This was a webcast last week which was mostly a demonstration of SAP BusinessObjects Lumira 2.0. You can see a demo from this recording in this blog:
here
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Discovery and Designer are leveraging same technology
Designer is a further development of DS 1.6
Composites, also called reusable objects – create objects for what you want, such as KPI tile, application header, footer, publish to BI platform then every user can reuse basic component in application; lower change management; can make central changes
Mobile support – responsive layout for mobile display – only develop application once; layout is automatically adjusted – adaptive layout container
PDF enhancements; this is a new technical component; support geomaps, charts, export of chart quality is improved. Configuration options
Charting enhancements
ESRI is a basement in 2.0; you don’t need to purchase an extra license
Clustering capabilities
Question and Answer
Q: When will be Lumira 2.x release?
A: GA is planned for early Q3 this year
Q: Will a full recording be available?
A: available from recordings page about a day after this event:
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/x/TLurGg
Q: Will we need to install 2 client tools for discovery & Designer?
A: yes, two clients for different user group
Q: What means offline applications in designer?
A: That means user can acquire data from BW/HANA /Excel etc. with Discovery client. data then are saved in the velocity engine on BI Platform. Designer application can reuse these offline data sources
Q: What type on connection will be there for HANA in Lumia 2.0.. HANA Online and Normal HANA connection
A: HANA online based on HTTP connection. OR acquire HANA data to velocity engine
Q: on what code line of DS 1.6 is Lumira 2.o based?
A: Lumira 2.0 is based on the design studio technology. Lumira 2.0 only supports BI Platform as deployment platform.
Q: If we're still using DS 1.5, can we upgrade directly to Lumira 2.0? Or do we need to upgrade to DS 1.6 first?
A: Hi, You can directly upgrade DS 1.5 to Lumira 2.0. no need to upgrade to 1.6 as the between step
Q: Will SDK Components developed for DS1.6 with m mode be compatible with Lumira 2.0?
A: yes, all extensions that are developed with DS 1.6 based on the m libraries should work in Lumira 2.0
Q: Do you mean that there will be a client tool for discovery and one for designer?
A: Lumira 2.0 contains 2 clients. one for discovery and the other for designer. You need to install 2 clients on your laptop
Q: can we install the new server component on existing design studio add on
A: you can install Lumira 2.0 BIP add-on in addition to the existing design studio add-on. Design studio 1.6 client and Lumira 2.0 designer client can be installed on your laptop parallel. And, Lumira 1.31 and Lumira 2.0 Discovery can be installed on laptop in parallel
Q: can the Lumira desktop 1.31 and 2.0 be installed on the same PC on the same time?
A: yes, clients can be installed parallel
Q: Design Studio upgrade to Lumira 2.0 is only possible for DS 1.6 or lower versions also?
A: Lower version also possible, e.g. 1.5 release
Q: can we publish both to BI platform and execute from Launchpad?
A: discovery and designer are based on the same technology. so, the document created by discovery or designer has the same format. they can be published on the BI Platform
Q: what code line of DS 1.6 is Lumira 2.o based? DS 1.6.4 or 1.6.3?
A: all 1.6 code line. So, all the functions are included in the SP3 or SP4, they are available with Lumira 2.0
Q: what about Lumira integration with Microsoft office products like PowerPoint?
A: Currently with Lumira 2.0 we are supporting export to PDF, not PPT.
Q: Is this Lumira 2.0 is supported for BI 4.1 platform
A: yes, BI 4.1SP7&8, BI 4.2SP3+
Q: Can we have live connection to non-sap data sources?
A: in discovery, the live connections are only BW and HANA. Other are Data acquisition /data import scenario. In designer, we can use UNX to have the live connection to the Oracle data base etc.
Q: What type of connection would be available for BW?
A: both clients are support online and offline connection with BW. All BW queries/views/infoprovider are supported as data source
Q: Does SAP Universe not have a live connection in Discovery?
A: in Discovery, not yet. in Designer yes
Q: Does the Lumira 2.0 BIP component replace the current Design Studio 1.6 add-on & Lumira Server 1.31 components or can they exist side-by-side?
