Microsoft PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint : M&A: Scorecards

Why is Show Details disabled for Scorecard views

alysonp — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:42:00 GMT

The "Show Details" option is only enabled if the data for the KPI is sourced from Analysis Services and if the KPI calculation column is set to Source Data . This is because the Show Details feature is implemented using Analysis Services "drill through"....(read more)

KPI Calculations - Best Practices

mswarner — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:01:00 GMT

Best Practices on Using Calculations · Use calculations only with Standard KPIs (non leaf level). · Accept the default values for Standard KPIs (leaf level) and Objective KPIs. Detailed Description of Behavior To understand how the Calculation setting...(read more)

Creating Trend Charts in M&A

mswarner — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:41:00 GMT

Trend charts use Data Mining algorithms in SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 to predict future values of KPIs in your scorecard. KPIs can be sourced from any data source, Excel, SSAS, SQL, etc. Because the trend charts utilize the Time Series Data Mining...(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)

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)