This was a SAP webcast given last week in the APJ region. I watched the recording and below are my notes, including a preview of the upcoming BW data acquisition release. SAP's Olivier Duvelleroy and Jonathan Wetton were featured on this webcast
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The word data discovery is not new
Empower end users across the organization and to serve themselves without knowing the infrastructure
Data discovery is a key use case
Agile as a concept is about fast iteration and small steps to take forward – this is how SAP is bringing Lumira to the market every 4-6 weeks
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Combine stories with experience; Figure 2 gives an example from SAP Sports sponsorship team
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SAP says to use SAP Lumira for the following reasons:
Turn data insights to action
Trust the data using the BI Platform
Turn perception of data into a collaborative process
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Figure 4 shows the details of the Visualize tab
It can propose visualizations
Charts are in the chart picker; extensions are available and extended with an open source repository
After building them, assemble the charts in the Compose room and can build infographics
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Figure 5 is a “Marketecture” slide containing several components
Lumira Desktop is meant for the analyst; once the analyst builds content they can share to Lumira Cloud (no IT)
When share to Lumira Cloud they can come with any web browser to connect or the SAP Mobile BI application
Not all customers are ready to adopt the cloud so there is a version of Lumira Server that uses HANA, released one year ago
In January the Lumira Team Server option is available if you don’t have HANA
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Lumira for teams can be installed without IT and can install in 15 minutes; it does not require SAP HANA.
SAP is about to release Lumira Server for BI Platform at the end of the month – it is an add-on service for the BI platform – it will appear in the Management
Console. It uses the platform authorizations and you can cluster that server. It does not require SAP HANA either.
Lumira Server for SAP HANA is another option to deploy on the HANA platform and good for customers who are switching to SAP HANA
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The SAP Lumira Server for BI Platform gets released at the end of the month
You see Lumira Server in your Management Console
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Figure 8 shows you can edit the Lumira Documents from the BI Platform
These documents have been shared and you can see them in the BI Launchpad
If you have been authorized you can edit the document, add comments, change, and create a new visual on the document
One item is not exposed is the ability to Prepare the data
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Figure 9 is a slide showing the deployment options
Desktop for analyst, small teams to use Lumira teams, Lumira Server for BI Platform to integrate with existing BI platform (one infrastructure / one platform – enterprise BI + self service BI)
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Lumira 1.23 has a new in-memory data engine which is lighter and faster
Lumira 1.25 has a new query panel on the universe, exception highlighting
Lumira 1.26 will have data wrangling with Hadoop – access a sample of data; will include the ability to include visualizations from multiple datasets
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Will support BW authorizations, hierarchies, key figures, exception aggregation
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You can get a free version to access your personal files
To access other data sources, you can check out a trial
To share you store on the Lumira Cloud; free up to 1 GB
Then you can review the different levels of servers
If you are implementing Fiori with HANA there is integration with Lumira and Fiori Launchpad
Question & Answer
Q: What recommendation do you have for combining the desktop and server capabilities of Lumira?
A: Use desktop for your own experimentation; the server is to share with a large number of users
Once server is in place, users may not have to use the desktop
Q: Licensing for Lumira Server, particularly if you are licensed for BI Platform / Edge
A: Lumira server for BI Platform is part of the BI Suite
If you are a BI Edge, you may have to purchase Lumira Edge
Q: What are the main differences between Design Studio and Lumira?
A: Design Studio is optimized for online access; optimized for developers in IT department
Lumira is an agile visual exploration tool for analysts
Want to make 2 products operate so analyst will build most of BI content and once they share, developers in IT to open Lumira document and customize it further and redeploy to larger audience
Design Studio 1.5 you start to have small features of Lumira
Both tools use the same extension mechanism
Q: Can you use Lumira for other unstructured data sources?
A: Twitter feed; want to work with Hadoop data better including images, videos
Q: How will BW data be published? Can the end user refresh the document with newly loaded BW data?
A: Yes; release in June build with BW in acquisition mode; when publish to Lumira Server – won’t have full refresh in June but may come in August
Q: Are there plans for better map visualizations rather than to use third party?
A: Yes; today have basic Navtec maps and introduced ESRI
Hope to announce soon to get the ESRI base maps without having to pay for ESRI
If you are an existing ESRI customer you can access your own custom maps in ArcGIS server
There are some free extensions on GitHub that integrate with Google Mpas
Q: Does Lumira provide any data cleansing functionality?
A: You can replace values; limited; working with EIM team to provide data quality features in the 6 months + timeframe
Reference:
ASUG BI Schedule 2015.xlsx | ASUG
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