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Pont des Arts in Paris. Known as the "Love Lock Bridge"
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BI 2025 I’m In Love

Dallas MarksApril 11, 2025April 7, 2025
Pexels, Anna Tarazevich
Career

Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas MarksOctober 25, 2024October 26, 2024
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Odds and Ends

X Marks the Dallas

Dallas MarksJune 22, 2025June 18, 2025
BI 2025 celebration near Eiffel Tower
Business Intelligence

Is BusinessObjects Still Relevant in 2025?

Dallas MarksJanuary 7, 2025January 28, 2025
SAP BI 2025 featured image
Administration & Security

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

Dallas MarksJanuary 23, 2025January 28, 2025
Platform

State of the BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade – October 2024

Dallas MarksOctober 23, 2024January 28, 2025
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What I'm Watching

Tron: Ares

Dallas MarksApril 8, 2025April 11, 2025
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 is (Mostly) 64-bit
Platform, Reporting

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 is (Mostly) 64-bit

Dallas MarksOctober 30, 2013March 27, 2018

There’s still some 32-bit code lurking in the BI 4 platform.

Crystal Reports vs Web Intelligence
Platform, Reporting

Crystal Reports vs Web Intelligence

Dallas MarksOctober 29, 2013July 17, 2021

A valid discussion in 2003 is a false argument ten years later.

The Teavana Experience
Business Intelligence

The Teavana Experience

Dallas MarksOctober 23, 2013April 21, 2017

The Teavana Experience is the antithesis of the Starbucks Experience.

What Does the Fox Say?
Dashboards

What Does the Fox Say?

Dallas MarksOctober 22, 2013July 17, 2021

What does Andrew Fox have to say about dashboards?

Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.1
Platform

Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.1

Dallas MarksOctober 21, 2013November 20, 2023

The Server Configuration Wizard just might be the best new feature of SAP BI 4.1.

Book Review

The Business Objects Query Builder Guide

Dallas MarksOctober 18, 2013April 21, 2017

A helpful book if you use the Query Builder a lot.

Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation
Book Review

Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation

Dallas MarksOctober 17, 2013

Iconic is a beautifully photographed record of Apple innovation

Customizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 and BI 4.2
Administration & Security

Customizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 and BI 4.2

Dallas MarksOctober 16, 2013July 17, 2021

SAP BI 4.1 introduces a new look and a new wrinkle to the customization process.

Bracing For Impact
Lumira & Explorer

Bracing For Impact

Dallas MarksOctober 15, 2013November 8, 2017

Watching the data discovery vendors compete with the enterprise BI heavyweights.

Analytics at Work
Book Review

Analytics at Work

Dallas MarksOctober 10, 2013July 31, 2018

“It’s more a compass than a detailed map.”

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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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