Publication & Distribution – XLCubed Blog ../../../ XLCubed Blog Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:05:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.21 ../../../wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-logo_512_512-150x150.png Publication & Distribution – XLCubed Blog ../../../ 32 32 Microsoft Azure AD Single Sign on with XLCubed Web ../../../2019/06/microsoft-azure-ad-single-sign-on-with-xlcubed-web/ ../../../2019/06/microsoft-azure-ad-single-sign-on-with-xlcubed-web/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:23:01 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=5534 We’ve previously shown how to setup Single sign on for Okta, and with V9.2.41 we have added support for Azure Active Directory. This includes using the “Application Roles” feature to control which Analysis Services role to use for each user/group. Here’s an overview of the process: The first step is to register a new Application […]

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]]> ../../../2019/06/microsoft-azure-ad-single-sign-on-with-xlcubed-web/feed/ 0 Optimizing Excel Reports on Mobile Devices ../../../2019/05/optimizing-excel-reports-on-mobile-devices/ ../../../2019/05/optimizing-excel-reports-on-mobile-devices/#respond Wed, 15 May 2019 09:38:07 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=5435 Want to view your Excel report on a mobile device? Tired of having to zoom in on your data? Well then look no further, XLCubed has you covered! With the XLCubed Mobile App, you can take your Excel reports with you. Workbooks published to XLCubed Web can be accessed by other users on any mobile […]

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]]> ../../../2019/05/optimizing-excel-reports-on-mobile-devices/feed/ 0 Monitoring Data Comments ../../../2019/04/monitoring-data-comments/ ../../../2019/04/monitoring-data-comments/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:03:56 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=5113 Many BI and reporting tools now allow users to collaborate directly with a report. This avoids the cumbersome backwards and forwards of email chains or the need to meet in person. As useful as this is, some organisations have concerns about the ability to monitor comments made. We will discuss this aspect in more depth […]

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]]> ../../../2019/04/monitoring-data-comments/feed/ 0 Okta and SAML 2.0 SSO support in Analysis Services with XLCubedWeb ../../../2019/03/okta-and-saml-2-0-sso-support-in-analysis-services-with-xlcubedweb/ ../../../2019/03/okta-and-saml-2-0-sso-support-in-analysis-services-with-xlcubedweb/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:35:44 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=5054 We previously briefly covered the updates to XLCubedWeb to support single sign-on using SAML 2.0, in this blog we will go through the process needed to setup SSO in XLCubedWeb using Okta and the steps required to map the users through to cube-defined roles in Analysis Services. The first step is to setup a new […]

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]]> ../../../2019/03/okta-and-saml-2-0-sso-support-in-analysis-services-with-xlcubedweb/feed/ 0 SAML 2.0 authentication with Analysis Services and XLCubedWeb ../../../2019/03/saml-2-0-authentication-with-analysis-services-and-xlcubedweb/ ../../../2019/03/saml-2-0-authentication-with-analysis-services-and-xlcubedweb/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:35:23 +0000 https://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=5047 With the upcoming maintenance release of V9.2 we are introducing support for Single sign-on in XLCubedWeb, this can be configured to use any SAML 2.0 identity provider and provides some useful functionality for integrated user-level data access in Analysis Services. For the moment Analysis Services only supports windows-based authentication, and many of our customers are […]

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]]> ../../../2018/03/making-your-powerpoint/feed/ 1 Click & Submit! ../../../2015/04/click-submit/ ../../../2015/04/click-submit/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2015 09:50:28 +0000 http://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=4191 We’ve had a few queries recently where customers want to provide web reports with a number of slicer choices, and to have the report refresh just once when all selections are made, rather than the default refresh after each selection. It can be achieved in a couple of ways in XLCubed, read on for more… […]

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]]> ../../../2015/04/click-submit/feed/ 4 Excel BI myths debunked – #6: No report sharing & distribution ../../../2014/05/some-excel-bi-myths-debunked-6-excel-based-bi-cant-handle-report-sharing-and-distribution/ ../../../2014/05/some-excel-bi-myths-debunked-6-excel-based-bi-cant-handle-report-sharing-and-distribution/#respond Tue, 13 May 2014 14:57:01 +0000 http://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=4101 Here we continue our theme on the myths which get propagated about Excel based BI. The next argument is that Excel BI cannot handle widespread report sharing and distribution. Base case we actually agree with this one, and that’s why we invested in developing XLCubed Web Edition specifically to address it. Understandably, sharing an Excel […]

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]]> ../../../2011/09/scheduling-reports-with-xlcubed/feed/ 0 Sharing your Excel dashboard: from paper to the web ../../../2008/05/sharing-your-excel-dashboard-from-papel-to-the-web/ ../../../2008/05/sharing-your-excel-dashboard-from-papel-to-the-web/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://blog.xlcubed.com/?p=43 You have finished your great looking, very efficient Excel dashboard. Now, how do you share it? How do you make sure the users have a timely access to the latest update? This can be a serious issue, specially if you have a more tech oriented audience, and it must be addressed at the planning stage. […]

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