Xcelius 2008 Service Pack 2 is released and offers some new features for native SAP integration and connectivity.

What's new in SP2?

• Optimizied SAP installation and integration functionality (SAP Netweaver required!)
• New native SAP Netweaver data connector
• SAP menu commands

There is also a long list of fixed issues, which will be described here in short
(For the complete Overview of the fixed Issues, take a look on Whats's fixed)

• Closing Xcelsius as Guest or Limited User (resolved)
• Blank Label component (resolved)
• Logging in with Windows AD SSO accounts (resolved)
• Keycode becomes invalid (resolved)
• Xcelsius install breaks CR XIR2(resolved)
• The batch utility would run only if Xcelsius Designer was installed on the
  machine. (resolved)
• Gauge elasticity (resolved)
• Dynamic visibility - removing
  linked status (resolved)
• Transparency in external
  slideshows (resolved)
• Label-based menus and tab set
  components (resolved)
• Visualization connections in
  Sharepoint (resolved)
• Write-only properties (resolved)
• Ignore blank cells in List Builder (resolved)
• SAP Authenticationmenu option (resolved)
• Spinner component and 1000 separator (resolved)
• BusinessObjects Enterprise login prompt (resolved)
• Networkdays function (resolved)
• Chart component Y-Axis Auto Scale (resolved)
• Slideshow component memory (new behaviour)
• Log file not created (resolved)
• UAC and Exporting to AIR (new behaviour)
• Xcelsius tips in PowerPoint notes (resolved in Englisch only)
• Mouse pointer (resolved)
• Unable to update Live Office connection in BOE XI3 after Upgrading from XI R2 (resolved)
• Spinner component limits (resolved)
• Query refresh When two queries were set to refresh every two minutes (resolved)
• LCDS connector doesn't load data
  in slideshow (new behaviour)
• Column chart alerts (resolved)
• Single value component alert settings (resolved)
• Spreadsheet table component row selectability option (resolved)
• Gauge color (resolved)
• Adobe Player Stream error 2032 (resolved)

The list of fixed issues is great, althoug it is scary to see how many bugs there were. Some of the listed issues ate a lot of my time and annoyed me.

More about the new SAP releated features describe on top will be available soon, as far as i evaluated the Service Pack.