Xcelsius Export to AIR – March 14, 2007

Xcelsius Export to AIR is now part of Xcelsius 2008 SP1. Learn more about Xcelsius 2008.

The Adobe's introduction of the AIR framework brings new possibilities for deploying your Xcelsius dashboards and analytics as desktop applications. Xcelsius export to AIR enables you to deliver interactive, live business dashboards and widgets to your end-users’s desktops with a click of a button. AIR applications built with Xcelsius run across different operating systems, without a web browser and provide all the convenience of desktop applications.

Demo

WMV (2 min 07 sec)

Benefits:

Leveraging Xcelsius export to AIR functionality with Xcelsius 2008 enables you to:

Use your existing skills to create engaging and interactive desktop widgets, dashboards or applications connected to live company data.
Expand the reach and use of your business data by delivering them as part of easy-to-use desktop applications and widgets.
Deliver a consistent visibility into your business performance through KPI desktop widgets and analytics.
Empower your business users to create their own desktop widgets or applications with little to no help from IT.

Building AIR applications has been traditionally limited to only Adobe Flex developers, now with Xcelsius 2008 and the export to AIR feature, AIR applications can be created with point-and-click ease.

How to Get Started?

Xcelsius export to AIR functionality is currently only available on Business Objects Labs for you to explore this cutting edge feature and give us your feedback !

Example of Xcelsius document exported to AIR and launched on the desktop.

Enjoy!

We hope you’ll use this prototype to discover how helpful Xcelsius Export to AIR is to distribute Business Intelligence and Dashboard in your company!