Monitoring Server components
Updated: 2009-04-30
Monitoring Server has the following components that work together to provide monitoring and reporting functionality to PerformancePoint. These components are installed and configured during deployment.
Monitoring Server's components are as follows:
PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer A desktop application you use to develop dashboards. For more information, see PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer.
PerformancePoint Monitoring System Database A SQL Server database that stores all Monitoring Server data and configuration settings.
PerformancePoint Monitoring Server Used by Dashboard Designer and Microsoft SQL Server databases that contain Monitoring Server metadata. Metadata includes user permissions and settings for dashboard elements, such as key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, other indicators, and data sources. You can have this data installed on one or more computers.
PerformancePoint Monitoring Server Web Service A collection of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that provide the core functionality of PerformancePoint Monitoring Server. PerformancePoint Monitoring Server Web Service connects PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer to the Monitoring Server database, the Dashboard Viewer to SharePoint Services, and all data sources.
PerformancePoint Dashboard Web Preview An Internet Information Services (IIS) Web site that is used for rendering dashboards for preview and development scenarios. Dashboard Web Preview can reside on one or more Windows computers.
Monitoring Central A Web site from which users can install Dashboard Designer, view product documentation, and open the Dashboard Web Preview site. Note that the Dashboard Designer installation includes an IIS Web site that is used to distribute the program.
**SQL Server 2005 SP2 Reporting Services integration **Reporting services that provide detailed information about Monitoring Server databases.
PerformancePoint Dashboard Viewer for SharePoint Services A Web Part that is used to render and display dashboards. The Web Part includes Web services from Monitoring Server Web Service, as well as rendering capabilities for rendering dashboards. The Dashboard Viewer for SharePoint Services can be installed on one or more SharePoint sites, or it can be installed in a SharePoint Services Web farm.
PerformancePoint Monitoring Plug-In for Report Designer (Visual Studio 2005) An add-in to the Reporting Services Report Designer. This add-in allows Report Designer to create reports with scorecards in them.
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