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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.
Customizing the new portals in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP4 and higher
Administration & Security, Platform

Customizing the new portals in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP4 and higher

Dallas MarksAugust 8, 2018February 12, 2026

There are some familiar customization options for the new yet unfamiliar Fiori-inspired BI Launch Pad and BI Administration Console.

Thankful for real Twitter followers
Career Development

Thankful for real Twitter followers

Dallas MarksJuly 20, 2018February 25, 2026

How I fared during this month’s Twitter purge.

Using the new commentary feature in SAP BI 4.2
Platform

Using the new commentary feature in SAP BI 4.2

Dallas MarksJuly 12, 2018July 12, 2018

Commentary is a useful new feature in SAP BI 4.2 but needs configuration beyond the default setup to work optimally.

Things Can Only Get Better
Career Development, Platform

Things Can Only Get Better

Dallas MarksJuly 6, 2018March 6, 2026

The roadmap of the SAP BusinessObjects platform makes me scared. But I won’t stop and falter. Here’s what Howard Jones taught me about SAP analytics strategy. And growing older.

Mercury 13
What I'm Watching

Mercury 13

Dallas MarksApril 27, 2018April 26, 2018

Mercury 13 is a Netflix documentary about 13 female aviators that were screened to be astronauts during the 1960’s space…

Garbage Collection for SAP Lumira
Lumira & Explorer

Garbage Collection for SAP Lumira

Dallas MarksApril 26, 2018February 10, 2026

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, 2018February 24, 2026

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 2, 2026

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.

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About Dallas Marks

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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