Ok, so I found out that there is no way for Xcelsius to export .swf(or other formats) on a schedule. I thought of a work around for this. Though it will not work for my particular needs but may be helpful for others who have the similar question in mind. You can have Xcelsius take in Flash Variables and have the data return via QaaWS filter on the passed in variable. You then use some scripting language like perl to generate wrapper HTML files with appropriate variable each month. You put both the Perl script and the flash file in BOE and schedule the script to run as needed say monthly. Then just have users access the single flash file via the different versions of HTML wrappers. To the users, it'll seem as if static instances of dashboard are generated each month. One assumption i took with this approach that needs to be verify - QaaWS can used the passed in variable to filter your result set.
The reason why this approach won't work for me is that the exported format i need it to be in is PowerPoint not HTML. I don't know how to generate a PowerPoint slide and change the flash variable in it with each generation.
Can anyone think of a way for me to accomplish what I need which is monthly instances of a PowerPoint slide that shows data for only the month(or should I say instance) of interest regardless when I open it?
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