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What Is Markdown?

Dallas MarksApril 30, 2026April 30, 2026
SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 Sizing Guide
Administration & Security

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

Dallas MarksApril 22, 2026April 21, 2026
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Administration & Security

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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Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas MarksOctober 25, 2024February 22, 2026

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What’s Up, Doc?

Dallas MarksApril 4, 2026April 4, 2026
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I Love You Goodbye

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

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
Printing (or not printing) Crystal Reports with SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1
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Printing (or not printing) Crystal Reports with SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1

Dallas MarksAugust 27, 2014March 3, 2026

Some tips for getting your Crystal Reports to the BI 4.1 platform.

SAP Lumira and the Mobile Web
Lumira & Explorer, Mobile BI

SAP Lumira and the Mobile Web

Dallas MarksAugust 24, 2014March 3, 2016

Mobile First battlecry for SAP analytics has become Lumira First.

The Future of the SAP BI Platform, Again
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The Future of the SAP BI Platform, Again

Dallas MarksAugust 14, 2014April 18, 2026

Are SAP BI customers ready to trade in the Porsche 911 for a Tesla?

For SAP to win, does Tableau have to lose?
Data Visualization, Platform

For SAP to win, does Tableau have to lose?

Dallas MarksAugust 6, 2014February 18, 2026

George Peck demonstrates how to integrate the SAP BI platform with Tableau Server.

Tribes by Seth Godin, a review
Book Review

Tribes by Seth Godin, a review

Dallas MarksJuly 31, 2014

We need you to lead us.

2014 ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference
User Groups & Conferences

2014 ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference

Dallas MarksJuly 21, 2014July 17, 2021

I’m headed to Fort Worth, Texas for this year’s ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects user conference.

ASUG Kentucky Chapter Meeting on August 8, 2014
Lumira & Explorer, User Groups & Conferences

ASUG Kentucky Chapter Meeting on August 8, 2014

Dallas MarksJuly 18, 2014February 25, 2026

SAP makes better bourbon. Come to the next ASUG Kentucky meeting to learn how.

Too Many Objects in Your BI Launch Pad?
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Too Many Objects in Your BI Launch Pad?

Dallas MarksJuly 17, 2014March 3, 2016

What to do if SAP tells you that you have “too many objects”.

Adobe Flash- Dying but not Dead Just Yet
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Adobe Flash- Dying but not Dead Just Yet

Dallas MarksJuly 16, 2014March 5, 2026

Declaring Adobe Flash “dead” sadly does not make it so.

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, Third Edition
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, Third Edition

Dallas MarksJuly 7, 2014February 24, 2026

Announcing SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, Third Edition

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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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