SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services : Time Intelligence (part 3) - STPS Example

STPS Example

This section includes an example of how to create a time intelligence filter.

1.	To start, select the time intelligence filter template, and then select The Green Orange data source as seen in figure 3. Figure 3. Start by selecting the Time Intelligence filter template and the data source.
2.	Next, create the STPS expressions. For this example, the STPS expression is a year-to-date entry based on months, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4. Enter the time formula.
3.	Click the Preview button to see the dimension members that are returned, as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5. Use the Preview feature to see the dimension members.

By using SQL Profiler, you can see how our STPS expression is translated to MDX (see Figure 6.).

Figure 6. Use the SQL Server Profiler to see how the STPS expression translates to MDX.

After the filter has been added to a dashboard and it has been used with a scorecard, you can verify that it returns the correct data, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7. Verify the time intelligence filter and the formula on the dashboard.