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Is it a bug or a feature?
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Is it a bug or a feature?

Dallas MarksOctober 1, 2025September 30, 2025

I say “bug”, SAP says “enhancement request”. Who’s right?

Where Can I Find the Sizing Guide for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 2025?
Administration & Security

Where Can I Find the Sizing Guide for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 2025?

Dallas MarksJanuary 29, 2025January 29, 2025

The SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 sizing guide has not yet been published, but I’ll post a link here as soon as it are available.

All That You Can’t Leave Behind – Preparing for SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025
Administration & Security

All That You Can’t Leave Behind – Preparing for SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025

Dallas MarksJanuary 23, 2025January 28, 2025

How to prepare for the arrival of SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025.

Metadata is for everyone- not just for administrators
Administration & Security

Metadata is for everyone- not just for administrators

Dallas MarksNovember 22, 2023October 4, 2024

Metadata is for everyone, not just administrators. SAP should revisit recent decisions about its BusinessObjects Query Builder.

Where Can I Find the Sizing Guide for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.3?
Administration & Security

Where Can I Find the Sizing Guide for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.3?

Dallas MarksNovember 21, 2023January 28, 2025

While I’m thankful that the sizing guide has been updated and placed in a logical location, I hope we’ll see a version 1.1 or version 2.0 updated for the forthcoming SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.3 Support Pack 4, the last support pack before the next major release of the platform, BI 2025.

Getting ready for SAP BusinessObjects 4.3 Support Pack 4
Administration & Security

Getting ready for SAP BusinessObjects 4.3 Support Pack 4

Dallas MarksNovember 20, 2023October 4, 2024

Still hanging on to Dashboards, Desktop Intelligence, and Explorer? SAP has a cleanup script for you.

Google Chromageddon
Administration & Security

Google Chromageddon

Dallas MarksAugust 22, 2019August 22, 2019

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

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…

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.

Where Can I Find the Sizing Companion for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2?
Administration & Security

Where Can I Find the Sizing Companion for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2?

Dallas MarksJune 26, 2017November 20, 2023

After a three-year hiatus, the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Sizing Guide receives some much-needed updates.

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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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