XCELSIUS 2008 COMPONENT SDK

Hi,
Can some give me link to where I can install the SDK to go with Xcelsius 2008 SP2
@ SAP Dashboard Design (Xcelsius Engage) 2008 Component SDK SP3 I can see SDK SP3, but this I believe needs Xcelsius SP3.
I am looking for the SDK to go with Xcelsius SP2.
Regards,

Hi Naresh,
Please check :
Xcelsius 2008 u2013http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/sme/xcelsius/index.epx
The Xcelsius 2008 SDK u2013 SAP Dashboard Design (Xcelsius Engage) 2008 Component SDK SP3 [original link is broken]
Flex Builder 2 or 3 with the Flex 2.0.1 SDK installed u2013 http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
Also the following:http://everythingxcelsius.com/2009/05/top-10-xcelsius-2008-sdk-faqs.html (point 5)
Regards,
Amith

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Xcelsius 2008 Component SDK is now available

Post Author: abrat
CA Forum: Xcelsius and Live Office
The Xcelsius 2008 Component SDK is now up on Diamond:: http://diamond.businessobjects.com/xcelsius/sdkDownload the Xcelsius 2008 Component SDK and install it.The folder you install to also contains the documentation, samples, tutorials and the redistributable Add-On Manager installer. Andy BrathwaiteQA Manager, Xcelsius

Hi Owen,
A few of things I know of in SP1:
Add-On Manager is now included (File, Manage Add-Ons)
Map of Canada added
Canvas background can be set to None
New functions, see this post: Support for some IS functions added
Regards,
Matt

How can i add a new regional map component in xcelsius 2008 ?

hi,
we need to add a new regional map component in xcelsius 2008 , how can i do it ?
Where do I find any examples ?
Thanks

You might want to check out the Any Map Component found on the Marketplace: http://www.ondemand.com/information/xcelsius.asp. Then click on Visit the Marketplace to view all add-ons.
This is one of the cool components that the users created using the Xcelsius 2008 Component SDK.

What do I need to create Flex custom components for Xcelsius 2008 SP3?

Hello, and thanks for your time.
I have recently been roped into creating some custom components in Flex 3 for use in Xcelsius 2008 SP3. I can create custom components in Flex, but I have no idea how to get them into Xcelsius.
I have begun my own research into everything I am going to need, but I am hoping someone out there who has done this can provide a user-friendly itemized list of all the parts that are needed to accomplish this task. I want to make sure I do not miss anything.
Thanks for any insight you may be able to provide.
What I have so far:
Flex Builder 3
Xcelsius Engage Server 5.3 (2008)
What I think I need:
Xcelsius 2008 component SDK
Cheers!
Edited by: midasxl on May 5, 2011 6:11 PM

Hi Manisha,
Even we have a requirement to create doughnut chart in flex and need to add it in xcelisus.I can bulid that in flex and it is working with static data.Please provide me the sample code of how to pass dynamic data from xcelsius excel to this chart and how to create properties file for this chart.I have looked at horizantal slider example but that doesn't help much.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Karthik

Xcelsius 2008 and Flex SDK

Hello all,
I'm new to Xcelsius and Flex SDK and I don't get any information about that:
For what do I exactly need Flex SDK? Only if I want to implement a new template for Xcelsius like a "better" property-panel?
I also want to know, when I want to store data out of my dashboard, can I use and handle them directly in a Web Dynpro environment?
Does anyone have experience with that or could help?
Thanks in advance
best wishes, Bonita

Hi Bonita,
Xcelsius provides standard set of visual components, but in some situation we might need some functionality that is note there in standard set of components. That is where flex comes into picture with the help of Flex SDK we can develop custom components and then use the Xcelsius SDK to compile and use that as an add on inside Xcelsius. Custom build components are also available in marketplace (we can opt from a large set of variants, developed in Flex & Xcelsius SDK). Flex coding is mostly done in MXML and events are Handeled with Action Script.
Note : We need Flex SDK along with Xcelsius SDK only when we need to create some custom component. Xcelsius SDK can be downloaded from SAP Website or can be installed during Setup installation.
Data can be exported out of Xcelsius with the help of External Interface connection. Sample is available in the extracted installation file. Data exchange is Handeled with scripting language. Don't know Web Dynpro environment supports the scripting or not.
Good Luck

Can we have our own map component in Xcelsius 2008 ?

