Installing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Configuring PerformancePoint Services : Configuring PPS (part 5) - Activating the Feature in the Web Application

Activating the Feature in the Web Application

The last step to getting PPS up and running is to activate the PerformancePoint Services Site Collection and Site features in the sites or site collections that use them. A feature is a package of SharePoint settings that represent a unit of functionality. When activated, a feature adds additional functionality to a SharePoint web application, site collection, or site. PPS has features available only at the site collection or site levels.

Activating the feature creates the content types, Web Parts, and site definitions necessary to launch Dashboard Designer (and to render dashboards). Feature activation must be performed inside the site collection that hosts PPS dashboards (see Figure 10). In addition, the activation must be performed by a site collection administrator.

Figure 10. Select to activate the site collection features in this screen.

Activating the Feature at a Site Collection Level

To activate the feature in the site collection, follow these steps:

1.	Browse to the root of the site collection. Remember you must be the site collection administrator.
2.	Click Site Actions, and then click Site Settings.
3.	Under Site Collection Administration, click the Manage Site Collection Features link. Note If you are not at the site settings for the root site of the site collection, this link will not be available.
4.	Scroll to find PerformancePoint Services Site Collection Features. If the feature is not already activated, click the Activate button (see Figure 11). Figure 11. You see an Active banner after you activate the feature. Note The action activates the SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature automatically because this feature is a prerequisite feature for the PerformancePoint Services site collection features.
5.	When activation completes, browse to each site that needs to host PerformancePoint content. For each site, go to the Site Actions menu and select the Site Settings menu item.

You also need to perform the steps included in the next section for any site that you want to use to host PerformancePoint content.

Activating the Feature at a Site Level

To activate the feature in the site, follow these steps:

1.	Browse to the site at which the PPS feature is to be used. Remember that you must be the site administrator.
2.	Under Site Actions, click the Manage Site Features link.
3.	Scroll to find PerformancePoint Services Site Collection Features. If the feature is not already activated, click the Activate button (see Figure 12). Figure 12. You see the Active banner after you activate the feature.
4.	When activation completes, browse to each site that needs to host PerformancePoint content. For each site, go to the Site Actions menu, and then select the Site Settings menu item.