Using PerformancePoint Services - Business Intelligence in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - page 235

To start Dashboard Designer, perform the following procedure:

Navigate to the Business Intelligence Center site and then, on the Quick Launch bar, click
PerformancePoint Content.

1.

Choose one of following methods to start Dashboard Designer:
• On the ribbon, click the PerformancePoint tab and then, in the Create And Edit group, click
the Dashboard Designer button (refer back to Figure 8-13)
• On the ribbon, click the Items tab and then, in the New group, click New Item (Figure 8-17).
On the menu that appears, click one of the available templates.

2.

FIGURE 8-17 Selecting a new item in PerformancePoint Content library.

Dashboard Designer opens.

Providing a performance solution

The exercise in this section centers on the sales activities of the Adventure Works Company. This com-
pany manufactures and sells products to various global markets via reseller and Internet channels.

The exercise shows you how to produce a dashboard to publish to users on SharePoint Server
2013. The dashboard makes it possible for users to monitor and analyze sales activities and profitabil-
ity for the company reseller operations.

In the exercise, one KPI is created to support comparisons of sales, sales quotas, and profit margin
to a fixed goal of two percent, across several fiscal periods, product categories, subcategories, and
sales territory regions.