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10 Contents 5 Data Visualization ..................................................................... 217 5.1 Visualize Room Overview .............................................................. 218 5.2 Building Charts in SAP Lumira ........................................................ 220 5.2.1 Aggregation ..................................................................... 222 5.2.2 Legends ........................................................................... 224 5.2.3 Trellis ............................................................................... 225 5.3 Charts Types in SAP Lumira ........................................................... 227 5.3.1 Column Charts ................................................................. 227 5.3.2 Line Charts ....................................................................... 230 5.3.3 Pie Charts ......................................................................... 233 5.3.4 Geographic Charts ............................................................ 235 5.3.5 Map Charts ...................................................................... 243 5.3.6 Scatter Charts ................................................................... 246 5.3.7 Table Charts ..................................................................... 248 5.3.8 Point Charts ..................................................................... 249 5.3.9 Special Charts ................................................................... 250 5.4 Measures in Charts ........................................................................ 257 5.4.1 Sorting Charts .................................................................. 258 5.4.2 Rank Values ..................................................................... 260 5.4.3 Add Calculations .............................................................. 262 5.4.4 Predictive Calculations ..................................................... 267 5.5 Chart Customization ...................................................................... 269 5.6 Filters in Charts ............................................................................. 271 5.7 Hierarchies and Navigation in Charts ............................................. 272 5.8 Chart Preferences .......................................................................... 273 5.9 Visualization Gallery ...................................................................... 275 5.10 Related Visualizations .................................................................... 278 5.10.1 Influencers ....................................................................... 281 5.11 Summary ....................................................................................... 283 6 Story Composition in SAP Lumira ............................................. 285 6.1 Compose Room Overview ............................................................. 285 6.2 Story Anatomy ............................................................................... 287 6.3 Creating a Story ............................................................................. 288 6.4 Compose Room Organization ........................................................ 290 6.5 Interactive Boards .......................................................................... 291 6.5.1 Content Layout ................................................................ 293 6.5.2 Entity Actions ................................................................... 296 6.5.3 Page Settings .................................................................... 298 Contents 11 6.6 Infographics .................................................................................. 301 6.6.1 Infographic Layout ........................................................... 302 6.6.2 Organizing Entities ........................................................... 303 6.6.3 Resizing and Positioning Entities ...................................... 304 6.6.4 Entity Actions ................................................................... 305 6.6.5 Moving Sections ............................................................... 308 6.6.6 Page Settings .................................................................... 308 6.6.7 Refresh Data .................................................................... 309 6.6.8 Preview ............................................................................ 311 6.7 Reports ......................................................................................... 311 6.7.1 Report Flow Layout .......................................................... 312 6.7.2 Using Tables in Reports .................................................... 314 6.8 Customizing Entities ...................................................................... 315 6.8.1 Visualizations ................................................................... 315 6.8.2 Infocharts ......................................................................... 318 6.8.3 Text ................................................................................. 327 6.8.4 Images ............................................................................. 328 6.8.5 Pictograms ....................................................................... 331 6.8.6 Shapes ............................................................................. 332 6.8.7 Controls ........................................................................... 332 6.9 Summary ....................................................................................... 337 7 Sharing in SAP Lumira ............................................................... 339 7.1 Share Room Overview ................................................................... 340 7.2 Printing Visualizations ................................................................... 