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Dallas MarksJanuary 28, 2026January 28, 2026
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a-ha – They’ve Got What it Takes

Dallas MarksJanuary 26, 2026January 27, 2026
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​​Building Tableau and Power BI Dashboards using Data from SAP BusinessObjects Universes

Dallas MarksDecember 16, 2025December 11, 2025
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Getting Serious in the Sandbox

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2025November 19, 2025
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Is BusinessObjects Still Relevant in 2025?

Dallas MarksJanuary 7, 2025January 28, 2025
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SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)

Dallas MarksOctober 30, 2025October 29, 2025
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Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas MarksOctober 25, 2024October 26, 2024

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Career Development

Improving Your LinkedIn Profile

Dallas MarksJuly 15, 2025October 22, 2025
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Career Development

Improving Your LinkedIn Company Profile

Dallas MarksAugust 8, 2025October 22, 2025
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My Honest Review of Tron: Ares

Dallas MarksOctober 17, 2025January 3, 2026
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Metadata is for everyone- not just for administrators

Dallas MarksNovember 22, 2023October 4, 2024
SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)
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SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)

Dallas MarksOctober 30, 2025October 29, 2025

On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Discovery and the Hubble Space Telescope into space. Around the same…

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Career Development

SAP Crystal Reports Resume Tips

Dallas MarksOctober 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Crystal Reports was first released in 1984 by a company named Crystal Services. Wikipedia has a great history of Crystal…

My Honest Review of Tron: Ares
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My Honest Review of Tron: Ares

Dallas MarksOctober 17, 2025January 3, 2026

Tron: Ares, the third installment in Disney’s Tron franchise, was released last week on October 10, 2025. Disney’s promotional trailers…

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

Dallas MarksOctober 1, 2025February 9, 2026

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

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Restoring the Brand

Dallas MarksSeptember 18, 2025

What SAP can learn from Volkswagen. In the mid 2000’s, Volkswagen came to a startling conclusion. It was successful with…

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Don’t Touch That Logo!

Dallas MarksSeptember 8, 2025September 8, 2025

Revisiting SAP’s “golden moment” in 2014. With everyone around the world nervous about financial instability and war, the news media…

Improving Your LinkedIn Company Profile
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Improving Your LinkedIn Company Profile

Dallas MarksAugust 8, 2025October 22, 2025

In my last article, Improving Your LinkedIn Profile, I encouraged you to spend a little bit of time updating your…

Improving Your LinkedIn Profile
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Improving Your LinkedIn Profile

Dallas MarksJuly 15, 2025October 22, 2025

My suggestions for your LinkedIn profile.

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Why Firefox is a Must-Watch 80’s Classic

Dallas MarksJuly 4, 2025January 3, 2026

As I indicated in my previous post, I’ve been scouring streaming channels for 80’s nostalgia, specifically Cold War nostalgia. I…

2010: The Year We Make Contact – A Closer Look
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2010: The Year We Make Contact – A Closer Look

Dallas MarksJune 27, 2025January 3, 2026

I’ve been watching a lot of 1980’s movies lately – specifically “cold war” movies. Call it nostalgia. Recently, I re-watched…

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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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