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July 2026 Recap – What I Wrote for Speak BO

Dallas MarksAugust 3, 2026August 3, 2026
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SAP for Me and You: Mostly Me, Hopefully You Too

Dallas MarksJuly 21, 2026July 21, 2026
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What an Airbus A380 Toilet Test Taught Me About Web Intelligence Data Mode

Dallas MarksJuly 14, 2026July 14, 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, 2026August 8, 2026
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Business Intelligence

Getting Serious in the Sandbox

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2025February 13, 2026
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SAPSemantic Layer

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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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, 2026August 11, 2026
WebiJavaGeddon III: The Kerbocalypse
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WebiJavaGeddon III: The Kerbocalypse

Dallas MarksApril 23, 2026April 23, 2026
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Odds and Ends

Dave Rathbun’s World Famous Cookie Recipe

Dallas MarksMarch 19, 2026March 20, 2026
Living on the Edge BI 3.1
Administration & Security

Living on the Edge BI 3.1

Dallas MarksMay 28, 2009March 9, 2026

SAP’s BI offering for SMB customers.

Xcelsius 2008 Dashboard Best Practices
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Xcelsius 2008 Dashboard Best Practices

Dallas MarksMay 13, 2009December 17, 2025

The bottom line? If you’re an Xcelsius 2008 user, this book belongs on your shelf.

Dashboards

Xcelsius 2008 Map Components

Dallas MarksMay 5, 2009April 24, 2017

Geographic maps available in Xcelsius 2008

Birthplace of Aviation, Victim of its Own Success
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Birthplace of Aviation, Victim of its Own Success

Dallas MarksApril 18, 2009February 19, 2026

I recently flew Airtran from the Dayton airport (DAY) out of sympathy to one of my clients. I was able…

Announcing TripIt for iPhone
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Announcing TripIt for iPhone

Dallas MarksApril 14, 2009April 28, 2017

Here’s another reason for me to justify an iPhone purchase – TripIt for the iPhone. I’ve blogged about TripIt previously…

Putting Twitter’s World to Use
Business Intelligence, Odds and Ends

Putting Twitter’s World to Use

Dallas MarksApril 14, 2009March 4, 2026

There was an interesting piece in yesterday’s New York Times about “Finding Utility in the Jumble of Tweeted Thoughts”. By…

2009 GBN User Conference – Call for Speakers – EXTENDED DEADLINE
User Groups & Conferences

2009 GBN User Conference – Call for Speakers – EXTENDED DEADLINE

Dallas MarksApril 14, 2009December 17, 2025

The deadline for the call for speakers for GBN 2009 has been extended.

How to Write Great Abstracts for SAP BusinessObjects User Conferences
Business Intelligence, Presentation Skills, User Groups & Conferences

How to Write Great Abstracts for SAP BusinessObjects User Conferences

Dallas MarksApril 10, 2009February 25, 2026

Tips on how to write a great abstracts that get accepted.

A sad short walk in the Jurassic Park
Business Intelligence, Odds and Ends

A sad short walk in the Jurassic Park

Dallas MarksApril 2, 2009

Yesterday (April fools day) was a sad day as SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics) was acquired for a mere $25 million…

2009 GBN User Conference – Call for Speakers
User Groups & Conferences

2009 GBN User Conference – Call for Speakers

Dallas MarksMarch 17, 2009December 17, 2025

From the latest GBN e-mail bulletin: SAP BusinessObjects User Conference Call for Speakers Opens Week of March 30. If you’re…

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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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