Database Reference
In-Depth Information
The Decomposition Tree displays (like the one shown in Figure 14-7), allowing
your end users to drill down on the various dimensions and see the makeup
of the values they are examining.
FI g u R e 14 -7
A PerformancePoint Decomposition Tree
dATA sourCes
It's important to note that the majority of features in PerformancePoint—
including the Decomposition Tree—only work when PerformancePoint is
connected to an Analysis Services cube or Tabular data model.
ExCEL AND NoDExL
Excel itself does not have any support for network diagrams, but a down-
loadable add-in called NodeXL is available. You can download this tool from
http://nodexl.codeplex.com/
.
The NodeXL add-in is an Excel template into which you paste your data. In the
simplest format, you can paste a list of edges and change the widths based on
some value. In Figure 14-8, the edges are trade values between South Africa
and other countries, and the width of the lines is the log of the distance from
the trade value to the minimum trade value.
