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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A

    SAP Lumira Discovery

    Score4.4 out of 10
    N/ASAP 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.

    $185

    per user

    Pricing
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceSAP Lumira Discovery
    Editions & Modules
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    SAP Lumira, standard edition
    $185
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceSAP Lumira Discovery
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceSAP Lumira Discovery
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    When we get the installation of the SAP BO BI Platform done on one of the BO servers, we get a whole of stacks of SAP BO BI suite tools installed. This is a package that has reporting tools inside it. For instance, web intelligence-rich clients, SAP Crystal reports, etc. We can …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    We currently have implementations of both Microsoft BI and SAP Business Objects so our enterprise has found reasons for both. Some users prefer BI over SAP and it depends on the department they are working for. SAP was chosen for the more complex tasks that require large data …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    It is unlike any other platform.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    I feel that SAP Business Objects tool gives me the competitive advantage over other tools because most large organizations use SAP Business Objects because of its endless scalability. Moreover it has more secured features with restrictions levied at the row level and easy to …
    Incentivized
    SAP
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    It is a little more technical.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    I have used Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio, Dashboards, and Office for Analysis
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    SAP Business One and implementing the tools of the same product is the best because they are designed by the brand.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    We chose SAP Business Objects Lumira versus other options mainly because we trust the vendor and have had good experiences with their software and customer service in the past. We found that the other software that we considered offered similar capabilities, and from past …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Major reason to go for Lumira was it was part of SAP Business Objects family and most of the organization is using BO for most of their reporting needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    SAP lumira is easy to use and user friendly UI.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    In all cases, except data connectivity, Lumira is worse in my opinion.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Both Tableau and QlikView score very highly in end user experience and visualisation development compared to Lumira. However the integration of Lumira with existing Universes you may have or cost implications if you have a SAP BI Suite licence can help shift the preference into …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    There is lot to improve to match up with Tableau, but based on current BI platform in the organization & licensing models, ti was easy to go with Lumira which was meeting the basic requirements.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Just for trial since its SAP product and the lisence was free intially for SAP Lumira if you have HANA but I would not recommend it for people who would have to buy this product from SAP. The other ad hoc tools are far ahead in the game. Please look at Gartner for BI tools …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    • It's tightly integrated with SAP BI suite 4.0.
    • Quick development of stories, dashboards in Lumira is one additional reason to select the tool.
    • The tool has lower licensing fees compared to others. I guess it comes free with BI Suite.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    This is by far easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    SAP Lumira is generally inferior to Tableau in its visualization, filtering of data, and general range of features.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    When compared to other tools our approach is towards the self-servicing rather development that grabbed out attention towards SAP Lumira. also has more scope of maturity as a Self-Service BI.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Data Analysis is best suited with Lumira compared with any other product. Visualisation and decision making is best thing you would recommend using Lumira for.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Ease of use was the reason I recommend it. Also I really enjoyed the "story" feature which had a really nice professional looking template that was impressive. I especially liked that the charts and data can be exported as a pdf or image file or just data as an Excel file.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery

    Lumira is better at visualization than Analysis Office but does not allow as much in depth analysis. Also it's much easier to consume quickly with Lumira as you don't have to build a query to pull the data.

    Design studio is more flexible but dashboards and visualizations need to …

    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    Lumira is behind in functionality with tableau and Qlikview. However it is catching up
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Lumira Discovery
    I actually prefer Lumira because it integrates better with my current business intelligence investment, it's free for me to use, and it allows me to use my enterprise data as well as other data I can pull in and merge with it.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
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    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceSAP Lumira Discovery
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    8.0
    97 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.646 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.747 Ratings8.097 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.347 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    7.3
    103 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.247 Ratings10.0100 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.347 Ratings7.0103 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.647 Ratings5.098 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    6.1
    95 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Publish to Web9.040 Ratings7.082 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.546 Ratings5.094 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.742 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.447 Ratings6.355 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.3
    43 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    4.3
    104 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.941 Ratings5.0102 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.939 Ratings6.095 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.938 Ratings2.072 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.646 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    30% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application3.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.830 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Lumira Discovery
    Feature
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP Lumira Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    REST API6.721 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API7.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames7.318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API7.222 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.720 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceSAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    5.0
    (105 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    7.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    2.0
    (83 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    10.0
    (89 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP BusinessObjects Business IntelligenceSAP Lumira Discovery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    As mentioned earlier reporting was a big headache for us and the tools we used didn't support large data sets and visualization Performing analytics with such data sets was cumbersome and later post using this SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence we were able to correlate different data sets and prepare the dashboard pretty easier which were helpful and easier to understand.
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    SAP
    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.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • 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.
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    SAP
    • 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.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • 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.
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    SAP
    • 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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    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.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    Given the scope ,maintanence , support and budget are the main drivers to deciding renewal of a software
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    Usability
    SAP
    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.
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    SAP
    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.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    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
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    SAP
    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
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    Performance
    SAP
    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).
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    SAP
    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
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    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.
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    SAP
    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.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    SAP authorized training is best, Please go ahead with it. Even lot of online training options/videos available for self learning
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    SAP
    We did not take in-person training
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    Online Training
    SAP
    I haven't used it or got feedback from the end user.

    Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.
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    SAP
    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.
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    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.
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    SAP
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    We selected SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) based on price. It can stack up against others in terms of price and honestly, that's about it. Salesforce Commerce does a hell of a better job at handling it. However, in the space of Business Intelligence, SAP can do more, and that's why at the end we went with it
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    SAP
    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
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    Scalability
    SAP
    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
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    SAP
    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
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • 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.
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    SAP
    • We could obtain original data from vast and detailed corporate and personal data sources.
    • We could share visual analysis results with stakeholders via the cloud, and it could also be viewed on a tablet.
    • It is very flexible and accurate to use. It can be used for forecasting sales, resource planning, and scheduling.
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