BICS vs Webi thru Live office

Dear Experts,
We have a requirements to build couple of Dashboards on Sales activities based on different various selectors based on Material, Customer, Sales Area and Time Dimensions..
We are using Xcelsisus 2008 and XI R3.1 SP3.
I would like to know your recommendations on solution..
Whether to build Dashboards
on scheduled webi reports connected thru Liveoffice
or
Connect directly to BEX thru BICS ?
Any mix-solution ( Webi for transaction data and BICS for master data (materials, customers etc..) used for selectors)
Thank you in advance.
Akshara..

1. scheduled webi reports connected thru Liveoffice
http://blog.davidg.com.au/2011/04/live-office-vs-qaaws-vs-bi-services.html
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c0ecd052-ec2f-2c10-a89b-9be7c89e1f33?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true
embedding a WebI report in Xcelsius 2008
http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?p=635576
http://www.msatish.com/category/sap-businessobjects-2/sap-businessobjects-crystal-reports/
http://expertisesapbi.blogspot.com/2011/01/difference-bw-sap-businessobjects-web.html
2. Bex through BICS
http://www.erphowtos.com/sap-business-objects/18-business-objects-40-integration-with-sap-a-sap-bw.html
http://boardreader.com/thread/Xcelsius_to_show_top_10_records_from_Bex_6shlrX15pvu.html
Better to GO with first Option
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