Using Expert Analytics from Start to Finish

The following is an overview of the process you can follow to build a chart based on a dataset. The process is not a linear one, and you can move from one step back to a preceding step to fine-tune your chart or data.
Steps to work with your data Description
Connect to your data source. If your data source is:
  • RDBMS: Enter your credentials, connect to the database server, browse and select a data source; for example, if you are connecting to SAP HANA, you select a view and cube to build your chart.
  • Flat file: Choose the columns to be acquired, trimmed, or shown and hidden.
  • Universe: Enter your universe credentials, connect to the Central Management Server repository, and select a universe to build your chart.
View and organize the columns and dimensions. You can view the data acquired as columns or as facets. You can organize the data display to make chart building easier by doing the following:
  • Create filters and hide unneeded columns
  • Create measures, time hierarchies, and geography hierarchies
  • Clean and organize the data in columns using a range of manipulation tools
  • Create columns with formulas using a wide selection of available functions
Analyze your data using predictive algorithms. Once you have acquired the relevant data in the Prepare room, switch to the Predict room and create an analysis to find patterns in the data and predict the future outcomes.
In the Predict room, you can do the following:
  • Create an analysis
  • Build predictive models
  • View analysis results
  • View model visualizations
  • Build charts
Save your analysis. Name and save the analysis that includes your charts. Analyses are saved in a document with the .lums file format in the application folder under Documents in your profile path - C:\Users\<userid>\Documents\SAP Predictive Analytics Documents
Open an existing analysis. If you open an existing analysis that is saved in .lums file format, the following is true:
  • If SAP Lumira was installed on the machine before SAP Predictive Analytics, the .lums document opens in SAP Lumira
  • If SAP Predictive Analytics is installed on the machine without any SAP Lumira instance, the .lums document opens in SAP Predictive Analytics
  • If SAP Lumira was installed on the machine after SAP Predictive Analytics, the .lums document opens in SAP Lumira
You can change this behavior by right-clicking the .lums file and associating it with the preferred tool, for example, SAP Predictive Analytics