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CHAPTER 27Data Sources

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 offers a variety of ways to connect to your data sources. In Xcelsius 2008 and prior versions, most of the data for your components was loaded into the embedded spreadsheet. In Dashboards 4.0, the new Query Browser allows you to connect directly to your BusinessObjects enterprise environment to access data directly through a universe or BEx query.

In this chapter, we will discuss the different categories of data sources used to connect data to your components:

• Embedded spreadsheets

• Universe and BEx queries

• Live Office

• External data connections

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