--- title: xCelsius Dashboard Development | Implementation Best Practices description: Download our guide to the top ten tips and tricks for successful xcelsius dashboard development. Don't miss these critical steps. --- # Do You Need to Develop a New xCelsius Dashboard? ## Make Your Life Easier - Use Our Top 10 Tips & Tricks for Dashboard Development ### Business Has Never Needed Data Like They Do Today Today's [business' need information](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/developing-balanced-scorecards) that is not only 'at their fingertips', but available in highly interactive 'Dashboard' formats.  SAP xCelsius, along with the subsequent [SAP Dashboard](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/how-to-develop-balanced-scorecards-improve-strategy-execution) development tools, such as SAP Lumira and SAP HANA,  all provide robust development capabilities.  But no matter which one you use to develop your next [dashboard](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/blog/12-warning-signs-your-epm-system-is-in-trouble), you need to know about proven tips from our projects: - What you must do with Data - How to ensure you don't stumble on the tools - How to approach design.   ![xcelsius Dashboard Development](https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/businessman%20hand%20shows%20gear%20business%20success%20chart%20concept.jpeg?width=1000&name=businessman%20hand%20shows%20gear%20business%20success%20chart%20concept.jpeg "SAP SEM Corporate Performance Management Balanced Scorecard")   To assist our own internal development teams, we developed a set of Standard Operating Instructions or SOPs.  We've created a checklist from these SOPs you can download by completing the form. ### Download the Top 10 Tips & Tricks xCelsius Dashboard Development ![SAP](https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/960101754/?value=0&guid=ON&script=0) ![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=199270410761059&ev=PageView&noscript=1) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@id" : "https://www.sapbwconsulting.com/xcelsius-dashboard-development-tips-tricks#webpage", "@type" : "WebPage", "about" : [ { "@type" : "Thing", "name" : "Download", "sameAs" : "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download" }, { "@type" : "Thing", "name" : "guide", "sameAs" : "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutorial" }, { "@type" : "Thing", "name" : "development", "sameAs" : "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_development" }, { "@type" : "Thing", "name" : "Tips", "sameAs" : "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suggestion" } ], "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "description" : "Lonnie D. 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