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​​Building Tableau and Power BI Dashboards using Data from SAP BusinessObjects Universes
Semantic Layer

​​Building Tableau and Power BI Dashboards using Data from SAP BusinessObjects Universes

Dallas MarksDecember 16, 2025December 11, 2025

The power of the BusinessObjects universe, the semantic layer behind Web Intelligence and other SAP analytics tools, is unquestioned. As…

SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)
SAP, Semantic Layer

SAP Should Join the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)

Dallas MarksOctober 30, 2025October 29, 2025

On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Discovery and the Hubble Space Telescope into space. Around the same…

Is it a bug or a feature?
Administration & Security, Reporting, SAP, Semantic Layer

Is it a bug or a feature?

Dallas MarksOctober 1, 2025February 9, 2026

I say “bug”, SAP says “enhancement request”. Who’s right?

​​Third-Party Connectors to Universes
Semantic Layer

​​Third-Party Connectors to Universes

Dallas MarksJune 3, 2020December 11, 2025

The power of the BusinessObjects universe, the powerful semantic layer behind Web Intelligence and other SAP analytics tools, is unquestioned.…

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

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

Dallas MarksMarch 28, 2018March 28, 2018

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

Universe Design with SAP BusinessObjects BI: The Comprehensive Guide
Book Review, Semantic Layer

Universe Design with SAP BusinessObjects BI: The Comprehensive Guide

Dallas MarksFebruary 12, 2014July 31, 2018

SAP authors Christian Ah-Soon, Didier Mazoue and Pierpaolo Vezzosi have created a well-crafted guide to the Information Design Tool.

Wait a minute! What about Designer?
Reporting, Semantic Layer

Wait a minute! What about Designer?

Dallas MarksAugust 29, 2013April 21, 2017

Yeah, what about Designer?

Where does the Information Design Tool store universes?
Semantic Layer

Where does the Information Design Tool store universes?

Dallas MarksAugust 17, 2012September 22, 2016

Sometimes answers to the simplest of questions can be elusive.

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition)
Reporting

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition)

Dallas MarksAugust 13, 2012

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition), coming soon from SAP Press

Object Formatting with the Information Design Tool
Semantic Layer

Object Formatting with the Information Design Tool

Dallas MarksApril 17, 2012July 20, 2017

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

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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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