Introduction

The topic of visualization is becoming more and more important for a fast and secure communication of information. Simple but meaningful representations of information support the decision maker better in capturing correlations, patterns or outliers than tables or decorative elements could - such as pie charts or speedometers. Good information design allows a quick and effective overview on their business.

Hichert®SUCCESS is a set of rules by Rolf Hichert which build a guideline for the correct use of meaningful visualizations in reporting.

With our graphomate charts extension, we cast Hichert®SUCCESS into a piece of software which is easy to use and fully integrated in SAP Lumira Designer. At the moment, you can use graphomate charts with SAP Lumira Designer and SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio. With our graphomate charts it is easy to represent the rules of Information Design according to Edward Tufte and Stephen Few.

SAP Lumira Designer – referred to as Designer in the following – is the successor of the Web Application Designer (WAD) from the SAP BEx-Suite. Designer is tightly linked with SAP BW, allowing a complete display of the SAP BEx-Query Designer functions. Designer uses the web technology HTML5 to issue BI-applications in the webbrowser. HTML5 is device independent and therefore mobile applications are possible.

For our graphomate charts extension Lumira Designer >= 2.0 SP03 and IE 11+ are required. For further information, for example about the deployment on the Business Intelligence Platform (BIP) or SAP Netweaver, please consult the Product Availability Matrix (PAM).