Can anyone help me how to use our own MAP in Xcelsius 2008.
For an example, i would like to use the map of India duly marked for its states also.
Thanks in advance.
BaaRaa.

Hi,
You can download the Add-On from this link and use it.
http://www.reportex.co.uk/xc_maps.html
Regards,
Senthil k

Problem with Xcelsius 2008 sp3 service pack chart slider into adobe flex

Hello All,
I tried to use the Xcelsius 2008 SP3 and created a Chart with a slider the new UI element which is introduced in the Service pack versions .. now i tried to implement the logic in Adobe flex builer 3 setting the compiler properties as hot fix 2.0 . Followed all the rules like creating an action script and creating MXML component.. Now when i try to embed the same swf whic is generated into webdynpro component it gives me error tht some classes or some events or some variables are missing..
According to my assumption i doubt wether the xcelsius 2008 sp3 will support the adobe flex 3 with this hot fix which i was initialy using .. So can anybody suggest me what can be doen to overcome this issue and make my new chart with slider run in my webdynpro abap :(...
Regards,
Sana.

Hi Sana,
You might be using Flex 3 sdk library files.
Just check in Properies of your Flex project -> Flex Build Path -> Library Path .
You might get the library files as Flex 3.*
If it is the case then change it to Flex 2.0.1 Hotfix 3.
now create a new project and compile your application and use the same swf.
Otherwise try to import any existing Flex 2 project folder with compiler flex 2 ver. then try the same swf in your xcelsius application.
Regards,
Vivek

SAP Authentication issue in Xcelsius 2008 SP4

Ingo Can you help me?
Xcelsius 2008 SP4 Failed to Open/Save from BusinessObjects Enterprise and throws an error Failed While Trying to Logon User "0000" RFC error: "LOGON_DATA_INCOMPLETE" when using SAP Authentication.
It works perfect with Enterprise.
Recently we have upgraded from Xcelsius 2008 SP3 FP 3.5 to Xcelsius 2008 SP4. It also displays the password without encrypting.
BOE 3.1 Sp3
Integration Kit SP3Fix Pack 3.2
SAP GUI 720
Xcelsius 2008 SP4
It was working good with SAP Authentication when using Xcelsius 2008 SP3 FP3.5
Thanks
Dais

Hi,
As a starting point, i would strongly recommend you standardise all your component versions.
from what i can see, you've just asserted that Server, Integration Kit, and Client are all on different Fix levels..
that's not a nice baseline on which to investigate!
Also, patching would also include importing the correct SAP Transports into your BW. (they change almost every FP)
Regards,
H
Edited by: Henry Banks on Feb 10, 2012 4:00 PM

Xcelsius 2008 - Unable to preview changes made in design mode

Xcelsius 2008 - Unable to preview changes made in design mode
I have installed Xcelsius 2008 (RTM) and also Service Pack 1 / Fix Pack 1.1. Unfortunately, I can now not preview changes I made in design mode (but can see the change in design mode). In addition, if I save the changes made to the Excel spreadsheet (using this as the datasource) and then exit out of the application, then go back in, the changes have not been saved?!
I have also installed Fix Pack 1.3, but the same issues occurs.
This is causing us issues as we have developed a number of dashboards that can no longer be updated.
Please could someone advise?
Many thanks,
Neil.

I would recommend decomposing large sets into more manageable sets. For instance, if you have data for a very large regional district, decompose the data into smaller sets for sub-districts.
As for a paper, I'm not sure, but the main determinant of performance is how many cells you bind to the component. For a typical component on a typical computer, I'd recommend no more than 9000 cells. On a weaker computer less, on a stronger computer more.

