All SAP Lumira Reviews
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Mboswobeni
Verified reviewer
Construction, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2018
Good for Job site
It help in even people using mobile to can access this site and its matterial
PROSI have used these from the third party and found it accurate to use and flexible. For them they used it as Job application site.
CONSAll that I found for this software were great indeed the speed to open the site
Vincent
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
The perfect fit for business analysts looking for a simple, self-service software to make analytics
At the beginning, SAP Lumira was a bit "half-baked", some core features were missing and that's why it did not had a good start in terms of adoption. But the dev teams have done a lot to improve the product both in terms of performance and functionalities. Now the product can perfectly compete with Tableau or so. I do even think that the tool is better than Tableau or Power BI for people looking for a SIMPLE, self-service BI tool, because it is way easier to use. Less options, but straight to the point for meaningful analysis report creation in no time.
PROSThe ease of use. Connecting to different data sources is easy, and plotting these data on charts is done by one drag and drop. You can adjust the component of your reports by freely resizing them, the UI is simple and clear to understand. The possibility to share the reports to the SAP BI ecosystem, that mostly serves all the collaborators of a company, is also a big plus.
CONSThe performance might be a bit "meh" if your laptop is not new and powerful enough. Laptop from 2014, old core and 4Go of RAM might suffer a bit, especially if you try to handle hundreds of thousands of data.
Anonymous
5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2019
Used for years, still learning
SAP has been used by our company for years, so we don’t have much experience with other systems. I will say though it’s a good central repository for information.
PROSIf you know the commands, it’s an easy to navigate system. I appreciate the amount of things you can do in one system including forecasting sales, resource planning and scheduling.
CONSThere are so many commands and when an error arises in the system, it’s hard to know what the error is for and how to resolve.
Raghavendar
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2019
Visualization tool from SAP leavening HANA and Business Objects
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.
PROSSAP 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.
CONSMarking 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.
Anonymous
10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed February 2020
Good For Data Visulisation
Once You understand the functionality its good to use. But you need to spend hours to learn it. Within same license cost other tools are available in the market.
PROSGood tool for decision making. Organizes the data well then put into the charts graphs. Good tool to analyze the data quickly. License price is not that high. It can be easily collaborated with SAP data. Can be used well to forecast.
CONSNeed to spend hours to understand the functionality. Still can have improved dashboards. Need to be more user friendly.Not available for MAC users.
Anonymous
1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed January 2022
SAP Lumira Review
Not very useful with self analytics
PROSSince it's an SAP product, the integration with SAP ECC is easy and installation is simple.
CONSThe tool is not very user friendly and not very useful for promoting self-service analytics
Reason for choosing SAP Lumira
Since the company runs on SAP, this tool was chosen. But this is not very useful for self service analytics
Anonymous
1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2018
SAP experience
I have worked with the software for 3 years, it has been a great experience to learn all the functions.
PROSIt is well organized, it has many great options depending on what are your interests.
CONSIt has many subdivisions or that sometimes is difficult to find an information.
Harold
Information Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2016
Nice and Easy Visuals
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.
PROSSeemless "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
CONSformatting, sizing and scheduling refreshes
Burak
Verified reviewer
Consumer Goods, 10,000+ employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2020
Nice for Visualization
Mostly used it with SAP HANA to connect and download data from there and all went well when publishing it to other SAP environments (Lumira Cloud and SAP Streamwork)
PROSA good tool of SAP to create visual reports for management, can be able to take the data from Excel, SAP HANA or some other sources. Once you have a good setup of datasets, the result gets amazing.
CONSCreating a new dataset is complicated, not so easy and fast to create the final report. Takes time to categorize the fields (or columns in Excel). Need a very large screen to see all, cannot work on small laptop screen.
Anonymous
501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
Adds life to messy and confusing large set of numbers
The pricing and economic feasibility makes it a useful tool
PROSThe ability to interpret, display and organize large data sets into neatly and precise charts/graphs/tables which help me make a better analysis of data and hence enable me to make much more well thought out prudent business decisions. Sap lumira allows me to physically visualize information and notice business trends.
CONSRequires supervised training to adapt to and learn which takes up effort Still needs more user friendly User Interface.
Tom
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2017
SAP Lumira is a fantastic software that is easy to use as well.
