Finding the right SAP BI Tool for Data Discovery and Analysis on SAP HANA

Current options include:
Analysis for Office
Analysis for OLAP
BI Widgets
Explorer
Live Office
Lumira
Predictive Analysis
 
Based on the SAP BI Roadmap and SAP portfolio simplication, there are only two SAP BI tools left that you should consider for Data Discovery and Analysis on SAP HANA.
 
Analysis for Office

Fulfills self-service ad-hoc analysis and data mashup schenario within Microsoft Excel.
Embed BI data into Microsoft Power Point.
Replaces the BEx Analyzer.
Connects to SAP HANA information Models via an ODBC layer.
Provides easy drag and drop functionalities.
Enables easy insertion of multiple data sources.

Lumira

  

One of  the newest BI tools offers to discover and analyze data.

Enables data access and visualization throught a selft-service tool.

Connets directly to SAP HANA Information Models for real-time data anlysis.

SAP Lumira Desktop enables connections to different data sources to merge and manipulate data, and create a new dataset which can be used for visualizations.

Lumira Desktop also provides full capabilities of acquiring data, enriching data, building visualizations, exploring data and different sharing options.

Publishes a dataset as a new Information Model to SAP HANA and uses the power of SAP HANA for further purposes.

Provides a great way to do the initial exploration and get a deep data understanding.

Offers different versions for business requirement: Lumira Desktop, Lumira Server, Lumira Cloud, and an AddOn for the SAP Business Intelligence Platform (BIP) to view Lumira content on the SAP BIP.