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Toy Story 5 and BI 2027: Two Very Different Kinds of Sequels

Dallas MarksJune 19, 2026June 18, 2026
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What Is Markdown?

Dallas MarksApril 30, 2026April 30, 2026
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Where Can I Find the SAP BusinessObjects Release Notes?

Dallas MarksApril 6, 2026April 6, 2026
Make BusinessObjects Great Again - Red Hat Meme
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Using Your Influence – How to Turn Your Ideas into Real Product Improvements

Dallas MarksFebruary 17, 2026May 26, 2026
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Getting Serious in the Sandbox

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2025February 13, 2026
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SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)

Dallas MarksOctober 30, 2025October 29, 2025
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Career Development

Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas MarksOctober 25, 2024February 22, 2026

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Administration & Security

WebiJavaGeddon III: The Kerbocalypse

Dallas MarksApril 23, 2026April 23, 2026
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I Love You Goodbye

Dallas MarksMarch 31, 2026March 31, 2026
Eileen King and I at BusinessObjects Insight 2006
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Remembering Eileen King

Dallas MarksMarch 20, 2026April 5, 2026
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Dave Rathbun’s World Famous Cookie Recipe

Dallas MarksMarch 19, 2026March 20, 2026
2014 Year in Review
Career Updates

2014 Year in Review

Dallas MarksDecember 31, 2014April 20, 2017

A personal reflection on the past year.

Sampling the Mobile BI Samples with BI 4.1
Mobile BI, Reporting

Sampling the Mobile BI Samples with BI 4.1

Dallas MarksDecember 11, 2014February 28, 2026

SAP has really done mobile-curious customers a big favor with such a useful starting point.

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Lumira & Explorer

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, R.I.P.

Dallas MarksDecember 10, 2014March 26, 2026

Is this the end of the line for SAP BusinessObjects Explorer?

SAP Lumira and Eclipse
Lumira & Explorer

SAP Lumira and Eclipse

Dallas MarksDecember 9, 2014August 27, 2019

Is SAP Lumira standing in Tableau’s shadow or merely obscured by an Eclipse?

Creating Categories for SAP Mobile BI Documents
Reporting

Creating Categories for SAP Mobile BI Documents

Dallas MarksDecember 8, 2014September 7, 2016

How to create the default categories for the Mobile BI app.

SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook
Book Review, Reporting

SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook

Dallas MarksDecember 1, 2014March 3, 2016

The SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook is a solid addition to the growing number of books about SAP analytics.

When Fish Fly
Book Review

When Fish Fly

Dallas MarksNovember 21, 2014February 28, 2026

World famous customer service can be achieved even if you aren’t, well, world-famous.

More Awesome Than Money
Book Review

More Awesome Than Money

Dallas MarksNovember 20, 2014July 20, 2017

We can and should find meaning in our life’s work. But we’ll remain empty if that’s the only place we expect to find it.

Corporate color palettes in Web Intelligence
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Corporate color palettes in Web Intelligence

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2014March 19, 2026

Web Intelligence charts can be displayed using your organization’s colors.

For Love of Country
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For Love of Country

Dallas MarksNovember 11, 2014July 20, 2017

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz challenges us to do more for our veterans.

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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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