Connecting Lumira to a BW Infoprovider

(While evaluating Lumira, after watching promoclips, reading papers and working with the free trial some questions are still unanswered. I kindly ask you for help… Supporting a clear structure, I decided to open a separate thread for each question.)
Is it possible to connect Lumira directly to a BW Infoprovider (DSO, Cube)? I didn’t found a clear answer, mostly I heard about connecting Lumira to BW query…
Any help would be appreciated, thank you in advance!

Hi,
Yes, If you are using SP17, there is a BW connector feature.
By my understanding, it is designed for accessing BEx Queries. (but perhaps Cubes are browseable too, I haven't checked)
Certainly however, If you have BusinessObjects BI4, you can federate a Universe over BW Infoproviders using semantic layer. This Universe can then be consumed via BIPlatform into Lumira.
FYI the Help guides are over here: SAP Lumira – SAP Help Portal Page
Regards,
H

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