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Figure 1.4 Custom Visualization
1.2.3 Gathered Into Narrative Stories
After you have created visualizations, you can use them in
stories, graphical andnavigable narratives used to describe your
data by grouping charts together to cre-ate a simple
presentation.
In stories, the graphical layout organization is important,
because it must presentand highlight the visualizations. In
stories, visualizations can be enhanced by add-ing text and
images.
There are three types of stories:
ReportsReports can be compared to the reports you can create
with classical businessintelligence applications. They can be used
to restitute and analyze largeamounts of data. To ease analysis,
they can be made interactive through sectionnavigation, as shown in
Figure 1.5. Reports are based on only one dataset.
Interactive boardsInteractive boards are used to create cockpits
from which you can monitoraggregated data. In interactive boards,
graphical representation is more com-mon than textual figures in
order to display information that can be easilygrasped, as shown in
Figure 1.6. Like reports, interactive boards are based ononly one
dataset. They can be dynamic, thanks to interactive controls.
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Figure 1.5 A Report in SAP Lumira
Figure 1.6 An Interactive Board in SAP Lumira
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Figure 1.9 Displaying an SAP Lumira Story on a Mobile Device
1.4 Interoperability with Other SAP Systems
In addition to the SAP Lumira suite, SAP Lumira content can also
be shared withother SAP systems in order to favor interoperability
between SAP products.
For example, if you have deployed SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1,
then you caninstall its add-on for SAP Lumira. This add-on creates
a bridge between your SAPLumira Server and SAP BusinessObjects BI
4.1. You can use the SAP BusinessOb-jects BI 4.1 framework to
store, display, secure, and manage SAP Lumira content.If youve
already set up a security model, then you can inherit from it when
inte-grating SAP Lumira with SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1.
You can also use SAP Lumira Desktop data acquisition and
manipulation enginesto extract data from a data source and then
publish the generated dataset to otherSAP systems:
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SAP HANA; in which the dataset is saved as an analytic view.
SAP Explorer; in which the dataset is saved as an information
space data source.
SAP StreamWork; in which the dataset is saved as a dataset. You
can also savevisualizations in SAP StreamWork.
1.5 Summary
The SAP Lumira suites popularity can be explained easily: it
answers several cur-rent BI requirements and does so for free.
The SAP Lumira suite consists of a set of products and services
available on thedesktop, the server, the cloud, and mobile devices.
This offering allows you toretrieve data from data sources, turn
them into graphical visualizations, and orga-nize them into
stories. Such content can be also shared with other SAP
products:SAP HANA, SAP Explorer, SAP BusinessObjects BI, and SAP
StreamWork.
In the next chapter, well discuss the installation and
configuration of SAP LumiraDesktop.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
............................................................................................
15Preface
.............................................................................................................
17
1 Introduction to the SAP Lumira Suite
...................................... 21
1.1 Changing Requirements and SAP Lumira
....................................... 221.1.1 Requirements and
User Expectations ................................ 221.1.2 SAP
Lumira and the Data Artisan ......................................
24
1.2 Self-Service Business Intelligence with SAP Lumira
....................... 241.2.1 From Rapid Acquisition
.................................................... 261.2.2 To
Beautiful and Customizable Visualizations ...................
271.2.3 Gathered Into Narrative Stories
........................................ 28
1.3 SAP Lumira Cloud and SAP Lumira Server
...................................... 301.4 Interoperability with
Other SAP Systems ....................................... 321.5
Summary
.......................................................................................
33
2 Installation and Configuration of SAP Lumira Desktop
........... 35
2.1 License Model
...............................................................................
362.1.1 Using the 30-Day Trial
..................................................... 372.1.2
Adding a Keycode
............................................................ 37
2.2 Downloading SAP Lumira Desktop
................................................ 392.3 Installing
SAP Lumira Desktop
....................................................... 412.4
Uninstallating SAP Lumira Desktop
................................................ 472.5 SAP Lumira
Registration
................................................................
512.6 Updating SAP Lumira Desktop
....................................................... 54
2.6.1 Running Update
...............................................................
542.6.2 Checking for New Updates
............................................... 572.6.3
Automatically Checking for New Updates .........................
58
2.7 User Interface Presentation
............................................................
592.7.1 Welcome Page
.................................................................
602.7.2 Rooms
.............................................................................
632.7.3 Menu Bar
.........................................................................
64
2.8 SAP Lumira File Format
.................................................................
