Xcelsius 2008 Refresh on Load

One of the major issues I’ve encountered with Xcelsius 2008 was refreshing too many Live Office components on load from the Data Manager. This would cause the browser to crash when loading the swf.

I’m not sure if it’s a bug but a workaround I discovered was to use a Reporting Services Button to perform the refresh on load. You can find the button in the Web Connectivity components category.

When dealing with a lot of live office objects here are some simple rules to follow.

1. Only use the Refresh on Load from the Data Manager to refresh cells that contain data for objects such as dropdown selectors.

2. Chart data for example that needs to be refreshed on load should be done through the Reporting Services Button

I’ve also attached a Whitepaper from Business Objects that talks about the Refresh on Load from Xcelsius 2008.

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In short, when refreshing on load from the data manager, data is refreshed while the objects are rendering which may cause an overload on the flash player. Whereas refresh on load from the Reporting Services button will occur after all the components have been rendered.