BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise 2008 Features

Point-and-click ease

An intuitive interface, including pre-built components and data connectors enables you to create dashboards connected to live company data in days instead of months.

Flexible design capabilities

Using various visual analytics, themes, colors and fonts, you can easily customize the look and feel of your dashboards to fit your corporate standards.

Software Development Kit

Leverage Adobe Flex to create your own custom visualization components and data connectors for use with Xcelsius.

Learn more about Xcelsius 2008 Component SDK

Connectivity to BusinessObjects Query as a Web Service

Maximize the value and use of your BusinessObjects universes by transforming them into easy-to-understand live visual models with point-and-click ease.

Connectivity to BusinessObjects Live Office

Increase your productivity by consolidating multiple Crystal and Web Intelligence reports into a single live dashboard.

Connectivity to Adobe LiveCycle Data Services

Create operational dashboards off of your real-time transactional data sources and reduce network congestion by leveraging Adobe LiveCycle Data Services to broadcast data to multiple dashboards in real-time.

Connectivity to Microsoft Reporting Services

Create live business dashboards from any Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services report with point-and-click ease.

Data and lifecycle management

Organize your data connections in one centralized menu for easy administration. Then, leverage the BusinessObjects Enterprise lifecycle management to easily move Xcelsius models from development to production environments.

Secure, interactive data visualization

BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise is specifically designed to leverage the Business Objects platform. Connect live to any corporate data source and take advantage of the power of BusinessObjects Enterprise XI security. Security, connectivity, and interactivity are maintained whether the Xcelsius visualization is deployed to InfoView, Dashboard Builder, or embedded inside Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF.

Capture historical data and analyze trends

Xcelsius has unique components to quickly allow you to capture historical data and analyze trend lines.

Visual modeling

Visual sliders on the screen allow end-users to quickly evaluate multiple business scenarios by altering the underlying assumptions, and immediately see the impact on the results.

View demo: Visual modeling

Drill down charts and maps

Summarize rows of data in easy-to-understand charts and maps and provide report-level details with a click of a button.

View demo: Drill down charts and maps

Dynamic menus and selectors

Take advantage of a large selection of dynamic menus to display large amount of data clearly and concisely. Plus, build user-friendly OpenDoc URL builders that enable your end-users to easily select reports parameters and run personalized reports.

View demo: Dynamic menus and selectors

Stunning presentation

A comprehensive library of eye-catching visualization components allows you to deliver complex company data in easy-to-understand business dashboards.

View demo: Stunning presentation

Export to Adobe Acrobat 9
Easily embed, resize and move around your Xcelsius models inside PDF documents by taking advantage of the new flash content support features in Adobe Acrobat 9.

Export to Adobe AIR
Expand the reach and use of your business data by delivering them as part of easy-to-use desktop applications and widgets.

View demo: Export to Adobe AIR

Improved Crystal Reports 2008 integration

Create interactive charts and what-if scenario models for your reports and easily bind them to your report data with a click of button—no manual coding required.

Platform independence

Xcelsius visual models can be exported—with one click—to Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Adobe PDF, Adobe Flash, BusinessObjects Enterprise, and the Web. Plus, Xcelsius visualizations are in Adobe Flash format - allowing application developers and OEMs easily embed them into web or thick client applications.

Download PowerPoint example

Microsoft SharePoint Integration kit
Provide your SharePoint end-users with interactive charts, graphs and dashboards that have never been possible using the SharePoint Portal Server.

View demo: Microsoft SharePoint Integration kit

IBM WebSphere Integration kit
Integrate Xcelsius dashboards and content into your WebSphere Portal. Xcelsius allows you to easily turn Xcelsius dashboards into WebSphere portlets without coding and enables the creation of complex dashboards which interact across portlets.