Bug in Xcelsius 2008 SP4 that does not allow dynamic color changing

August 12, 2011 by: David Lai


I’ve had several comments on my “Xcelsius Dynamic Color Binding” post regarding issues where their dynamic colors were not changing.

Well I did a quick test and yes there is a bug! So I wanted to warn everyone including SAP about this new bug.

I’ve tried both methods where I use the color code and the color itself, and both give the error.

Here are the steps shown to reproduce the problem
First try to bind a chart series color to a dynamic cell (In this case I tried cells with both the name and code)

As soon as you bind the cell, you will get the error as shown below. After that whenever the cell changes, the color will not be reflected appropriately on your chart.

Comments

3 Responses to “Bug in Xcelsius 2008 SP4 that does not allow dynamic color changing”
  1. tfaruq says:

    i got another bug when trying to create custom color scheme, my Xcelsius crash! how about you?

  2. ryan says:

    This should be resolved with Xcelsius 2008 SP4 FP1

  3. Laurence says:

    Hi,

    I’m only making a comment on your formula and not about the system error.

    I think you made a mistake on your formula

    The hex digits for xcelsius color is composed of RGB.

    #FF0000 is Red
    #00FF00 is Green
    #0000FF is Blue

    In your formula at cell @G1 which determines the hex digit it says that
    =IF(F1=1, “#0000FF”, “#FF0000”)

    But the formula @G2 which determines whether blue or red says that
    =IF(F1=1, “red”, “blue”)

    Hope this helps

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