We used SAP for accounting and reporting, but the reports were hard to interpret. Even with very little background with these types of software, I was able to turn reports into easy-to-read dashboard and other graphics.
CONSThere is a bit of a learning curve for this powerful tool. Without a background or training you will be left to your own devices on how to properly present the information you want.
Mohamad
Accounting, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed December 2018
Business analysis
Easy to use ,seamless integration with SAP S4HANA and SAP ECC,can be integrated with other databases easily
CONSDesigning fancy dashboard limited to the built in tools,functionality compared to other similar product limited
Javeid
Automotive, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2016
SAP BO Lumira Reporting tool
SAP Lumira came out of SAP Business Explorer, the company's previous, but more basic, self-service data visualization tool for functional business users. My Analysts using SAP Lumira can alter data structures and correlations in whatever way they want, without the help of their IT department, then push the data back into the system so it can then be consumed by more casual users in tools like Business Explorer. One of the perfect tool to be used along with SAP HANA. Lot user-friendly for expanding the age reports involved in monthly reviews
PROSSAP Lumira can either be used in conjunction with the SAP HANA in-memory platform or without.
CONSEducations is from SAP needed
Irina
Building Materials, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2017
Great tool for visualizing data
Visualizing and creating reports using SAP data.
PROSEasy 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.
CONSThe tool Does require training. It is rather pricey and offers limited visual capabilities compared to other analytical tools.
James
Used free trial
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2016
Simple out of the box BI
Lumira is a good addition to the BI landscape. I found it very easy to work with and understand, and fairly priced. You can hook up some data sources and be up and running in very little time (as long as your source data is good of course!). It is mostly a front end tool. Don't expect to do too much complicated crunching of multiple data sets...for that other tools such as MS PowerPivots & Power BI are probably better - but for a very good, usable, BI solution to sit on top of some ready made data sets, Lumira is an excellent choice.
PROSEasy to understand Easy to get started with Easy to scale Fairly priced
CONSSome of the output formats are bit rigid Limited functionality to manipulate data before reporting (ie the 'transform layer')
Saran
Computer Software, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2017
SAP Lumira Consulting Project
I have implemented this tool across different organizations and trained users in using Lumira's visualization capabilities.
Anonymous
51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
Great for Organizing data
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.
CONSThe use of the software can be quite confusing at first, it definitely requires some training.
Anonymous
10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed July 2019
Needed for sap daahboards
Good as a backbone for universes and dashboard design studio in sap
CONSAdditional level of complexity to go wrong
Ron
Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed November 2021
Implementation Too Technical
The overall end results of some of the visualization is good.
CONSBasic implementation - getting anything to work requires technical skills that the average person does not have.
Anonymous
2-10 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2019
Best Data Visualization Software
Allows me to take a large amount of data, organize it and display it in a visually appealing way where the data is much easier to comprehend, analyze and make decisions based of such as how much of the advertising budget to allocate towards a specific advertising medium, and see where more our potential market is clustered geographically.
PROSThis software takes large amounts of messy data, organizes it, and shows them into charts and graphs thus visually mapping out the data in ways that make it easier to analyze data and make informed decisions.
CONSGreat App, only if it was available on Mac software.
Lokesh
Used free trial
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2016
Limited feature available to effectively use for Production deployment
when working with Lumira, we noticed not that many charts available to do any statical analysis. for example No Control charts, Histogram, Gantt chart, Highlight Table. Hope Lumira can incorporate some of these feature in later versions.
Steven
Used free trial
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed April 2017
Limited Drill Down Feature of Lumira
Lumira is a powerful visualization tool. It could be even more powerful if it had excel-like pivot table drill down features. Currently it requires some preparation work.
David
Used free trial
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2016
A robust BI tool
Lumira's functionality is very straightforward, allowing you to quickly run up the learning curve. After evaluating many alternatives, Lumira was the best value for the money!
Brian
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed October 2017
Is is a great product
Connectivity and look and feel.
PROSIt is easy to create stories and create new data models. It is possible to create hierarchies and it has a great look and feel.
CONSIn the last version, you were able to publish into the cloud. Now it is not available anymore.
Anonymous
1 employee
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2019
great but there are qually great alternative
it is very useful tool in terms of data visualisation
CONSsince it is a proprietary software it is expensive and needs training for users