What is new in SAP Lumira 2.1 #ASUG Webcast #Reporting2017

[TammyPowlas]

This was covered in an ASUG webcast last week and parts of it at Reporting 2017.

On the ASUG side we did not have enough time to cover Lumira Designer; please register for the Lumira Designer 2.1 webcast here.  We did see a screen shot below:



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The commentary function is big, demo composites and samples are big too.  Scheduling is important.



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The legal disclaimer applies that things in the future are subject to change.



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What is new in Discovery is you can format input controls

Linked Analysis - click on "state" of a chart and it will impact other charts

Filter on measures is available

Forecasting is back



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Export to PDF includes WYSIWYG

BI4.2 SP05 includes support for unified viewer



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These features were quickly reviewed; first bullet - you don't need the client version to create a new document (my read)



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Broadcasting is available and GDPR compliance for EMEA countries

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From Reporting 2017:



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SAP wants to replace BEx Web with the 2.1 release.

Customers have been waiting for commentary and broadcasting



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Lumira Designer 2.1 offers creating "composites at run time based on selection"



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Copy and pasting composites is planned for SAP Lumira 2.1



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Improved PDF export helps close the gaps between the older releases



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Forecasting is back in Lumira 2.1



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This was a common "ask" at Reporting 2017 - if this could happen in Lumira.



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Filtering by measures and customizing input controls were discussed in the ASUG webcast above, but the above figure provides more details.



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As you can see end to end analysis can be done with BW on the BI Launchpad.  There is a small note below that says "Both BW & HANA Live end to end workflow are not supported in new BILP" (source: SAP)



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Attendees at Reporting 2017 the other week were looking forward to seeing Scheduling and Broadcasting



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Attendees at Reporting 2017 were also looking forward to seeing the commentary features

 

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