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Dallas MarksJanuary 28, 2026January 28, 2026
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a-ha – They’ve Got What it Takes

Dallas MarksJanuary 26, 2026January 27, 2026
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​​Building Tableau and Power BI Dashboards using Data from SAP BusinessObjects Universes

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Getting Serious in the Sandbox

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2025November 19, 2025
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Is BusinessObjects Still Relevant in 2025?

Dallas MarksJanuary 7, 2025January 28, 2025
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SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)

Dallas MarksOctober 30, 2025October 29, 2025
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Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas MarksOctober 25, 2024October 26, 2024

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Improving Your LinkedIn Profile

Dallas MarksJuly 15, 2025October 22, 2025
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Improving Your LinkedIn Company Profile

Dallas MarksAugust 8, 2025October 22, 2025
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My Honest Review of Tron: Ares

Dallas MarksOctober 17, 2025January 3, 2026
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Metadata is for everyone- not just for administrators

Dallas MarksNovember 22, 2023October 4, 2024
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Waiting for the Next Train

Dallas MarksFebruary 5, 2026February 4, 2026

I can’t remember the first time I met Jim Brogden, but it was likely at a BusinessObjects conference in the…

Join me at the 2026 IBIS conference
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Join me at the 2026 IBIS conference

Dallas MarksJanuary 28, 2026January 28, 2026

I’ve been selected to share three sessions at the 2026 IBIS conference at the outstanding Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, from June…

a-ha – They’ve Got What it Takes
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a-ha – They’ve Got What it Takes

Dallas MarksJanuary 26, 2026January 27, 2026

Ask a typical American on a street corner about the band a-ha and they’ll likely tell you that it’s an…

​​Building Tableau and Power BI Dashboards using Data from SAP BusinessObjects Universes
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​​Building Tableau and Power BI Dashboards using Data from SAP BusinessObjects Universes

Dallas MarksDecember 16, 2025December 11, 2025

The power of the BusinessObjects universe, the semantic layer behind Web Intelligence and other SAP analytics tools, is unquestioned. As…

Dallas Marks Joins InfoSol
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Dallas Marks Joins InfoSol

Dallas MarksDecember 1, 2025December 1, 2025

I am pleased to announce that I have joined InfoSol as a BI Technical Consultant.

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Wishing my Readers a Happy Thanksgiving

Dallas MarksNovember 24, 2025November 24, 2025

This week, Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, I am grateful that I have a new place to publish articles…

Getting Serious in the Sandbox
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Getting Serious in the Sandbox

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2025November 19, 2025

Last week, InfoSol CEO Paul Grill wrote an article entitled When to Jump Into BI 2025 and Avoid the Jellyfish.…

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The Logo Doesn’t Matter When the Food Is Cold

Dallas MarksOctober 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Next Tuesday, on November 4, I am presenting a webinar as part of the recurring Speak BO series sponsored by…

SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)
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SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)

Dallas MarksOctober 30, 2025October 29, 2025

On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Discovery and the Hubble Space Telescope into space. Around the same…

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SAP Crystal Reports Resume Tips

Dallas MarksOctober 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Crystal Reports was first released in 1984 by a company named Crystal Services. Wikipedia has a great history of Crystal…

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Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

As a cloud and analytics practitioner, author, instructional designer, and trainer, I help organizations harness the power of analytics in the cloud, on-premise, or hybrid. I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about analytics.

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