Likewise, Business Scorecard Manager
required that KPIs be created before building a scorecard, but PerformancePoint
Server does not have this same restriction.
Right-clicking on Scorecards in the Workspace Browser and choosing New
Scorecard opens the Select a Scorecard Template dialog box. As with the dialog
box that appears when you??™re creating a new data source, this dialog has two
panes: Category and Template. The categories include ERP, Microsoft, Standard,
and Tabular, and may grow to include other categories in the future. The list of
templates included with PerformancePoint Server includes Analysis Services, Excel,
SharePoint List, and more. Expect additional templates to be added by third-party
vendors and as samples from Microsoft. This dialog box also has an option to use
wizards to create scorecards. Certainly, using the wizards the first few times a
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scorecard is created helps new developers walk through the process. After developers
become familiar with scorecards, some will choose to turn off the wizards and build
them from scratch. Fortunately PerformancePoint Server accommodates working
in either mode. These templates are extensible, and companies can create their own
custom templates for both data sources and scorecards, if desired.
Choosing to build a scorecard with an Analysis Services template presents you
with the Analysis Services Scorecard Wizard as shown in Figure 5-7.
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