652.8.1 File Extensions and Location
............................................ 652.8.2 Creating and
Opening Documents .................................... 662.8.3
Saving and Closing Document
.......................................... 67
2.9 Setting Preferences
........................................................................
692.10 Supportability
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2.10.1 Online Help
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722.10.2 Sending Feedback
............................................................
722.10.3 Error Messages
.................................................................
742.10.4 Tracing
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75
2.11 Summary
.......................................................................................
77
3 Data Acquisition
........................................................................
79
3.1 Data Acquisition Overview
............................................................
793.1.1 Supported Data Sources
................................................... 803.1.2
Acquisition Offline Mode
................................................. 803.1.3
Acquisition Online Mode
................................................. 813.1.4 New
Dataset Creation
...................................................... 813.1.5
Active Directory and Single Sign-On
................................. 833.1.6 Data Acquisition
Parameters for Automatic Detection
and Performance
..............................................................
843.2 Text Files
.......................................................................................
863.3 Windows Clipboard Copy
............................................................. 893.4
Microsoft Excel
..............................................................................
913.5 Query with SQL
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95
3.5.1 Standard SQL Drivers
....................................................... 963.5.2
Installing/Uninstalling a Driver
......................................... 983.5.3 Creating a
Dataset from Relational Databases ................... 1003.5.4
Creating a Dataset from a Hadoop Database ....................
1063.5.5 Creating a Dataset from OData
......................................... 108
3.6 SAP HANA
....................................................................................
1103.6.1 SAP HANA Offline Mode
................................................. 1113.6.2 SAP HANA
Online Mode ..................................................
1163.6.3 Answering SAP HANA Variables and Input Parameters .....
117
3.7 SAP BusinessObjects BI Universes
.................................................. 1213.7.1
Universes Support
............................................................
1223.7.2 Retrieving Data from Universes
........................................ 1233.7.3 Adding Filters
...................................................................
1283.7.4 Answering Contexts and Parameters
................................. 130
3.8 SAP BusinessObjects BW
...............................................................
1343.8.1 Retrieving Data from SAP BW
.......................................... 1343.8.2 Answering SAP
BusinessObjects BW Variables .................. 137
3.9 Dataset Edit and Refresh
...............................................................
1423.9.1 Editing Data Sources Connection Parameters
................... 1423.9.2 Editing Dataset Parameters
............................................... 1443.9.3 Refreshing
the Dataset .....................................................
146
3.10 Summary
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4 Data Manipulation
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4.1 The Prepare Room
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1504.1.1 Prepare Room Components
.............................................. 1504.1.2 Menu Bar
.........................................................................
1514.1.3 Grid View
.........................................................................
1534.1.4 Facets View
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4.2 Objects in SAP Lumira
...................................................................
1564.2.1 Dimensions
......................................................................
1564.2.2 Measures
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157
4.3 Hierarchies in SAP Lumira
..............................................................
1614.3.1 Creating a Time Hierarchy
................................................ 1624.3.2
Geographic Hierarchies by Name
...................................... 1654.3.3 Geographic
Geography by Longitude and Latitude ........... 1714.3.4 Custom
Hierarchies
.......................................................... 173
4.4 Calculated Objects
.........................................................................
1744.4.1 Calculated Dimension
...................................................... 1754.4.2
Calculated Measures
........................................................ 1764.4.3
Formula Syntax
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1774.4.4 Formula Examples
............................................................
1784.4.5 Formula Table
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4.5 Object Actions
..............................................................................
1884.6 Data Actions
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191
4.6.1 Common Actions
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1914.6.2 String Actions
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1924.6.3 Numeric Actions
..............................................................
1964.6.4 Date Actions
....................................................................
1994.6.5 Value and Column Actions
............................................... 199
4.7 Filtering and Sorting Data
..............................................................
2014.7.1 Filtering Data in a Column
................................................ 2024.7.2
Displaying Filters in Other Rooms
.................................... 2044.7.3 Sorting Data
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4.8 Multiple Datasets
..........................................................................
2064.8.1 Adding a Dataset
.............................................................
2064.8.2 Merging Dataset
..............................................................
2074.8.3 Appending Datasets
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4.9 Configuring Auto-Enrichment
........................................................ 2124.9.1
Enrichment Files
...............................................................
2124.9.2 Versioning Rule
................................................................
2124.9.3 Enrichment File Format
.................................................... 2134.9.4 File
Syntax
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4.10 Summary
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