343 7.3 Sending Visualizations by Email ..................................................... 345 7.4 Publishing a Dataset or a Story to SAP Lumira Cloud ..................... 346 7.5 Republishing and Scheduling with SAP Lumira Agent .................... 351 7.5.1 Scheduling Documents ..................................................... 351 7.5.2 Starting SAP Lumira Agent ............................................... 353 7.5.3 Scheduling a Document ................................................... 353 7.5.4 Managing All Schedules ................................................... 357 7.5.5 Running a Schedule .......................................................... 359 7.6 Saving a Document to SAP Lumira Cloud ....................................... 360 7.7 Publishing a Dataset or a Story to SAP Lumira Server ..................... 363 7.8 Publishing Datasets to the File System ........................................... 366 7.9 Publishing a Dataset to SAP HANA ................................................ 368 7.10 Publishing a Dataset to SAP Explorer ............................................. 371 7.11 Publishing Datasets and Visualizations to SAP StreamWork ........... 374 7.12 Publishing Datasets and Stories to SAP BusinessObjects BI ............ 377 7.13 Summary ....................................................................................... 382
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3Lumir Reading
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Contents
5 Data Visualization ..................................................................... 217
5.1 Visualize Room Overview .............................................................. 2185.2 Building Charts in SAP Lumira ........................................................ 220
5.2.1 Aggregation ..................................................................... 2225.2.2 Legends ........................................................................... 2245.2.3 Trellis ............................................................................... 225
5.3 Charts Types in SAP Lumira ........................................................... 2275.3.1 Column Charts ................................................................. 2275.3.2 Line Charts ....................................................................... 2305.3.3 Pie Charts ......................................................................... 2335.3.4 Geographic Charts ............................................................ 2355.3.5 Map Charts ...................................................................... 2435.3.6 Scatter Charts ................................................................... 2465.3.7 Table Charts ..................................................................... 2485.3.8 Point Charts ..................................................................... 2495.3.9 Special Charts ................................................................... 250
5.4 Measures in Charts ........................................................................ 2575.4.1 Sorting Charts .................................................................. 2585.4.2 Rank Values ..................................................................... 2605.4.3 Add Calculations .............................................................. 2625.4.4 Predictive Calculations ..................................................... 267
5.5 Chart Customization ...................................................................... 2695.6 Filters in Charts ............................................................................. 2715.7 Hierarchies and Navigation in Charts ............................................. 2725.8 Chart Preferences .......................................................................... 2735.9 Visualization Gallery ...................................................................... 2755.10 Related Visualizations .................................................................... 278
5.10.1 Influencers ....................................................................... 2815.11 Summary ....................................................................................... 283
6 Story Composition in SAP Lumira ............................................. 285
6.1 Compose Room Overview ............................................................. 2856.2 Story Anatomy ............................................................................... 2876.3 Creating a Story ............................................................................. 2886.4 Compose Room Organization ........................................................ 2906.5 Interactive Boards .......................................................................... 291
6.5.1 Content Layout ................................................................ 2936.5.2 Entity Actions ................................................................... 2966.5.3 Page Settings .................................................................... 298
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6.6 Infographics .................................................................................. 3016.6.1 Infographic Layout ........................................................... 3026.6.2 Organizing Entities ........................................................... 3036.6.3 Resizing and Positioning Entities ...................................... 3046.6.4 Entity Actions ................................................................... 3056.6.5 Moving Sections ............................................................... 3086.6.6 Page Settings .................................................................... 3086.6.7 Refresh Data .................................................................... 3096.6.8 Preview ............................................................................ 311
