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What's New Guide: SAP Lumira

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1 About this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 SAP Lumira Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.1 New and Modified Features in SAP Lumira Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Visual Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Working with MIME Objects in SAP Lumira Documents Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Dragging and Dropping Dimensions to Data Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Dialog Box for Creating Lumira Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chart Context Menu Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Conditional Formatting Settings Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Crosstab Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Displaying Comments in Crosstabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Attribute Support in Value Help Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Selecting Values on Condition Tab in Value Help Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Feed List Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Map Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Scroll Container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Working with Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Technical Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Component API Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Export Excel Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Export PDF Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Documentation Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2 New and Modified Features for Developing Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Component SDK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 New and Modified Administration Options in SAP Lumira Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Managing Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

3 SAP Lumira Discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 New and Modified Features in SAP Lumira Discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Linked Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
X.509 Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enhancements in Publishing Datasets to SAP HANA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Export to PDF Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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 Control Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4 SAP Lumira Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.1 New and Modified Features in SAP Lumira Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Support for SAP Lumira Documents in the New SAP BI Launch Pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Support for Single Add-on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Creating SAP BW Online Documents in SAP Lumira Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Enhancements in Scheduling Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Save Without Data Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Export to PDF Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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1 About this document

The What's New Guide for SAP Lumira provides an overview of the features and enhancements that have been
added to the SAP Lumira . It directs you to the available product documentation to get you started using the
new features.

For information on how to use the features described in this document, see SAP Lumira product guides for the
appropriate release.

For the latest information on supported data sources, middleware, and service pack versions for SAP Lumira ,
see the Product Availability Matrix (PAM) available on SAP Support Portal at https://
apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/pam . Here you can enter SAP LUMIRA in the search field to retrieve the
information.

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2 SAP Lumira Designer

2.1 New and Modified Features in SAP Lumira Designer

There are new and modified features in SAP Lumira Designer.

You can find more detailed information on the features in the Application Designer Guide: Designing Analysis
Applications.

2.1.1 Visual Timer

The Visual Timer component is a new basic component.

In contrast to the technical component Timer, the Visual Timer component is visually displayed. You can use it
to execute scripts periodically or to start scripts when the user interacts with the application.

2.1.2 Working with MIME Objects in SAP Lumira Documents

Mode

You can easily work with MIME objects in SAP Lumira documents mode.

When you create a Lumira document on the BI platform or your local maschine, a new empty Lumira document
is created on the BI platform or in the SAP Lumira Documents folder of the local machine. At the same time,
the system also creates a MIME object (MIMEs) folder under the documents node.

Whenever you add MIME objects to your applications, the objects are displayed in a folder hierarchy below the
MIMEs node, reflecting the folder hierarchy in the Lumira document.. There are two types of nodes below the
MIMEs node: folders and files. The MIMEs node itself acts as a special read-only folder.

2.1.3 Dragging and Dropping Dimensions to Data Cells

If you want detailed information on a specific figure in the crosstab and want to get more detailed information,
you can now drag and drop a dimension outside the crosstab to data cells.

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2.1.4 New Dialog Box for Creating Lumira Documents

SAP Lumira 2.1 has a new dialog box for creating Lumira documents.

If you work in Lumira Documents mode in your Lumira Designer, you can now use the Create Document dialog
box. You can open the dialog box in various ways:

● Choose Create Lumira Document on the Welcome Page.

● Choose Create Document in the File menu of Lumira Designer.
● Choose Create Document in the toolbar of Lumira Designer.
● Choose Create Document in the context menu of your Local Documents folder (if you work offline) or of
your (Online) BI Platform Documents folder (if you are connected to the BI platform).

2.1.5 Application

The Application object/component now has the following additional or modified properties:

● Disable Browser Context Menu

● Browser Title
● On Scheduling
● Event Delay

2.1.6 Chart Context Menu Enhancements

The Chart context menu has been enhanced.

The following items have been added to the context menu of charts:

Enable Ad-hoc Data Comparison

The context menu item Enable Ad-hoc Data Comparison allows the application user to compare two or more
data points on a bar, column or line chart. When two data points are selected for comparison, both data points
are highlighted. The data comparison in percentage value and actual numerical value is also displayed. When
more than two data points are selected for comparison, a dialog box provides a more detailed comparison of
the data. The data comparison details depicted in the dialog include the sum, average, maximum, minimum
and median results. In addition, the dialog displays in a chart, the data points selected for comparison.

