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This BOpedia garden page is provided by the IPNW RIG team.

Main Contributors : Sherri Eisner, Raghu Ganesh, Sara Hollister, Lionel Jeanson, Anthony Low, Patrice Le Bihan, Gerd Schoeffl

Feedback is welcome!

This series of articles aims at presenting the various options available to connect Xcelsius to BW, with a strong focus on the latest connectivity to BEx queries (Xcelsius 2008 and SAP NetWeaver BI Connection).

Please check regularly for updates that will come shortly.

  1. Implementation options and solution positioning for Xcelsius and BW
  2. Pre-requisites to the "SAP NetWeaver BW Connection"
  3. Elements of a BEx query in Xcelsius
  4. Authorization requirements for Xcelsius and SAP NetWeaver BI Connection
  5. How to transport an Xcelsius dashboard
  6. Integration of an Xcelsius dashboard in NetWeaver Enterprise Portal
  7. Integration of an Xcelsius dashboard in BOE Infoview
  8. Integration of an Xcelsius dashboard in Microsoft Sharepoint
  9. How to build a multilingual Xcelsius dashboard with SAP NetWeaver BW Connection
  10. How to pass BEx variable values to an Xcelsius dashboard
  11. How to Build Fast and Efficient Dashboards Using the New NetWeaver BW Integration
  12. How To Call BEx Web Applications from SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius) and vice versa
  13. Frequently Asked Questions

Here is an interesting article that presents the main use case of building an Xcelsius dashboard off a BEx query.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Implementation options and solution positioning for Xcelsius and BW

1 Comment

  1. Unknown User (bm82784)

    Hi All.

    Considering the past solution with QAAWS on a BOBJ Universe which is built on a SAP BI query, I was expecting a lot from the 'direct connection'.

    After installing Xcelsius 2008 SP2 on the frontend and getting SAP BI NW on EHP 1 SP5, I was able to get the connection working. It was quite some work, but I was anxious to test it.

    And what a disappointment! Data is still not visible in the spreadsheet and it is highly unclear where the query data has to be put. The most simple dashboard (displaying the query data) is simply not responding.
    Either I am not able to select the data from the Data Connection setup, or the interface is far from 'ready to release to customers'.

    Since I have quite a reference in the Netherlands regarding SAP BI, I would appreciate a good guideline for what customers can expect from the BOBJ Xcelsius - SAP BI query connection. If it isn't getting better I cannot advise my customers to start using Xcelsius compared to SAP Visual Composer, Web Application Designer or even non-SAP tools like Spotfire or Qlikview.

    A response is very much appreciated.

    Gr.,

    Marc de Cock
    Certified SAP Netweaver BI Reporting professional
    Certified SAP Netweaver BI Enterprise Datawarehousing professional