CASE STUDY
SAP Lumira Desktop
Product PREREQUISITES
SAP Lumira V.1.31 Access to an Excel file with the
relevant data you want to analyze.
Level
Undergraduate NOTES
Graduate This case study uses an Microsoft
Beginner Excel file as source
Focus
Visual reporting using
SAP Lumira 1.0
Authors
Dirk Deiter
Version
1.0
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Process Overview
Learning Objective Manipulate data, enrich data and create visualizations Time 45 min
by using one of the multiple charts available in Visualization Pane.
Your first task will be to select an Excel File as source. Then create and afterwards share the
visual report based on the defined task.
Process overview:
2. Create &
1. Import the
share a visual
Excel File
report
Table of Contents
Process Overview .................................................................................................................. 2
Create a visual report............................................................................................................. 3
Share your visualization ...................................................................................................... 10
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Create a visual report
Task Create a bar chart Time 40min
Short Description Using SAP Lumira, create a bar chart to represent the
sales quantity for each of the following products: Deluxe Touring Bike(red),
Deluxe Touring Bike(silver), Deluxe Touring Bike(black), the Deluxe Road
Bike(Shimano) and Deluxe Road Bike(SRAM) based on the customers
Airport Bikes and Alster Cycling on different years.
From Start menu, select SAP Business Intelligence → SAP Lumira →
SAP Lumira Application
File
Click on File → New in the SAP Lumira menu on top. New
Select Microsoft Excel in order to gain the data from the created universe. Microsoft Excel
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Click Next, a new window appears. In our case select the file SaleDataH56_disconnec
ted_v2.xlsx
SaleDataH56_disconnected_v2.xlsx and click open. After the metadata is Create
loaded into the Lumira application a new window appears. Click on Create
and wait some seconds.
After acquiring the desired data , the SAP Lumira workspace will appear as
follows:
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Calendar year
Within the attributes group, click on next to Calendar year (appears Create a date/time
while hovering over Calendar year) and choose Create a date/time hierarchy
hierarchy…
Determine which attribute belongs to which time enrichment value and Generate
Year Level
select Generate for the Quarter Level (select Year Level and Month Level Month Level
first), then click Confirm.
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The resulting hierarchy appears within the dimensions group, but with a new
automatic attribute named Quarter.
Select Column Chart as visual type. Column Chart
Now add the measures and dimensions from the respective groups on the left
to the visualization pane by using the Buttons. For the X-Axis select
Sales Quantity, for the Y-Axis select Material. For Color select Calendar
year.
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Add filters for Material via the Add filters button.
For the Material filter choose all five Deluxe Bikes.
The result will look as follows:
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By hovering over one of the bars, a popup with further information appears.
Add filters for Customer via the Add filters button.
For the Customer filter the Airport Bikes and Alster Cycling.
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Change the bar chart as visual type to Stacked Bar Chart. Stacked Bar Chart
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Share your visualization
Task Share your created visualization Time 5min
Short Description SAP Lumira offers a wide range of options to share your
data or visualization. Discover them and share your visualization via email.
In order to share the resulted chart, click on the minimized chart down below
and click on :
You can now see the variety of sharing options for your dataset.
By clicking on Export Records you can save your report or visualization to Export Records
your local drive. You have the choice to export the data as detailed dataset or
as aggregated dataset and as csv or xlsx file.
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Click on your minimized chart again and choose Send by Mail.
Choose an export size and click OK.
This will open a new email draft within your mail application with the
visualization already attached.
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