For whatever reason, SAP doesn’t put obvious information like “Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 3″ on its About screen. Instead, you need a secret decoder ring to determine the version. It’s almost human readable:
Starting with the release of Fix Pack 1.1, the “Xcelsius Version” number will correspond to the Fix Pack numbering structure noted above. The version number will be structured as follows: [Product Version].[Service Pack Number].[Fix Pack Number].0.
Fortunately, the Xcelsius folks at SAP have placed this information in the Release Notes document, which can be downloaded in Adobe PDF format from the SAP Help Portal. I’ve recreated it here for easier reference.
| Xcelsius Release | Xcelsius Version | Build Number |
| Xcelsius 2008 (RTM) | 5.0.0.99 | 12,1,0,121 |
| Xcelsius 2008 SP1 | 5.0.0.99 | 12,1,0,247 |
| Xcelsius 2008 FixPack 1.1 | 5.1.1.0 | 12,1,1,344 |
| Xcelsius 2008 SP2 | 5.2.0.0 | 12,2,0,608 |
| Xcelsius 2008 FixPack 2.1 | 5.2.1.0 | 12,2,1,6 |
| Xcelsius 2008 SP3 | 5.3.0.0 | 12,3,0,670 |
| Xcelsius 2008 FixPack 3.1 | 5.3.1.0 | 12,3,1,776 |
| Xcelsius 2008 FixPack 3.2 | 5.3.2.0 | 12,3,2,864 |
| Xcelsius 2008 FixPack 3.3 | 5.3.3.0 | 12,3,3,973 |
You can infer from the About box below that I have Xcelsius 2008 Service Pack 3 Fix Pack 3.3 installed.
A similar matrix for Crystal Reports versions can be found here.
Hi,
The information regarding the version numbers for Xcelsius 2008 was really helpful. Thank you for that. I would like to know whether there is a restriction on the version number of Live Office that is to be used with a particular version of Xcelsius 2008. In other words, are certain version numbers of Live Office components incompatible with certain version numbers of xcelsius? I am using Xcelsius 2008 version 5.3.4.0 and build no. 12,3,4,1038, along with Business Objects Live Office 12.1.0.882. I am facing some issues with this configuration. Like for.e.g, my Live office connection breaks off everytime I close the xlf file. The prompt binding too vanishes off. I have to re-import the tables and then re-bind the prompts. I’m not sure if this is due to the incompatibility between versions of Xcelsius and Live office. Thanks.