Microsoft SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services Unleashed (Paperback)

This is a comprehensive, expert guide to all facets of planning, deploying, managing, and utilizing the brand-new SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services. Authored by business and technical experts and a key member of the Microsoft PerformancePoint Services development team, this book demonstrates exactly how to apply PerformancePoint Services to gain real-time insight into all aspects of business performance.

Writing for architects, implementers, developers, and administrators, the authors combine crucial technical information with hands-on insights for success, including a case study that identifies key challenges throughout the project lifecycle.

Along the way, the authors bring together realistic, proven techniques for integrating with SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and enterprise data sources. They implement KPIs and scorecards; design effective dashboards; ensure security; administer PerformancePoint Services; present best-practice solutions; and much more.

• Determine what you want to measure and plan the best ways to measure it
• Install SharePoint Server 2010 and configure PerformancePoint Services
• Create effective, easy-to-understand dashboards with the Dashboard Designer
• Integrate and use multiple data sources including SQL Server, Excel, and SharePoint
• Build KPIs quickly using the Scorecard Wizard
• Incorporate indicators and KPIs into scorecard views
• Utilize PerformancePoint reports including analytic charts and grids, KPI Details, and both Reporting Services and Excel Services reports
• Build Strategy Maps to visualize sales pipelines, processes, and layouts
• Secure PerformancePoint data sources, dashboards, and reports
• Use PerformancePoint APIs to add even more functionality
• Maintain PerformancePoint Services using SharePoint 2010’s tools and settings
• Streamline PerformancePoint administration with PowerShell and Cmdlets

這是一本全面且專業的指南，涵蓋了規劃、部署、管理和利用全新的SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services的各個方面。本書由商業和技術專家以及Microsoft PerformancePoint Services開發團隊的重要成員共同撰寫，展示了如何應用PerformancePoint Services來實時瞭解業務績效的各個方面。

本書針對架構師、實施人員、開發人員和管理員撰寫，結合關鍵的技術信息和實踐洞察，提供成功所需的實踐方法，包括一個案例研究，該研究在整個項目生命周期中確定了關鍵挑戰。

在此過程中，作者們結合了與SharePoint、Microsoft Office和企業數據源集成的現實和可行的技術，實施關鍵績效指標（KPI）和記分卡；設計有效的儀表板；確保安全性；管理PerformancePoint Services；提供最佳實踐解決方案等等。

以下是本書涵蓋的主題：
- 確定您想要衡量的內容並計劃最佳的衡量方法
- 安裝SharePoint Server 2010並配置PerformancePoint Services
- 使用儀表板設計師創建易於理解的儀表板
- 整合和使用多個數據源，包括SQL Server、Excel和SharePoint
- 使用記分卡向導快速建立KPI
- 將指標和KPI整合到記分卡視圖中
- 利用PerformancePoint報表，包括分析圖表和網格、KPI詳細信息以及Reporting Services和Excel Services報表
- 建立策略地圖以可視化銷售管道、流程和佈局
- 保護PerformancePoint數據源、儀表板和報表的安全性
- 使用PerformancePoint API添加更多功能
- 使用SharePoint 2010的工具和設置維護PerformancePoint Services
- 使用PowerShell和Cmdlets簡化PerformancePoint管理

以上就是這本書所涵蓋的內容。