SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence

Hi All, <o:p></o:p>
I read and watched a couple of TechNet vidoes and some external websites about SP2013 Business Intelligence. Most of websites used AdventureWorks Database
to show the BI capabilities.<o:p></o:p>
However, we have our own Excel files that we need to display on SharePoint 2013 including KPIs, charts, reports and will be used by managers.<o:p></o:p>
I have a couple of questions: <o:p></o:p>
Q1: I need to design tables in
SQL Server 2012 (will give the database name to be BI) with information of Excel files. Is this approach correct before I embark designing database tables?<o:p></o:p>
Q2: After
I design the tables, I need to show end users their information using BI database in the SharePoint 2013 out of the box forms to type in their user
details. This user information will eventually become a business intelligence centre and shown to managers with KPIs and charts. How could I display SP2013 Forms with custom
SQL Server 2012 database that I would be creating? Can I use business connectivity services to display external database? Or any other way to display user information from custom database? <o:p></o:p>
Please advise.
Regards,
Aroh<o:p></o:p>
Aroh Shukla

1. You can, but you can also leave the data in Excel and use PowerPivot services to display it.
2. For BI, BCS won't be enough,as you'll typically will display the info in some type of report. You can do that in PowerPivot or display that data in an SSRS report (Report Services in SharePoint integrated mode). The latter is better for KPIs. FInally,
you could use PerformancePoint to create KPI dashboards, but right now I'm thinking you don't need to use that in this situation, it provides more than it seems you're needing.
Kind regards,
Margriet Bruggeman
Lois & Clark IT Services
web site: http://www.loisandclark.eu
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