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Feature Set Ratings
- SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 4 feature sets: BI Standard Reporting, Ad-hoc Reporting, Report Output and Scheduling, Data Discovery and Visualization
BI Standard Reporting

8.7
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
87%
7.1
SAP Lumira Discovery
71%
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 3/3 features
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pixel Perfect reports

9.1
91%
42 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Customizable dashboards

8.6
86%
43 Ratings
7.1
71%
100 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates

8.3
83%
43 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting

8.8
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
88%
7.4
SAP Lumira Discovery
74%
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 4/4 features
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 4/4 features
Drill-down analysis

9.0
90%
42 Ratings
7.4
74%
103 Ratings
Formatting capabilities

8.9
89%
42 Ratings
7.1
71%
106 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages

8.4
84%
28 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration

8.8
88%
42 Ratings
7.7
77%
101 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling

9.2
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
92%
7.2
SAP Lumira Discovery
72%
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 5/5 features
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 5/5 features
Publish to Web

9.3
93%
37 Ratings
7.7
77%
85 Ratings
Publish to PDF

9.2
92%
42 Ratings
7.7
77%
97 Ratings
Report Versioning

9.2
92%
37 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling

9.1
91%
42 Ratings
6.3
63%
55 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers

9.5
95%
22 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization

8.8
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
88%
5.5
SAP Lumira Discovery
55%
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 3/3 features
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

9.3
93%
37 Ratings
7.4
74%
104 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

8.3
83%
35 Ratings
7.2
72%
97 Ratings
Predictive Analytics

8.9
89%
33 Ratings
2.0
20%
72 Ratings
Access Control and Security

8.8
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
88%
SAP Lumira Discovery
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 4/4 features
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 4/4 features
Multi-User Support (named login)

8.1
81%
43 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model

8.9
89%
41 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

9.1
91%
41 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)

9.0
90%
26 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities

9.3
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
93%
SAP Lumira Discovery
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 3/3 features
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 3/3 features
Responsive Design for Web Access

9.3
93%
29 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Mobile Application

9.3
93%
24 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

9.3
93%
27 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

8.8
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
88%
SAP Lumira Discovery
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 6/6 features
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform ranks higher in 6/6 features
REST API

8.9
89%
17 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Javascript API

8.8
88%
16 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
iFrames

8.8
88%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Java API

9.1
91%
18 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)

8.4
84%
17 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)

9.1
91%
17 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform is rated higher in 8 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Availability, Performance, Support Rating, In-Person Training, Online Training, Product Scalability
- SAP Lumira Discovery is rated higher in 1 area: Implementation Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

8.5
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
85%
64 Ratings
7.4
SAP Lumira Discovery
74%
108 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

8.4
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
84%
22 Ratings
SAP Lumira Discovery
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability

8.5
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
85%
9 Ratings
7.6
SAP Lumira Discovery
76%
17 Ratings
Availability

10.0
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
100%
7 Ratings
9.0
SAP Lumira Discovery
90%
2 Ratings
Performance

9.0
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
90%
17 Ratings
7.0
SAP Lumira Discovery
70%
2 Ratings
Support Rating

8.4
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
84%
17 Ratings
7.4
SAP Lumira Discovery
74%
17 Ratings
In-Person Training

10.0
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
100%
3 Ratings
6.0
SAP Lumira Discovery
60%
1 Rating
Online Training

9.0
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
90%
2 Ratings
6.0
SAP Lumira Discovery
60%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating

9.0
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
90%
15 Ratings
10.0
SAP Lumira Discovery
100%
5 Ratings
Product Scalability

9.0
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
90%
2 Ratings
6.0
SAP Lumira Discovery
60%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
BI was used to manage our parts and machines. It can be used to manage your factory or systems to properly allocate items to select places. However the system does not respond well, and it can scale well provided you have an actual team knowledgeable in this field. Once you get it set up it works well, but of course, if you try and add new implementations, it can become hazardous to your business.
Help Desk Specialist
GetronicsConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
Infographics derived from specific data sources appears to be well suited for development using Lumira. The development of executive level dashboards was less appropriate from my perspective. The software does not provide sufficient demonstration or samples for the users to learn from in my opinion.

