SAP Lumira Essentials电子书

SAP Lumira Essentials

Table of Contents

SAP Lumira Essentials

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Meeting SAP Lumira

Big data analytics

Data discovery challenges

Data discovery versus business intelligence

The role of data discovery

Data discovery for your business

Data discovery best practices

Introducing SAP Lumira

Getting SAP Lumira

Installing SAP Lumira

The installation wizard

Silent installation

Getting familiar with the SAP Lumira interface

SAP Lumira preferences

Registering SAP Lumira

SAP Lumira license

Unicorn Fashion

Summary

2. Connecting to Data Sources

Data connectors

Microsoft spreadsheets

Text file

Relational data source

Operational datamart of Unicorn Fashion

Setting up the operational datamart

Setting up the MySQL database server

Load the Unicorn Fashion datamart

Configure the SAP Lumira connection to the database

Extract data using SQL

Manage connections and associated documents

Big data source

SAP applications

Summary

3. Preparing Data

Preparing a data tab

Preparing data

Cleaning and editing a dataset

Formatting dates

The split field

Renaming a column

Distinct values

Replacing data values

Connection between values

Enriching data

The time hierarchy

The geographical hierarchy

The custom hierarchy

Creating the calculated object

Summary

4. Visualizing Data and Telling Stories with It

The visualization data tab

Building visualization

Renaming fields

Creating the column chart

The sort order

Ranking dimensions

Creating the geographic chart

Filter dimensions

Creating the area chart

Creating the calculated dimension

Creating multiple charts

Creating a custom hierarchy

Creating trellis

Drilling down and up

Creating out-of-the-box charts

Creating a tag cloud

Creating a radar chart

Composing the data tab

Creating a Unicorn Fashion infographic

Adding pictures

Adding visualizations

Adding text

Summary

5. Rocking Your Data in the Sky – SAP Lumira Cloud

Getting started with SAP Lumira Cloud

System requirements

Supported types of files

Registering an account

The SAP Lumira Cloud settings

Introducing the SAP Lumira Cloud interface

Creating a new dataset

Uploading a document

Introducing the visualize tab

Composing the data visualization

Creating a public report

Teamwork in SAP Lumira Cloud

The roles of a team

Managing a team

The SAP Lumira Cloud mobile

Summary

6. Administrating and Customizing SAP Lumira

Introducing the SAP Lumira administration

Updating SAP Lumira

Uninstalling SAP Lumira

Sizing SAP Lumira

Adjusting memory settings

Multiuser sizing of SAP Lumira

Getting started with the SAP Lumira SDK

Meeting SAP Lumira's data visualization library

Deploying a custom extension

Creating a new extension

Creating a data access extension

Summary

7. Connecting to SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform and SAP HANA

Introducing the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform

Connecting to the SAP BO universe

Introducing the Unicorn Fashion universe

Import the universe to SAP BO

Supporting universes

Connecting to the Unicorn Fashion universe

Creating the bubble chart

Editing the data source

Publishing the dataset or story to SAP BI

Troubleshooting tips for a universe

Introducing SAP Explorer

Publishing the dataset in SAP Explorer

Restriction to publishing in SAP Explorer

Introducing SAP HANA

Connecting to SAP HANA

Restrictions for SAP HANA connections

Summary

Index