Note
The Enable Ad-hoc Data Comparison context menu item is available as a runtime feature only. It allows the
end user to compare data points while running the application. The data point comparison markers do not
persist.

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Add Trendline

The context menu item Add Trendline, allows you to show data trends in a chart. When the Add Trendline
context menu item is selected, trendlines are displayed on all data series in the chart. The types of charts that
support the Add Trendline context menu item include the following:

● bar
● column
● line
● scatter
● bubble
● time line
● time scatter
● time bubble

Edit Trendline Setting

The context menu item Edit Trendline Setting allows you to extend a trendline beyond the actual data to help
predict future values. When you select the Edit Trendline Setting from the chart context menu, a dialog appears.
The Trendline Setting dialog allows you to enter a numeric value to determine the trendline setting in periods.
For example, if the trendline setting is changed to the number 3, the linear trendline forecasts three periods
ahead, and can show an upward or downward trend.

Remove Trendline

The context menu item Remove Trendline removes trendlines from all data series in the chart.

2.1.7 Conditional Formatting Settings Enhancements

The Conditional Formatting Settings technical component has been enhanced.

The following changes have been made to the Conditional Formatting Settings technical component:

Conditional Formatting Rule Manager

The enhanced Conditional Formatting Rule Manager dialog user interface allows you to add new measure and
dimension rules is a more intuitive way. You can also add multiple rules to one ruleset, based on the measure or
dimension you have selected.

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Apply Symbols to Crosstabs

You can select to apply a symbol to a crosstab. The options available include:

● none
● status symbol
● trend ascending
● trend descending
● trend gray

Add BEx Level Exceptions

You can create a conditional formatting rule based on BEx level exceptions. This feature is enabled by setting
the Enable BEx Level Exceptions property of the Conditional Formatting Settings technical component to the
value true. You can apply multiple conditional formatting settings to different BEx exception levels, and apply
them to a crosstab or chart. BEx Level exceptions have lower priority when used in combination with user-
defined rules.

Show Conditional Formatting Items

Using the Show Conditional Formatting Items chart property, you can decide that the conditional formatting
settings are displayed in the legend of a chart. You can also decide to maintain the original legend items, by
selecting the Keep Original Legend Items chart property. These properties are in the Legend area of the
Properties tab, within the Configure Chart dialog.

2.1.8 Crosstab Component

The Crosstab component has some new or modified properties.

The following properties have been added:

● Comments Visible

The following properties have been changed:

● Drag and Drop Enabled

2.1.9 Displaying Comments in Crosstabs

If you have created comments for data cells, header cells, or dimensions, you can display them in the crosstab.

After you have created comments for data cells, header cells, or dimensions with the technical component
Comments, you can display these comments in the crosstab.

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2.1.10 Attribute Support in Value Help Dialog Box

In the Value Help dialog box you can now change the display mode and visible attributes of the dimension.

You can set the display mode to either Key, Text, Text and Key, or Key and Text.

It there are attributes for the dimension, you can display them by clicking the checkbox next to the attribute's
name.

Also, search can now be performed on a specific display mode or attribute. Just select the key that the search
should be performed for. If you choose Default, the search will be performed on the visible display modes (key
and/or text).

2.1.11 Selecting Values on Condition Tab in Value Help Dialog

Box

When you define conditions in the Value Help dialog box, you can now use an additional value help dialog box to
enter a specific value.

You can now use a value help dialog box on every input field and select a value. This will enter the
corresponding key for you. In the new dialog box you can also search for a value. The search will be reset when
the dialog is closed.

The new value help dialog box supports only single selection and does not show the conditions tab itself.

To open the dialog box, click on the value help symbol next to the input field.

2.1.12 Feed List Component

The Feed List is a basic component that allows you to display a list of feed items.

With the Feed List component, you can enhance how feed items are displayed in an application. For example,
you can use the Feed List with the Comments technical component. Used in conjunction with the Comments
technical component, the Feed List component offers a nice way to list comments in a Lumira document. Each
feed item has an id. The feed item id is always required when combining a selected feed item with another
entity. If you try to add a feed item without an id, the feed item will not be added to the Feed List.

Through scripting you can add items to the Feed List that have the following properties:

● text
● author
● author id
● icon
● info
● updateTime
● id

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2.1.13 Map Enhancements

The Map component has been enhanced.

