Overall: I have been working on Business Objects since many years and past 2 years we started using Lumira as an additional visualization tool for our clients. Even though we have business Objects Web Intelligence tool, we need one such visualization tool, to quickly analyze the data and find the insights in the data, unlike Enterprise reporting. Also, if the client is already using BO from years, it easy to fit this visualization tool rather than others like Tableau.

Pros: SAP Lumira is very good visualization tool, allowing to connect to SAP HANA, SAP BW, Universe and other sources. It have lot of automation build into, to connect with sources, prepare the data and quickly prepare the different types of visuals. It has lot of built in functions which makes calculation very easy but at the same time, representation of the information into the charts, graphs and maps makes it more intuitive. SAP Lumira is a tool which can mastered easily and start using it day one. It is like plug and play. It has dashboard to put the visuals.

Cons: Marking has to be increased to compete with Tableau. The look & feel is not as good as Tableau so there is a room for improvement. Tableau to can connect to literally everything but Lumira has limitation. Also, compatibility between BO other reporting tools and Lumira has to be increased further.

Overall: I was the 1st member of my team to install Lumira 1.30 desktop and connect to HANA, MS SQL and Oracle databases. We are currently installing Lumira 1.31 on Linux Server for Enterprise sharing.

Pros: Seemless "Prepare", "Visualize" and "Compose" functionality. Including linking files, filtering and multiple charting options. Like the hierarchy features for geographic and date drilling. Also, support for numerous data sources

Cons: formatting, sizing and scheduling refreshes

Recommendations to other buyers: incorporate more true dashboard functionality instead of user story strategy like the Design Studio product.

Overall: It help in even people using mobile to can access this site and its matterial

Pros: I have used these from the third party and found it accurate to use and flexible. For them they used it as Job application site.

Cons: All that I found for this software were great indeed the speed to open the site

Pros: Easy to use ,seamless integration with SAP S4HANA and SAP ECC,can be integrated with other databases easily

Cons: Designing fancy dashboard limited to the built in tools,functionality compared to other similar product limited

Overall: Visualizing and creating reports using SAP data.

Pros: Easy to load the data and clean up the data within the tool. Produces nice advanced visuals for reports that can be refreshed by any user. Good tool to work with SAP data directly.

Cons: The tool Does require training. It is rather pricey and offers limited visual capabilities compared to other analytical tools.

Pros: SAP Lumira allows me to take large data sets that are messy and organizes the data. That data gets put into charts and graphs, which allows me to analyze the data, recognize trends and lows and make strategic decisions. The reports are simple and easy to interpret.

Cons: The use of the software can be quite confusing at first, it definitely requires some training.

Overall: I have implemented this tool across different organizations and trained users in using Lumira's visualization capabilities.

Overall: Connectivity and look and feel.

Pros: It is easy to create stories and create new data models. It is possible to create hierarchies and it has a great look and feel.

Cons: In the last version, you were able to publish into the cloud. Now it is not available anymore.

Pros: it is very useful tool in terms of data visualisation

Cons: since it is a proprietary software it is expensive and needs training for users

Overall: Very easy to use. Can create presentations with great data within few minute. You can save lot of time and hassle to figure out how to make presentations.

Pros: easy to use. save time

Overall: The most positive aspect is that it's easy to install and get started, as well as easy use various data sources. However I do miss ver much the functionality of scheduling/broadcasting reports, resulting in that I have to to that manually, resulting in that in many cases I do not use Lumira for that reason.

Pros: Easy to install and get started. Ability to use different kinds of data sources easily.

Cons: The absence of broadcasting functionality.