Ulysses Ludwig's SharePoint blog

Excel Services Dashboard Screenshots

I often have clients ask for examples of Excel Services dashboards.  Below are two screenshots of demo dashboards I developed back in 2008.  The  data is pulled from the Microsoft Dynamics Two Inc. sample database using SQL queries that I authored specifically for these demos. Vendor Dashboard with KPI’s (Click to view full size) Customer Dashboard (Click to view full size)

Business Data Catalog Definition Editor (BDC Tool)

Not many people know this, but Microsoft has released a BDC tool that helps you create application definition files for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Download the Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6d94e307-67d9-41ac-b2d6-0074d6286fa9&displaylang=en After installing the SDK go to this folder and install the BDC Definition Editor by double clicking on the Business Data Catalog MSI. C:\Program Files\2007 O...