for the immediate future.

URL for opening a xcelsius dashboard via another xcelsius dashboard

Guys,
I am new to Xcelsius and have the following problem.
A part of the project at my client is migrating existing Xcelsius dashboards from BO XI R2 to BO XI R3.
There are several dashboards that link to other dashboards:
In the BO XI R2 xlf-file the url is concatenated as following example:
/businessobjects/enterprise115/desktoplaunch/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sIDType=CUID&iDocID=AZZtSHxgrQdMrreJ9TB5o.U&lsSsPRMonth=2009/03&lsSsPRRegion=European Region&lsSsPRPL=0
What is the correct syntax for the URL in BO XI R3?
Thanks in advance,
Sven Van Hoof

Hello,
I use the url component with
http://bo:8080/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sType=Flash&iDocID=6381 to link dashboards together
BO:8080 should be the name of your XI server and its port number
IDocID is ID of .swf file you want to link to.
hope that helps.
Edited by: Audrius Patalauskas on Jul 2, 2010 10:27 AM

Xcelsius Dashboards for iPad/Apple

All - I have developed a dashboard that is deployed to upper management at one of my clients. Many of these executives travel extensively and all have company issued iPads. Obviously the swf file doesnt play well with Apple products. Are their any work arounds, service packs or other options I can investigate in order to get this dashboard ipad-ready?

Troy,
Check out MyBI Mobile from Exxova. Our solution allows you to run all of your existing Xcelisus, Crystal and Webi reports with no re-platforming or costly consulting fees. Search "MyBI Mobile" in the Apple app. store and you can download our free version and play with some dashboards we provide. This tool is very powerful and is gaining a lot of ground in the industry due to our ability to support, flash based, Xcelsius dashboards on the IPAD.
P.S. Our solution is meant for enterprise deployments but we can talk about strategic partnership opportunities if we feel your company is a good fit for us.
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BW Authorization and setting issue to set up a BICS connection for Xcelsius

We are trying to create a BICS connection with Xcelsius on our BW production system and would like to know what the minimal settings should be to be able to publish and run an Xcelsius dashboard. We have been able to make a BICS connection with Xcelsius and publish and run/launch the dashboard on BW development. BW Development is completely open; there are no restrictions on the settings. But of course we cannot open our production like this. We have tried to open our BW test according to the SAP NetWeaver How to Guide: How to... Create Authorization Objects Required to Work with Xcelsius Dashboards in SAP BW. We have done the following:
First of all we get the following message when saving a Xcelsius file to BW, when all the settings are equal to the production settings (not modifiable):
! The specified technical name is not valid for the permitted namespace
!     R7     063     Namespace u2018/BICS/u2019 must be set to u2018changeableu2019 (transaction SE06)
After that we changed the settings on our BW test environment to modifiable by doing the following steps:
1.     SCC4 (System temporarely open; after changing the system change options by SE06; the system will be closed again)
2.     SE06 (Namespace /BIC/ to modifiable)
After that when trying to do the same thing as before, saving the Xcelsius file to BW, we get the following error message:
! The specified technical name is not valid for the permitted namespace
!     R7     017     Namespace u2018u2019 is not a valid BI namespace
And also this message:
Diagnosis
Namespace u2018u2019 must be entered in both the BI table RSNSPACE and the basis table TRSNSPACE or the view V_TRNSPACE. You also have to enter the relevant generation namespace u2018&V2u2019 in table TRNSPACE. This value is taken from RSNSPACE.
Both namespaces must be set to u2018Changeableu2019 u2013 providing they are not empty.
System Response
You cannot edit or create an object in this namespace.
Procedure
Use a different name.
Or contact your system administrator. He/she can switch the namespace to u2018Changeableu2019 using transaction SE06, or - if they do not already exist - enter them in the table named above using transaction SM30.
If the namespace u2018&V1u2019 is empty, then the problem is with the generation namespace u2018/BIC/u2019.
Procedure for the System Administrator
Following this error message:
X    System is not set to changeable u2013 objects are not changeable
When everything is set to modifiable and the BW test environment is fully open, we are able to publish the Xcelsius file to BW and the dashboard can be run on the BW data.
What we would like to know what the minimal settings should be to be able to publish and run/launch the Xcelsius dashboard without completely setting the production setting open. And what are the other consequences of adjusting the BW production settings; any drawbacks?

Hello,
goto transaction RSA1 – transport Connection – button « Object Changeability » - in the list please switch ligne XCLS as « Changeable ».
Hope that works
Best regards
Arno

Connecting ORACLE 10G, SAP R/3 to Xcelsius dashboard

Dear All,
I have a scenario with a customer, where in we have to develop an XCelsius dashboard over Oracle 10g source. Customer is keen on building dashboards directly on top of Oracle 10G (or) SAP R/3.
Could you please let me know - which approach is good for Performance of Dash boards?
1)ORACLE 10G>NON SAP Universe>WEBI Report>Live Office> XCelsius
2)Oracle 10GSAP R/3 (Using of Data Services)>ABAP Function Module>Crystal Reports2008>Live Office> XCelsius.
3)Oracle 10G>Crystal Reports2008>Live Office-->XCelsius
Thanks and regards,
Raghu

