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We explore how to set up the Interactive Calendar component and combine it with timeline date. We also show how to create a "Matrix" style calculator to simultaneously perform computations over a spread of values, using Black-Scholes Options Pricing as an example. We explore how to manage dynamic visibility of Crystal Xcelsius components when they can number in the hundreds and multiple components have to turn on and off in unison. We also show how to incorporate audio overlays in your business dashboards.

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Interactive Calendars, Visual Matrix Calculators, Multilayer Visibility Control & Audio Overalys in your Dashboards

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Creating Interactive Calendars in Xcelsius

Interactive Calendars

This article from the August 2005 issue of the Xcelsius newsletter outlines how to use Interactive Calendars with Xcelsius XL Professional and XE Enterprise edition.

Interactive Calendars can halp you to quickly put your finger on and analyze data spanning many years.

Matrix Style Calculators

Article 006 - Black-Scholes Options Pricing: Creating Matrix Calculators with Xcelsius

You will also learn how you can: use Alerts to color-code ranges of numbers, and use Sliders to set, and easily vary, a sequence of input values in order to perform multiple what-if scenarios, quickly.

Multi-Layer Control: a best practice

Article 007 - Dashboard Multi-Layer Control: A Best Practice

This article gives you a best practice for providing multi-layer control of your interactive visual dashboard. The overall approach to multi-layer control is to set-up a mapping that tells Crystal Xcelsius exactly how you want it to behave.

Audio Overlays in Crystal Xcelsius

Article 008 - Crystal Xcelsius Best Practices: Audio Overlays in your Business Dashboards

From time to time when you create a business dashboard, it might be helpful to include context sensitive help. One particularly engaging method is inserting a Flash animation file with audio overlays. The result is like listening to a live narrator who walks you through the dashboard, step by step. This article shows you how to accomplish this.