Getting Started with SAP Lumira (Ah-Soon, Snowdon)

Build visualizations that shine!

Getting Started with SAP Lumira

written by Christian Ah-Soon, Peter Snowdon

540 pages, 2015, Print edition hardcover
ISBN 978-1-4932-1033-6 540 pages, 2015
E-book formats: EPUB, MOBI, PDF, online
ISBN 978-1-4932-1034-3 540 pages, 2015, Print edition hardcover
E-book formats: EPUB, MOBI, PDF, online
ISBN 978-1-4932-1035-0

Take your data viz up a notch with SAP Lumira! In this book, get the whole story on using SAP Lumira to create compelling infographics, storyboards, and more. Learn how to access and query data sources, create new objects, export and publish data, and use the SAP Lumira SDK to enhance and extend data sources and visualizations. With step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and detailed examples, you'll learn how to make each picture—or chart—worth a thousand words.

Learn how to model and visualize data to tell a story
Explore the entire design process, from accessing data sources to using the SDK
Find out your options for deployment, installation, and configuration

About the Book About the E-book 540 pages, hardcover, 1.5 in. Reference book format 6.9 x 9 in. Printed black and white on 60 # offset paper from sustainable sources. Smyth-sewn casebound for durability. Reader-friendly serif font (Linotype Syntax 9.5 Pt.). One-column layout. E-book in full color. PDF (50 MB), EPUB (74 MB), and MOBI file (98 MB) for download, DRM-free with personalized digital watermark. Copy and paste, bookmarks, and print-out permitted. Table of contents, in-text references, and index fully linked. Including online book edition in dedicated reader application.

In this book, you'll learn about:

Data Acquisition and Manipulation

Use SAP Lumira to retrieve data from supported data sources. Then, discover how to manipulate the data before visualization.
Storyboards, Infographics, and More

Learn how to use SAP Lumira to build a wide variety of stunning visualizations.
SDK Enhancements

Find out how to take your reports a step further with custom SDK enhancements.

Highlights include:

Data sources and acquisition
Data visualization
Custom charts
Storyboarding
Data sharing
SAP Lumira Desktop
SDK
Storyboards
Infographics

Reading Sample

»SAP Lumira is breaking the Business Intelligence rules by supporting self-service Business Intelligence.«

Christian Ah-Soon has worked for SAP BusinessObjects for 13 years as a program manager on areas like administration, security, internationalization, and installation.

Peter Snowdon is a member of the SAP Lumira product team, and has been with SAP since 2006.

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