SAP Crystal Dashboard and Presentation Design (Xcelsius) Cookbook
I am very excited to announce the SAP Crystal Dashboard and Presentation Design Cookbook I am currently working on together with co-author David Lai. The book is scheduled to be published by Packt Publishing in the first half of 2011.
The cool thing about this book is that it is indeed structured as a cookbook. In at least 75 practical recipes we will show in a step-by-step approach and supported by a large number of screenshots how to create advanced dashboards using the SAP Crystal Dashboard and Presentation Design software, formerly known as Xcelsius.
Besides covering the functionality and working of components, data connections, dynamic visibility, alerts and dashboard publishing we will also discuss some of the top add-ons and provide best practices on dashboard development. This setup makes the book a nice read for both beginners and the more experienced users.
Since the book is currently under development it has the RAW (Read As we Write) status at Packt Publishing, which means that the all material that is written until now is already available in e-book format. We aim to publish the book in May 2011.
Update May 2011: The book has been released as the SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 cookbook. You can find more information here.
HackingSAP.com - Nov 21, 2010 | Books, Cookbook, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, Xcelsius
Tagged | Book, Dashboards, e-Book, SAP Crystal Dashboard Design, SBOD, SCDD, Xcelsius
2 comments
Pieter Hendrikx
November 22, 2010Hi Xavier,
Congratulations on this one Xavier! This is fantastic.
I’ll make sure that I’ll get a RAW copy right away.
– Pieter
Dré
November 22, 2010Hey Xavier,
Gaaf zeg, een eigen boek. Gefeliciteerd … Misschien koop ik ‘m wel als ie klaar is 🙂
Vind het nog steeds jammer dat je weg bent … 🙁
Take care,
Dreetje
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