Quick Tutorial Service Oriented Architectures are amazing. Now more than ever companies are leveraging freely available web services to add value to their internal data. One of the most common ways on combining data today is via Google Maps. A great example of this is housingmaps.com. Housingmaps combines the power of Google Maps and CraigsList […]
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Xcelsius 2008 and Refresh On Load
Are you used to the new Xcelsius 2008 yet? The release of SP1 has definately been a big improvement. Like many others, I struggled with the new and improved Xcelsius. There were a few too many quirks for me and until the release of SP1, I went back to Xcelsius 4.5. Besides the fact that […]
When using Xcelsius 2008
I’ve been spending a lot of time of late getting myself familiar with the new interface of Xcelsius 2008 and I like it so much better than the older Xcelsius 4.5 interface. The embedded Excel spreadsheet is real dream and the new Data Manager, which manages all the external connections make it easy to keep […]
Upgrading to Xcelsius 2008 Tips & Tricks
I recently starting moving my BusinessObjects Enterprise Xcelsius models from XIr2 to XI 3.0. I have found that you may need to modify some of the elements after your model has been upgraded. Namely you will need to: Modify the URL of the web services Modify the URL of the embedded opendocument calls Modify the […]