From Live Office to Lost Office: SAP Closes a Chapter
Live Office was a plug-in for Microsoft Office created by Business Objects as part of the XI R2 platform released…
Author: Dallas Marks
I am an analytics and cloud architect, author, and trainer. An Azure-certified blogger, SAP Mentor Alumni and co-author of the SAP Press book SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting.
Everything Xcelsius is For Sale
I am in the process of giving my blog a spring cleaning. It’s kind of sad that technical blogs age…
SAP Security Patch Day – February 2026
Each month, SAP issues Security Patch Day Bulletins on the second Tuesday of every month- which has been synchronized with…
Using Your Influence – How to Turn Your Ideas into Real Product Improvements
Submit ideas to improve the SAP BusinessObjects platform and its Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence tools.
Customizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025
SAP BusinessObjects 4.3 and BI 2025 (aka BI2025 or 4.4) use a new Fiorified BI Launch Pad, so the manner…
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lumira?
The hills are alive with the sound of frustrated SAP Lumira users. Check out my latest article on the InfoSol…
Waiting for the Next Train
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
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
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
The power of the BusinessObjects universe, the semantic layer behind Web Intelligence and other SAP analytics tools, is unquestioned. As…