6.7 Reports ......................................................................................... 3116.7.1 Report Flow Layout .......................................................... 3126.7.2 Using Tables in Reports .................................................... 314
6.8 Customizing Entities ...................................................................... 3156.8.1 Visualizations ................................................................... 3156.8.2 Infocharts ......................................................................... 3186.8.3 Text ................................................................................. 3276.8.4 Images ............................................................................. 3286.8.5 Pictograms ....................................................................... 3316.8.6 Shapes ............................................................................. 3326.8.7 Controls ........................................................................... 332
6.9 Summary ....................................................................................... 337
7 Sharing in SAP Lumira ............................................................... 339
7.1 Share Room Overview ................................................................... 3407.2 Printing Visualizations ................................................................... 3437.3 Sending Visualizations by Email ..................................................... 3457.4 Publishing a Dataset or a Story to SAP Lumira Cloud ..................... 3467.5 Republishing and Scheduling with SAP Lumira Agent .................... 351
7.5.1 Scheduling Documents ..................................................... 3517.5.2 Starting SAP Lumira Agent ............................................... 3537.5.3 Scheduling a Document ................................................... 3537.5.4 Managing All Schedules ................................................... 3577.5.5 Running a Schedule .......................................................... 359
7.6 Saving a Document to SAP Lumira Cloud ....................................... 3607.7 Publishing a Dataset or a Story to SAP Lumira Server ..................... 3637.8 Publishing Datasets to the File System ........................................... 3667.9 Publishing a Dataset to SAP HANA ................................................ 3687.10 Publishing a Dataset to SAP Explorer ............................................. 3717.11 Publishing Datasets and Visualizations to SAP StreamWork ........... 3747.12 Publishing Datasets and Stories to SAP BusinessObjects BI ............ 3777.13 Summary ....................................................................................... 382
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8 SAP Lumira Cloud ...................................................................... 383
8.1 SAP Lumira Cloud Access .............................................................. 3848.1.1 License Model .................................................................. 3848.1.2 Creating Your Account from SAP Lumira Cloud ................ 3848.1.3 Creating Your Account from SAP Lumira Desktop ............ 3888.1.4 Account Management ...................................................... 3898.1.5 Log In to SAP Lumira Cloud ............................................. 3898.1.6 Log Out of SAP Lumira Cloud ........................................... 389
8.2 Connecting from SAP Lumira Desktop ........................................... 3908.3 SAP Lumira Cloud User Interface ................................................... 392
8.3.1 General Overview ............................................................. 3928.3.2 My Items Tab ................................................................... 3938.3.3 Searching for Items ........................................................... 3958.3.4 Running Actions ............................................................... 3968.3.5 Settings Tab ..................................................................... 399
8.4 Importing to SAP Lumira Cloud ..................................................... 4028.4.1 Uploading Files or SAP Lumira Documents ....................... 4028.4.2 Importing Data to Create a Dataset .................................. 403
8.5 Visualization and Composition Online ........................................... 4098.5.1 Accessing Online Rooms .................................................. 4098.5.2 Working in the Visualize and Compose Rooms ................. 4108.5.3 Saving Your Stories in SAP Lumira Cloud .......................... 413
8.6 Sharing Resources in SAP Lumira Cloud ......................................... 4148.6.1 Sharing Methods .............................................................. 4148.6.2 Sharing a Resource ........................................................... 4148.6.3 Changing Sharing Options ................................................ 4188.6.4 Accessing a Shared Resource ............................................ 419
8.7 Creating a Team ............................................................................ 4208.7.1 Members Type ................................................................. 4208.7.2 Accessing Team Administration ........................................ 4208.7.3 Inviting and Removing Users ............................................ 4228.7.4 Managing Administrators ................................................. 4238.7.5 Sending Email .................................................................. 4248.7.6 Changing the Team Name ................................................ 424
8.8 Mobile Access ............................................................................... 4268.8.1 Setting Up SAP Lumira Cloud Connection in
