User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS XCELSIUS 2008 FP 3.3 FIXED ISSUES

[. . . ] 2010-10-18 Contents Chapter 1 Welcome to Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ADAPT01354589 (Excel XML Maps disappear unexpectedly). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ADAPT01413284 (Spreadsheet tables containing custom formatting in Excel will appear with an incorrect font while previewing the model). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ADAPT01428916 (Xcelsius is not ignoring end values in charts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ADAPT01433555 (URL button component launches the URL when the field has been updated). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ADAPT01433567 (Trend Analyzer does not ignore empty cells). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ADAPT01433654 (The scroll button for the sliding picture menu component disappears). . . . . . . . 8 ADAPT01442692 (XML data connection cannot be triggered when the reset button is selected to load the default scenario). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ADAPT01443743 (Xcelsius files containing SWF files may cause Internet Explorer to lose memory). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ADAPT01462208 (URL buttons cannot be triggered if the URL trigger cell and its dynamic visibility cell are in the same Excel cell). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ADAPT01463495 (The Phase theme is missing from the theme list in Xcelsius). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ADAPT01470026 (The query metadata appears blank on the BICS connection property sheet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ADAPT01306450 (Parent dashboard page is refreshed when calling openDocument sWindow=New). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ADAPT01337432 (Horizontal axis labels end with zeros). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ADAPT01360615 (Leading zeros removed in chart labels). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ADAPT01369545 & ADAPT01388980 (Tool-tip text for charts is truncated when the < symbol is present). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ADAPT01369835 (Leading blank spaces are removed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ADAPT01373899 (Web Service stream error 2032). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ADAPT01375859 (Read right causes error when accessing dashboard in Sharepoint 2007). . 12 ADAPT01387214 (External Interface Connection table ranges cannot be set from javascript). 13 ADAPT01388901 (BICS web service returns only 100 company codes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8 2. 9 2. 10 2. 11 Chapter 3 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 3. 5 3. 6 3. 7 3. 8 3. 9 3 2010-10-18 Contents 3. 10 3. 11 3. 12 3. 13 3. 14 3. 15 3. 16 3. 17 Chapter 4 ADAPT01388975 (Set Refresh Button does not trigger on first attempt). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ADAPT01392534 (COM exception in Vista when you log on to an SAP system). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ADAPT01393352 (Extra session validation required in Xcelsius 2008 SP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ADAPT01394663 (Dashboard could not be initialized). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ADAPT01394920 (Refresh options removed when migrating XLF files to Xcelsius 2008 SP3). 14 ADAPT01395086 (URL reference not updated after migration). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ADAPT01401001 (Bindings are not retained when a query's structure is changed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ADAPT01403420 (Translated text is not stored with the dashboard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ADAPT01343446 (SAP integration with Xcelsius does not work when using HTTPS with two-way SSL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ADAPT01341454 (Progress bar does not move). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ADAPT01362299 (Certain add-on connections created with SP2 SDK do not work in SP3). . . 17 ADAPT01310953 (Viewing some Flash objects produces an error). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ADAPT01349329 (Error message appears when mapping multiple output variables). . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ADAPT01361462 (Hide and Show functions do not work after a chart is resized). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ADAPT01319531 (Height and width are not respected when a Flash object is resized). . . . . . . . . . 18 ADAPT01344583 (No option exists to use the SOAP XML data type). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 ADAPT01339048 (Reset button does not clear the list builder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 ADAPT01345903 (Pictures move randomly when using the sliding picture component). . . . . . . . . 19 ADAPT01351646 (Left mouse click has no effect when cursor stops at border of combo box). 20 ADAPT01354785 (Tooltip appears when you click a check box). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ADAPT01320068 (Default values are not reset for a Gauge). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ADAPT01352284 (Range values are not correctly refreshed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ADAPT01352487 (Connection to the Internet is not checked). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ADAPT01321441 (Chart settings do not display correctly when scroll bar is dragged). . . . . . . . . . . 21 ADAPT01321441 (Scroll bars appear in settings for Sparkline charts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ADAPT01423819 (2032 error message displayed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fixed Issues in Service Pack 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Performance Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ADAPT01086165 (Live Office connection removes leading zeros and spaces). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ADAPT01087308 (Unable to modify worksheets in exported Excel files). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ADAPT01233036 (Using Preview while editing a cell in the spreadsheet loses data bindings). 24 ADAPT01275877 (Text components remove leading zeros). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ADAPT01278884 (Opening model with macros results in errors). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ADAPT01295018 (Combination charts scale uneven). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ADAPT01296833 (Data changed after Live Office connection refreshed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 4. 5 4. 6 4. 7 4. 8 4. 9 4. 10 4. 11 4. 12 4. 13 4. 14 4. 15 4. 16 4. 17 4. 18 Chapter 5 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 5. 4 5. 5 5. 6 5. 7 5. 8 4 2010-10-18 Welcome to Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3. 3 Welcome to Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3. 3 This document provides a list of issues that have been resolved for SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3. 3. For additional information about this release, see the list of "available documentation". To learn about new features for previous releases, visit our support website at http://help. sap. com. 5 2010-10-18 Welcome to Xcelsius 2008 Fix Pack 3. 3 6 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 3 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 3 2. 