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Toy Story 5 and BI 2027: Two Very Different Kinds of Sequels

Dallas MarksJune 19, 2026June 18, 2026
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What Is Markdown?

Dallas MarksApril 30, 2026April 30, 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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Career Development

Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas MarksOctober 25, 2024February 22, 2026

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Administration & Security

WebiJavaGeddon III: The Kerbocalypse

Dallas MarksApril 23, 2026April 23, 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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Odds and Ends

Dave Rathbun’s World Famous Cookie Recipe

Dallas MarksMarch 19, 2026March 20, 2026
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Career Development, User Groups & Conferences

What I learned about being an SAP rock star from Van Halen

Dallas MarksMay 22, 2012February 24, 2026

What I learned from David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen at ASUG/SAP SAPPHIRE 2012.

State of the Dashboard
Dashboards

State of the Dashboard

Dallas MarksApril 19, 2012February 26, 2026

What is the state of the SAP Dashboard?

The Future of SAP Dashboards
Dashboards

The Future of SAP Dashboards

Dallas MarksApril 18, 2012March 18, 2026

Analysis of SAP’s long-anticipated statement of direction (SOD) for dashboards

Object Formatting with the Information Design Tool
Semantic Layer

Object Formatting with the Information Design Tool

Dallas MarksApril 17, 2012March 4, 2026

Something’s missing but I can’t seem to put my finger on it…

Administration & Security

Exotic Destinations in SAP BusinessObjects BI4

Dallas MarksApril 9, 2012April 21, 2017

A modest but very welcome enhancement to the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform.

Odds and Ends

Hell Freezes Over – Desktop Intelligence returns to SAP BusinessObjects BI Suite

Dallas MarksApril 1, 2012July 17, 2021

Desktop Intelligence is returning to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform.

My StrengthsFinder 2.0 Results
Career Development, Career Updates

My StrengthsFinder 2.0 Results

Dallas MarksMarch 30, 2012March 3, 2026

Do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI Updates
Mobile BI

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI Updates

Dallas MarksMarch 29, 2012March 8, 2026

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.0.4 and Mobile BI 4.1 are available in the Apple iTunes store.

Book Review, Career Development

StrengthsFinder 2.0

Dallas MarksMarch 29, 2012March 20, 2026

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?

Between an Xcelsius Rock and Dashboard Hard Place
Dashboards

Between an Xcelsius Rock and Dashboard Hard Place

Dallas MarksMarch 27, 2012February 25, 2026

Xcelsius is not dead. But neither is speculation about its future.

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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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