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Crystal Xcelsius 4.5 - Installation Guide
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Patents
Business Objects owns the following U.S. patents, which may cover products that are offered
and sold by Business Objects: 5,555,403, 6,247,008 B1, 6,578,027 B2, 6,490,593 and
6,289,352.
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contributors
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trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the
United States and other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of
their respective owners.
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Business Objects products in this release may contain redistributions of software licensed
from third-party contributors. Some of these individual components may also be available
under alternative licenses. A partial listing of third-party contributors that have requested or
permitted acknowledgments, as well as required notices, can be found at:
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Contents
Chapter 1 Crystal Xcelsius Installation Guide 3
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Crystal Xcelsius installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation and activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Appendix A Business Objects Information Resources 7
Documentation and information services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What’s in the documentation set? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Where is the documentation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Send us your feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Customer support, consulting and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How can we support you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Looking for the best deployment solution for your company? . . . . . . . 10
Looking for training options? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Useful addresses at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Overview
Overview
Crystal Xcelsius (Xcelsius) bridges the gap between data analysis and visual
presentations, empowering users to create interactive reports and
applications.
Xcelsius is intuitive enough for beginners and versatile enough for advanced
users. It allows users to create reports without having to learn programming
languages. With Xcelsius, pointing and clicking the mouse can create rich
interactive presentations.
Xcelsius integrates with Microsoft Corporation's Office products. This
integration lets you attach your reports to Microsoft Outlook email messages
or embed them into PowerPoint slides.
Crystal Xcelsius installation
Hardware and software requirements
Minimum recommended hardware
The following hardware is required:
• PC with Pentium 3 or equivalent processor
• 128MB of RAM
Operating system
The following operating systems are supported:
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
Microsoft Office
The following versions of Microsoft Office are supported:
• Office 2000
• Office XP
• Office 2003
Ensure that Microsoft Excel, from the Microsoft suite of products, is installed.
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Installation and activation
Installation
Double click on the installation program and it will take you through the
installation steps. Xcelsius requires that you install the latest version of the
Flash 7 Player; this is an option in the install program, it is checked by default.
Leave this option checked unless you are absolutely sure that you have the
latest version of the Flash Player installed.
Note: You must install Xcelsius under a user account that has Administrator
privileges.
Activation
One license of Xcelsius will allow you to run the application on one machine.
Activation is the process which establishes which machine will host the
application.
If you have purchased Xcelsius you will first need to register with the serial
number provided to you. Once the registration has been confirmed, the
application will prompt you to activate.
To complete activation, you will be given the option to activate automatically if
you have an internet connection, or you can choose to activate manually by
phone or email. An activation wizard walks you through the manual activation
process.
Note: The application will run several times before you are required to
activate.
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Business Objects Information Resources
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Business Objects Information Resources
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Documentation and information services
Documentation and information services
Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering its products and
their deployment. Additional support and services are also available to help
maximize the return on your business intelligence investment. The following
sections detail where to get Business Objects documentation and how to use
the resources at Business Objects to meet your needs for technical support,
education, and consulting.
Documentation
You can find answers to your questions on how to install, configure, deploy,
and use Business Objects products from the documentation.
What’s in the documentation set?
View or download the Business Objects Documentation Roadmap, available
with the product documentation at http://www.businessobjects.com/support/.
The Documentation Roadmap references all Business Objects guides and
lets you see at a glance what information is available, from where, and in
what format.
Where is the documentation?
You can access electronic documentation at any time from the product
interface, the web, or from your product CD.
Documentation from the products
Online help and guides in Adobe PDF format are available from the product
Help menus. Where only online help is provided, the online help file contains
the entire contents of the PDF version of the guide.
Documentation on the web
The full electronic documentation set is available to customers on the web
from support web site at: http://www.businessobjects.com/support/.
Documentation on the product CD
Look in the docs directory of your product CD for versions of guides in Adobe
PDF format.
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Business Objects Information Resources
Customer support, consulting and training
Send us your feedback
Do you have a suggestion on how we can improve our documentation? Is
there something you particularly like or have found useful? Drop us a line,
and we will do our best to ensure that your suggestion is included in the next
release of our documentation: documentation@businessobjects.com.
Note: If your issue concerns a Business Objects product and not the
documentation, please contact our Customer Support experts. For
information about Customer Support visit: http://www.businessobjects.com/
support/.
Customer support, consulting and training
A global network of Business Objects technology experts provides customer
support, education, and consulting to ensure maximum business intelligence
benefit to your business.
How can we support you?
Business Objects offers customer support plans to best suit the size and
requirements of your deployment. We operate customer support centers in
the following countries:
• USA
• Australia
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• Japan
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Online Customer Support
The Business Objects Customer Support web site contains information about
Customer Support programs and services. It also has links to a wide range of
technical information including knowledgebase articles, downloads, and
support forums.
http://www.businessobjects.com/support/
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Useful addresses at a glance
Looking for the best deployment solution for your company?
Business Objects consultants can accompany you from the initial analysis
stage to the delivery of your deployment project. Expertise is available in
relational and multidimensional databases, in connectivities, database design
tools, customized embedding technology, and more.
For more information, contact your local sales office, or contact us at:
http://www.businessobjects.com/services/consulting/
Looking for training options?
From traditional classroom learning to targeted e-learning seminars, we can
offer a training package to suit your learning needs and preferred learning
style. Find more information on the Business Objects Education web site:
http://www.businessobjects.com/services/training
Useful addresses at a glance
Address Content
Business Objects product
information
http://www.businessobjects.com
Product documentation
http://www.businessobjects.com/
support
Business Objects Documentation
mailbox
documentation@businessobjects.com
Online Customer Support
http://www.businessobjects.com/
support/
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Information about the full range of
Business Objects products.
Business Objects product
documentation, including the
Business Objects Documentation
Roadmap.
Send us feedback or questions
about documentation.
Information on Customer Support
programs, as well as links to
technical articles, downloads, and
online forums.
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Business Objects Information Resources
Address Content
Business Objects Consulting
Services
http://www.businessobjects.com/
services/consulting/
Business Objects Education
Services
http://www.businessobjects.com/
services/training
Information on how Business
Objects can help maximize your
business intelligence investment.
Information on Business Objects
training options and modules.
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Index
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activating Crystal Xcelsius Designer 5
B
Business Objects
consulting services 10, 11
support services 9
training services 10, 11, 11
C
consultants, Business Objects 10
Crystal Xcelsius Designer, installing 4
customer support 9
D
documentation
feedback on 9
on product CD 8
on the web 8
roadmap 8
E
education. See training
F
feedback, on documentation 9
H
hardware, minimum recommended 4
I
information resources 8
installation requirements
hardware 4
Microsoft Office 4
operating system 4
software 4
installing Crystal Xcelsius Designer 4, 5
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minimum recommended hardware 4
O
Online Customer Support 9
R
recommended hardware 4
resources 8
S
support
customer 9
locations 9
technical 9
web site 9
T
technical support 9
training, on Business Objects products 10
W
web
customer support 9
getting documentation via 8
useful addresses 10
web sites
support 9
training 10
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