Xcelsius 2008 - Known Issues (Application)

AA: Area Affected
PD: Problem Description
WA: WorkAround
AA: How to recover from an Xcelsius crash
PD: If Xcelsius crashes during use, it may leave an orphan Excel process running in the Windows Task Manager. This is most often seen when you can't restart Xcelsius or Excel.
WA: You must go to the task manager and kill the Excel process before restarting Xcelsius, otherwise an Error message will occur. Press the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys simultaneously. Click on Task Manager. Click Process tab. Find and highlight any Excel.exe process. Click End Process. Exit Task Manager. Restart Xcelsius.
AA: Importing an Xcelsius 2008 SWF as a Canvas Image
PD: The Xcelsius 2008 canvas property sheet allows you import various file formats as background images, including SWF files. However Xcelsius 2008 SWF files cannot be imported; non-Xcelsius SWF files and CX4.5 SWF files can be imported.
WA: Do not import Xcelsius 2008 SWF files as a background image into the canvas or any image component or slideshow. This may cause a crash.
AA: Object browser Delete Key does not work
PD: Object browser: "Del" shortcut key is not working to delete the component thru object browser - This is by design - to prevent deletion of grouped components by mistake.
WA: Use Edit Delete on menu or right-click Del to delete components from the Object Browser.
AA: Starting Xcelsius causes Server Busy Error
PD: Starting Xcelsius may occasionally cause a server is busy error.
This is usually caused by a currently running Excel process. When Xcelsius starts it attempts to launch an instance of Excel or reuse a current instance. If that instance is busy, a warning message is displayed.
WA: Please click 'retry' until the error disappears and Xcelsius starts normally.
AA: Excel Interaction with Compatibility Mode turned ON
PD: When you turn Xcelsius compatibility mode ON, you can only use Excel from within Xcelsius 2008. It will block other spreadsheets that are open or that you try to open using this instance of Excel.
WA: Compatibility mode will be turned OFF by default. If you turn it on and then you need to use Excel outside of Xcelsius 2008, turn off compatibility mode. Or launch another instance of Excel from Start - Programs menu.
If you attempt to open an external Excel spreadsheet (by double-clicking a file or opening an attachment in Outlook) all interaction with the spreadsheet is disabled.
If you launch a new instance of Excel and then try to open your spreadsheet or XLS attachment in Outlook it will open fine.
Compatibility Mode is found under the File - Preferences - Excel Options menu. For further information read the information in the Release Notes supplied with the Xcelsius 2008 installer documentation.
AA: Crystal Xcelsius 4.5 XLF files won't open by clicking
PD: Trying to open an Crystal Xcelsius 4.5 XLF by clicking on the filename results in an Xcelsius 2008 error message: "Crystal Xcelsius is unable to load this file. This file may be corrupt or have features that cannot be supported by this version of Cyrstal Xcelsius."
WA: There is a known issue with Xcelsius 2008 opening Crystal Xcelsius 4.5 models by clicking on the filename. The workaround is to open the models in Xcelsius 2008 from the File-Open menu instead.

1) arrow keys don't re-position selected elements on the stage
2) fonts are ~2 units smaller after an import from 4.5 into 2008.
Edited by: Amy Snapp on Jul 28, 2008 4:18 PM
The above are not "official" Known Issues documented by the developement team prior to release of Xcelsius 2008.

Xcelsius 2008 doesn't support excel links?

I'm building a dashboard with Xcelsius 2008 and my Excel sheet which I imported has a number of links to other Excel files - that is how the values are updated, from other Excel sheets. After adding a collumn graph component and setting it up appropriately, no collumns would show in preview mode. I added a speadsheet table component to see what was going on and all values are 0, that is why no collumns are showing. The values do, however, appear in the spreadsheet when in design mode as I wish they would in preview mode. I tried to export it and exporting yields the same results as preview mode.
I'm impressed because Crystal Xcelsius 4.5, which I had been using up to now, supports links in imported Excel files with no problems.
Is there any way to make Xcelsius 2008 honor the values as they should be, rather than setting all values taken from links to 0?
Thank you for your responses.

