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Articles about the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform

Flustering the Cluster with Inconsistent DB Parameters
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Flustering the Cluster with Inconsistent DB Parameters

Dallas MarksMarch 5, 2012February 24, 2026

Too much party time in Vegas? Or just an inability to read my own documentation?

Ten Features That Absolutely Must Be in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3
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Ten Features That Absolutely Must Be in BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3

Dallas MarksJanuary 23, 2012April 22, 2026

My wish list for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3. Or 4.

Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.0
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Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.0

Dallas MarksNovember 8, 2011March 9, 2026

SAP BusinessObjects server sizing is part art and part science. And possibly a little magic.

Browser Envy, Revisited
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Browser Envy, Revisited

Dallas MarksOctober 19, 2011April 28, 2017

Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is a key priority for many SAP BusinessObjects customers.

Adaptive Processing Servers in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0
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Adaptive Processing Servers in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0

Dallas MarksSeptember 7, 2011February 24, 2026

How many adaptive processing servers will you need?

Waiting on SAP BusinessObjects BI4
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Waiting on SAP BusinessObjects BI4

Dallas MarksSeptember 2, 2011March 8, 2026

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is scheduled to become generally available (GA) on Friday, September 16, 2011.

Whacking the WACS
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Whacking the WACS

Dallas MarksMay 4, 2011April 28, 2017

How to remove the WACS server if you’re not using it.

Don’t Fluster the Cluster
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Don’t Fluster the Cluster

Dallas MarksApril 13, 2011February 24, 2026

An improperly designed architecture may cause your cluster to become fluffed.

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Getting the most out of your Web Intelligence Processing Servers

Dallas MarksApril 6, 2011

Matthew Shaw helps us get the most out of our Web Intelligence Processing Servers

New Xcelsius Servers in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP3
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New Xcelsius Servers in SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP3

Dallas MarksMarch 28, 2011February 18, 2026

The debut of the Dashboard Cache Server and Dashboard Processing Server

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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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