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Xcelsius-based Sales Dashboard - sales revenue what-if analysis via slider controls

Here is a sales dashboard presented by Solver, Inc., a company specializing in Business Performance Measurement. This screenshot is captured from an xcelsius dashboard demo at http://www.solverusa.com/im/Sales%20Dashboard.swf  Of note is the sales revenue simulation section. It’s a tree structure that leads to a total revenue number, but the real neat thing is that you can drag the bubbles around to change the inputs. A must try! A nice win for flash-based technology (xcelsius/flex) in the “battle” against AJAX?

Sales Dashboard Sample

Homework: Crystal Xcelsius is a hot new technology for creating interactive presentations from excel spreadsheets. Not at all sure what Xcelsius dashboards are? Then, you must start with this Xcelsius for Dummies book. As the book review for this title states:

  • As the fastest growing dashboarding solution on the market, Xcelsius is an intuitive stand-alone Windows application that enables Excel users to transform the contents of an ordinary Excel spreadsheet into an engaging, interactive Flash-based dashboard
  • Offers step-by-step instruction on the wide array of functionality that Xcelsius has to offer so that readers can complete mini-dashboards of increasing complexity with each chapter
  • Addresses how to prepare Excel spreadsheets for use with Xcelsius dashboards and then use basic components of Xcelsius (charts, buttons, labels)
  • Shows ways to add advanced functionality to dashboards (gauges, sliders, maps) and create interactive business calculators with Xcelsius
  • Discusses integrating Xcelsius reports into PowerPoint slides, Web pages, and e-mail

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2 Responses to “Xcelsius-based Sales Dashboard - sales revenue what-if analysis via slider controls”

  1. mutaman Said on

    I need to down load sample dashboard templates.

    for auto dealers, car rental,

  2. admin Said on

    Here are some auto dealership dashboards for you to start your research with:

    http://www.enterprise-dashboard.com/2006/03/04/an-auto-dealer-sales-management-dashboard/

    http://www.enterprise-dashboard.com/2006/08/09/equipment-dealer-dashboard-an-enterprise-dashboard-for-dealership-sales-management/

    Regards The Dashboard Spy

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