Tag Archives: tips
“Empty” value in optional prompt in Bex query
I finally found the solution for the issue with the optional prompts and the empty value string when connecting through BICS to a Bex query. Unfortunately BW does not view the Excel formula =”” as an empty string as thus … Continue reading
XComponent and Combobox without drop down triangle
It took me the better part of a day to fix the following error: When I added any one of the XComponents provided by Antivia and I previewed my dashboard, the combo boxes were not rendered proberly anymore. The drill … Continue reading
Maximum character output size limit reached
If you come across the following error in Xcelsius with either with QaaWS or BIWS (WebI): Maximum character output size limit reached. Contact your BusinessObjects administrator. (Error: ERR_WIS_30272) 2 things you might try to solve it: 1. This error can … Continue reading
Negative values and Treemap
The treemap component is able to handle negative colour intensities …. as long at least 1 intensity is positive. This means you need to add at least one row with an empty label field, 0 as value and 1% as … Continue reading
Color Palet
UPDATE: I have updated this post finally and translated the components to English. In one of the session during the SAPInsider Xcelsius Bootcamp a attendant asked something about themes and templates. This made me update this page and clarify it … Continue reading
Top 10 Guidelines for Creating Web Services for Xcelsius
I came acros a document on my laptop which I got from BusinessObjects when I had trouble connecting a webservice to Xcelsius (project in 2009, so must have been Xcelsius 2008 SP1 or so). I thought I will post it … Continue reading
