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SAP Security Patch Day – April 2026
Administration & Security

SAP Security Patch Day – April 2026

Dallas MarksApril 22, 2026April 22, 2026

SAP’s April 14, 2026 security bulletin has 3 vulnerabilities for BusinessObjects administrators.

SAP Security Patch Day – February 2026
Administration & Security

SAP Security Patch Day – February 2026

Dallas MarksMarch 3, 2026April 22, 2026

Each month, SAP issues Security Patch Day Bulletins on the second Tuesday of every month- which has been synchronized with…

Dallas Marks Joins Need4Viz
Career Updates

Dallas Marks Joins Need4Viz

Dallas MarksJune 24, 2024October 30, 2025

I am pleased to announce that I have joined Need4Viz as a Senior Consultant.

Customizing the new portals in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP4 and higher
Administration & Security, Platform

Customizing the new portals in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP4 and higher

Dallas MarksAugust 8, 2018February 12, 2026

There are some familiar customization options for the new yet unfamiliar Fiori-inspired BI Launch Pad and BI Administration Console.

Using the new commentary feature in SAP BI 4.2
Platform

Using the new commentary feature in SAP BI 4.2

Dallas MarksJuly 12, 2018July 12, 2018

Commentary is a useful new feature in SAP BI 4.2 but needs configuration beyond the default setup to work optimally.

Killing Explorer
Lumira & Explorer

Killing Explorer

Dallas MarksApril 16, 2018February 24, 2026

How to remove all evidence of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer.

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Lumira & Explorer, Platform, Semantic Layer

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

Dallas MarksMarch 28, 2018March 2, 2026

SAP, if you love your BI platform users, it’s time to set them free.

Everything Must Change
Business Intelligence

Everything Must Change

Dallas MarksMarch 13, 2018March 9, 2026

Like it or not, everything MUST change, including SAP’s analytics roadmap.

New BI Launch Pad Customization in SAP BI 4.2 SP5
Administration & Security

New BI Launch Pad Customization in SAP BI 4.2 SP5

Dallas MarksMarch 7, 2018February 9, 2026

A new and much welcome enhancement for the BI Launch Pad logon screen.

State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade – February 2018
Platform

State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade – February 2018

Dallas MarksFebruary 14, 2018April 6, 2026

SAP BusinessObjects 4.1, SAP Lumira 1.x and SAP Design Studio 1.x maintenance all come to an end in 2018. Here’s how to plan for the future.

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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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