Hosted by Xcelsius Guru and SAP Mentor, Mico Yuk and Gabe Orthous of Mckesson Corporation, this webinar will provide a first hand look at key trends and themes within the BI industry and insight on how to take your career to the next level.

1. Success
Your Next Exit
Fast-Tracking your BI Career
Presented by: Mico Yuk & Special Guest (Gabe Orthous)

2. Who is Mico Yuk?
Position: Director, Sales & Business Development at
Benchmarkers Business Intelligence (benchmarkers.com)
Founder: EverythingXcelsius.com (popular weblog)
Founder: Xcelsius Gurus Network (more than 6,000
members to date on Twitter, FaceBook, Linkedin Group,
Slideshare, YouTube Channel
Xcelsius Trainer/Developer/Architect/Blogger (Developed
100’s dashboards)
Clients: SAP Global, US Air force, Medtronics, St. Jude
Medical, McKesson, Visa, State Farm …
SAP 2010 Mentor

3. Who is Gabe Orthous?
Senior development manager for the Business Intelligence,
McKesson Revenue Management Solutions
10+ yrs of IT managerial/architectural experience. Extensive
expertise around Business Intelligence, Accounts Receivables,
and Decision Analytics based on large/complex prior consulting
engagements with major companies in the U.S. and abroad.
Currently holds the Chair position for the Dashboarding and
Visualization Special Interest Group (SIG) for ASUG
Member of the ASUG Leadership Council directly reporting to
ASUG’s CEO and has been inducted to the International Honor
Society Beta Gamma Sigma in 2008.
Contact Information: Gabriel Orthous
Email: Gabriel.Orthous@Mckesson.com
Linked-In - http://www.linkedin.com/in/gaboorthous

4. Webinar Agenda
Introduction Introduction of Speakers
Discussion #1 The future of Xcelsius in the SAP scope of
things?
Can you explain the Xcelsius name
Discussion #2 changes?
Where can data visualization and
Discussion #3 dashboarding skills be leveraged in the
future?
What does Benchmarkers have to offer?
Conclusion
Clientele, Benefits?

5. Discussion #1
The future of Xcelsius in the SAP scope of
things?
Xcelsius SP3 Changes : “Death of Xcelsius Engage Server “
New Book : “Creating Dashboards with Xcelsius (Practical
Guide) “
BOE XI 4.0 (aka Aurora, BI 4.0): What to expect?
Portfolio Inception: Name changes (discussed next)

6. SP3 – Death of Xcelsius Engage
Server
SAP did away with this version as well as made a
few other changes:
1. No more Flynet connectivity
2. Existing XML version is limited to 2 live data
connections
3. Added SAP BI Connector
4. Added some new components &
functionality (scorecard)

7. NEW SAP-PRESS BOOK
“Creating Dashboards with Xcelsius”
Some interesting things to note:
1. Authors – Ray Li (formerly part
of the Xcelsius product
development team in Shanghai),
Evan Delodder (our Flexcelsius
Expert, Principal of Centigon
Solutions)
2. Xcelsius Enterprise Connectivity
– Only book that cover this topic
3. Flexcelsius (SDK)-
Comprehensive coverage (not
found anywhere else)

8. BOE XI 4.0 – aka “Aurora”, BI 4.0
New Query Browser
Quick access to Query Panel to add and edit queries
Query summary view to see result objects, filters and prompts

9. BOE XI 4.0 – aka “Aurora”, BI 4.0
Direct Data Binding
Bind directly from chart and selectors to query result objects
Live data preview at design time when using query data
Multi-column components allow you to bind directly to
multiple result objects

10. BOE XI 4.0 – aka “Aurora”, BI 4.0
Contextual Drill Down in BI Workspaces
NEW: BI Workspaces as a replacement to Dashboard Builder
Improved and easier Content Linking capabilities : Dashboards
to WebI, to Crystal, WebI to Crystal, etc.

11. Discussion #2
Can you explain the Xcelsius name
changes?
Xcelsius2008 Dashboard 4.0
Xcelsius Present SAPCrystal Presentation Design (*)
Xcelsius Engage SAPCrystal Dashboard Design (**)
Xcelsius Enterprise SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard 4.0
(*) no connectivity
(**) no connectivity to BW or BOE
Xcelsius designer renamed to Dashboard Design tool

12. Discussion #3
Dashboarding Skills
Dashboard Design (UI)
Not enough “talent” in market
Dashboard Functionality
Treated like drill down report
Lack of access to end users
Lack of UAT (user acceptance testing)
Conducting effective Scoping Sessions
Dashboard Data Connectivity
Understanding of data warehouse
Aggregation

13. Questions? More Information?
Mico Yuk
Email: Mico.Yuk@Benchmarkers.com
Company: http://Benchmarkers.com
Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MicoYuk
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/micoyuk/
Gabe Orthous
Email: Gabriel.Orthous@Mckesson.com
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gaboorthous
Everything Xcelsius Community
Email: Gurus@EverythingXelsius.com
Blog: http://EverythingXcelsius.com
Twitter: http://Twitter.com/XelsiusGurus
Facebook: http://Facebook.com/XcelsiusGurus
FanPage: http://Facebook.com/EverythingXcelsius
LinkedIn: Search for “Xcelsius Gurus” in groups