Verified User
Professional in Research & Development
Utilities Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
- This software is easy to initially learn, and very powerful in producing reusable reports.
- It is much faster than my company's internal manual queries. The ability to build off of a saved query and share queries to other users is a great positive.
- My favorite part is that you can run queries in the background and it does not interfere with your current work or slow your computer down.

Verified User
Team Lead in Research & Development
Medical Devices Company, 51-200 employeesSAP Lumira Discovery
- SAP has built in features you would expect from a data visualization package, like easy import from other SAP systems.
- SAP has most of the typical charts that you would expect in order to visualize your data.
- SAP allows you to have multiple charts on one visualization for your data.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employeesCons
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
- The installation can be very complex and time-consuming, it requires a lot of planning and foresight as to what role the software will play in the organization.
- The software has a relatively large learning curve that takes dedicated users months to get comfortable with, the UI is a bit intimidating for new users.
- SAP could organize their help better, it can be difficult to find dependable solutions to issues via their website and support channels.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 5001-10,000 employeesSAP Lumira Discovery
- Even though the process of creating visualizations of data is now greatly improved, it could still be a lot better as users become accustomed to this kind of tool and bring forward edge cases the developers did not anticipate.
- It would be awesome to have a cross platform tool that works on more than just Windows.
- Some options for specific graphs feel limiting.
Senior Designer
Eview 360Design, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—SAP Lumira Discovery
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$185 per user
SAP Lumira Discovery Editions & Modules
Edition
SAP Lumira, standard edition | $1851 |
---|
- per user
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 8.4
Based on 22 answers
The institution has decided to move in a different direction, and will be using MSBI for reporting. I have been very happy with the Business Objects suite of tools, and will continue to use them heavily until we make the transition.
Finance Analyst III
Mayo ClinicHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 8.5
Based on 9 answers
From a server and client side perspective. the Business Intelligence Platform provides a foundation for all aspects of content development, distribution, analysis, collaboration and self service. Ease of use from targeted content delivery through controlled accessibility. Content exporting in the format of the users choice. Scheduling for internal or external delivery. Public and private folders for secure content access when requied. Web based for viewing on the users device of choice without the need to download additional applications.

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Management Consulting Company, 11-50 employeesSAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 7.6
Based on 17 answers
SAP Lumira is very good self service analytical tool with powerful capabilities. However need to look into other SAP products in BI space, like SAP SAC. SAP Lumira is more used for custom and complex analytical need in business intelligence area. Also SAP Lumira is going out of maintenance in coming future replaced by SAP SAC.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employeesReliability and Availability
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 10.0
Based on 7 answers
When we implemented 3.1, we had a tough time managing the system: It took almost a year to stabilize.
With 4.0, we want to roll out to more users, and are holding back because of fears about the performance issue
With 4.0, we want to roll out to more users, and are holding back because of fears about the performance issue

