This was a webcast last week given by Visual BI I tried not repeating content from here.
“Why move away from Xcelsius/Dashboards?” and understand SAP’s direction with SAP Lumira
Figure 1: Source: Visual BI
Figure 1 shows what is happening with SAP Lumira 2.0.
Figure 2: Source: Visual BI
Why phased out SAP Dashboards? Figure 2 covers it, mostly due to the Flash dependency
Figure 3: Source: Visual BI
Figure 3 shows the start of Xcelsius beginning with Infommersion, the decline of flash, the Design Studio release in 2012, through SAP Lumira 2.0
In 2012 SAP updates to Xcelsius to limited HTML5 components
Figure 4: Source: Visual BI
SAP Lumira 2.x is a “”tool for IT & business”
It is possible for business users to use templates for generic visualizations; a controlled environment
Lumira Designer doesn’t have Flash dependency
It has “Out of box for SAP data sources”
Figure 5: Source: Visual BI
GA is expected August 21 (always subject to change)
Figure 6: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Some key features for Lumira Designer include interoperability and componentization
Figure 7: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Figure 7 shows SAP Lumira Designer supports direct HANA connectivity, background processing, high volumes, scripting
Figure 8: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Pain point for Dashboards was mobile compatibility
Figure 9: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Can be consumed on Mobile BI app or on browser
Figure 10: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Bypass row limits using Lumira Discovery
Figure 11: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Lumira Designer is built for self service for users to compose their own dashboards based on visualizations they created
Figure 12: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Figure 13: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Range slider is missing from Designer; available in Xcelsius
Figure 14: Source: Visual BI/SAP
The VBX extensions include the following and what is shown in Figure 14.
Reduce need for scripting, CSS customization, improve performance
Figure 15: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Most popular with the customer is conditional formatting, maps
Figure 16: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Custom case study in Figure 16 included using range sliders and progress bars
Figure 17: Source: Visual BI/SAP
This customer used the extensions for gauges
Figure 18: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Explorer is used for controlled data discovery, based on corporate data
Information spaces set up by IT
Business users can use these spaces to explore
Figure 19: Source: Visual BI/SAP
This is the first time I've seen something like this compared; it is interesting.
Figure 20: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Visual BI has an extension with explorer functionality including prebuilt applications, ability to switch data sources and online composition
Question and Answer
Q: migration, complete lift and shift or redesign?
A: at the moment no lift and shift, it is manual
Q: when imported from discovery to Designer – could not refresh data
A: on roadmap from SAP; looking at ways to refresh
Best use case is Excel data source
Q: Best way to approach existing set of dashboards – start from scratch?
A: Start from scratch in Designer/Design Studio
Q: What is row limit for HANA data source?
A: Safety belt; no limitation; remember this is a dashboarding tool so summarized data should be used
Q: When date available
A: Aug 21
Q: Web services based on Web Intelligence
A: Today Lumira doesn’t have connectivity to web services; VBX will offer web services as a data source
Q: Data limit for acquisition – 20K row limit? Any best practice for mobile use
A: If have license for Lumira Discovery you can circumvent data limitation
Best practices – number of different practices – how design dashboard or data source
Q: How connect to 2 BW instances?
A: Yes, will be able to connect to two from within same Dashboard – Lumira Designer ; create on BI platform admin sets up connections to systems
Other
Upcoming relates webcasts follows below:
“Why move away from Xcelsius/Dashboards?” and understand SAP’s direction with SAP Lumira
Figure 1: Source: Visual BI
Figure 1 shows what is happening with SAP Lumira 2.0.
Figure 2: Source: Visual BI
Why phased out SAP Dashboards? Figure 2 covers it, mostly due to the Flash dependency
Figure 3: Source: Visual BI
Figure 3 shows the start of Xcelsius beginning with Infommersion, the decline of flash, the Design Studio release in 2012, through SAP Lumira 2.0
In 2012 SAP updates to Xcelsius to limited HTML5 components
Figure 4: Source: Visual BI
SAP Lumira 2.x is a “”tool for IT & business”
It is possible for business users to use templates for generic visualizations; a controlled environment
Lumira Designer doesn’t have Flash dependency
It has “Out of box for SAP data sources”
Figure 5: Source: Visual BI
GA is expected August 21 (always subject to change)
Figure 6: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Some key features for Lumira Designer include interoperability and componentization
Figure 7: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Figure 7 shows SAP Lumira Designer supports direct HANA connectivity, background processing, high volumes, scripting
Figure 8: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Pain point for Dashboards was mobile compatibility
Figure 9: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Can be consumed on Mobile BI app or on browser
Figure 10: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Bypass row limits using Lumira Discovery
Figure 11: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Lumira Designer is built for self service for users to compose their own dashboards based on visualizations they created
Figure 12: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Figure 13: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Range slider is missing from Designer; available in Xcelsius
Figure 14: Source: Visual BI/SAP
The VBX extensions include the following and what is shown in Figure 14.
- Range sliders
- Stacked area charts
- Regional heat maps
- Can use Excel as a datasource
Reduce need for scripting, CSS customization, improve performance
Figure 15: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Most popular with the customer is conditional formatting, maps
Figure 16: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Custom case study in Figure 16 included using range sliders and progress bars
Figure 17: Source: Visual BI/SAP
This customer used the extensions for gauges
Figure 18: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Explorer is used for controlled data discovery, based on corporate data
Information spaces set up by IT
Business users can use these spaces to explore
Figure 19: Source: Visual BI/SAP
This is the first time I've seen something like this compared; it is interesting.
Figure 20: Source: Visual BI/SAP
Visual BI has an extension with explorer functionality including prebuilt applications, ability to switch data sources and online composition
Question and Answer
Q: migration, complete lift and shift or redesign?
A: at the moment no lift and shift, it is manual
Q: when imported from discovery to Designer – could not refresh data
A: on roadmap from SAP; looking at ways to refresh
Best use case is Excel data source
Q: Best way to approach existing set of dashboards – start from scratch?
A: Start from scratch in Designer/Design Studio
Q: What is row limit for HANA data source?
A: Safety belt; no limitation; remember this is a dashboarding tool so summarized data should be used
Q: When date available
A: Aug 21
Q: Web services based on Web Intelligence
A: Today Lumira doesn’t have connectivity to web services; VBX will offer web services as a data source
Q: Data limit for acquisition – 20K row limit? Any best practice for mobile use
A: If have license for Lumira Discovery you can circumvent data limitation
Best practices – number of different practices – how design dashboard or data source
Q: How connect to 2 BW instances?
A: Yes, will be able to connect to two from within same Dashboard – Lumira Designer ; create on BI platform admin sets up connections to systems
Other
Upcoming relates webcasts follows below:
| 7/11/2017 | Agile Self-Service Reporting with Tetra Pak |
| 7/25/2017 | Mobile BI Strategy and Options for SAP Customers |
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