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SAP Lumira Discovery

Overview

What is SAP Lumira Discovery?

SAP Lumira Discovery is SAP’s data visualization and discovery application. It facilitates data discovery, visualization, and analysis by assisting users with creation of dashboards, infographics, presentations, data facets, tag clouds, and more.

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Feedback on SAP Lumira Discovery

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 22, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SAP Lumira Discovery is great . It helps with data visualisation and analysis . It helps the business get realistic on time data that can help them access problem points and a...
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Pritama Kundu
Contributor - Information Technology
Manager - Business Integrator
Lilly
SAP Lumira Discovery14 years of experience
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SAP Lumira is for DATAphiles

Rating: 5 out of 10
March 6, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Firstly, SAP lumira is one amazing product that I would use daily for making data-driven decision. It has become easy for visualization. We use a lot of real-time data to proc...
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Verified user
Manager
SAP Lumira Discovery1 year of experience

An Excellent Business Intelligence Tool

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 26, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We can emphasize the initiative thinking that attracts a lot of my interest. Sap Lumira Discovery, because it allows for the rapid transformation of views from one type of gra...
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Rehan Kanuga
Team Lead - Product Management
Data Analyst
Rehan Web Services
SAP Lumira Discovery1 year of experience

Positiveness and Negativeness in SAP Lumira Discovery

Rating: 7 out of 10
February 17, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use SAP Lumira Discovery is a great Self service BI tools to help in my organization to bring all the businesses and my IT team together. Data Visualization and connecting,a...
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Arkadip Kundu
Engineer - Engineering
Doing a BootCamp
DigitalSherpa.AI
SAP Lumira Discovery1 year of experience

Easy Business Planning and Effective on Predictive Data Analytics Production SAP Package.

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 16, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Great and effective discovery functionalities and the easy of using the SAP Lumira Discovery tool on the first time to use the software. Easy to configure the tool interface i...
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Annette Gilmour
Program Manager - Information Technology
Senior Project Manager
Linio Group
SAP Lumira Discovery2 years of experience
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Pricing

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SAP Lumira, standard edition

$185

On Premise
per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttp://getlumira.sapstore.com/download…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

7.3
Avg 8.0

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

6.1
Avg 8.3

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

4.4
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is SAP Lumira Discovery?

SAP Lumira Discovery is a data visualization software solution that helps business users take full advantage of the massive amounts of data that is available to their business by using data analysis and data visualization capabilities. The data available in all major data sources (like MS Excel, csv, txt, and diverse database formats) can be put together in grids and graphs to create presentations, dashboards, infographics or business reports. The vendor says that its solution helps users go beyond spreadsheets and basic data presentations – all with drag and drop and point and click actions.

SAP Lumira Discovery Features

BI Platform Features

  • Supported: Live Connection to External Data
  • Supported: Snapshot of External Data
  • Supported: OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)
  • Supported: ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)
  • Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)

Supported Data Sources Features

  • Supported: MS Excel Workbooks
  • Supported: Text Files (CSV, etc)
  • Supported: Oracle
  • Supported: MS SQL Server
  • Supported: IBM DB2
  • Supported: Postgres
  • Supported: MySQL
  • Supported: ODBC
  • Supported: Hortonworks Hadoop
  • Supported: IBM Netezza
  • Supported: HP Vertica
  • Supported: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Teradata
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Customizable dashboards

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Report sharing and collaboration

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to Web
  • Supported: Publish to PDF

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Additional Features

  • Supported: Acquire and enrich data, big and small, from any source
  • Supported: Visualize and explore any amount of data in real time without sacrificing performance or security
  • Supported: Export reports, dashboards, presentations and infographics to pdf format for easy sharing

SAP Lumira Discovery Screenshots

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SAP Lumira Discovery Video

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SAP Lumira Discovery Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported LanguagesChinese (Simplified), Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.

Frequently Asked Questions

SAP Lumira Discovery is SAP’s data visualization and discovery application. It facilitates data discovery, visualization, and analysis by assisting users with creation of dashboards, infographics, presentations, data facets, tag clouds, and more.

Tableau Desktop, Domo, and QlikView are common alternatives for SAP Lumira Discovery.