1 ADAPT01354589 (Excel XML Maps disappear unexpectedly) Description: The Excel XML Maps disappear unexpectedly. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 2. 2 ADAPT01413284 (Spreadsheet tables containing custom formatting in Excel will appear with an incorrect font while previewing the model) Description: Spreadsheet tables containing custom formatting in Excel will appear with an incorrect font while previewing the model. [. . . ] New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 3. 15 ADAPT01395086 (URL reference not updated after migration) 14 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 2 Description: After migrating a dashboard from Xcelsius 4. 5 to Xcelsius 2008, and updating a URL reference cell to a new address, the dashboard continues to use the old address for an Excel MAPS Connection that was created in Xcelsius 4. 5. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 3. 16 ADAPT01401001 (Bindings are not retained when a query's structure is changed) Description: Some bindings are not retained when a query's structure is changed and you browse the query again after the change. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 3. 17 ADAPT01403420 (Translated text is not stored with the dashboard) Description: Translated text is not stored with the dashboard. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 15 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 2 16 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 1 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 1 4. 1 ADAPT01343446 (SAP integration with Xcelsius does not work when using HTTPS with two-way SSL) Description: The SAP feature in Xcelsius does not work with a BI system configured for using HTTPS with two-way SSL. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 2 ADAPT01341454 (Progress bar does not move) Description: The progress bar did not show progress during the initialization of a dashboard. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 3 ADAPT01362299 (Certain add-on connections created with SP2 SDK do not work in SP3) Description: Certain add-ons created with the Xcelsius SP2 SDK do not work in SP3. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 17 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 1 4. 4 ADAPT01310953 (Viewing some Flash objects produces an error) Description: An Invalid logon token message appeared in Infoview when you viewed Flash objects (SWF files) that contain a QaaWS or Live Office connection. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 5 ADAPT01349329 (Error message appears when mapping multiple output variables) Description: An error appeared when you mapped more than one output variable in Xcelsius. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 6 ADAPT01361462 (Hide and Show functions do not work after a chart is resized) Description: After your resized a chart, the Hide and Show functions no longer worked. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 7 ADAPT01319531 (Height and width are not respected when a Flash object is resized) Description: When you displayed a Flash object (SWF file) in a browser, the object's height and width, as specified in Xcelsius, were not respected. 18 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 1 New Behavior: This issue is resolved. You can append "ScaleMode=Scale" or "ScaleMode=NoScale" to the URL to control the dimension property of the SWF relative to the browser window. Here is ScaleMode=NoScale used in an example, where the name of the SWF is Test. swf. <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload. adobe. com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash. cab#version=9, 0, 0, 0" WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="100%" id="myMovieName"> <PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="Test. swf?ScaleMode=NoScale"> <PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"> <PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF"> <PARAM NAME="play" VALUE="true"> <PARAM NAME="loop" VALUE="true"> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE="#FFFFFF"> <EMBED src="Test. swf?ScaleMode=NoScale" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="100%" NAME="myMovieName" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" play="true" loop="true" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www. adobe. com/shockwave/download/index. cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> </EMBED> </OBJECT> 4. 8 ADAPT01344583 (No option exists to use the SOAP XML data type) Description: When you used Xcelsius QaaWS or a generic Web Service connector, there was no option to use the SOAP XML data type when the Web Service WSDL used the XML element type AnyType. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 9 ADAPT01339048 (Reset button does not clear the list builder) Description: The data in the list builder was not cleared when you clicked the Reset button. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 10 ADAPT01345903 (Pictures move randomly when using the sliding picture component) 19 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 1 Description: Pictures moved randomly out of the viewing area when you hovered your mouse over the sliding picture menu component. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 11 ADAPT01351646 (Left mouse click has no effect when cursor stops at border of combo box) Description: When your cursor stopped on the border of a combo box, left clicking with the mouse had no effect. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 12 ADAPT01354785 (Tooltip appears when you click a check box) Description: The tooltip for a check box appeared when you clicked on the check box itself, not on the title. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 13 ADAPT01320068 (Default values are not reset for a Gauge) Description: The default values for a Gauge were not restored when you clicked the Reset button. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 20 2010-10-18 Fixed Issues in Fix Pack 3. 1 4. 14 ADAPT01352284 (Range values are not correctly refreshed) Description: When you drag the range slider off the border of a chart, the current range settings were not refreshed. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 15 ADAPT01352487 (Connection to the Internet is not checked) Description: When you hid the Quick Start Panel and then restarted it, the program did not check for a connection to the Internet. New Behavior: This issue is resolved. 4. 16 ADAPT01321441 (Chart settings do not display correctly when scroll bar is dragged) Description: The Horizontal Gap and Vertical Gap settings for a Sparkline chart did not display correctly when you dragged the scroll bar. [. . . ] In some cases, when they cancelled the request, the data binding in their model would be removed. Users are prevented from previewing their model when the spreadsheet is in editing mode. 5. 5 ADAPT01275877 (Text components remove leading zeros) Description: When a numeric value with leading zeros was entered into the Input Text and Input Text Area components, the leading zeros would be deleted from the associated cells in the embedded spreadsheet and from the display. A new Treat Input as Text option is added to the Behavior view for Input Text and Input Text Area components. When selected the input is treated as text, which preserves leading zeros but does not allow the input to be used in calculations or formulas. [. . . ]