SAP Data Visualization
Data Visualization for SAP Users: An Overview and Key Considerations
What is Data Visualization?
Data visualization is the concept of using pictures to explain data. Pictorial or graphical representations of information and data can be created through visual elements such as charts, graphs, and maps. Data visualization tools can make data more accessible to decision makers by presenting trends, outliers, difficult concepts, and new patterns in a visually appealing way. Data visualization is often considered a blend between science and art.
Data Visualization Tools and Capabilities for SAP Customers
SAP provides data visualization and analytics software with SAP Lumira.
Strong data visualization capabilities can also be achieved by integrating SAP Analytics Cloud into your business intelligence landscape.
SAP HANA can enable real-time in-memory computing to third-party tools and to activities such as data visualization. In this article, Deloitte writes about how you can adopt SAP HANA as a backbone for visualization applications.
Vendors including Qlik, SimpleFi Solutions, TIBCO, and Pyramid Analytics provide data visualization capabilities in their products.
Key Data Visualization Considerations for SAPinsiders
Data Visualization for SAP Users: An Overview and Key Considerations
What is Data Visualization?
Data visualization is the concept of using pictures to explain data. Pictorial or graphical representations of information and data can be created through visual elements such as charts, graphs, and maps. Data visualization tools can make data more accessible to decision makers by presenting trends, outliers, difficult concepts, and new patterns in a visually appealing way. Data visualization is often considered a blend between science and art.
Data Visualization Tools and Capabilities for SAP Customers
SAP provides data visualization and analytics software with SAP Lumira.
Strong data visualization capabilities can also be achieved by integrating SAP Analytics Cloud into your business intelligence landscape.
SAP HANA can enable real-time in-memory computing to third-party tools and to activities such as data visualization. In this article, Deloitte writes about how you can adopt SAP HANA as a backbone for visualization applications.
Vendors including Qlik, SimpleFi Solutions, TIBCO, and Pyramid Analytics provide data visualization capabilities in their products.
Key Data Visualization Considerations for SAPinsiders
Appeal to the human mind and drive real user adoption. Mico Yuk, CEO of BI Brainz, has been in the data industry since before SAP was considered a leader in the BI market. She witnessed SAP’s acquisition of BusinessObjects and the Xcelsius visualization tool. In this Q&A article published in 2015, Yuk describes her initial passion for data visualization, the importance of being able to prove any number that you present, and the criticality of creating well-designed visualizations. “No matter how great the data, if the data visualization is poorly designed, no one will use it,” Yuk says.
Solve problems and provide elegant solutions. In an SAPinsider event presentation, SAP’s Ingo Hilgefort, Global Product Evangelist, SAP Analytics Cloud, describes best practices for data visualization. One rule of thumb: Good design means never having to say “click here.” And, be aware of the impact of title, color, and orientation. These components can set the intension of your visualization and, when altered, set a completely different impression.
Consider color and contrast. According to Hilgefort, humans can only effectively differentiate around seven color steps. Therefore, selecting the correct color scheme for your message is important to avoid simply adding qualitative colors that might confuse your audience. A sequential color scheme, says Hilgefort, can be used to order values from low to high. He recommends a divergent color scheme be used when the values are ordered and there is a critical mid-point (e.g., an average or zero). And a qualitative scheme, he says, can be used when data falls into distinct groups (e.g., products) and requires contract between adjacent colors.
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Develop Geospatial Maps and Infographics on SAP Lumira
SAP Lumira allows you to directly connect to SAP HANA analytic models to create geospatial maps and infographics. Learn the steps required to make use of this new feature with the help of an example scenario. Key Concept SAP Lumira empowers business users to create and visualize their data in infographics and reports, reducing their...…
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Managing Data with SAP Solutions: SAP HANA and non-HANA Use Cases
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Analyzing Sensor Data in SAP HANA in Real Time
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SAP Data Services Part 1: Integrating with SAP Business Suite Sources
Gain an overview of SAP Data Services and how to extract data by leveraging SAP Business Suite extractors. Key Concept SAP Data Services can integrate with the SAP Business Suite to transport data by using extractors that streamline the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) process for this type of deployment. SAP Data Services (formerly SAP...…
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Enhance Your Visualization and Analytical Capabilities for Accounts Receivable Aging Using SAP Lumira
Learn how a Fortune 500 company leveraged the visualization and ad hoc analytical capabilities of SAP Lumira to get a holistic view of its Accounts Receivable (A/R) and plan for effective remedial action to shorten the receivables cycle. Key Concept SAP Lumira takes SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) self-service to a different level by making...…
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Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Data Migration
Migration projects require iteration of data loads to better understand data, as well as close collaboration between business and IT. Beyond that, migration projects also need to be driven by software with functionality that allows you to convert legacy data into the appropriate format of your SAP solution. Discover what you need to know to...…
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SAP Data Services: Integrating with SAP Business Suite Sources
Gain an overview of SAP Data Services and how to extract data by leveraging SAP Business Suite extractors.
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Get the Most Out of SAPSprint for Server-Based Printing in Microsoft Windows
SAPSprint is the latest service for server-based printing on Windows. Learn how to install and configure this service with its default options. Drill down into the technical implementation to learn how to manage print requests, restart print processes, configure front-end printing, and include barcodes. Key Concept Processing in SAPSprint means generating print data via the...…
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Lessons Learned from an SAP HANA Cloud Platform Implementation
Key principles and facts are included in this overview of the design and implementation of a cloud application on SAP HANA Cloud Platform. Key Concept Applications consume and expose web service application program interfaces (APIs) that facilitate the re-usability of the capabilities of an application and support the integration into other applications. The following solution...…
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Configuring and Monitoring Key Performance Indicators in SAP MII
Learn how the key performance indicator (KPI) framework is implemented in SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) and how to create KPIs in SAP MII. Discover how to monitor and visualize these KPIs. Key Concept The key performance indicator (KPI) framework is a built-in feature provided by SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII)...…
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