Hi Friends,
I have a requirement; I have to develop custom components using Flex for my Xcelsius Dashboard. So far I never did custom component development in Xceslius. I was going through different topics in our forum topics, but I didnt find the correct details. Please could you help me out how to develop custom component using Flex in Xcelsius.
If possible could you send step by step instructions?
Please could you replay back ASAP because i have to show develop one dashboard using the Flex Components. It is very urgent please
First, download the Xcelsius 2008 SDK from SAP. There are a few very good tutorials inside the SDK installation package. You will also need to install Adobe Flex 3.
And READ the system requirements of the SDK carefully. They are important.
I know every post is on the internet is always urgent. But if you promised a client a custom component in a couple days…and you dont already have the above mentioned software somewhat mastered…
you are in trouble.
p.s. no one can help you with step by step instructions. It is not easy at first.
You are correct. But unfortunately we dont have the much time because my end user came and he is asking us. Then my lead gave a promise to him and my lead told me take some extra hours every day but we have to finish this. Because of that I said it is very urgent for me.
One small confirmation please , you mean once if we download Xcelsius 2008 SDK software then we will get one PDF/Tutorial which has the detail information about the building the components, I am I correct?
If I am wrong please could you correct me?
Still works for me, the link that is. Must be a problem on your side. Try a different browser (Mozilla for example) and check your proxy and security settings of your browser. Or contact your IT helpdesk
for the record…im very good with software, and can program in a few languages. Even with that skillset I tried to develop a custom component for xcelsius. It took one week to get a simple pie chart to change the way I wanted it too. BigBoss, you are taking on a very difficult task, without knowledge of Actionscript or Adobe Flex.
Many companies hire Flex programmers to make custom components. It takes 3-4 weeks to get a 2-3 components finished, tested, and implemented in a professional manner.
Read the SDK documentation. If the video wont work for you, there are still a couple tutorials (and setup requirements) in the Requirements ReadMe files. I learned more from the written documentation anyway. You dont need the video to get started. Its just an overview of the process.
Summary of my experience about learning how to do custom components:
It is not easy
It is not user friendly
You will be frustrated by lots of little programming elements that you cannot control…there are 100’s of lines of code to learn.
It requires intermediate level mastery of Adobe Flex
The Cost in terms of time is not usually worth the investment…especially when you finally produce the final component, and the end users want something different.
Flex programmers are rare, and its not even a viable skill, given how fast BI technology changes.
If your firm is charging $10k for the custom component…just hire a consultant. You might make some money.
I already download the SDK and created a simple Horizontal Slider example.
But now I want to implement an offline button.
When the user press the button I want to save the SWF File on the local filesystem without any data connection.
I already created an class OfflineButton in my adobe flash builder project - but when I want to implement the code on pressed button I don’t know what to implement.
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