Getting Started
You, or your SharePoint administrator, must first download and install P4S in the appropriate SharePoint farms and servers. You must also configure the P4S solution including:
Activating
P4S features.
Determining an authentication architecture for
P4S.
Installing
Business Analytics and deploying
Business Analytics Servers.
Configuring authentication, connections to
Business Analytics Servers and other
P4S properties.
Optionally, creating a Mashup Site for developers and users to begin working with mashups and apps.
SharePoint administrators should see these guides for information on these tasks:
Once P4S is installed and configured, developers and users can begin creating mashups and apps and adding them to SharePoint. Users can:
Create Mashup Sites if desired.
Register Lists as mashable information sources in the
Business Analytics Server.
Create mashups in
Business Analytics Hub that use
SharePoint information or information from other services, feeds and sources.
Create apps in
Business Analytics Hub using mashups or mashables and different views, or formats of this information. Or create workspaces that combine several apps to work together.
Add mashups directly to
SharePoint Web Part pages.
Or add mashups to
SharePoint as external or native lists.
Add apps directly to
SharePoint Web Part pages.
Use Inter-Web Part Communication in
SharePoint to allow mashups and apps to work together with other
SharePoint lists.
SharePoint developers and users should see the
Business Analytics
Add-On for SharePoint
User Guide for information on these tasks.