Map Configuration

The configuration of all layers and properties of the Map component is now done using the Configure Map
dialog. To access the Configure Map dialog, select the ellipsis button beside the Map Configuration property of
the Map component. The Configure Map dialog provides two tabs - Map and Properties. The Map tab properties
are now divided up into the following categories: Map and Properties.

Context Menu

The context menu cog wheel allows you to manipulate the map layers in the following ways:

● move up
● move down
● clear
● delete layer

Layer Types

the layer types are now referred to as follows:

● choropleth
● bubble
● marker
● pie

Adjust Boundaries

You can automatically adjust the boundaries of the Map to suit the current size, using the Adjust Boundaries
general property.

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2.1.14 Scroll Container

The Scroll Container component enables or disables horizontal or vertical scrolling on supported container
components.

With the Scroll Container component you can enable users to scroll horizontally or vertically in containers when
they run their applications. Simply drop the Scroll Container into another component, and users can then scroll
horizontally, vertically or both, depending on the property settings in the design tool. Behavior of the Scroll
Container can change, depending on the parent container settings. Touch scrolling is also possible on all touch
enabled devices using SAP BusinessObjects Mobile, Open Document, the BI platform, or in local mode.

The Scroll container can be used with the following container components:

● dialog
● panel
● popup
● story
● tabstrip
● pagebook (vertical scrolling only)

2.1.15 Working with Templates

Some changes have been made to the set of SAP Lumira Designer templates.

SAP Lumira Designer offers you a set of standard (both blank and predefined) and ready-to-run templates and
samples that serve various design and business needs. When you choose a template, the system automatically
creates a copy of it. You can change the copy according to your needs.

For SAP Lumira Designer the following changes have been made::

● The Generic Analysis Template has been reworked.

● The Samples are new and can be used for demonstration purposes. You can copy, edit or modify the
samples to suit your own composites or applications. The following samples are available::
○ The Dashboard Sample City Analysis shows you a typical Dashboard example with KPI Tiles, Map,
charts, and how these components interact with one another.
○ Within the Feature Samples you can find composites (for example, the bookmark dialog, export to PDF
dialog, comments dialog, card) and their related application. You can open the composites in Lumira
Designer to see how they are designed, and execute the related applications to see how these
functions work at runtime.

Note
Please note SAP cannot provide OSS support for these samples.

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2.1.16 Technical Components

There are new technical components in SAP Lumira Designer.

The following technical components have been added:

● Application List
● Comments
● Components

2.1.16.1 Application List

Use the Application List technical component to create a list of bookmarks created in other applications. These
bookmarks can be launched from within the current application.

You can apply the Application List technical component to an application to avail of the functionality that allows
the user to return a list of bookmarks. The bookmarks that are returned by the Application List can come from
multiple documents and applications. Using this component, you can create an application from where the
user can access and launch their list of bookmarks. When they select a bookmark from the list, the application
that contains that bookmark is launched.

You can apply filters to refine the list. The filter type Access Type is a mandatory filter. This filter determines if
the listed bookmarks are Personal or Global. You can also filter the list of bookmarks returned by Folder or
Owner. Both Folder and Owner are optional filters.

For each bookmark listed in the Application List component, a list of bookmark properties can also be returned.
Bookmark properties are based on the BookmarkProperties constant, and include the following:

● id
● title
● description
● group
● folder
● accessType
● readOnly
● creationTime
● lastModifiedTime
● documentTitle
● owner

2.1.16.2 Comments

Use the Comments technical component to add comments to your Lumira document.

The functionality provided by the Comments technical component allows users to create and view comments
in Lumira documents. To avail of this functionality, you must add the Comments technical component to the
Outline view of the design tool. When the Comments technical component is added to the design tool, the

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scripting methods associated with the comments functionality are available in the script editor. Comments can
be applied to a Lumira document in the following ways:

● the entire document

● a data cell
● a dimension
● a dimension member
● a context

There are different contexts in which the comments apply to a document (.lumx file). The different types of
contexts include the following:

● DATA
● MEMBER
● DIMENSION
● CONTEXT
● NONE

Comments can be saved and retrieved in local mode and on the BI platform as a platform service.

2.1.16.3 Components

Components is a technical component.

You can use the Components technical component to allow users to dynamically create components such as
charts, basic components etc. at runtime. Users can also dynamically connect these components to a data
source. To avail of this functionality you must add the Components technical component to the application.

