SharePoint: Business Intelligence - PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer

I have a departmentalized site collection for my company on SharePoint 2013. The IT Department handles service requests via the portal. These service requests are stored in a document library as InfoPath forms. I've created a Business Intelligence site
to measure and assess the performance of the IT department in handling service requests.
So far, I've only been able to create a data connection to the SharePoint library where the requests are. However, I'm not familiar with the Dashboard Designer's interface, controls and functionalities. Most of the documentation and tutorials online apply
to only SharePoint 2010 or an Analysis Services template (which to my knowledge works only with SQL databases). What I'm seeking is a guide to creating a complete dashboard for a SharePoint List (2013).
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Well there's this book:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145372703.do
However, if you don't have to use PP, then I'd suggest not using it. You can create an Excel Workbook that connects to the library and create a dashboard from there. 
Andy Wessendorf SharePoint Developer II | Rackspace [email protected]

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