Analysis with PerformancePoint Server
As I discussed in Chapter 5, the tool for creating the monitoring components of
PerformancePoint Server is the Dashboard Designer, a .NET application that runs using
ClickOnce deployment available with the .NET Framework. While the Dashboard
Designer includes KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and indicators, it also includes reports
as a first-class type of object that can be created. These reports represent the core of the
analysis functionality built into PerformancePoint Server. There are several different
types of reports available, which I will examine in detail in this section.
Table 5-1 in the previous chapter listed the types of reports that are available and
what each one does. Figure 6-1 shows the screen that appears when the developer
chooses to create a new report. Choosing a report type shows a simple description
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of each report type and explains whether there are any special conditions, such as
requiring an Analysis Services data source or the presence of Excel Services.
Creating reports in PerformancePoint Server is a simple matter of either rightclicking
on the Reports node in Dashboard Designer and choosing New Report, or
clicking the appropriate report type on the Create ribbon in Dashboard Designer, as
seen in Figure 6-2. Once the correct type of report to create is chosen, the developer
Figure 6-1 This dialog box shows the various report types available in PerformancePoint
Server.
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