2.1.17 Component API Reference

The former API Reference is no longer part of the Application Designer Guide. You can find the new Component
API Reference on the SAP Help Portal page of SAP Lumira .

The new online format offers you the following possibilities and advantages:

● navigate the documentation hyperlinks of the classes

● search classes
● group classes by name or type
● generate a print version of class documentation

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The Component API reference for SAP Lumira Designer has been enhanced as follows:

New Methods

The following methods are new:

● Methods relating to the object ActionSheet:

○ setItemEnabled
○ setItemVisible
● Methods relating to the object Application:
○ getSchedulingMode
○ releaseAndSuspend
● Methods relating to the object Application List:
○ getBookmarkProperties
○ getBookmarkUrl
● Methods relating to the object com.sap.ip.bi.VisualTimer (Visual Timer):
○ isRunning
○ isVisible
○ setInterval
○ setVisible
○ start
○ stop
● Methods relating to the object Comments:
○ create
○ delete
○ getComment
○ getComments
○ setContent
● Methods relating to the object Components:
○ copyProperties
○ createBinding
○ createComponent
○ createDataSource
○ deleteComponent
○ getBinding
○ getComponent
○ getDataSource
○ getRootContainer
● Methods relating to the object Composite:
○ getText
○ getVisible
○ setVisible
● Methods relating to the object CompositeProperties:
○ fireEvent

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 ○ prepareUrlForApplicationUsage
○ prepareUrlForCompositeUsage
● Methods relating to the object Composites:
○ clone
○ delete
○ list
○ setDescription
○ setTitle
● Methods relating to the object Conditional Formatting Settings:
○ openRulesDialog
● Methods relating to the object DataCellBinding:
○ setDataSelection
○ setDataSource
● Methods relating to the object DataSetBinding:
○ setDataSelection
○ setDataSource
● Methods relating to the object DataSourceAlias:
○ copyVariableValuesTo
○ getBackgroundFilters
○ getDataSelections
○ getMember
○ setMemberAccessMode
○ setMemberDisplay
● Methods relating to the object Export Excel:
○ setComponents
● Methods relating to the object Export PDF:
○ setAppendixCommentsVisible
○ setComponentsToFitPageWidth
● Methods relating to the object com.sap.ip.bi.FeedList (Feed List):
○ addItem
○ getSelectedItem
○ isVisible
○ removeAllItems
○ removeItem
○ setItems
○ setVisible
● Methods relating to the object Scroll Container:
○ isVisible
○ setVisible
● Methods relating to the object Story:
○ setSelectedPage

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New Fields

The following fields are new:

● BookmarkProperties
○ documentName
○ owner
● BookmarkPropertiesQueryValues
○ folderId
○ ownerId
● Comment
○ author
○ authorId
○ creationTime
○ icon
○ id
○ info
○ isPublic
○ lastModifiedTime
○ text
● CommentCreationValues:
○ context
○ contextType
○ dataSource
○ isPublic
● CommentQueryValues:
○ context
○ contextType
○ dataSource
○ isPublic
○ order
○ sortBy
● CompositeInfo
○ description
○ id
○ lastEditedWith
○ title
● FeedItem:
○ author
○ authorId
○ icon
○ id
○ info
○ lastModifiedTime
○ text

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New Constants

The following constants are new:

● CommentContextType
○ CONTEXT
○ DATA
○ DIMENSION
○ MEMBER
○ NONE
● CommentSortBy
○ CREATED_ON
○ LAST_MODIFIED
● KeyDisplayType
○ EXTERNAL_KEY
○ EXTERNAL_MIXED_COMPOUNDED_KEY
○ EXTERNAL_NONCOMPOUNDED_KEY
○ INTERNAL_KEY
○ INTERNAL_NONCOMPOUNDED_KEY
● SchedulingMode
○ NONE
○ PDF_REPORT
● StoryPageSelection
○ FIRST
○ LAST
○ NEXT
○ PREVIOUS
● TextDisplayType
○ LONG_TEXT
○ MIDDLE_TEXT
○ SHORT_TEXT

2.1.18 Export Excel Enhancements

You can use the Excel Export technical component to export data sources to Microsoft Excel.

This feature enables the application user to select and export data sources from Lumira Designer into
Microsoft Excel. Data exports the same way as it is displayed in the initial view of the data source. Expanded
hierarchies or expanded multiple hierarchies in either columns or rows, or both, export to Microsoft Excel in the
same expanded state as shown in the data source. A separate tab for each data source is created in the
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The order in which the tabs are created matches the order of the selection made
in the Components property of the Export Excel technical component.

