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:
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Activating
P4S features.
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Determining an authentication architecture for
P4S.
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Installing
Business Analytics and deploying
Business Analytics Servers.
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Configuring authentication, connections to
Business Analytics Servers and other
P4S properties.
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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:
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Create Mashup Sites if desired.
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Register Lists as mashable information sources in the
Business Analytics Server.
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Create mashups in
Business Analytics Hub that use
SharePoint information or information from other services, feeds and sources.
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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.
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Add mashups directly to
SharePoint Web Part pages.
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Or add mashups to
SharePoint as external or native lists.
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Add apps directly to
SharePoint Web Part pages.
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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.