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SAP BusinessObjects 4 Teaser

Monday, October 11, 2010

SAP just put out a trailer showing off some of the new functionality for the newest release of BusinessObjects. Looks like “data federation” could be included in universes design, the addition of Advanced Analysis as well as some other cool things added to Xcelsius (Crystal Dashboard Design) like QaaWS directly in the tool as well as a Query Prompt Selector. Enjoy!!

Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius 2008) Tips and Tricks ep1: Adding a Select All to your Selector

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius 2008) Tips and Tricks ep1: Adding a Select All to your Selector

I build and design dashboards pretty much on a daily basis whether it be for a client, POC, or as demo material. One of the biggest things that I dread to hear, is my boss saying either one of these phrases: "How hard would it be...." or "You know what would be cool?" This usually means that I will have to put on my thinking cap and figure out how to pull something off in Crystal Dashboard Design (Xcelsius). TANGENT: Before I go any further, I am going to say that the renaming of Xcelsius to Crystal Dashboard Design has not really sunk in with me, so I apologize for switching back and forth in advance. Anyways, as I was saying, I have to pull off some pretty interesting things relatively often so I thought why not share these Tips and Tricks with everyone who follows our blog. This will be the first entry in a line of many that will pick out a little pieces of functionality that I have built using standard components inside Crystal Dashboard Design and using QaaWS or Live Office. Topic number one is allowing your dashboard to select All of the entries in a selector.

Using QaaWS to drive your Xcelsius Dashboards

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Using QaaWS to drive your Xcelsius Dashboards

Keeping right in line with the other blogs that I have written about QaaWS (What is a QaaWS and Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating a QaaWS) I decided to put together a quick one and a dashboard to show how to leverage your Business Objects Universe to fuel your Xcelsius Dashboards.

Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating a QaaWS

Friday, March 20, 2009

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Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating a QaaWS

With Query as a Web Service (QaaWS) becoming such a hot topic and being such a powerful tool, I figured that creating a quick cheat sheet on how to create one would be beneficial to all developers/users using this product. Check out below the steps needed to create your very own QaaWS.

What is Query as a Web Service (QaaWS)?

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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Query as a Web Service (QaaWS) is a SAP Business Objects (BOBJ) client-side tool that allows users to create and publish Web Services that can be made available over the Web. Once these web services are created and published, they can be consumed like any other standard Web Service in software applications including Xcelsius and Crystal Reports. But before we go any further into what QaaWS is and how it works, lets take a step back and look at what exactly is a Web Service.