In Microsoft Excel 2007, the data source metadata is not exported.

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2.1.19 Export PDF Enhancements

The Export PDF technical component has been enhanced.

The following enhancements have been made to the Export PDF feature:

Fit to Page Width

The Components to Fit Page Width property within the Design area of the Export PDF technical component
properties is used to specify the components that scale to fit the page width of the exported PDF. The page
width is determined by the settings within the Paper Size and Orientation properties. Currently this property
applies to the Crosstab component only. Select the Components to Fit Page Width property ellipsis button to
call the Select Components dialog. The Select Components dialog allows you to decide which crosstab to fit to
the PDF page width. If there are no components selected to fit to page width, and if the Crosstab does not fit
the width of the page, the Crosstab is split across multiple pages.

Note
The components will only scale down to fit to page width. Components will not scale up to fill available space
on the PDF page, if extra space is available.

Include Comments in PDF Appendix

Certain types of comments that are added within a Lumira document (.lumx file), can be included for export to
PDF. The exported comments are added within a specific comments area of the PDF appendix. To add
comments to the appendix, set the value to true in the Comments Visible property within the Appendix area of
the Export PDF technical component properties.

The following types of comments can be added to the appendix:

● comments with a context type Context

● comments with context type None

Note
The Appendix Visible property must be set to the value true to allow comments to appear in the appendix.

Formatting to Metadata in Headers and Appendix

The export to PDF feature applies enhanced formatting in the crosstab, in the metadata of the header, and in
the metadata of the appendix.

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When a crosstab is exported to PDF, there is now a visual contrast between cell content and the column and
row headers. This formatting offers the user a visual representation that looks more like the original view of the
crosstab in the design tool. The following elements are formatted within the crosstab:

● column headers
● row headers

Formatting is also applied to the metadata in the header in the exported PDF. Instead of listing all values beside
the filter or variable names in the header, the number of filters or variables is displayed in the header in
brackets. This improved formatting means that the user can more clearly see the filter and variable names
within the headers in their exported PDF. The following elements are formatted within the header metadata:

● variable names and values

● filter names and values

Formatting is applied to the metadata exported to the PDF appendix. Instead of listing all values beside the
filter or variable names in the appendix in a non-formatted way, the values are indented and italicised. The user
can clearly identify each variable and filter name and their corresponding values.

● variable names and values

● filter names and values

2.1.20 Documentation Enhancements

The “Application Designer Guide: Designing Analysis Applications” has been enhanced in the following areas:

● The documentation for working with background processing has been enhanced to give more details on
how to make the application more responsive and to improve the application’s perceived performance..

2.2 New and Modified Features for Developing Extensions

Some features for developing extensions with the Component SDK have been added or modified.

You can find more detailed information on the features in the Developer Guide: Component SDK.

2.2.1 Component SDK

The Component SDK has been enhanced.

● A new sample component provides an SAP UI5 m RichTextEditor control as an SDK component.
● The option includeAllDimensionsAndMeasures specifies whether to include all dimensions and
measures of a result set in the Metadata Runtime JSON.

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2.3 New and Modified Administration Options in SAP
Lumira Designer

Administrator have both new and modified options.

You can find more detailed information on the options in the Administrator Guide: SAP Lumira .

2.3.1 Managing Comments

Manage comments on Lumira documents using the BI Commentary service on the BI platform.

The creation and sharing of comments on Lumira documents (.lumx files) relies on the BI Commentary service
on the BI platform. To enable users to work with comments on the BI platform, you must make sure you have
set the necessary rights.

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3 SAP Lumira Discovery

3.1 New and Modified Features in SAP Lumira Discovery

There are new and modified features in SAP Lumira Discovery.

You can find more detailed information on the features in the End User: SAP Lumira Discovery.

3.1.1 Linked Analysis

Linked analysis lets you define how charts interact. You select dimensions on a source chart and its related
actions occur in the target charts (secondary charts).

You can use linked analysis for charts that are based on the same dataset, or for charts that are based on
different datasets that contain linked dimensions.

3.1.2 Filters

Additional features have been provided for filters.

