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Overdesigning BI Architecture for SAP Design Studio
Dashboards, Platform

Overdesigning BI Architecture for SAP Design Studio

Dallas MarksSeptember 18, 2014July 17, 2021

Rethinking when to install the SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio server components.

Land and Expand
Business Intelligence

Land and Expand

Dallas MarksMarch 11, 2014July 28, 2017

Expanding user adoption by learning from the experts.

Platform

Please integrate the integrated enterprise BI platform

Dallas MarksFebruary 19, 2014July 17, 2024

New BI functionality adds complexity to patch cycles.

SAP BusinessObjects Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Platform

SAP BusinessObjects Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Dallas MarksNovember 12, 2013July 20, 2017

Microsoft IE11 may be “fast and fluid” but first be sure your BI platform patch level provides support.

Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.1
Platform

Sizing the Adaptive Processing Server in BI 4.1

Dallas MarksOctober 21, 2013November 20, 2023

The Server Configuration Wizard just might be the best new feature of SAP BI 4.1.

Customizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 and BI 4.2
Administration & Security

Customizing SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 and BI 4.2

Dallas MarksOctober 16, 2013July 17, 2021

SAP BI 4.1 introduces a new look and a new wrinkle to the customization process.

Semantic Layer

Identifying SAP BusinessObjects queries using END_SQL

Dallas MarksOctober 5, 2011January 18, 2019

A useful trick to help SAP BusinessObjects universe designers and database administrators identify the source of queries.

Performance Dashboards, Second Edition by Wayne Eckerson
Book Review, Dashboards

Performance Dashboards, Second Edition by Wayne Eckerson

Dallas MarksJanuary 5, 2011April 28, 2017

If you’re looking for your first book on business intelligence, dashboards and performance management, this is it. And if you own the first edition, you’ll appreciate the new chapters, case studies, and reorganization of the material.

Semantic Layer

Using @Variable Functions in the Universe

Dallas MarksNovember 9, 2008March 26, 2018

How to use @Variables in your universes.

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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