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I am an analytics and cloud architect, author, and trainer. An AWS 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.
Garbage Collection for SAP Lumira
Lumira & Explorer

Garbage Collection for SAP Lumira

Dallas MarksApril 26, 2018August 29, 2018

The default settings for the latest edition of Lumira appear to be the preferred settings.

SAP Lumira, Discovery Edition: The Comprehensive Guide
Book Review, Lumira & Explorer

SAP Lumira, Discovery Edition: The Comprehensive Guide

Dallas MarksApril 18, 2018August 29, 2018

SAP Lumira, Discovery Edition: The Comprehensive Guide from SAP Press will help get you creating engaging data stories quickly, whether you are a first-time Lumira user or upgrading from a previous version.

Killing Explorer
Lumira & Explorer

Killing Explorer

Dallas MarksApril 16, 2018July 11, 2018

How to remove all evidence of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer.

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Lumira & Explorer, Platform, Semantic Layer

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

Dallas MarksMarch 28, 2018March 28, 2018

SAP, if you love your BI platform users, it’s time to set them free.

What we learned from 31 releases of SAP Lumira
Lumira & Explorer

What we learned from 31 releases of SAP Lumira

Dallas MarksMarch 27, 2018July 19, 2018

Baskin-Robbins, the ice cream retailer, has gotten a lot of mileage from its “Thirty-Onederful Flavors” slogan. What is less clear is how SAP fared after thirty-one releases of its Lumira data discovery software.

Everything Must Change
Business Intelligence

Everything Must Change

Dallas MarksMarch 13, 2018July 17, 2021

Like it or not, everything MUST change, including SAP’s analytics roadmap.

New BI Launch Pad Customization in SAP BI 4.2 SP5
Platform

New BI Launch Pad Customization in SAP BI 4.2 SP5

Dallas MarksMarch 7, 2018February 26, 2020

A new and much welcome enhancement for the BI Launch Pad logon screen.

State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade – February 2018
Platform

State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade – February 2018

Dallas MarksFebruary 14, 2018March 12, 2018

SAP BusinessObjects 4.1, SAP Lumira 1.x and SAP Design Studio 1.x maintenance all come to an end in 2018. Here’s how to plan for the future.

2017 Year In Review
Dallas Marks

2017 Year In Review

Dallas MarksDecember 31, 2017December 31, 2018

A personal reflection on the past year.

For the Love of Spock
What I'm Watching

For the Love of Spock

Dallas MarksNovember 10, 2017November 10, 2017

A fascinating look at the actor that made an extra-terrestrial from a cancelled 1960’s TV series into a cultural icon.

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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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