SAP BusinessObjects Mobile ............................................ 4268.8.2 Working with SAP BusinessObjects Mobile ...................... 428
8.9 Summary ....................................................................................... 433
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9 SAP Lumira Server ..................................................................... 435
9.1 Downloading SAP Lumira Server ................................................... 4369.2 Using SAP HANA for SAP Lumira Server ........................................ 438
9.2.1 SAP HANA Platform Advantages ...................................... 4389.2.2 SAP HANA Requirements ................................................. 4399.2.3 Installing SAP Lumira Server with SAP HANA Studio ........ 4399.2.4 SAP Lumira Server Security ............................................... 442
9.3 SAP Lumira Server User Interface ................................................... 4459.3.1 Log In to SAP Lumira Server ............................................. 4459.3.2 Log Out of SAP Lumira Server .......................................... 4469.3.3 General Overview ............................................................ 4469.3.4 My Items Tab ................................................................... 4479.3.5 Searching for Items .......................................................... 4499.3.6 Running Actions ............................................................... 4499.3.7 Settings ............................................................................ 4519.3.8 Mobile Access .................................................................. 452
9.4 Importing to SAP Lumira Server ..................................................... 4529.4.1 Publishing from SAP Lumira Desktop ............................... 4529.4.2 Importing Data to Create a Dataset .................................. 4539.4.3 Using SAP HANA Dataset ................................................. 454
9.5 Visualization and Composition Online ........................................... 4549.5.1 Accessing Online Rooms .................................................. 4549.5.2 Working in the Visualize and Compose Rooms ................. 4559.5.3 Saving Your Story ............................................................. 456
9.6 Sharing Resources in SAP Lumira Server ........................................ 4579.6.1 Sharing Prerequisites ........................................................ 4579.6.2 Sharing a Resource ........................................................... 4589.6.3 Changing Sharing Options ................................................ 4609.6.4 Accessing a Shared Resource ............................................ 461
9.7 Summary ....................................................................................... 462
10 Integrating SAP Lumira with SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 ....... 463
10.1 SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Add-On Overview .............................. 46410.2 Installing and Configuring SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Add-On
in SAP Lumira ................................................................................ 46510.2.1 Downloading the Add-On for SAP Lumira and the
SAP Cryptography Library ................................................. 46610.2.2 Installing on a Windows Platform ..................................... 46810.2.3 Installing the Cryptography Library and Generating
the Assertion Ticket ......................................................... 470
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10.2.4 Configuring SAP HANA with an Assertion Ticket .............. 47110.2.5 Creating a User in SAP HANA Dedicated to
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 .............................................. 47410.2.6 Configuring SAP Lumira Server HTTP ................................ 47410.2.7 Configuring SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 to
Communicate with SAP HANA ......................................... 47710.3 Importing SAP Lumira Resources into SAP
BusinessObjects BI 4.1 ................................................................... 47910.3.1 Dataset InfoObject ........................................................... 47910.3.2 Story InfoObject ............................................................... 480
10.4 Viewing SAP Lumira Content in SAP BusinessObjects BI Launch Pad ................................................................................ 480
10.5 Central Management Console ........................................................ 48210.5.1 Displaying Stories and Dataset ......................................... 48310.5.2 Managing Datasets in the CMC ........................................ 48310.5.3 Managing Stories in the CMC ........................................... 48410.5.4 Dataset and Story User Security ........................................ 486
10.6 Universe Refresh and Scheduling ................................................... 48610.6.1 Refreshing or Scheduling a Dataset .................................. 486
10.7 Summary ....................................................................................... 488
11 SAP Lumira Software Development Kits .................................. 489
11.1 The VizExtensions Software Development Kit ................................ 49011.1.1 VizExtensions Samples ...................................................... 49011.1.2 VizExtensions Custom Charts ............................................ 49411.1.3 VizPacker ......................................................................... 49411.1.4 Chart Deployment ............................................................ 50211.1.5 Debugging ....................................................................... 51111.1.6 Summary .......................................................................... 513