Hi:
   1. Do you mean, excel embeded another excel file using "Data->Import External Data->Import Data" then choose "excel file"? From my side, i try this scenairo and the chart can present the mapped data properly. (may be my model is to simiple...)
   2. For your excel links, I am not sure where the problem is, but I am suggest that, you can build your standalone excel sheet with excel mapping first, then import the excel file to Xcelsius, in this cases, we can distinguish whether the problem comes from excel feature itself or Xcelisus integration with Excel.
   3. I also think about the cases you are using, may be you have multiple individual spreadsheets, and want to embeded into one excel file which will be used in xcelsius, also, when the data change in the sub excel sheets, the main excel sheets should also be updated accordingly. (Please correct me if there is sth wrong)
   But for excel links you are using, I saw some limitation:
   a) when you open the main excel sheet, the sub excel sheet will be "read only", so that user can not modify the sub sheet at the same time.
   b) when preview, or export to swf file, you can not update the excel links at run time when mapped excel file changes, there is no update option for excel links as far as i know.
   So, to meet the scenario, you can use Data connection feature called "Excel XML Map":
   The detail steps is similar with excel links, the differences is you are going to map xml file to excel range. (if you have already have a number spreedsheet in your hand, you can first save the spread sheet as xml format, then map the xml file to main excel). In this case, when user modify the xml file and save, you can refresh the mian excel file to get the updates at any time, also Xcelsius data connection provide connection called "Excel XML Map" so you can also refresh the maps at preview time and run time.
Hope it helps.

Xcelsius 2008 SP1 - Ignore Blank cells not working

I have a ticker object that is showing the values from a QaaWs query just fine, but at the end of the list I keep getting the words NULL - NULL - NULL - .... This solution is working in the OEM release of Xcelsius 2008.
The range is set longer than the expected number of rows returned to handle changes in the table its querying.
I have Values selected and the Ignore Blank Cells In Values box is checked, so what am I missing?
Is it time to log an issue within support?
Tom Nather

Hello Tom,
This problem is known and documented. It will be addressed in the next FixPack for Xcelsius 2008.
The problem is caused by binding the QaaWS/WS Output Values field to more rows than are actually returned. The cells that are not filled with actual data are formatted with an "undefined" value, thus they are not ignored by "Ignore End Blanks". This is expressed differently depending on the component.
For now, one workaround is to output the QaaWS/WS values to a range (A1:A10, for instance), then reference the range (=A1) in another (B1:B10, for example). If the selector labels are bound to this 2nd range, they will Ignore End Blanks correctly.
Javier Jimenez
PG SDO QA
Xcelsius 2008

Black background for transparent PNG images - Xcelsius 2008 SP4

Hi Experts,
I am using Xcelsius 2008 SP4. I have used Image component to show a PNG image with transparent background. When I export the flash, the image is being shown with a black background.
In Xcelsius 2008 SP3, this problem was not there. I am facing this issue after installing SP4.
Did anyone else face similar issue ? Is there any workaround ?
regards,
pasg

Hi all,
I was facing the very same issue. I succeeded in finding a solution to it. This is happening coz of the dimension and pixels of the .png image. I imported the image in the image component, which had the dimensions, 175 x 70, and was of 9.26 kb and the black background was visible. I then changed the dimension of the image to 428 x 140, and 19.2 kb (double the size), and VOILA!! to my surprise IT WORKED !
Don’t forget to “check” the “embed file” and “Hide SWF Background Color” check boxes in the image component's, general tab.
Try the same, I hope this helps.
Regards,
Sara

Best Practice Re-install Process? (Xcelsius 2008 Engage)

