Dallas Marks

Reporting, Semantic Layer

Free-Hand SQL Isn’t Free

Dallas MarksMarch 19, 2014July 20, 2017

Free-Hand SQL is a good short-term solution but a poor long-term solution.

Mobile BI

Apple Retires the iPad 2

Dallas MarksMarch 18, 2014March 3, 2016

After 3 years, Apple retires the iPad 2.

Odds and Ends

Twenty Five Years of the World Wide Web

Dallas MarksMarch 12, 2014July 20, 2017

Celebrating the 25th birthday of the world wide web.

Business Intelligence

Land and Expand

Dallas MarksMarch 11, 2014July 28, 2017

Expanding user adoption by learning from the experts.

Reporting

Nobody Ever Got Promoted for Being Live Office Product Manager

Dallas MarksMarch 10, 2014July 17, 2021

Does the birth of Microsoft PowerQuery mean the death of Live Office?

Book Review

Thinking with Data

Dallas MarksMarch 7, 2014July 20, 2017

An extremely helpful book for scoping and organizing data projects.

Platform

Less Flash, More Substance for SAP Business Intelligence Monitoring

Dallas MarksMarch 5, 2014July 20, 2017

Adobe Flash no longer belongs in enterprise software.

Lumira & Explorer, Reporting

True Desktop Intelligence With SAP Lumira

Dallas MarksMarch 4, 2014July 20, 2017

Modernizing Desktop Intelligence without leaving the desktop.

Book Review

The Year Without Pants

Dallas MarksFebruary 28, 2014July 20, 2017

Scott Berkun’s enjoyable memoir of a year without pants.

Data Visualization

Nobody Ever Got Fired for Buying Tableau

Dallas MarksFebruary 25, 2014July 20, 2017

Gartner’s 2014 Magic Quadrant for BI

Dallas Marks

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

Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas Marks Joins Need4Viz

Is BusinessObjects Still Relevant in 2025?

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

State of the BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade – October 2024

Pittsburgh BusinessObjects User Group