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July 2007 - Posts

Having a break

Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 9:59 PM by btamblyn
I'm going to be incommunicado for a couple of weeks whilst I treat my family to a long overdue holiday in France. There will be lots to tell you when I return including a date for the PerformancePoint Server launch, and our plans around a UK business Read More...
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Applying the KISS Principle to PerformancePoint Planning

Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:04 PM by btamblyn
It comes as no surprise that Adrian Downes and Nick Barclay we're responsible for pulling together the "Rational Guide To Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005" when I read this post from Nick . They're both EXTREMELY knowledgeable but what Read More...
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howeru?

Posted Monday, July 16, 2007 4:42 PM by btamblyn
How 'e' are you? is a new research project that's being run by a good friend of mine Tim Elkington that aims to track how people are using the internet. The site includes an e-test that calculates a user's e-score (0 - 100), places them in an e-group Read More...
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Worldwide Partner Conference - Denver

Posted Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:15 PM by btamblyn
Next week I'll be in Denver at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. If you're going and want to catch-up let me know. It's easy to schedule a meeting via the WPC connect site . Although I'm still kind of old fashioned so you can also just give Read More...
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Blogging addiction

Posted Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:01 PM by btamblyn
Via Steve Clayton ...this is just a bit of fun. I scored a respectable 81% - although having begun to play around now with FaceBook - which is extremely addictive in itself I may be trading one addiction for another. Technorati Tags: Blogging , FaceBoo Read More...
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Working with Time Intelligence

Posted Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:02 AM by btamblyn
From Alyson Powell Erwin Time Intelligence in PerformancePoint Monitoring allows you to map your data source to a reference date and easily build time dynamic filters based off of the current date. Dashboard filters can be created that build time sets Read More...
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Creating KPI's from PerformancePoint Planning Cubes

Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 7:00 PM by btamblyn
This was actually asked at the Technical Airlift session in London today. More from Alyson - PerformancePoint Planning cubes are generally more targeted smaller cubes than your general cubes created from your data warehouse. These cubes require a different Read More...
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Creating Scorecards from an SAP BW cube

Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:07 AM by btamblyn
More great stuff from Alyson. PerformancePoint Monitoring supports the creation of KPIs and Scorecards from SAP BW 3.5 cubes. The below steps outline how to create a Data Source and Scorecard. 1. Right click on Data Sources , select New Data Source . Read More...
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Integrating with PerformancePoint Planning - Best Practices

Posted Monday, July 02, 2007 6:55 PM by btamblyn
Here's another great tip from Alyson Powell Erwin in the PPS planning team. When integrating PerformancePoint Planning with PerformancePoint Monitoring, you need to keep the following in mind: PerformancePoint Planning cubes are recreated in each environment Read More...
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