Microsoft PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint : M&A: Data Sources

Using secured Planning cubes with Monitoring Server

mswarner — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:44:00 GMT

The PPS Planning Server has the ability to define complex cube security as part of developing a model. Once these have been published to Analysis Services as a cube they can be analyzed using the capabilities of the Monitoring Server. However, by default...(read more)

Using Bulk Edit in M&A

mswarner — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:40:00 GMT

Bulk edit is a feature that allows you to change the properties for multiple objects at a time. Bulk edit can only be performed on items in a workspace. If you need to make changes to items on the server, you will need to download items into a workspace,...(read more)

Importing SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 KPIs into Scorecards

mswarner — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:39:00 GMT

With PerformancePoint Monitoring Server you can directly import SSAS 2005 KPIs into a scorecard using the Scorecard wizard. The following steps illustrate this process: 1. Create your data source and publish to the server. 2. Right click on Scorecards...(read more)

How to use Excel Services as a Data source in PerformancePoint Monitoring

mswarner — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:37:00 GMT

PerformancePoint Monitoring and Analytics (PPS M&A) supports the use of multiple data sources to use inside a Scorecard. One of the supported data sources are Excel Services. Excel Services are part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) 2007....(read more)

Working with Tabular Data Sources in PerformancePoint Monitoring

mswarner — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:33:00 GMT

With PerformancePoint Monitoring Server you can source data in scorecards from a variety of data sources, including Excel 2007, Excel Services and Relational Tables. When using Excel or Relational data sources, it is best to format your data in a specific...(read more)

Creating KPIs from PerformancePoint Planning Cubes

mswarner — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:35:00 GMT

PerformancePoint Planning cubes are generally more targeted smaller cubes than your general cubes created from your data warehouse. These cubes require a different finesse when creating scorecards from them. When creating scorecards off of PerformancePoint...(read more)