Using BPC 10.0 Reports/data in BO 4.0 Dashboard Design (formerly Xcelsius)

Hello,

Anyone had success connecting Dashboard Designer to BPC 10.0?

I saw contradicting posts on this.

Here are my questions. Appreciate inputs from people who have already created some dashboards using Dashboard Design on BPC 10.0

• Is EPM Connector required for connecting Dashboard designer to BPC 10.0? If not, how to access BPC reports/input forms directly in Dashboard Design?
• I tried directly logging into EPM add-in in the spreadsheet in Dashboard Design. But I can't open any input forms or reports here.The options are grayed out. Am I missing any components?

Software Versions :-

Dashboard Design 4.1

SAP BPC NW 10.0

EPM ADDIn SP15

Thanks,

Darshan