Category Archives: Xcelsius

Migrating BusinessObjects Query as a Web Service

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Ron Keler

BusinessObjects Query as a Web Service started a few years ago as a lab project. It quickly gained traction and with the release of XI 3.x was integrated into the main product tree. This feature offers BusinessObjects metadata (universe) and … Continue reading →

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Xcelsius flyout menu

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ron Keler

One of the most important aspects of dashboard design is navigation. Just like any other application, a dashboard is made out of content, functionality and navigation. The drilling, slicing, dicing, and data exploration are all part of your BI application … Continue reading →

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Connect Xcelsius Dashboard to OBIEE

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Ron Keler

Oracle and SAP are two of the three leading BI vendors in the BI marketplace today. With Oracle just released OBIEE 11.g, and SAP is not far behind with BI 4.0 Both platforms are robust, enterprise grade, top of the … Continue reading →

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Connect an Xcelsius dashboard to a public RSS feed using simple jsp proxy – work around cross domain problem

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Ron Keler

Xcelsius has several data connectivity facilities that make it relatively easy for dashboard developers to connect to live data. Web Services and RSS feeds can be used via XML maps, or directly. However, the practical limitation anyone who ever tried … Continue reading →

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How I got flash to run on my iPad and iPhone

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Ron Keler

Like so many others, I really like my iPhone and my iPad, but I get very annoyed when I try to browse to a web site that is flash based, or try to even pull up some of my blog … Continue reading →

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Defuse the tension between designers and technologists – educate on your BI tools capabilities upfront

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Ron Keler

When working with designers, or users who are interested in designing their dashboards, you will undoubtedly run into tensions between what “should be” and what “can be”. While you can argue that with software there are really no limitations, and … Continue reading →

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Scale matters

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Ron Keler

Charts have become an invaluable way to communicate information and articulate data. Charts help us not just convey data, but to also “tell a story”. With Charts, we can highlight certain points and help the people who need to act … Continue reading →

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Spin the bike wheel and track your performance

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Ron Keler

While working out at the gym today, I thought up this little Xcelsius dashboard to track biking performance. While the hardware components needed are a bit out of reach for me right now, the illustration below would have to suffice … Continue reading →

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Automatically Close Xcelsius Dashboard When User Is Idle

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Ron Keler

A colleague approached me the other day with a requirement to “Logoff” users when they have not been active in an Xcelsius dashboard for a certain amount of time. I am sure there are many approaches and ways to accommodate … Continue reading →

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Embed LinkedIn search in your BI application!

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Ron Keler

I recently got to listen to a presentation about using LinkedIn in the context of sales and marketing. LinkedIn is a wonderfully successful and rich professional/social network, where you can find co-workers, past colleagues, old school mates etc. The difference … Continue reading →

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