HI Raghu,
1)ORACLE 10G>NON SAP Universe>WEBI Report>Live Office> XCelsius
Here we can make use of the background scheduling of webi reports and use latest instance if the volume of data is more in the tables.
As webi is a very good tool we can consolidate data and optimise the performence of the dashboard..
Note: Universe designing should be done very carefully.
2))Oracle 10g/SAP R/3 (Using of Data Services)>ABAP Function Module/Infoset>Crystal Reports2008>Live Office> XCelsius.
SAP R/3>function module/Infoset>Crystal repotrs 2008->liveoffice>dashboard.
Here we can make use of the background scheduling of Crystal reports and use latest instance if the volume of data is more in the tables.
it is good if you implement all the logic in ABAP side and simplify the work at Crystal report side so that the dashboard performence is good if the refresh option is ONDEMAND.
Note: ABAP consultant is needed.
3)Oracle 10G>Crystal Reports2008>Live Office-->XCelsius
In this case you have to implement all you logic in Crystal reports and schedule the data and use latest instance for better performence of the dashboard.
Decision has to be made depending on the volume of data logic behind report to display the final data..
if you are using webi in ur flow you can have better staging and adhoc analysis can be given to the user .
Case 2 is also good if ur making every thing at ABAP level .
i dnt suggest 3rd case.
Hope this helps you ..
@sri

Using 2 data (SAP Netweaver BW) connections in Xcelsius dashboard

I have a situation when using 2 data (SAP Netweaver BW) connections in Xcelsius dashboard.
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I have a toggle button in our Sales dashboard which displays Top Ten Customers versus Bottom Ten Customers. I use the value of the toggle button to trigger the data connections. When a user clicks the toggle button for Top Ten Customers the value of the toggle button would be a 1 which would trigger a BW query to capture sales data for the Top Ten Customers. When a a user clicks the toggle button for Bottom Ten Customers the value of the toggle button would be a 0 which would trigger a BW query to capture sales data for the Bottom Ten Custoemrs. NOTE: all the key figures in both querys use a scaling factor of 1000. So for example, if invoiced sale has a value of 100,000 the scaling factor of a 1000 would display this key figure with a value of a 100. The issue I am having with the dashboard is when I click the toggle botton for the Top ten Customers, the value shows as 100 and if i click the toggle button for Bottom ten Customers the value would show as 100,000. I need the toggle button to show the values using the scaling factor coming from the BW queries for both Top Ten Customers and Bottom Ten Customers. It's only using the 1000 scaling factor coming from the Top Ten Customers.
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Calling a webi query from xcelsius dashboard

Hi Experts,
I have created an xcelsius dashboard with a URL link to a detailed webi report. I'm using open document to launch the webi query and with 1 parameter value to pass over from xcelsius to webi.
The URL is http<server:8080/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?mode=full&appKind=InfoView&isApplication=true&nbPrompts=1&sIDType=CUID&sRefresh=Y&iDocID=AbgeiGFRMSlGtxcmjJeCRJM&appKind=InfoView&service=%2FOpenDocumentls%lsSProject=$A2.
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How and what else do I need to do to by-pass the webi prompt for project?
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Thanks very much,
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Hi
Place the url in one cell and your passing prompt in another cell.concatenate both the cells and pass that to your url button.
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in cell I6: http://sever:8080/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sType=wid&iDocID=AaHo4EFB5rhPplDJTrHLM6o&sIDType=CUID&lsSPlant=
in cell D5: 1002
in cell I7: concatenate(I6,D5)
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Regards,
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I've asked this question in SQL Server Upgrade forume, I'm asking here as well:
Your help is highly appreciated!
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> I chosen "Use built-in account:" as Service Account
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> I went to "Scale-out Deployment" to check if the initializing succeed, I found nothing there.
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Anyone had the same issue? Any solution? Thanks in advance!

Your help is highly appreciated!
After migrating ReportServer db from 2008 to 2012, when access Report Manager through
http://myserver:80/Reports, I got the error below:
ui!ReportManager_0-3!11d8!02/04/2013-15:19:12:: e ERROR: Software Usage Metrics initialize failed
The process is below:
•I successfully installed SQL Server 2012 (64-bit) Enterprise as a Native Mode on a server who runs Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (64-bit).
•I restored "ReportServer2008To2012" and "ReportServer2008To2012TempDB" in SSRS 2012 from the db files backed up in SQL 2008. In SSRS 2008, I have SSRS Model, ad-hoc reports based on model, and I also have canned reports built through BIDS
report server project.
•I reconfigured both databases' Compatibility level to SQL Server 2012(110) from SQL Server 2008(100).
•I configured SSRS through Reporting Services Configuration Manager as below:
> I chosen "Use built-in account:" as Service Account
> In "Database" tab, I selected "Choose an existing report server database" and choose "ReportServer2008To2012" db, I used "Windows Authentication" (my login has the System Administrator priviledge). I got all
4 parts success: Verifying database sku = Success; Generating rights scripts = Success; Applying connection rights = Success; Setting DSN = Success.
> I went to "Scale-out Deployment" to check if the initializing succeed, I found nothing there.
Here are what I did from different approaches:
A •I went to "Encryption Keys" and restored the key I backed up from SSRS 2008, after retoring, I got two initialized instances: One is on my current server (SSRS 2012), the other one is from the old server (SSRS 2008).
   I deleted the old one(SSRS 2008) through "Remove Server" action and kept the one on my current server(SSRS 2012).
   After I restart SSRS service, and tried to connect Report Manager, I got "An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details."
   I checked the log file, the error is actually "ERROR: Software Usage Metrics initialize failed"
B •I also tried to "Delete Encrypted Content" and did see the SSRS was initialized through checking it on "Scale-out Deployment", however when I tried to open Report Manager, I got the same error.
Anyone had the same issue? Any solution? Thanks in advance!

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I also can't open it directly from xcelsius.
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