Microsoft KB Archive/944387

= Description of the PerformancePoint Server 2007 hotfix package for PerformancePoint Server 2007: November 1, 2007 =

Article ID: 944387

Article Last Modified on 11/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, 32 Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, 64 Bit Edition

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SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 bugs that are fixed in the KB944387 hotfix package.



Issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

PerformancePoint Monitoring issues

 * The scoring engine returns a score of 0 if the following conditions are true:
 * You use a stated score.
 * The Target value is NULL.
 * The Excel Services Report adds too much padding to the Web report.
 * The &quot;Export to Excel&quot; feature and the &quot;Export to PowerPoint&quot; feature do not correctly handle NULL values for images.
 * When you use the Microsoft Excel Export: % formatted data operation, the results appear incorrectly in Excel.
 * When you use the &quot;Export to Excel&quot; feature to export a text target, the exported text may be formatted incorrectly.

PerformancePoint Planning issue

 * Some writable regions of a form are unavailable when you create the form by using the PerformancePoint 2007 Add-in for Excel Report Wizard.

Note To see the changes that this hotfix provides in an existing report after you apply this hotfix, you must follow the steps in the Report Wizard for the affected report. However, do not make any changes to the report. After you complete the steps in the Report Wizard, the writable regions of the form are available.



MORE INFORMATION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next PerformancePoint Server 2007 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
This hotfix is a post-release hotfix. To apply this hotfix, you must be running the release version of PerformancePoint Server 2007. The version number must be 3.0.3520.00 or a later version number. To view the version number in PerformancePoint Server 2007, click About on the Help menu.

Important You must apply the hotfix to each client computer and server computer that has a PerformancePoint Server 2007 component installed.

Restart information
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix. However, you must restart Internet Information Services (IIS) to apply the changes to the PerformancePoint Monitoring export functionality that this hotfix contains. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
 * 2) At the command prompt, type iisreset, and then press ENTER.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

Registry information
To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information
This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

This hotfix updates the PerformancePoint Server 2007 components to version 3.0.3702.00. To verify the version number after you apply this hotfix, click About on the Help menu in PerformancePoint Server 2007.

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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