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SAP for Me and You: Mostly Me, Hopefully You Too

Dallas MarksJuly 21, 2026July 21, 2026
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Administration & Security

What an Airbus A380 Toilet Test Taught Me About Web Intelligence Data Mode

Dallas MarksJuly 14, 2026July 14, 2026
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Toy Story 5 and BI 2027: Two Very Different Kinds of Sequels

Dallas MarksJune 19, 2026June 18, 2026
Make BusinessObjects Great Again - Red Hat Meme
PlatformReportingSAP

Using Your Influence – How to Turn Your Ideas into Real Product Improvements

Dallas MarksFebruary 17, 2026July 30, 2026
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Business Intelligence

Getting Serious in the Sandbox

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2025February 13, 2026
Hubble Deep Field
SAPSemantic Layer

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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WebiJavaGeddon III: The Kerbocalypse
Administration & Security

WebiJavaGeddon III: The Kerbocalypse

Dallas MarksApril 23, 2026April 23, 2026
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Administration & Security

SAP Security Patch Day – April 2026

Dallas MarksApril 22, 2026April 22, 2026
Make BusinessObjects Great Again - Red Hat Meme
PlatformReportingSAP

Using Your Influence – How to Turn Your Ideas into Real Product Improvements

Dallas MarksFebruary 17, 2026July 30, 2026
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Odds and Ends

Dave Rathbun’s World Famous Cookie Recipe

Dallas MarksMarch 19, 2026March 20, 2026
Collaboration
Platform

Collaboration

Dallas MarksDecember 19, 2012July 17, 2021

Without improved collaboration between SAP analytics teams, shorter development cycles and improved software quality will remain ellusive.

Desktop Intelligence, Back For a Limited Time
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Desktop Intelligence, Back For a Limited Time

Dallas MarksDecember 14, 2012April 19, 2026

Will Desktop Intelligence ever go away?

You can’t expect to make something beautiful the first time
Data Visualization, What I'm Watching

You can’t expect to make something beautiful the first time

Dallas MarksDecember 12, 2012February 24, 2026

“Your first projects are gonna suck, and that’s okay”

The Tableau Experience
Business Intelligence

The Tableau Experience

Dallas MarksDecember 10, 2012February 19, 2026

My first Tableau Experience.

Web Intelligence Default Paper Size
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Web Intelligence Default Paper Size

Dallas MarksDecember 3, 2012December 23, 2025

Like the definition of “football” and the use of the metric system, Americans also differ from most of the world…

The Fun Never Ends with 64-bit Windows and ODBC
Administration & Security, Semantic Layer

The Fun Never Ends with 64-bit Windows and ODBC

Dallas MarksNovember 19, 2012April 21, 2017

Still making fun of the Microsoft Windows ODBC panel.

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence from SAP Press now in eBook format
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SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence from SAP Press now in eBook format

Dallas MarksNovember 9, 2012February 4, 2026

Grab your iPad, Kindle or other favorite eBook reader!

Going from Stock to Custom
Administration & Security

Going from Stock to Custom

Dallas MarksNovember 1, 2012January 21, 2026

Take your BI portal from stock to custom.

The Future of Web Intelligence and Java
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The Future of Web Intelligence and Java

Dallas MarksOctober 31, 2012April 21, 2017

Some important changes regarding Java are in the works for SAP BusinessObjects BI customers.

I Can Live Without Apple’s Latest Glass Rectangle
Odds and Ends

I Can Live Without Apple’s Latest Glass Rectangle

Dallas MarksOctober 29, 2012April 21, 2017

Sure you can buy the latest Apple gadget. But you don’t have to.

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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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