The main impetus of this post is now to request a best practice reinstall process. E.g., what files/directories or registry keys to delete after uninstalling under Windows XP? Running Xcelsius 2008 5.1.1.0 Build 12,1,1,344 (Windows XP SP2)? I want to clean it up and reinstall completely, ideally without also reinstalling Office 2007.
Earlier today, I had loaded up an otherwise healthy project and all of a sudden my edits were not taking. I could perform the change in the Component Properties window but the change did not translate in the project display area.
I had closed and reopened this project several times, killed both "Xcelsius" and "EXCEL" processes, rebooted the machine a couple of times, all to no avail. I was totally stuck, it seems. Then, it randomly corrected itself after the Xth close/reboot/reload. I'm past the issue now it seems, but please consider this an official bug report. These issues are no longer a mere minor nuisance, and I am looking forward to a nice big update in the next Fix Pack release, which I assume is right around the corner (hint, hint).
Thanks.
Edited by: f l on Nov 17, 2008 9:20 PM

f l,
I'm not sure deleting keys from the registry is ever a best practice, however Xcelsius has listings in:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Business Objects > Xcelsius
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Business Objects > Suite 12.0 > Xcelsius
The current user folder holds temporary settings, such as how you've modified your interface.
The local machine folder holds more important information.
As always, it's recommended that you backup the registry and/or create a restore point before modifying or deleting any keys.
As for directories, the only directory Xcelsius uses is the one you install to. It also places some install logs in the temp directory, but they have no effect on the application.

My list of Xcelsius 2008 Problems (so far)...

Post Author: jezbraker
CA Forum: Xcelsius and Live Office
Been using it for a couple of weeks now with a view to moving our solution over to this to make use of the OFFSET function which should get around the performance issues we have faced in 4.5.Build info...Xcelsius 2008 version 5.0.0.99 build 12,0,0,121Windows XP sp2, Office 2003. 1) If you upgrade a 4.5 file into 2008 the list of components available is different to if you had created a clean 2008 file u2013 backgrounds change etcu20262) Transparency of the icon object seems to have been reversed in 2008 - things that were invisible in 4.5 have now all become visible!3) Grid behaviour has changed - now if a cell is empty the visible cell is compressed which looks pretty silly.4) The option to change the text colour based on Alert status within a grid has been removed - this means indicator flags can not be hidden making grids useless for showing any sort of complex alert.5) Stability of the product is very poor when the number of components used gets high...6) The product was formerly very WYSIWYG - but when a xlf is upgraded to 2008 the fonts shown in dev time are quite different in size to those shown in preview/swf7) Any 4.5 XLF that has an image component that contains an SWF fails to upgrade - it crashes during the rendering of the components.8) Memory usage seems very high in 2008 - just opening the product with an empty xlf uses up to 200mb. When dealing with pretty complex xlf's it goes to about 350mb! Good excuse for a memory upgrade though ;)Anyone else having the instability issues? It could well be down to the locked down environments on the machines here so I will test it on a clean VM when i get chance...On the positives the new dev environment is much better (putting aside instability mentioned above) and the expansion of supported excel functions is much appreciated :)I very much look forward to the SP in July...Cheers,jez.

Post Author: RB_UH
CA Forum: Xcelsius and Live Office
Hi,
I did not use the previous 4.5 version. We purchased Xcelsius 2008 last month, and so far we were excited of what we "thought" it could do. But the stability is extremely poor. I am trying to do a dashboard with tabs and accordion menus, line charts and texts; but it gets crazy after loading so many components and then it won't open the canvas again. I have to back up my work every 2 hours, because I lost my dashboard (and had to do it all over again) 7 times within a day!!
We are testing Xcelsius 2008 using right now the import from excel functionality. But our goal is really to connect to a reporting database or XML data from PeopleSoft. With that said, is the Xcelsius Enterprise Server or the Engage version any better on stability? Or do those crash all the time as well?
Is the SP that will be released in July applicable for all versions?
Thank you,
Rita

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