Description of the PerformancePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: April 28, 2009
Symptoms
This article describes the Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated April 28, 2009.
This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:The issues that the hotfix package fixes.The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.Whether you must make any registry changes.The files that the hotfix package contains.
Resolution
PerformancePoint Server 2007 hotfixes are created for the release version of PerformancePoint Server 2007. All PerformancePoint Server 2007 hotfix packages are cumulative.
A hotfix package is available for PerformancePoint Server 2007. The build of this hotfix package is 3.0.4315.00. The release version of PerformancePoint Server 2007 must be installed before you apply this hotfix. The build of the release version of PerformancePoint Server 2007 is 3.0.3520.0.
Issue that the hotfix package fixesThis hotfix package fixes the following PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring and Analytics issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.Issue 1: You cannot browse the list of Web parts when you are editing a dashboard that is deployed to a SharePoint siteIn PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer, you edit a dashboard that is deployed to a SharePoint site. When you try to browse the list of Web parts by clicking Next on the Add Web Parts panel, you receive the following error message:
Server Error in ‘/’ Application.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.Important After you apply this hotfix, you must redeploy the Dashboard Viewer for SharePoint Services Web part. To redeploy this Web part, follow these steps:Start the Monitoring Server Configuration Manager.Remove the Dashboard Viewer for SharePoint Services Web part.Re-add the Dashboard Viewer for SharePoint Services Web part.Issue 2: Time Intelligence Post Formula filters display the next day’s dateYou link a Time Intelligence Post Formula filter to a scorecard in PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer. When you preview this dashboard, you notice that the Time Intelligence Post Formula filter displays a date that isone day in advance on the scorecard. For example, the date on the client computer is March 6. When you preview this dashboard, you expect the Time Intelligence Post Formula filter to display the date asMarch 6. However, the Time Intelligence Post Formula filter displays that date as March 7. This problem occurs when a a time zone difference causes a one-day differencebetween the client computer and the server.
This problem occurs because the date on the server is not converted from Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time) to local time.Issue 3: Member property values may not be displayed correctly in reports or in chartsWhen a member property value is displayed in reports or in charts, you may encounter one of the following problems:The precision may be lost if the value has more than two decimal places. For example, a value of 0.001 is displayed as 0.00.The value “,00″ is added to the end of the value. For example, a value of 88.00 is displayed as 88.880,00.Issue 4: The connection to SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services fails in PerformancePoint Dashboard DesignerWhen you try to connect to a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services report in PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer, you receive an “Unable to connect to server” error message.
