The first link, Connection, provides a simple page
for making a connection to the Planning Server. This link is open by default when
the developer connects to the Planning Administration Console web site.
In the Location textbox, the user would enter http://
:46787/,
which in our case will be http://PerfPointServer:46787/. Please note that the
TCP port number is 46787, which is the default port number for PerformancePoint
ServerPlanningWebServices.
As mentioned earlier, one of the advantages of a web-based administration
console is that several Planning Servers can be administered from the same web
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site by connecting to the different servers from the Connection page. Once the
server location has been entered, the developer clicks on the Connect button. Once
a successful connection is established, the Status changes from No Connection to
Connected to the Computer Running Planning Server.
Applications
The first step in the process is creating the Planning Server Applications. Within the
planning module of PerformancePoint Server 2007, there is a predefined hierarchy
for creating Business Models. The highest level of this hierarchy consists of an
application. Applications logically contain all components in Planning Server. An
application serves as the primary container for
All information that needs to be stored for describing the business data
The processes that control data access
The security settings that defi ne who can access the data defi nitions
Figure 7-1 The top half of the figure shows the Connection page within the Planning
Administration Console before the connection is established.
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