BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 Enterprise: Core

The course is intended for inexperienced SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise 2008 users who need to acquire proficiency with building interactive visualizations based on Microsoft Excel workbooks. Users of Xcelsius Present 2008, Xcelsius Engage 2008, and Xcelsius Engage Server 2008 may find this course useful, but should first consider a course intended for their specific software.

Transforming data into actionable information

• Features & Benefits
• Prerequisites
• Technical Specifications

• This 18 hour E-Learning is designed to provide you with an understanding of how to create interactive visualizations based on Microsoft Excel workbooks using SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise 2008.


• A series of animations, demonstrations, and interactive activities will help you better understand how to create, publish, and distribute visualizations.


• The business benefit of this course is that users with data in Microsoft Excel workbooks will be able to quickly create visualizations and dashboards minimal effort.

• Creating a model – Producing interactive visualizations of your data, getting around in Xcelsius, working with your Excel workbook, visualizing data with charts, using Xcelsius components, and applying best practices for designing models.


• Formatting a model – Applying formatting options, using themes and templates to apply formatting.


• Adding Interactivity to a model – Using selectors, adding dynamic visibility, and troubleshooting.


• Distributing an Xcelsius visualization – Preparing to distribute your visualization, distributing your visualization, and creating a snapshot from the preview mode.

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• Prerequisite education:
  • There are no prerequisites for this course.
• Prerequisite knowledge/experience:
  • Microsoft Excel

Minimum User Desktop Hardware Requirements

• Processor: Minimum 400 MHz processor, recommended: Pentium IV 1.6 GHz


• RAM: 256 MB RAM minimum, 512 MB RAM recommended


• Sound: 16-bit sound card, with speakers or a headset (optional)


• Screen resolution: 1024 by 768 (minimum)

Minimum User Desktop Software Requirements

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Vista.


• Browser: Internet Explorer (IE) version 6 or higher, with JavaScript support in the browser configuration (see Note below)


• Required plug-ins:
• Courses require Flash 9 subversion 115 or above plug-in in order to function. (see Note below)
• If Flash is not pre-installed on the computer it may be obtained for free at: http://www.macromedia.com/downloads
• For web assessments, the Java plug-in JRE 1.31_03 or higher is required
• If JRE is not pre-installed on the computer it may be obtained for free at: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
• Acrobat PDF Reader
• If Acrobat PDF Reader is not installed on the computer it may be obtained free at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
• Pop-up Blockers: Must be disabled in order to view the course content properly.

Note: Later versions of Flash and IE are available. These updated releases have introduced new security changes that may affect the performance of certain features in the courses. If you are using a later release of these software components and encounter problems, we request that you identify the problems and report them to SAP as soon as possible.

Connectivity requirements

• Minimum Connection speed: 128 kbps, DSL. (We recommend at least 128k for high quality performance. While the course will function even at dialup speeds, due to the multimedia nature of the materials, serious performance degradation may occur.)