Newbie: Viewing KPIs thru MOSS

I'm a newbie with SSAS so please bare with me.

I've create a data cube and subsequent KPIs. I now want to be able to publish these KPIs from within MOSS. All of the literature up until now seemed to indicate that I could easily attached to the KPIs from within MOSS, but now I finding that I need to publish them to Excel then to MOSS. Is this correct?

If so, I do not have Excel 2007, so is there a work around to this? Also, similiar to how Reporting Services when deployed provides the ability to render the reports via the web browser...does this functionality exist within SSAS and KPIs?

Thanks for your time and assistance.

SArnwine wrote:

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but now I finding that I need to publish them to Excel then to MOSS. Is this correct?
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If you follow the blog entry below, you should be able to create a KPI list, add items to this list for SSAS KPI's, and display the KPI's in the list using the MOSS built-in Key Performance Indicators Web Part:

KPI's in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007

|||thanks.

When I try to connect to the KPI's from SSAS thru MOSS (as depicted in the blog you sent the link to), I'm asked for a ODC connection.

How do I create/determine what my ODC connection is to my SSAS Cube/KPIs? I've seen ways to create it via Excel, but once again, can I bypass Excel and just create the ODC myself?

Thanks.
|||The Office Data Connection Wizard (which I think is shared among Office apps like Excel and InfoPath) allows you to create ODC files - there may be tools to create ODC files outside of Office, but I'm not aware of them.