Reports also exist here, and while they blur
the line with the analytics part of PerformancePoint Server, they are included here
because they are part of the Dashboard Designer and can be included in dashboards,
which will be discussed later in this chapter.
Right-clicking on the Reports node in the Workspace Browser and then choosing
New Report opens up the Select a Report template dialog box. There are a number of
different report types available, as shown in Figure 5-25. See Table 5-1 to understand
what these different types of report templates do.
Report Template Description
Analytic Chart and
Analytic Grid
Analytic charts and grids are either chart or grid views of OLAP data. The charts can be
either line or bar charts. Both of these chart types require Analysis Services to be the data
source. These templates are preferred over the PivotChart and PivotTable templates because
they are thin-client tools as opposed to the thick-client PivotChart and PivotTable controls. A
caveat with the Analytic Chart and Grid is that they only work with Analysis Services 2005,
so they are not backwards-compatible with Analysis Services 2000.
Excel Services This template will pull data from Excel Services workbooks that have already been published
so they can be included in a report view.
PivotChart and PivotTable The PivotChart and PivotTable templates are included for backwards-compatibility with the
Office 2003 Office Web Components. While the PivotChart includes more chart types than
the Analytic Chart, the Analytic Chart and Analytic Grid are considered the successors to the
PivotChart and PivotTable.
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