Interactive Data Visualization

by Ryan Goodman

04/25/08 16:45 , Categories: Crystal Xcelsius

Like many of you, I cracked open Xcelsius 2008 dove right into the Data Manger to make sure all of my existing connections work. When trying Xcelsius out with Xport Wizard, I got Error #2032 which for some reason didn't surprise me since there have been major changes to the Flash Player security since the previous version of Xcelsius. After double checking my crossdomain.xml file, I set out to figure out what security setting Adobe has changed with Flex. I quickly found that the cross domain policy file requires some minor changes, which actually provides a lot more control over who has access to your data from a SWF. The cross domain policy should look like the following:

Save this code as crossdomain.xml and place it in the root directory of the application server that provides data to your SWF.

This blog is my personal space for technologies and techniques for presenting information in the form of visual analytics and interactive dashboard applications. I consider myself an Xcelsius evangelist, but most importantly an advocate of enabling technologies that make data visualization applications easy to produce. Much of the information posted on this blog will feature Xcelsius tricks and best practices based on my technical expertise, but I do have other interests in design, Rich Internet Applications, user experience design, human-computer interface (HCI), and voice recognition technology.