CHAPTER 3 GETTING FAMILIAR WITH XCELSIUS 2008
In this chapter
Learning to Build Dashboards 44
Organizing the Xcelsius Workspace 46
Using the Dashboard Design Facilities of Xcelsius 52
Achieving a Uniform Look and Feel in Dashboards and Visualizations 62
As with many other technologies and products, a demonstration of building an Xcelsius dashboard makes it look like child’s play. There’s a wonderful sense of simplicity when you can just import a spreadsheet, drop visual components onto a canvas, map them to actual spreadsheet formulas and data, and click a button to export the dashboard to a fully interactive Flash or PowerPoint slide.
My goal in this chapter is to quickly get you familiar with the things you need ...
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