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

Dallas MarksJune 19, 2026June 18, 2026

I’ll give SAP a hat tip for some of the innovations in BI 2027. But it’s hard to ignore that one of those choices is Apache Derby, a database named after a hat style that feels stuck in another era.

Killing Explorer
Lumira & Explorer

Killing Explorer

Dallas MarksApril 16, 2018February 24, 2026

How to remove all evidence of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer.

SAP Lumira 2.0 compatibility with SAP BI platform
Lumira & Explorer

SAP Lumira 2.0 compatibility with SAP BI platform

Dallas MarksAugust 30, 2017March 26, 2018

Which versions of the BI platform are compatible with SAP Lumira 2.0?

Lumira & Explorer

When I’m Sixty-Four (Bit)

Dallas MarksApril 9, 2015March 4, 2026

SAP Lumira wonders “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four (bit)”?

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lumira (Governance)?
Lumira & Explorer

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lumira (Governance)?

Dallas MarksMarch 5, 2015January 29, 2026

Governing seven children might be easier than governing Lumira users that wanted to buy Tableau instead.

Mobile BI, User Groups & Conferences

BI to go at SAP Insider’s BI2015

Dallas MarksJanuary 8, 2015July 17, 2021

Join me at SAP Insider’s BI2015 conference in Las Vegas.

Sampling the Mobile BI Samples with BI 4.1
Mobile BI, Reporting

Sampling the Mobile BI Samples with BI 4.1

Dallas MarksDecember 11, 2014February 28, 2026

SAP has really done mobile-curious customers a big favor with such a useful starting point.

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, R.I.P.
Lumira & Explorer

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, R.I.P.

Dallas MarksDecember 10, 2014March 26, 2026

Is this the end of the line for SAP BusinessObjects Explorer?

Corporate color palettes in Web Intelligence
Administration & Security, Reporting

Corporate color palettes in Web Intelligence

Dallas MarksNovember 18, 2014March 19, 2026

Web Intelligence charts can be displayed using your organization’s colors.

Platform

Don’t Fluster the Cluster, part 2

Dallas MarksOctober 2, 2014March 2, 2016

Don’t let your BI platform become a cluster chuck!

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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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