SAP Lumira Discovery: Connecting to non-SAP Data Sources (SQL and Big Data)
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. SAP Lumira Discovery connects directly to a wide range of non-SAP data sources ranging from Databases, Cloud applications and Big Data systems...
View ArticleImplementing Reference Bands in SAP Lumira Designer – Part1
One of the effective ways of highlighting important information or driving people’s attention towards the pain points is by using Reference bands in charts. In the earlier blog, we discussed about The...
View ArticleChart Property Editor in SAP Lumira Designer
Editing and formatting charts in SAP Lumira Designer is slightly different and simplified when compared to options available in Design Studio. While chart properties can be edited in Design Studio...
View ArticleSAP Lumira Discovery: Connecting to Salesforce using JDBC and OData
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. Connecting to Salesforce via JDBC SAP Lumira Discovery connects to Salesforce.com via its JDBC connector for data acquisition. Data once imported...
View ArticleSAP Lumira Discovery: Connecting To Flat Files (MS Excel, .csv)
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. So far, we reviewed how SAP Lumira Discovery connects to various types of data sources: SAP sources, Non-SAP sources and sources such as...
View ArticleConditional Formatting in SAP Lumira Designer
Conditional Formatting has been traditionally used in visualizations & tables to bring attention to specific data values by formatting them differently (red = alert, green = good) based on one or...
View ArticleData Connectivity Options in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. This blog summarizes connectivity options available in SAP Lumira Discovery that were discussed in depth in the following blogs: SAP data sources...
View ArticleA Step-By-Step Guide To Implementing Bookmarks in SAP Lumira Designer
For those of you familiar with the concept of bookmarks in SAP Design Studio, the new SAP Lumira Designer shouldn’t bring too many surprises. The principle behind implementing bookmarks remains the...
View ArticleData Source Modification Through Chart Properties in SAP Lumira Designer
To configure a chart in SAP Design Studio, we often need to edit the initial view of the data source and this requires us to switch between data source modification and chart property windows. SAP...
View ArticleData Preparation in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. SAP Lumira Discovery provides lot of data preparation options when you import the data. Upon acquisition, SAP Lumira Discovery converts the data...
View ArticleString Concatenation in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. String concatenation is the operation of joining character strings end-to-end. For example, the concatenation of “snow” and “ball” is “snowball”....
View ArticleCombine Multiple Data Sources in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. A very common need for enterprise data consumers is the ability to merge data from multiple sources. An example would be the need to validate sales...
View ArticleBuilding Hierarchies in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. According to Wikipedia, Hierarchy is an arrangement of items (objects, names, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being...
View ArticleImplementing Reference bands in Lumira Designer – Part 2
In the earlier blog we looked at Implementing Reference Bands having fixed limits in SAP Lumira Designer Now let’s look at creating Reference bands for Variable Limits. Implementing Variable Limits...
View ArticleDynamic Conditional Formatting in SAP Lumira Designer
Conditional formatting is a powerful visualization cue used in most dashboards to help the users direct their attention to things that need attention. It enables the user to add color coding and visual...
View ArticleScatterplot Customization in SAP Lumira Designer
At Visual BI, we are constantly tasked with unique visualizations requested by our customers which challenge the boundaries of what is possible in standard SAP Design Studio/ SAP Lumira Designer. This...
View ArticleConsiderations While Migrating SAP Design Studio Applications to SAP Lumira...
In our earlier blog, we reviewed the step-by-step instructions to migrate your SAP Design Studio applications to SAP Lumira Designer. In this column, we shall review some considerations that you may...
View ArticleCustom Groupings and Hierarchies in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. Custom Grouping allows users to create a new dimension by combining existing dimensions. SAP Lumira Discovery allows users to perform Custom...
View ArticleCustom Dimensions and Measures using Formulas in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. Custom dimensions and measures are like any other fields available in the data set, except that you create them yourself during design time without...
View ArticleSimple Use of Formulas in SAP Lumira Discovery
This is part of the SAP Lumira Discovery blog series. SAP Lumira Discovery is an integrating data visualization software that consolidates all the granular details in a simple single view from multiple...
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