Xcelsius is a powerful dashboarding tool, but sometimes we find limitations and need to use our imagination to find workarounds.  One example is when we are developing a dashboard without connection to the final production server using QAAWS. Before the rollout we need to open the XLF file and remap the connections one by one to the new server.

One day, by chance, I found a very nice solution to this problem. I also found out about extra capabilities that are not available through the Xcelsius interface.

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LiveOffice is an out of the box tool from SAP Business Objects that allows users to download reports or parts of reports from BusinessObjects (WebIntelligence and Crystal Reports). It also allows for the creation new queries like QAAWS (query as a web service).

In this blog post we would like to share a tip about an important LiveOffice setting that may be useful for Xcelsius developers and designers.

By default, LiveOffice allows us to download 512 rows and 512 columns when it is used within Xcelsius. Unfortunately this number or rows is not always enough. But rather than change the connections or the logic of our dashboard, which can be complex and time consuming, all we need to do is change the configuration of a .jar file in tomcat.

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