Description of the PerformancePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: November 8, 2007

A hotfix package is available for PerformancePoint Server 2007. The build of this hotfix package is 3.0.3702.00.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

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

PerformancePoint Planning issues

• When you use Microsoft Office Excel 2007 together with a protected worksheet, the data entry cell style is not applied to a writable area of the worksheet.
• When you refresh a worksheet, a workbook, or a matrix in Excel 2007, cells that were unlocked earlier may again become locked.

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Hotfix 944452 includes the following hotfix for the release version of PerformancePoint Server 2007

For more information about the PerformancePoint Server 2007 issues that are fixed in the following individual hotfix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Prerequisites

This hotfix is a post-release-version 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. To view the version number in PerformancePoint Server 2007, click About on the Help menu.

Important The hotfix must be applied on 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.

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: