This was a webcast on Wednesday with SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort
I will try not to repeat what was already posted here
The usual disclaimer applies that things in the future are subject to change
Figure 1: Source: Visual BI
Figure 1 is an overview of the Visual BI extensions
Visual BI says they “Deliver dashboards quicker, faster, and better user experience”
Figure 2: Source: Visual BI
Figure 2 shows what is new in August – Context menu for charts, right click
Figure 3: Source: Visual BI
Figure 3 shows the ability to customize data labels using a text editor, a common question here on the community
Figure 4: Source: Visual BI
Use stylesheets for charts
Use templates – use Fiori style sheet
Figure 5: Source: Visual BI
Custom sort for data elements in waterfall charts is covered in Figure 5
Figure 6: Source: Visual BI
Choose if single or multi select, or default selection
Figure 7: Source: Visual BI
Color code facet filter – color what has been selected and what is possible to be selected
Figure 8: Source: Visual BI
Flow layer; to show movement between areas such as airplanes
Figure 9: Source: Visual BI
Can used SOAP based services, working on OData as well
Figure 10: Source: Visual BI
Trellis charts, sometimes called “multiples”, are offered.
Figure 11: Source: Visual BI
Watch the YouTube here:
Figure 12: Source: Visual BI
Activate a Pivot mode
Table – more Excel style interface – resize columns, sort columns independent of each other
Properties to context menu (from Demo)
Properties to customize data labels (from demo)
Table demo
Figure 16: Source: Visual BI
Yellow stars – delivered
Add a few more chart types
Bullet chart enhancements
Question and Answer
Q: does drill down chart work with universes?
A: none of the functionality is data independent; only one is hierarchy
Q: Does Lumira have access to Web Intelligence?
A: Lumira Designer 2.0 does not have access to WebI – it has access to HANA, BW, universe
Discovery – offline data source
I did not get all the Q&A. I am sure the replay will be available.
Reference
Join us for these upcoming webcasts:
- Aug 31 Yes, Lumira 2.0 is GA
- Sept 6 Smarter and Faster: How Hybrid Analytics can Help You
- Sept 13 Lumira 2.0 for Business users
- Sept 19 Lumira 2.0 for Application Developers
- Sept 21 Integrate SAP Analytics Cloud with your landscape and gain powerful insights
- Oct 12 Introducing SAP Analytics Hub
- Oct 10 Sizing Lumira 2.0 for Enterprise
- Oct 24 SAP Cloud Platform Predictive Services
- Nov 20 What’s new in Analysis Office 2.6?
- Nov 30 Refresh Expert Streams on Predictive Factory
- Dec 12 Best Practices for Automated Analytics
See you there?