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Company, 501-1000 employeesSAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Lumira is a desktop application runs in its own JVM. It installs its own java runtime libraries to avoid any core java version conflicts. The availability of the application is completely relies on individual machine hardware configuration. On a decent desktop, it performs well and always launches in either 32 or 64 bit environment based on the hosts system's OS
Founder + CTO
MedlioHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Performance
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0
Based on 17 answers
Overall, the tool (Web Intelligence 4.2) is fast and solid. One issue is a dependability on JAVA for a full feature report creation/edit capabilities (as opposed to limited HTML option). Second, planned end of JAVA support by major browsers (Chrome is already not supporting JAVA applet).
Business Intelligence Manager
City of ChicagoGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 7.0
Based on 2 answers
The performance is linear with amount of data that is being explored. We have done some benchmarks acquiring 10million data cells without having any performance problems. We need to make proper adjustments to jvm run time properties to start with higher heap size and other parameters that optimizes the run time performance
Founder + CTO
MedlioHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Support Rating
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 8.4
Based on 17 answers
SAP has released various versions of SAP BO BI. starting from 3.1 and going to 4.0,4.1,4.2 and latest being 4.3. SAP provides support to these new versions. As new versions keep on coming, support for the very old software goes out of scope from SAP. it is when the different organization plans to get their BO content migrated from a lower version to a newer version. The newer version had definitely added functionality and features which ease the work of users.
Technology Lead
Infosys LimitedInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 7.4
Based on 17 answers
It does not have many bugs or issues since not a lot of new features are being added. The customer support for SAP Lumira Discovery is good and anyone considering this as a self-service tool would be happy. It integrates well in the SAP BI suite of products and the overall experience is positive.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesIn-Person Training
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 10.0
Based on 3 answers
SAP authorized training is best, Please go ahead with it. Even lot of online training options/videos available for self learning
Associate Principal
LTI - Larsen & Toubro InfotechBanking, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 6.0
Based on 1 answer
We did not take in-person training
Founder + CTO
MedlioHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Online Training
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0
Based on 2 answers
I haven't used it or got feedback from the end user.
Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.
Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Company, 501-1000 employeesSAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 6.0
Based on 1 answer
Most of the user guides are pretty comprehensive and very easy to understand. The product itself is designed to be self-serve tool, did not need much of the end-user training. Most of the training we had is to how to read the data, how to explore the data, how to acquire the data etc.
Founder + CTO
MedlioHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Implementation Rating
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0
Based on 15 answers
Hire specialists and experienced staff. Mix some beginners so that everyone is not a leader but a learner too. Plan well; architect well; break down implementation in small steps and move towards larger steps. Create a centralized and authorized SAP Business Objects implementation team.
Sr SAP BOE/BODS Lead
Data RedeemersInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 10.0
Based on 5 answers
Installing the desktop software on end-user machines is always challenging. The machine specifications are the biggest factor when running Lumira and be able to handle large datasets during data exploration. This often demands beefy machines at least for power-users. Although Lumira software licensing is not a big problem but managing partner's extensions and keeping track of their individual licenses may be an issue. If there is a way to bundle the more popular extensions such as vSQL or vOLAP should be bundled in core product and offer them as part of Lumira license instead of a separate license which causer operational burden.
Founder + CTO
MedlioHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
Some organizations use Spotfire which is far more advanced in terms of its analytical capabilities vs. Lumira/PA etc. but the sharing/storage side of the BI Platform is far superior and much better managed. The ability to create user groups, access levels etc. on BI Platform helps to keep the platform secure.
User Experience Manager
Procter & GambleConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
Even though SAP Analytics Cloud is considered to be better in aspects such as data connectivity or analytics, we decided to choose Lumira as it was easier to understand, learn and use. As our business is not really that big and does not require the inclusion of large amounts of data, Lumira was overall the safest and most comfortable option. Also, some members in our team had previous knowledge so it was easier to adapt

Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Design Company, 51-200 employeesScalability
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 9.0
Based on 2 answers
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform supports SOA Service Oriented Architecture. You can start/restart/enable/disable all the servers. You can seamless do load balancing and clustering. It supports all leading application and web server. Supports LDAP SSO integration.People who can work on excel with training they can work on SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence, dashboard, Lumira, Information design tool product suite. Tool is very user friendly and easy to learn and implement
Associate Principal
LTI - Larsen & Toubro InfotechBanking, 10,001+ employees
SAP Lumira Discovery
SAP Lumira Discovery 6.0
Based on 1 answer
Enterprise wide implementation is a challenge with data security and trustedness. No easy installation can be done across the enterprise. no upgrade paths also available from SAP. They have so much of experience with desktop implementation, there it could be a controlled environment with a capital budget. These may be resolved in the upcoming releases
Founder + CTO
MedlioHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
- By generating and distributing reports in a timely manner, we were able to save millions of dollars for the company which otherwise would not have been visible.
- Almost realtime dashboard, saved the company a huge amount by showing the outages and kept the company from buying a tool to do just that.
- It showed the customers who were not paying the bills and were missing in the system due to some loophole. This was visible by doing reporting on the theft usage of electricity.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Utilities Company, 51-200 employeesSAP Lumira Discovery
- After Lumira Discovery training, a lot of business users were able to create reports and customize them according to their needs which in turn reduced the number of dashboard requests for the BI team.
- Development time was significantly reduced for reports that were time sensitive.
- Simple and standard UI was easy to standardize reports across the organization.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employees