With the latest edition of our VBX, we also added a new Chart type for SAP Lumira Designer : a Gantt Chart. So lets go ahead and build a new Gantt Chart in SAP Lumira Designer. Lets assume we have a data set that looks similar to this: As you can see, we have the...
Implementing Reference Lines in SAP Lumira Designer
In the earlier blog, we discussed about The importance of Reference Lines and Bands along with some Use cases. Taking those use cases as an example let’s look at implementing one using VBX Implementing Reference Line in a chart In this blog, we will be look...
VBX – Intuitive Navigation with the Facet Filter
Part of the latest update of our VBX for SAP Lumira Designer (VBX), are a few enhancements to our popular Facet Filter, and I would like to give a quick overview of those new features. Hierarchy Support With our latest version of the Facet Filter, we now support...
Implementing Reference Bands in SAP Lumira Designer – Part1
One of the effective ways of highlighting important information or driving people’s attention towards the pain points is by using Reference bands in charts. In the earlier blog, we discussed about The importance of Reference Bands and Lines. Now, let’s us see how...
Implementing Reference Bands in SAP Lumira Designer – Part 2
In the earlier blog we looked at Implementing Reference Bands having fixed limits in SAP Lumira Designer Now let’s look at creating Reference bands for Variable Limits. Implementing Variable Limits Reference Band in a chart Sample Data Consider the...
Dynamic Conditional Formatting in SAP Lumira Designer
Conditional formatting is a powerful visualization cue used in most dashboards to help the users direct their attention to things that need attention. It enables the user to add color coding and visual cues to help highlight matters of concern or attributes that...
Scatterplot Customization in SAP Lumira Designer
At VBX, we are constantly tasked with unique visualizations requested by our customers which challenge the boundaries of what is possible in standard SAP Design Studio/ SAP Lumira Designer. This often leads to a mashup of Standard SAP Lumira Designer and VBX to...
Dumbbell (DNA) Charts in SAP Lumira Designer
Column charts might not be the ideal use case for all scenarios, especially when you have values that are very close to each other, it becomes very hard to visualize the difference between the columns. Another option and a compelling visual for the same would be...
Dot Plot – An Alternative to Column/Bar Charts
In this blog, we will be looking at dot plot and some of its variations – lollipop and dumbbell chart as an alternative to column/ bar charts Dot Plot Introduced by William Cleveland, the dot plot is a type of graph where each of the data points are marked...
Lollipop Chart in SAP Lumira Designer
Column and Bar charts are the undoubtedly one of the most effective and commonly used charts, but certain variations of the same make the dashboards look more informative. One such variation is the Lollipop chart. The lollipop chart is a variation of...