If you’re a SharePoint administrator, you can set up a Business Intelligence (BI) Center site. A BI Center site can be used as a central place to store, share, and manage BI content, such as workbooks, scorecards, and dashboards. To learn more about what a Business Intelligence Center site is, see What is a Business Intelligence Center?
What do you want to do?
Set up a BI Center site in SharePoint Server 2013 (on premises)
Important:
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Make sure that at least some of the service applications in SharePoint Server that support business intelligence capabilities are configured before you create and share a Business Intelligence Center site. For example, make sure that at least Excel Services or PerformancePoint Services is configured.
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For more information, contact a SharePoint Administrator or see TechNet Article: Administer business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2013.
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In the SharePoint Central Administration website, under Application Management, choose Create site collections.
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On the Create Site Collection page, in the Title text box, specify a title for the site. For example, you could type “Business Intelligence Center” or “BI Center” in the Title box.
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In the URL text box, specify the website address that you want to use for the site. For example, you could type “BICenter” in the URL box.
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In the Select a template section, choose the Enterprise tab, and then select Business Intelligence Center.
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In the Primary Site Collection Administrator section, in the User name text box, specify who will be the primary site collection administrator.
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(This is optional.) In the Secondary Site Collection Administrator section, specify who will be a secondary site collection administrator.
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(This is optional.) Select a quota template for the site.
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Choose OK. The site is created.
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Proceed to share the site with others.
