Configure the Unattended Service Account

Scenario/Problem: You need to configure the unattended account for PerformancePoint Services

Solution: Use the Set-SPPerformancePointSecureDataValues cmdlet.

One of the first things you need to do to use PerformancePoint Services (PPS) within SharePoint 2013 is set the unattended service account. This account is used to access the data sources for PPS. This can be easily facilitated using the Set-SPPerformancePointSecureDataValues cmdlet, as shown in Listing 22.1.

Listing 22.1. Setting the Unattended Service Account

Set-SPPerformancePointSecureDataValues  -ServiceApplication"PerformancePoint Service Application"-DataSourceUnattendedServiceAccount (Get-Credential)

The default PerformancePoint Services ...

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