11.2 The Data Source Software Development Kit .................................. 51311.2.1 Prerequisites .................................................................... 51411.2.2 Talking to SAP Lumira ...................................................... 51511.2.3 SAP Lumira Arguments ..................................................... 51611.2.4 Task Manager Extension ................................................... 51711.2.5 Creating an EXE ................................................................ 52111.2.6 Deployment ..................................................................... 523
11.3 Summary ....................................................................................... 52612 Conclusion ................................................................................. 527
The Authors ..................................................................................................... 529Index................................................................................................................. 531
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.lums, 46, 66@prompt, 13130-day trial, 3732-bit, 39, 41, 83, 983-D column charts, 23064-bit, 39, 41, 83, 98
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Action panel, 151Actions, 449
column actions, 199common actions, 191Concatenate, 181convert to text, 189create calculated dimension, 190data actions, 191date actions, 199named group, 180, 196numeric actions, 196string actions, 192value actions, 199
activate.externaldatasource.ds, 514active, 76Active Directory, 83Activity
create, 376Add objects to the folder, 371Add-on, 464Advanced parameters, 102Aggregation, 222, 453
types, 158visualization, 159
alert, 76Amazon Web Services, 36Analytic privilege, 457Analytical views, 110Android, 31API, 501Apple App Store, 426Archive location, 441
Area charts, 232Arguments, 516Assertion ticket, 465, 471Associated values, 156Attribute
abbreviations, 471views, 110
Authentication, 476Authorization level, 457Auto Update Provider, 58Auto-configuration
rules, 215Auto-enrichment, 212Automatic detection, 84Automatic updates, 58Axes, 272
dual axes, 229settings, 317two axes, 233
B
Background image, 299Bar charts, 228, 322BaseGraphic, 501Better integration, 527BEx query, 135BI
future trends, 23BI Launch Pad, 464, 479, 480
SAP Lumira stories, 481Big data, 22, 24BI-LUM-DSK, 72BI-LUM-OD, 72BI-LUM-SRV, 72BO_trace.ini, 75Boolean, 157Box plots, 250Bubble charts, 247, 508
geo bubble charts, 236Bundles folder, 492
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Calculateddimension, 27, 175measures, 176objects, 174
Calculation, 152views, 110
Canvas, 290Cascading list of values, 131Central Management Console, see CMCCentral Management Server, see CMSCharts, 27, 70, 318
anomalies, 246building, 220customization, 269feeder, 70filters, 271hierarchies and navigation, 272measures, 257preferences, 273, 275sorting, 258types, 227zoom, 297
Choropleth chartscustom legend, 237geo choropleth charts, 236
Class, 225Closer integration, 528Cloud, 23, 31CMC, 465, 477, 482
commands, 484, 485home page, 483manage datasets, 483servers list, 477stories, 484
CMS, 477deployment, 469repository, 122, 371, 465, 479rights, 371
Coding, 490Color palette, 70, 274Color picker, 299Color settings, 298colorPalette, 504Column actions, 199
apply to all cells, 199insert at caret position, 200
Column charts, 227, 322line charts, 231
Column types, 153Commands, 484Common actions, 191Complex filters, 128Compose room, 63, 285, 409, 411, 454, 455
entities, 290menu, 288organization, 290
Configuration, 465, 472Connection lists, 143Connection Server, 96, 123Connections, 62, 390Container, 504Contexts, 130Controls, 332
interactive boards, 333reports, 335
Convert Case, 192Convert to Measure, 408Convert to Text, 196count, 160Cross table, 94Cryptography library, 466
installation, 470CSV, 513
file, 86, 366, 393, 406Custom hierarchies, 173
edit, 174
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Data, 487Data acquisition, 79Data actions, 191Data artisan, 24Data Federator Query Server, 123Data grid display, 151Data manipulation, 149Data menu, 64Data Model tab, 499Data Source
communication with Lumira, 515deployment, 523
Data sources, 80editing, 142licenses, 80
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Data sources (Cont.)new, 527prerequisites, 514
Data types, 157Data visualization, 217Dataset Selector, 151Datasets, 24, 192, 212, 288, 368, 371, 403,
447adding, 206appending, 210clipboards, 144creating, 81display, 483InfoObject, 479merging, 207multiple, 206properties, 341publishing, 366text files, 86
Date, 157actions, 199formatting, 188
Debugging, 511, 512Delete, 450Delimited By, 87, 405Desktop Synchronization Agent, 351Dimensions, 113, 156
calculated dimension, 175numeric, 115
DIVcontainer, 498
Documents, 66saving, 67
Donut charts, 234, 319Downloading, 39Drill down, 273Duplicate, 276
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Edit menu, 64Enhanced visualization, 527Enriched metadata, 66Enrichment files, 212, 214
format, 213Enrichment syntax, 213
Enterprise license, 414Entities, 290
customizing, 315visualizations, 315
Entity Picker, 290Errors, 74
messages, 74Esri, 239
choropleth chart, 241map type, 242preferences, 240
execreating, 521testing, 523
Expectations, 22Export as File, 367Extension chart, 493Extensions folder, 491Extract data, 26
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Facets, 154Facets view, 153Features folder, 492Feedback, 72Feeding panel, 219, 220File
conversion, 67extensions, 65format, 65menu, 64syntax, 214system, 366
Fill, 193Filters, 115, 128, 201, 203, 271
combining, 203crumb, 203display in other rooms, 204global filters, 202, 271predefined filter, 128
Fixed Width, 88Flow.js, 501Forecast, 268Formulas
examples, 178
