Presentation from Mico Yuk and Mike Alexander's webinar: Improving Xcelsius Dashboard Performance.

1. Presented By : Mike Alexander & Mico Yuk
www.xcelsiustraining.com
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2. About the Presenters
Xcelsius Advanced Developer Workshop
Be Smarter with Excel Functions
Avoiding Dashboard Habits
Lighten Dashboard Models with Server-Side Solutions
Performance Enhancing Tips for Qaaws And Live Office
Q&A
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3. Mike Alexander
Mike Alexander is the author of several books on advanced business
analysis, including Crystal Xcelsius For Dummies. He has more than 14
years experience consulting and developing reporting solutions for a variety
of industries. In addition to consulting, Mike is also serves as the principle
contributor at www.datapigtechnologies.com, where he shares free video
tutorials with the Microsoft Office and Xcelsius communities. Mike has been
named a Microsoft MVP for his ongoing contributions to the Excel
community.
Mico Yuk
Mico Yuk is a 2010 SAP Mentor and Founder of the popular weblog,
EverythingXcelsius.com and the ‘Xcelsius Gurus Network’. She also serves as
part owner of Benchmarkers Business Intelligence, the services end of
Everything Xcelsius, where she manages a team of SAP BusinessObjects
Xcelsius consultants at clients such as Medtronic, VISA, SAP
BusinessObjects, US Army, Chiquita Bananas, and much more. A computer
engineer by degree, she has been designing and implementing enterprise
dashboards since 2006 and is considered to be one of the industry’s top
Xcelsius dashboard developers in the world. Her work has been featured on
the SAP BusinessObjects main Xcelsius website.
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4. Day 1 (Apr 19) Day 2 (Apr 20)
Advanced Dashboarding Techniques
Using Flash Variables and FSCommands
Advanced Xcelsius Design Techniques
Understanding Flash Variables
Enhancing Xcelsius Dashboards with
Passing Parameters Between Dashboards
Advanced Excel Functions
Visit Debugging Connected Dashboards using
Embedding Xcelsius Dashboard into Excel
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Connecting to Non BOE Data Sources
Connecting to BOE Data Source
Use the discount code Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server
Understanding BOE Connections
WebGurus to register for Writing back to the server from your
a $100 discount off Using Live Office and QaaWS
dashboard
registration! BOE Connectivity Best Practices
Triggering dynamic queries from your
dashboard
Creating an Adhoc Query Detail
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5. + Eliminate formulas where you can
+ Un-Nest Formulas where Possible
+ Reduce Decision Branches where Possible
+ Avoid Daisy Chained Cells
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6. + Limit the number of Components Wherever Possible
+ Avoid Using Container Components
+ Avoid using Built-In Geographical Maps
+ Do not use Excel array Functions (SumProduct, Sumif, Countif…)
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7. + Reduces the need for Formulas
+ Lightens the load on your Dashboard
+ Removes Dashboard Model Complexities
+ Easy to apply changes
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8. + Only bring back what is needed in Query by using filters and sorting
+ Utilize QaaWS when connecting to multiple Universes instead of LO
+ Use Webi Reports and Universe to do the heavy lifting
+ DO NOT schedule queries to run at same time, use trigger functionality
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10. Contact Us
Mike Alexander
mike@datapigtechnologies.com
(214) 578-2141
http://www.datapigtechnologies.com
Mico Yuk
mico@everythingxcelsius.com
(678) 561-6426
Visit www.xcelsiustraining.com to register http://EverythignXcelsius.com
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for a $100 discount off registration!
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