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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.
SAP HANA Date Functions
SQL

SAP HANA Date Functions

Dallas MarksJanuary 16, 2020March 4, 2026

Learn how to use SAP HANA date functions to determine the number of years, months, days, seconds and milliseconds since the SAP acquisition of BusinessObjects.

Does Your Database Know Which Week It Is?
SQL

Does Your Database Know Which Week It Is?

Dallas MarksJanuary 15, 2020February 10, 2026

Where can you find the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform maintenance schedule calendar? SAP Release Calendar SAP maintains a release calendar…

Google Chromageddon
Administration & Security

Google Chromageddon

Dallas MarksAugust 22, 2019April 24, 2026

June 5, 2019 is a day that will live in infamy for SAP BusinessObjects administrators. It was the date that…

Which Browser Is Best for SAP Analytics?
Reporting

Which Browser Is Best for SAP Analytics?

Dallas MarksFebruary 15, 2019February 22, 2026

For many years, Internet Explorer (IE) was the only browser most organizations cared about. Not anymore.

Administration & Security

Zombie Web Assistant in Fiori BI Launch Pad

Dallas MarksJanuary 23, 2019February 7, 2019

Starting with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2 SP5, SAP began shipping a new BI Launch Pad built using Fiori design…

SAP Lumira, Designer Edition: The Comprehensive Guide
Book Review

SAP Lumira, Designer Edition: The Comprehensive Guide

Dallas MarksJanuary 2, 2019February 10, 2026

A solid guide for new and experienced SAP Lumira Designer professionals.

Fender Play Provides Guitar Lessons Using Amazon AWS Serverless Technologies
Cloud Computing

Fender Play Provides Guitar Lessons Using Amazon AWS Serverless Technologies

Dallas MarksDecember 5, 2018February 7, 2019

Is your favorite internet hangout powered by Amazon AWS?

New Quarterly Release Schedule for SAP Analytics Cloud
Administration & Security

New Quarterly Release Schedule for SAP Analytics Cloud

Dallas MarksNovember 28, 2018February 7, 2019

With SAP Analytics Cloud’s new release schedule, you can slow down and speed up at the same time.

Old dogs, new tricks
Career Development

Old dogs, new tricks

Dallas MarksOctober 29, 2018July 17, 2021

My fellow SAP analytics professionals and I are reacting to an altered career landscape.

Twitter Purge, Part Two
Career Development

Twitter Purge, Part Two

Dallas MarksAugust 22, 2018July 17, 2021

Looks like I spoke too soon about being unaffected by Twitter’s purge.

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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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