● Filter on Measure: You can filter on a measure, to filter data based on certain conditions in a visualization.
Measures contain quantitative data, so filtering this type of data generally involves filtering certain ranges
of values.
● In earlier releases, the dimension and the hierarchy levels were displayed as as flat list in the filter pop-up.
With this release, when you filter a dimension that includes a dimension hierarchy, you can expand or
collapse the nodes of the hierarchy to show or hide dimensions. This lets you select child nodes of specific
dimension members.

3.1.3 Preview

Several features have been added to preview.

● You can switch between stories by choosing from the Story list.
● You can navigate between pages using left or right navigation, or you can type the page number to display
the desired page.

● You can select (Fit to Width) to adjust the page size to the available screen space.

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● You can select (Fit to Height) to adjust the page size to the available screen space.

● You can select (Fit to Content) to adjust the screen space.

● You can select (Actual Size) to retain the original screen space.

3.1.4 X.509 Authentication

Lumira Discovery supports X.509 authentication to SAP BI platform via SAP Secure Login Client.

SAP Secure Login Client is an SAP software that handles X.509 authentication and stores the generated X.509
certificate and/or Kerberos token after successful authentication. These certificates or tokens are used by SAP
applications to log on to SAP systems without entering user credentials.

3.1.5 Enhancements in Publishing Datasets to SAP HANA

In a SAP Lumira document, you can publish a dataset to an SAP HANA system, using both local connections
and managed OLAP connections.

3.1.6 Export to PDF Enhancements

Enhancements have been been made to the Export to PDF feature.

● If a visualization consists of Crosstab charts, then you can either include all Crosstab charts or select the
required Crosstab charts you want to export.
● The Crosstab charts are added to the Appendix in its expanded format.
● If the table size exceeds the page limit, then the table is printed on successive pages in the exported PDF
file.

3.1.7 Control Enhancements

You can customize the Control Type dialog with enhanced formatting features. The dialog is divided into a
Header that contains the selected dimension and the Footer that contains filtered values. You can edit the
header and footer separately.

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4.1 New and Modified Features in SAP Lumira Server

This section provides a list of new and modified features in SAP Lumira Server. You can find more detailed
information on the features in the End User Guide: SAP Lumira Server.

4.1.1 Support for SAP Lumira Documents in the New SAP BI

Launch Pad

The new fiorified SAP BI Launch Pad is a redesigned version of BI Launch Pad, with which you consume SAP
Lumira documents in a new way. You can view the documents from a new unified viewer. The new fiorified BI
Launch Pad comes with the same features as the earlier BI Launch Pad, plus some extra functionalities that
helps you interact more easily with documents. With SAP BI Lunch Pad on SAP BI Platform 4.2 SP05 version,
then you can leverage the latest version of SAP Lumira Server and its advanced functionalities.

4.1.2 Support for Single Add-on

SAP BusinessObjects Lumira now offers support for single add-on.

With combined server side add-on, you can open stories (created with Lumira Discovery) and analysis
applications (created with Lumira Designer) and they appear the same for authors and for consumers.

SAP Lumira Server is installed on the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform and hosts the execution runtime of
Lumira documents that are created from Lumira Discovery and Lumira Designer as well as analysis
applications created with Lumira Designer or Design Studio. Administrators manage and secure Lumira
documents and analysis applications with standard tools and mechanisms of the BI platform. Business users
can viewLumira documents and analysis applications from the BI Launchpad in desktop browsers. They can
interact with data (filtering, sorting, ranking, for example), adapt visualizations, create and share personal
views (bookmarks), export data, and print Lumira documents.

4.1.3 Creating SAP BW Online Documents in SAP Lumira

Server

In SAP Lumira Server you can create an SAP Lumira (.lumx) document by acquiring data directly from SAP
BW.

Instead of modifying a document created in Lumira Discovery, you can now acquire data from SAP BW in SAP
Lumira Server and create both online and offline SAP BW documents.

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4.1.4 Enhancements in Scheduling Documents

You can schedule both online and offline documents in SAP BI Launch Pad and CMC from this release.
However, you can only schedule online documents that were created using an SSO or Predefined connection.

4.1.5 Save Without Data Enhancements

A new permission, Allow save without data only, enhances security for saving an SAP Lumira document without
sensitive data in SAP Lumira Server..

If you have this right, then in BI Launch Pad you cannot uncheck the Save without data option and hence the
document is saved with sensitive data.

4.1.6 Export to PDF Enhancements

The Export File as PDF permission in the CMC now controls whether you have the right to export a story or
visualization to PDF from SAP Lumira Server.

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