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Balaji Kandasamy

Balaji Kandasamy

Pittsburgh PA US •
73 posts •
Coveo

Debugging Tips and Best Practices of Coveo Custom Computed Fields in Sitecore

Debugging Tips Log Browser Navigate to the Coveo cloud platform and select Log Browser in the content section, which is essential for troubleshooting indexing issues. Each log in the Log Browser represents an

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Coveo

Enhancing Coveo Search with Custom Computed Fields in Sitecore

Problem When working with custom data in search, you often need custom computed fields. For example, I had a scenario where I needed to convert a zip code into latitude and longitude calling

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Coveo

Enhancing Coveo Search with OOB Computed Field

Coveo provides powerful indexing and search with Sitecore. What Are Coveo Computed Fields? Computed fields in Coveo allow you to perform calculations on indexed data at query time or during indexing. These fields

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Sitecore

Sitecore.20241129.114115.log

This year has been truly remarkable, filled with meaningful contributions to the community. It’s been a year of tremendous growth, especially in mastering a new technology stack that includes headless architecture, XM

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Troubleshooting Sitecore Indexing with SOLR: Common Issues and Solutions

Encountering indexing issues in Sitecore with SOLR can be frustrating, but they’re often easier to resolve than they seem. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the most common problems, their

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Sitecore

Sitecore Content Tree Search Slow and Freezes

Issue In Sitecore Content Editor, certain search keywords will cause the browser to freeze, eventually displaying a dialogue asking if you’d like to "Wait" or "Exit" the page.

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Sitecore

Transforming MVC to Headless Content with Sitecore Powershell

Recently, I ran into a project involving the migration from MVC to Headless, which required updating layouts, renderings, and placeholders. I wrote some PowerShell scripts to handle these updates efficiently. Overview This PowerShell

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Coveo

Using a Coveo Search Page on a website

In the previous blog post, we discussed creating a Coveo search page. In this post we will explore how to integrate the Coveo Search page in a website. How to Use the Coveo

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Coveo Search Pages for Sitecore

Coveo search pages are a lightweight search interface with a search interface that could be consumed by Sitecore or any web platform. Once your website is crawled and the contents are ready, you

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Sitecore

Sitecore Identity Server 6 Upgrade Issue and Fix

I was working on upgrading from Sitecore 9.1 to version 10.3.1 and encountered a problem where the Identity Server where it failed to load. Issue When accessing the Identity Server,

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Sitecore

Sitecore.20231124.133003.log

It's been an outstanding year marked by significant contributions to the community. Throughout the year, there has been extensive learning, particularly in adopting a new technology stack that includes headless architecture, Ordercloud, and

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Sitecore

Unlocking the Power of Sitecore Search

Evolution Amar Chokhawala founded Reflektion who was a pioneering member of the Google AdSense team, he was instrumental in conceiving and implementing core technologies that are integral to its widespread adoption today. Furthermore,

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Sitecore

Sitecore DX 2023 Boston Highlights

Steve Tzikakis, CEO In 2023, customers want growth, acceleration, and to increase margins. Only a new modern platform can cater to all 3 requirements – ours. Our vision is to help you create unforgettable

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Coveo

Coveo for Sitecore Activation Error Fix

Issue I ran into this problem when installing Coveo on Sitecore 10.3 XM with Headless SXA and NextJS. Once the package install is completed and when clicking Activate Coveo for Sitecore package

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Sitecore

Secure Sitecore Vanity Domains with Azure Function Apps

Requisite We always run into the request of Vanity domains that would just redirect to a Sitecore site or sometimes we would need to do some redirects too. In today's world, we need

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SitecoreMVP

Sitecore Technology MVP 2023

About the Award Now in it’s 17th year, the MVP program recognizes professionals who actively share their fascination, knowledge and expertise with online and offline Sitecore communities to help them best utilize

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Sitecore

Sitecore 10.3 Embeddable Forms Framework

Introduction Sitecore Embeddable Forms Framework (EFF) is a new framework launched with Sitecore 10.3, that enables the Sitecore forms to be added to any website using simple javascript code and stylesheet reference,

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Sitecore

Sitecore.20221128.174503.log

Lot of learning this year with new technology stack, headless, JSS, ReactJS, Docker and AKS. Ordercloud implementation with Sitecore XM. I wish I had more time to write about it. I will do

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Sitecore

Sitecore Symposium 2022 Highlights

CEO Steve Tzikakis “If you can win that extra 1%, imagine the impact that will have on your business” CMO Paige O’Neil Mute the Noise, Stand Out and Build Boldly. CPO Dave

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Coveo

Coveo Custom Pipeline to Index Sitecore Items without Layout

Problem When using the Coveo.SearchProvider.CoveoInboundFilters.HasLayoutInboundFilter pipeline, Coveo doesnt not index the items without layout. But some time we would need the items to be indexed even without a layout or

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Sitecore

Let us mitigate Sitecore SOLR Log4J vulnerability with ease

Introduction Log4J Security Alert addresses CVE-2021-44228, a remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Log4j. It is remotely exploitable without authentication, attackers can remotely run any code to gain access to all data on

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Sitecore

Is Sitecore XP to XM a Downgrade?

The world is moving towards composable architecture. There have been a lot of interest and thoughts about moving Sitecore XP to XM. It eventually paves for the composable future, moving the personalization to

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SitecoreMVP

Deploy Sitecore Solution to Docker and Kubernetes - Sitecore VDD

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Azure

Azure CDN for Sitecore

What is CDN? Definition In simple words the website and assets are cached in multiple servers across the world. When a user visits the site they are served from the nearest server to

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Sitecore

Sitecore External User builder for Azure Active Directory Integration

Issue: When we integrate any external identity provider, the default user domain is always Sitecore. We will need to differentiate external users from the Sitecore based user logins in User manager. Solution: We

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