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SAP Lumira [EOL] pros and cons

Vendor: SAP
3.6 out of 5

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PROS

SAP Lumira is valued for its ability to consume Business Objects universe and integrate data from various sources, including live SAP HANA data.
Features such as dashboards, geographical elements, and graph filtering are highlighted for their ease of use and powerful data visualization capabilities.
The tool allows for dynamic creation of dashboards and quick visualization, making it user-friendly and accelerating data analysis processes.
SAP Lumira enables users to build impressive metrics and gain deeper insights into data, surpassing traditional spreadsheet tools in visualization prowess.
SAP Lumira is appreciated for its stability and continuous improvements, backed by excellent support, making it a top choice for businesses with SAP Lumira development experience.

CONS

SAP Lumira falls short in capabilities and ease of use compared to competitors.
Geospatial and map conversion features are cumbersome and inaccurate.
Scalability is limited, often requiring IT involvement for dashboard changes.
Stability and performance issues, with frequent bugs and slow execution.
ETL capabilities are limited, and more data cleansing/mining options are needed.
 

SAP Lumira [EOL] Pros review quotes

Rafal Zaborowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Supply Chain Manager, Proxy, Matw Global D&I Council Memeber at SAUERESSIG Group
Feb 2, 2023
SAP Lumira is the best system in the world, at least in my opinion. I like that it's a stable system and that many people in my company have development experience in SAP Lumira. The solution keeps on improving and has excellent support.
reviewer1930287 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer (Reporting Analyst) at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 10, 2022
The most valuable features of SAP Lumira are the dashboards, geographical elements, and graph filtering, and the usage is similar to a website which makes it easy to use.
ZR
Consultant Business Intelligence at Corporate Software
May 4, 2022
The best feature is the ease of developing dashboards.
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it_user856440 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader Analytics at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Apr 22, 2018
It is fairly easy and fast when it comes to using it.
it_user448320 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development and Alumni Relations Associate at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 22, 2016
Geographic hierarchy and the ability to connect with SAP sources, such as CRM, ERP, and BW.
it_user434982 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Manager BI Applications at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 1, 2016
The most value that Lumira provides is in its ability to consume the Business Objects universe.
it_user435360 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP HANA Architect Associate at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2016
Beautiful visualizations.
it_user432627 - PeerSpot reviewer
Planning Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 27, 2016
We’ve created several dashboards that display large sets of data in an insightful and easily digestible way.
it_user488862 - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior SAP Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 21, 2016
I like the integration, so it's easy to integrate different data sources.
it_user488865 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dashboards and Analytics with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 8, 2016
It's very easy to import data and also to create formulas and so on, and it made creating charts, especially bubble charts, really easy and very powerful, helping me build impressive metrics for the team around surgery times, supplies used, and expense analysis.
 

SAP Lumira [EOL] Cons review quotes

Rafal Zaborowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Supply Chain Manager, Proxy, Matw Global D&I Council Memeber at SAUERESSIG Group
Feb 2, 2023
I'm not a fan of using SAP Lumira because it requires putting in a lot of information by keyboard directly because it requires some coding, so this is one area for improvement. From a user point of view, SAP Lumira is a complex system to learn and teach, so another area for improvement in the solution is that it needs to be more user-friendly.
reviewer1930287 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer (Reporting Analyst) at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 10, 2022
SAP Lumira can improve if they game more capability to the end user to prepare dashboards because it's more of an IT task to create them. In Tableau, we can drag, drop, and create. However, in SAP Lumira, we need a designer and a separate KT to be able to do it well.
ZR
Consultant Business Intelligence at Corporate Software
May 4, 2022
Lumira uses a lot of memory resources, so the execution of dashboards is slow.
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it_user856440 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader Analytics at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Apr 22, 2018
It needs an easier printing feature.
it_user448320 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development and Alumni Relations Associate at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 22, 2016
It needs the ability to drill down more. Analyzing data with Lumira at times becomes a bit difficult.
it_user434982 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Manager BI Applications at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 1, 2016
Lumira's capabilities feel like that of a store app with the intuitiveness of a desktop app, which is not a good combination.
it_user435360 - PeerSpot reviewer
SAP HANA Architect Associate at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2016
It would be great to have more ETL capabilities so that the user can do more cleansing/mining on his/her side.
it_user432627 - PeerSpot reviewer
Planning Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 27, 2016
Each quarterly upgrade has new features, but then existing features tend to break. This is highly frustrating and affects existing Lumira documents.
it_user488862 - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior SAP Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 21, 2016
An area of improvement, for sure, is the flexibility of the visualization.
it_user488865 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dashboards and Analytics with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 8, 2016
Lumira was very useful for me, but now I have more needs, and I have to move faster because I am responsible for a lot of data, and a lot of information that I have to provide to the directors and VPs.