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SAP Lumira [EOL] pros and cons

Vendor: SAP
3.6 out of 5
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Pros & Cons summary

SAP Lumira [EOL] excels in consuming Business Objects universe, allowing creation of dynamic visualizations with geographical elements. It integrates seamlessly with SAP sources like CRM and ERP, supporting SAP HANA live data. Users benefit from robust data integration and geospatial coding, although it lacks scalability and ETL capabilities. Despite impressive dashboards, frequent stability and memory issues impact performance, requiring IT involvement. Each upgrade brings new features but may disrupt existing ones.

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PROS

SAP Lumira is valued for its ability to consume Business Objects universe and integrate data from various sources, including live SAP HANA data.
Features such as dashboards, geographical elements, and graph filtering are highlighted for their ease of use and powerful data visualization capabilities.
The tool allows for dynamic creation of dashboards and quick visualization, making it user-friendly and accelerating data analysis processes.
SAP Lumira enables users to build impressive metrics and gain deeper insights into data, surpassing traditional spreadsheet tools in visualization prowess.
SAP Lumira is appreciated for its stability and continuous improvements, backed by excellent support, making it a top choice for businesses with SAP Lumira development experience.

CONS

SAP Lumira falls short in capabilities and ease of use compared to competitors.
Geospatial and map conversion features are cumbersome and inaccurate.
Scalability is limited, often requiring IT involvement for dashboard changes.
Stability and performance issues, with frequent bugs and slow execution.
ETL capabilities are limited, and more data cleansing/mining options are needed.
 

SAP Lumira [EOL] Pros review quotes

it_user432627 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user432627
Planning Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 27, 2016
We’ve created several dashboards that display large sets of data in an insightful and easily digestible way.
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it_user434982 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user434982
Global Manager BI Applications at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 1, 2016
The most value that Lumira provides is in its ability to consume the Business Objects universe.
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it_user435042 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Senior Consultant at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 2, 2016
Now, it seems to be one of the best SAP dashboard/chart/data analysis tools available.
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it_user435360 - PeerSpot reviewer
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SAP HANA Architect Associate at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2016
Beautiful visualizations.
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it_user446850 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user446850
SAP Innovation Analyst at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees
May 19, 2016
It is a product that's easy to learn and understand, with the ability to create dynamic visualizations and various integration options including next-to real-time.
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it_user448320 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Development and Alumni Relations Associate at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 22, 2016
Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW.
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it_user449415 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user449415
Principal Consultant - SAP HANA,BW,BusinessObjects BI at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 24, 2016
The ability to merge enriched data from different sources and also to connect to SAP HANA live data is also embedded in SAP HANA live analytics which cuts down time to deliver a solution to users and helps power users to design their own Lumira stories without any need for IT.
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it_user449442 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Business Operations Analyst at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
May 24, 2016
We chose it because of its ability to have a selection of data from various sources, and it's an easy reporting tool for business analysts to use.
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it_user449472 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Senior Vice President and Head of Multicultural Insights at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
May 24, 2016
This product is amazing and changes how people think of the relationship between IT and businesses.
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it_user465852 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Business Intelligence Analyst at a recreational facilities/services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 21, 2016
Within an hour or so, we had actually a better visualization of the data.
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SAP Lumira [EOL] Cons review quotes

it_user432627 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user432627
Planning Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 27, 2016
Each quarterly upgrade has new features, but then existing features tend to break. This is highly frustrating and affects existing Lumira documents.
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it_user434982 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user434982
Global Manager BI Applications at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 1, 2016
Lumira's capabilities feel like that of a store app with the intuitiveness of a desktop app, which is not a good combination.
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it_user435042 - PeerSpot reviewer
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Senior Consultant at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 2, 2016
There have been some issues; the product itself is going through the improvement stages and the newer versions seem to be more stable.
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it_user435360 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user435360
SAP HANA Architect Associate at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2016
It would be great to have more ETL capabilities so that the user can do more cleansing/mining on his/her side.
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it_user446850 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user446850
SAP Innovation Analyst at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees
May 19, 2016
A lot of bugs keep coming up when we connect to HANA or create our custom color palette.
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it_user448320 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user448320
Development and Alumni Relations Associate at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 22, 2016
It needs the ability to drill down more. Analyzing data with Lumira at times becomes a bit difficult.
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it_user449415 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user449415
Principal Consultant - SAP HANA,BW,BusinessObjects BI at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 24, 2016
It needs to have more complex and enriched chart functions.
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it_user449442 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user449442
Business Operations Analyst at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
May 24, 2016
The Cloud/Edge version of SAP Lumira still needs to be more user friendly.
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it_user449472 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user449472
Senior Vice President and Head of Multicultural Insights at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
May 24, 2016
It has some limitations when operating BW data, and has limited functions when mixing different data sources.
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it_user465852 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user465852
Business Intelligence Analyst at a recreational facilities/services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 21, 2016
I would look at the geospatial part of it which doesn't seem work well as when you look at converting that for your maps, it is a little cumbersome, and it's not as accurate.
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