David Lai's Business Intelligence Blog

Xcelsius 2008 SP4 adds some very useful features!

I hope everyone has had the chance to experiment with the new features on Xcelsius 2008 SP4 as I am already using them for my current client projects. The following features were added Waterfall charts Combination charts can have alerts for multiple series Added alerts into the spreadsheet components The new waterfall chart component saves developers the hassle of emulating one using the stacked bar...

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Cookbook now available!

I’m very proud to announce that SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Cookbook is officially available.  For the past year, Xavier Hacking and I together with Packt Publishing have carefully compiled over 90 recipes on transforming your data into highly effective dashboards. We cover the ins and outs of using the Dashboard Design components, connecting to different data sources, as well as providing...