Friday, June 10, 2016

Lumira server testings after installing 1.28/1.29

*a -Successful

Functionality Test
Successful

Successful Connection to Repository from Client Tool a
Check on demand connection to Universe a
Check on demand connection to Hana a
Check on demand connection to BW a
Check Basic navigation a
Lumira Tool bar functionality a
Edit Lumira Workbook from server a
Check Formatting same as client tools a
Check Dashboard functionality a
Check export options a


Open Doc Link generation a
Book Marks a
Scheduling Lumira Workbook a

Behaviours of Lumira Document Scheduling in BI Platform

 Only the Lumira server would understand how to run Lumira. This is just like the other servers can only run jobs for the document type they support, Crystal Reports Job server for Crystal Reports files and Webi Servers will only run WEBI files.




SAP Lumira Server for BI Platform (LS4BIP) supports scheduling of Lumira documents that are based on following data sources:
  • .UNX universe acquired using Query Panel Extension (QPE)
    • Note: Scheduling a document with prompts in the Universe data source is not supported in LS4BIP.
  • SAP Business Warehouse
  • Excel, CSV and text
    • Note: You should place the .xls/.csv/.txt file at a shared location and use UNC path while creating connection to the data source file.
Ensure you have schedule rights for the SAP Lumira document.
As of LS4BIP 1.29, HANA data sources ("Connect to HANA" or "Download from HANA") are NOT supported for scheduling.


Environment
  • SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform 4.1, SP04 and above
  • SAP Lumira Desktop, version 1.29
  • SAP Lumira Server for BI Platform, version 1.29
Resolution
In Lumira Desktop 1.29, when saving a document to BI Platform (File -> Save As > SAP BI Platform), you will see a new option "Save without Data":
  • If a Lumira document is saved with data (de-selecting the option), the .lums file will contain a snapshot of the dataset captured at the time the document was created.
  • If a Lumira document is saved without data, it will only have a connection string to the underlying data source.
    • If the document is created using "Connect to HANA" option (HANA online), dataset snapshot will NOT be saved either way

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Here is a summary of the behaviours when viewing or scheduling a Lumira document:
 Saved with DataSaved without Data
View On-demandLumira stories and visualizations are rendered with dataset snapshot captured when the document was saved to the BI PlatformLumira Server will always retrieve the latest data from the data source in order to render the stories and visualizations 
Schedule an instanceLumira Server will retrieve the latest data from the data source, and saves the document with a dataset snapshot as a new .lums file in the BI Platform file store
View a scheduled instanceLumira stories and visualizations are rendered with the dataset snapshot which was captured when the instance was scheduled
In BI Lauch Pad when editing a Lumira document, there is also an option to save it without data. The behaviour is the same as Lumira Desktop.
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