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Category: Dashboards

Dashboards, formerly known as Xcelsius

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End of the Road for Dashboards?

Dallas MarksAugust 3, 2011April 21, 2017

Are we at the end of the road for dashboards?

Visualizing the Perfect American Diet
Dashboards

Visualizing the Perfect American Diet

Dallas MarksJune 8, 2011

Pie charts, in. Pyramids, out.

Performance Dashboards, Second Edition by Wayne Eckerson
Book Review, Dashboards

Performance Dashboards, Second Edition by Wayne Eckerson

Dallas MarksJanuary 5, 2011April 28, 2017

If you’re looking for your first book on business intelligence, dashboards and performance management, this is it. And if you own the first edition, you’ll appreciate the new chapters, case studies, and reorganization of the material.

Xcelsius 2008 version numbers
Dashboards

Xcelsius 2008 version numbers

Dallas MarksNovember 1, 2010April 28, 2017

You need a secret decoder ring to determine your Xcelsius version.

Xcelsius 2008 and Windows 7 (FixPack 3.3)
Dashboards

Xcelsius 2008 and Windows 7 (FixPack 3.3)

Dallas MarksOctober 19, 2010July 20, 2017

Today I installed Xcelsius 2008 SP3 + Fix Pack 3.3 on my Microsoft Windows 7 Professional laptop.  FixPack 3.3 adds…

Xcelsius 2008 SP3
Dashboards

Xcelsius 2008 SP3

Dallas MarksDecember 15, 2009July 20, 2017

Xcelsius 2008 SP3 is here!

Excel Fix After Installing Xcelsius
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Excel Fix After Installing Xcelsius

Dallas MarksJuly 20, 2009May 1, 2017

After installing Xcelsius 2008, Microsoft Excel stops opening documents properly.

Book Review, Dashboards

Xcelsius 2008 Dashboard Best Practices

Dallas MarksMay 13, 2009April 24, 2017

The bottom line? If you’re an Xcelsius 2008 user, this book belongs on your shelf.

Dashboards

Xcelsius 2008 Map Components

Dallas MarksMay 5, 2009April 24, 2017

Geographic maps available in Xcelsius 2008

Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few
Book Review, Dashboards

Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few

Dallas MarksMarch 8, 2009April 21, 2017

A book review of Stephen Few’s Information Dashboard Design.

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Dallas Marks

As a cloud and analytics practitioner, author, instructional designer, and trainer, I help organizations harness the power of analytics in the cloud, on-premise, or hybrid. I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about analytics.

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