A: yes, Lumira 2.0 add-on replaces the add-on of existing design studio add-on and Lumira 1.31 add-on. It’s not possible to run side-by-side for the add-ons. though it’s possible to run the clients side by side.
Q: Are BW/4 objects supported as a data source in Lumira 2.0? And are there any types of objects that are not accessible?
A: BW4HANA is also supported by Lumira 2.0 discovery and designer
Q: can an interaction in 1 chart impact another chart
A: currently not possible with the discovery client with 2.0 version. You can select filter in each visualization, the whole pages or multiple pages
Q: Can we do conditional formatting on cross tab/charts
A: this should be possible. It is available now on Lumira 1.x.
Q: Will there be new features added to the "Geo Map" visualization in SAP Lumira 2.0? For example, will flow arrows between data points be a feature?
A: Not planned for 2.0
Q: Does it support publishing on BW Platform at all?
A: on the BI platform
Q: Hi, when combining data from a live BW source and a csv file are combined, is the result then stored in-memory? Can be quite a lot with live BW data ...
A: Data is loaded onto memory only while working on the document for rest of the time it would be on filesystem
Q: We have currently licensed DS but not Lumira. What is the license implication when upgrading to Lumira 2.x?
A: You would only be able to use Designer and BI add-on
Q: When is the exact release date for customer. We must make decision based on the release date.
A: RTC planned for Mid-April
Q: We have currently licensed DS but not Lumira. What is the license implication when upgrading to Lumira 2.x?
A: You would only be able to use Designer and BI add-on
Q: Is Lumira Discovery a recommended tool for customers running BW on non-HANA databases? Previously it was only recommended for customer running BW on HANA.
A: It is recommended tool for end user data discovery on BW, HANA, UNX and 3rd party OLTP sources
Q: Can we exclude data preparation for users
A: will take it as a feedback, not possible in 2.0
Q: What is Lumira 2.x position in connection to BOC? Many icons look similar btw
A: Lumira 2, x is on-prem offering and BOC is our cloud analytic solution
Q: is there any vision for integrating 2 designers under Lumira 2.0 in one tool?
A: We would be considering to have one tool with different experience in future releases
Q: Is SSO available for the live connection to BW in Lumira 2.0?
A: Yes
Q: we are using Lumira 1.30 - do we need to go to Lumira 1.31 first before we migrate at Lumira 2
A: we plan to support upgrade from 1.30 onwards, so you are good
Q: Will there be a need to uninstall the old BI add ons for DS and Lumira?
A: No, you can upgrade
Q: can we download the 2.0 Lumira as trial version? and start making demos? is it available on sap support portal?
A: It’s not yet released, RTC is planned for Mid-April
Q: Can we have live connection to non-sap data sources?
A: Live connection is supported only for BW and HANA in this release
Q: if integrated to HANA (not Excel) can we also create hierarchies? Right now, only if you download the data you can create hierarchies?
A: Right, we don’t support all enrichment on live connections, plan to enhance in future release
Q: will Design Studio provide the same functionalities as Lumira (e.g. XLS as data source, Geography Hierarchies?)
A: You must use Discovery for data preparation and use prepared data in Designer
Q: You must use Discovery for data preparation and use prepared data in Designer
A: with in memory engine embedded in tool, the limit would depend only on resources on your system
Q: keeping 2 clients separately will still be confusing to the clients, is there any vision to integrate these 2 tools in one?
A: Yes, we are considering this feedback for future releases
Q: Does data preparation have to be done with the client
A: Yes, in Lumira 2.0. we plan to deliver it on browser in future release
Q: Do we need new licenses?
A: your existing license entitlement would be respected
Q: Is this exploration view available with all data sources?
A: All Imported data connections
Q: Will there be Commentary functionality in Lumira 2.0 with security restrictions?
A: Planned for future releases
Q: can Lumira 2.X be installed on citrix server?
A: Yes
Q: From a License and Support POV, as a current LUMIRA customer - is LUMIRA 2.0 DESIGNER version a "legal successor" for upgrades to the new client ...?
A: Yes, existing license entitlement would be respected
Q: Will Lumira 2.0 Q3 release support Linux server?
A: would support Linux with Lumira 2.0 GA
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