Reviewers rate Drill-down analysis highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of SAP Lumira Discovery are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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SAP Lumira - Yes or No

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 10, 2016
SS
Sumeet Saraf
Sr BI Consultant Lead
Oakton (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SAP Lumira Discovery
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Working with Toyota, and all departments are using the tool. This was introduced by me in the org and people started preferring it over QlikView, but since the tool is restricted to 64 bit OS for developers, a few key users find this to be a hurdle, as they are still on 32 bit because some other tools in the organization don't work well on 64 bit OD.

The tool is widely used to addresses national sales compared to the market study, and the overall service division comparison for the timely servicing and parts sold.
Pros
  • Presentation of data the way we want
  • Bit easier to use compared to dashboard designer and QlikView
  • Can be published in the BO Enterprise and can be shared and scheduled the way required by the user
Cons
  • Restricted to 64 bit OS only
  • Getting new versions and new features every 2 / 3 months
  • Crashes if huge amount is data is selected to analyse
Likelihood to Recommend
N/a

Great Addition to Reporting

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
September 12, 2016
AH
Alina Hera
Customer Service Team Manager
Ruukki (Construction, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SAP Lumira Discovery
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira is mostly used by the departments who put together reports for management but it is not used all the time by every department. The departments that I have experience using Lumira with are logistics, customer service, and procurement.
Pros
  • useful visualisations
  • not too much of a hassle to use (can figure out the program even if you don't have advanced training)
  • fully integrated with multiple data information platforms
Cons
  • expensive
  • the dashboard is too busy
Likelihood to Recommend
Because of the cost of SAP BusinessObjects Lumira I would not recommend it wholeheartedly because I would expect the program to be a bit more refined (cleaner and easier to use UI) and to have more flexibility for the price. SAP BusinessObjects Lumira is great when you have to create a visual that will be used to demonstrate something that would otherwise be complicated to explain without just words or regular charts.

Standalone Lumira as a BI tool

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
May 26, 2016
Verified User
Director in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SAP Lumira Discovery
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are testing SAP Lumira as a vehicle for the Visual Crossing mapping plug-in. We are comparing it to other BI products such as MicroStrategy.
Pros
  • Lumira is easy to install and configure.
  • The extension technology works well, and it is easy to add new visualizations.
Cons
  • Lumira's joining capability seems weak, but perhaps that is because I am used to MicroStrategy which is very strong in this department.
  • Lumira can be unstable and crash from time to time.
  • Lumira's performance sometimes feels slow.
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP Lumira is best suited for people who are looking for an easy-to-configure analysis tool that does beyond office basic such as Microsoft Excel.

Lumira -- has promise

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 08, 2016
DF
David Fickes
Decision Sciences - Modeling, Simulation & Analysis
San Francisco State University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SAP Lumira Discovery
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This is a great program to do initial visualization and analysis. Its simple enough that almost anyone can use it and be able to tease out some of the more detailed complexities of a dataset. It should cover all but the most complicated business scenarios and it has the advantage of close integration with SAP data sources. It's certainly worth a look by anyone considering a new visualization option.

I would note that it took a bit of horsepower on my system but that isn't unusual for visualization products such as this one. In general, the interaction was smooth but I would recommend running this with at least 8GB of RAM. It does run well under a virtual machine (Parallels, in this case).

Pros
  • Good for dumping it in and exploring the data.
  • Nice job of presenting options for visualization.
  • Decent output format.
Cons
  • Some of the dimension capabilities are buried under a weird menu system. One particular visualization required a particular order.
  • The online version is disappearing.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for initial data exploration. It takes a bit of getting used to but it has a relatively easy learning curve. They could really use some video lesson support for the product but please don't do the canned "non-examples" but go for some real interesting visualizations and then show how to build them.

SAP Lumira User friendly tool for visualization and reporting complex functions

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
August 04, 2017
Verified User
Analyst in Other
Mining & Metals Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SAP Lumira Discovery
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have implemented this tool across different organizations and trained users in using Lumira's visualization capabilities.It addresses inventory, production and sales problems.
Pros
  • Visualization
  • alter data structures and correlations
  • expanding the age reports involved in monthly reviews
Cons
  • Should have Excel-like pivot table drill down features
  • Integration with MS excel needs to enhance for importing data
  • Output formats are bit rigid
  • Limited functionality to manipulate data before reporting
Likelihood to Recommend
When working with Lumira, we noticed that there are not that many charts available to do any statistical analysis. for example No Control charts, Histogram, Gantt chart, Highlight Table. Hope Lumira can incorporate some of these features in later versions.
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