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SAP Lumira Discovery

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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Recent Reviews

Lumira Pilot

5 out of 10
March 06, 2022
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Data exploration and conceptual prototypes for executive dashboards were attempted with Lumira. The software appears to have a strong …
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Lumira

8 out of 10
August 24, 2018
Incentivized
SAP Lumira enables our company to interpret massive amounts of internal data available and turn it into a visual report. This helps allow …
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SAP Lumira Software

7 out of 10
July 27, 2018
Incentivized
SAP Lumira, a software to visualize your large data and allows users to explore data deep down. It helps to understand the data …
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Popular Features

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  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) (101)
    8.1
    81%
  • Formatting capabilities (102)
    7.8
    78%
  • Drill-down analysis (99)
    7.6
    76%
  • Report sharing and collaboration (97)
    7.4
    74%
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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.

7.5
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

7.6
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

7.2
Avg 8.4

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.

5.6
Avg 8.1
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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 Competitors

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 Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) highest, with a score of 8.1.

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

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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Excel, SAS and Python
It has better visualization than the above-mentioned software. It is much easier to use SAP Lumira for quick data visualization without any hitches. We are confident in the product and it has never failed to deliver what we looked for. Our efficiency has increased 3 fold since we used the product and it's quick.
March 06, 2022

Lumira Pilot

Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have evaluated products such a Tableau Desktop and Splunk and the biggest difference I realized was the ability to include interactive controls in the output. For instance if I wanted to include the ability to filter by a category or filter by a date range, the controls can easily be embedded in other products.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP Analytical Cloud is more advanced and go to product from SAP side and thus the use case identification and the need of the organization need to be looked into, before deciding the product. The performance of SAP SAC is also better than SAP Lumira, and SAP SAC is used for integrated planning (called Extended Planning and Analytics).
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP Analytics Cloud is better than SAP Lumira Discovery in so many ways starting from data connectivity, modelling, self- service analytics, complex applications, planning to Augmented Analytics. When there are policy restrictions, then without much choice, users can go for Lumira Discovery which is decent enough for light weight data exploration requirements.
Arkadip Kundu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I stack up against 360 dialog WhatsApp Business API tools as it has very weak internet connection and it cannot store data and sometimes in WhattsApp BI tools the searching, connecting, acquiring, and merging data is becoming difficult. I choose SAP Lumiera Discovery as the data provided by surfing here is very flexible and up to the mark and is very easy to transfer and connect.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The way it works with other SAP apps is a great factor which tilts the pointer in favor of SAP LD. By that I mean ability to import data from places like SAP HANA, BW, BO Universe, etc. provides a flexible way to cleanup and prepare data for analysis easily and quickly. The security features also help promote data governance and then it adds data integrity and finally it is safe to say that data which is cleaned up and prepped is one single source of truth.
August 24, 2018

Lumira

Trever Voit | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Lumira offered more in depth visualization for reporting and presentation, this tool took some time to learn the ins and outs to but after training this was a pretty straightforward data display software tool that was very helpful showing data searched and narrowed down to offer an insight on direction.
July 27, 2018

SAP Lumira Software

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Normally uses around the world have suggested using SAP Lumia rather using others. It gives life to your data presenting in a beautiful way. This tool enables companies to benefit from their data using advanced visualization and unique analytic functionalities. SAP Lumia can be integrated with other products like SAP Business Suite, SAP Risk Management etc.
Darian Rawson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Lumira is more powerful in some ways but also slightly more limited in others. While at least in my experience Lumira can feel somewhat cookie cutter in the options you have, overall you are able to get a better sense of understanding of the current state of things using Lumira. However, each business is different and you should really consider all your options.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
1. SAP Lumira doesn't need an expert on data analytics. It does all the hard work for you.
2. Cost effective and can be implemented with little technical effort.
3. Training costs are very minimum and the possibilities of returns are huge.
4. SAP Lumira has more user-friendly and intuitive UI.
5. More trust-able with data, calculations than any other software.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Splunk for data analysis and viewing, but this is more an industrial type of tool.
  • Othwerwise Excel and some extensions
  • Spend Cube in sourcing - rather specialized application
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Lumira is the worst. If you are a total SAP shop you might prefer to use WebI, BeX, or even Crystal Reports/Dashboards before making the leap into Lumira. If you have the option and are already a MS 365 user, download PowerBI, it is cheaper, easier and more powerful.
Himanshu Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
SAP Lumira is mainly for non technical persons. When one is not into much data and doesn't want to dig dip into data models and algorithms, it is very handy. But, if you are dealing with lots of data with huge variety and volume you should consider the alternatives, as the customization and support is much better for the other products.
Parimelalagan Kumaraguru -Pari- | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For a full featured SAP environment, Lumira is the suitable platform for a BW, Hana, ECC universe or third party DB universe sourced reporting compared to all of the other analytical platforms.
April 27, 2017

Limited Lumira review

Andrew Griffin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Compared with the built-in Cloud for Customer reporting suite, Lumira was quicker at processing figures and provides a greater range of reporting visualisations, as well as being much more user friendly for non-technical end users to pick up and use with minimal direction. However there is still the need to create the data sources in Cloud for Customer for bespoke objects etc., so that Lumira is able to consume them.
Frédérick Samson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized

- Power BI has more features (like ETL) and more integration. Power BI Desktop is free.

- Tableau has better visual and better interactivity. Tableau is expensive.

- SAP Lumira is affordable as long as you don't need the Web Portal.

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