PerformancePoint Dashboards and Reports

PerformancePoint is Microsoft’s business intelligence service. If you own SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition, congratulations you have PerformancePoint installed with your edition. SharePoint 2010 Foundation or Standard Server do not include this service and you will need to upgrade to get this functionality.

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You might be wondering what a business intelligence service is. Business intelligence refers to the ability to analyze past and present information in order to make better business decisions in the near or long term future. PerformancePoint has the ability to take information from multiple internal and external data sources, aggregate them together and present business information in the form of Dashboards, Scorecards, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), Reports, Filters, and Strategy Maps. It also has the ability to prepare financial reports, retain business models and business rules and execute workflows based on specific business conditions.

 

If you would like more information on how PerformancePoint can be used for business intelligence in your company, send us an inquiry and we will explore this powerful service with you.