COMP-9: Crystal Xcelsius Brings Fast/Easy Graphics to Data Stefan Glover, Business Relationship...

COMP-9: Crystal Xcelsius Brings Fast/Easy Graphics to Data

Stefan Glover, Business Relationship Manager, OEM, Business Objects

Mark Warner, Technical Sales Consultant, OEM, Business Objects

Jim Lundy, Principal Product Manager, Progress

© 2006 Progress Software Corporation2COMP-9: Xcelsius Graphics

Agenda

Crystal Xcelsius Crystal Xcelsius Integration Demonstration

Steal the Show


Visualize and Embed your Data


Introducing… Crystal Xcelsius

Turn Data into Information

Based on Excel data and formulas

Live XML and Web Service data

Interactive What-If Analysis

Drill-Down, Charts, Gauges, Dials

Export to Office, PDF, and HTML

Flash format – Easy to Embed

Powerful, yet simple, dynamic visualizations


How Crystal Xcelsius Works

Source data from:•Excel spreadsheets•XML data•SOAP-based Web Services

1. Create an interactive presentation with point-and-click.

2. Output final interactive analytic or presentation to Dashboard Manager, any web page, PowerPoint, Outlook or PDF – with just one click!

3.

Deliver interactive visual analytics to the business user


Agenda


Steal the Show


Crystal Xcelsius Connectivity Options

SOAP-based Web Service • state-of-the-art data integration• easy-to-use implementation

Custom Middle-Tier • feed visualization with data from a live XML stream• robust solution for real-time visualization integration

with any database or application

Excel with Automated Refresh • automated update of visualization

Flash Variables

• Push information into the visualization using external web scripts like .jsp and .aspx pages


Option 1 - Export Data From Crystal Report

State Balance Growth Rate

Totals

GA 220,583.33 4 236288.86

PA 216,941.67 5 234622.42

ME 211,254.52 7 232823.61

NV 208,435.21 9 234010.21

MS 203,319.41 1 211513.18

Grand Total: 1,060,534.14 1149258.28

AVG 228242.35

Entire Market Increase 3


Option 2 - Custom Middle TierUse a jsp page or aspx page to get data

State Balance Growth Rate

Totals

GA 220,583.33 4 236288.86

PA 216,941.67 5 234622.42

ME 211,254.52 7 232823.61

NV 208,435.21 9 234010.21

MS 203,319.41 1 211513.18

Grand Total: 1,060,534.14 1149258.28

AVG 229851.66

Entire Market Increase 3

baseurl http://oem-lt10:5003/dataopenedge2.aspx?maxbalanceamt=

balanceamt 40000

url http://oem-lt10:5003/dataopenedge2.aspx?maxbalanceamt=40000


Option 2 – Sample Code (.aspx example)

balanceamt = Request.QueryString("maxbalanceamt")

if balanceamt = "" thenbalanceamt = 40000end if

sSQL = "SELECT Customer.Name, Customer.Balance FROM PUB.Customer Customer where Customer.Balance > " & balanceamt & " order by Customer.Balance DESC"

'Create connection objectsConnect = "DSN=sports2005;DATABASE=" & DbName & ";UID=" & uid

& ";PWD=" & pWd & ";"oCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")oCon.ConnectionString = sConnectoCon.Opendim oRst as ObjectoRst = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet")oRst.ActiveConnection = oCon

oRst.Open(sSql)


Sample Code (.aspx example) Cont….

Response.Cache.SetExpires(DateTime.Now)Response.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>")

'Build XML data to returndim sXML as String sXML = "<data>"sXML = sXML & "<variable name=" + chr(34) + "Range0" +

chr(34) + ">"

Do Until oRst.EOF 'totalDatasXML = sXML & "<row>"sXML = sXML & “<column>” & REPLACE( oRst(“Name”).value, “&”,

“&” ) & “</column>”sXML = sXML & "<column>" & oRst("Balance").value &

"</column>"sXML = sXML & "</row>"oRst.MoveNextLoopsXML = sXML & "</variable></data>"Response.Write(sXMl)


Option 2 - Sample Format of XML

<?xml version='1.0'?><data><variable name="Range0"><row><column>Hook, Line & Sinker</column><column>55933.78</column></row><row><column>Apple River Sports</column><column>45174.65</column></row><row><column>Nash's Sports & Casuals</column><column>43983.51</column></row><row><column>Don's Bait & Tackle</column><column>42437.01</column></row></data>


Build Xcelsius Model


Option 3 – Web Service

http://internal.infommersion.com/services/quotes/xquotesproxy.asmx?wsdl


Option 3 - Sample Model using a web service


Option 4 – Flash Variables

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>flashvar.swf</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/

swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"WIDTH="973" HEIGHT="597" id="myMovieName"><PARAM NAME=FlashVars VALUE="Range0=GA

%2C120583.330000%2C4.000000%2C236288.863096%2CPA%2C216941.670000%2C5.000000%2C234622.416105%2CME%2C211254.520000%2C7.000000%2C232823.606492%2CNV%2C208435.210000%2C9.000000%2C234010.210267%2CMS%2C203319.410000%2C1.000000%2C211513.182223">

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="flashvar.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high><PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF><EMBED src="flashvar.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="973" HEIGHT="597" FlashVars="Range0=GA%2C120583.330000%2C4.000000%2C236288.863096%2CPA

%2C216941.670000%2C5.000000%2C234622.416105%2CME%2C211254.520000%2C7.000000%2C232823.606492%2CNV%2C208435.210000%2C9.000000%2C234010.210267%2CMS%2C203319.410000%2C1.000000%2C211513.182223"

NAME="myMovieName" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED></OBJECT></BODY></HTML>


Xcelsius Integration: Behind the Scenes

Data Connectivity

Excel Model

Business Visualization

Business Logic Tier Visualization TierData Source Tier Web/Client Tier

Connect to corporate data sources via Web Service, XML, etc.

1

Data is populated into Excel model2

Import Excel model into Crystal Xcelsius and generate Visualization

3

Publish Visualization to the your Progress-based application

4

Development stages of a Crystal Xcelsius model


Xcelsius Integration: Time to Deliver

Client Side Web Tier Data Tier

Corporate Database

Deployment of a Crystal Xcelsius model


Embed into existing Applications


Agenda


Steal the Show


Demo Workflow

Connect to Progress database via a Custom Middle-Tier (XML)

Creating Excel model from the Progress database Designing Visualizations based on Progress Excel

models Saving and Publishing Xcelsius model to an existing

application


Demonstration


Questions?


Thank you foryour time

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