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Dashboard Bubble Chart Shows a Red X (fails to load)

If there is any error trying to load the bubble chart data for the dashboard, instead of getting a page load failure, the bubble chart simply displays a red X. Whenever you get a red X in the bubble chart there will be an associated log entry in the ULS log on the machine running [...]

Bug: Management Dashboard .odc file is broken

OK, here is our first ‘bug’. As part of the PowerPivot Management Dashboard, we ship a .odc file that is used to point to the PowerPivot dashboard data workbook (the data you see in the dashboard reports). You can click on the .odc file and Excel desktop will popup pointing to the dashboard data. Unfortunately [...]

How to manually update your PowerPivot Management Dashboard

We have gotten lots of feedback about the new CTP3 PowerPivot Management Dashboard feature. Most folks are excited about the new reports and can see how the reports give you an unparalleled ability to ‘peek’ inside the running services. However the default “wait-a-day” update cycle can see a bit long. A day-long cycle period seems [...]