Best Practices

• When connecting to a data source, use the Unattended Service Account option for authentication. If using the other option, Per-User Identity, you may find that the dashboard components that use the data source load when you log in but fail to connect for other users visiting your page.

• With PerformancePoint Services, the quality of the dashboard is all about the data. To that end, some additional planning needs to go into the types of data sources you want to leverage. Well-designed transactional databases and data cubes are key to a successful BI implementation.

• Give some thought to which indicator sets you want to use for each KPI. Different image sets convey different messages. Comparisons of metrics from one time period ...

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