Get all Sitecore page items only by using PowerShell script

We got the requirement to create report of all the items which are accessed by URL i.e. report of all page items.

A simple solution, for this, is to check is rendering exist on the an item or not?
If rendering exists, it means layout and components are assigned on that item. If rendering is empty, it means no layout or no component exists on that item.

You can write a C# code for generating such report but I think PowerShell is the best way to do this.

Here is the one line script for the same

Get-childItem -Path "master:\sitecore\content\home" -Recurse | Where-Object { ($_.__Renderings -ne "") } | Show-ListView -Property id, name, itempath

With this one line you can imagine the power of PowerShell. 

I strongly recommend to brush up your scripting skill.

Webinar on Voice based search with Sitecore GraphQL

I conducted webinar on "Voice based search with Sitecore GraphQL" for SUGNCR group today.

Sample code for this demo is available at  https://github.com/alexksharma/VOICE-BASED-SEARCH-WITH-SITECORE-GRAPHQL

 Watch recording for more details

Fixed: Rebuild Reporting Database failed in Sitecore

We are using Sitecore 8.2 and our analytics data is stored in MongoDB database. Its size is around 50 GB.

From few days, we were not getting data in Sitecore analytics reports so we decided to rebuild reporting database.

We started rebuilding activity, but it fails on 8th days. We tried again, and same thing happen and failed on 8th days.

We started to investigate why its failing specially on 8th days?

Solution:

There is a config setting <TaskEntryAfterLife> in file "Sitecore.Analytics.Processing.config" which by default set for 8 days. 

<!-- TASK ENTRY AFTERLIFE

  Specifies the minimum time a task entry (and all associated data structures) is kept in the task queue after

  the task has executed.

 

  Default: 8.00:00:00

-->

<TaskEntryAfterLife>8.00:00:00</TaskEntryAfterLife>

We changed its entry for 15 days as

<!-- TASK ENTRY AFTERLIFE

  Specifies the minimum time a task entry (and all associated data structures) is kept in the task queue after

  the task has executed.

 

  Default: 8.00:00:00

-->

<TaskEntryAfterLife>15.00:00:00</TaskEntryAfterLife>

After this we again started rebuilding activity and this time it works fine and completed the task on 10th days.

Now we are getting missing data in Sitecore analytics reporting sections.

I hope it helps you to fix the similar issue.

Stay tuned for more such tips and tricks.

Screenshot module for Sitecore

Happy to share that my "Screenshot" module for Sitecore is published on Marketplace. One can take screenshot of current Sitecore Content and Experience Editor easily by using this module.

Download and enjoy this free module.

Love to hear your comments and feedback.

Total Page View Crossed 250000

I am very excited to share that today my Sitecore blogpost crossed magical number 250,000+ page view all time.

Thanks for all the visitors and followers. I started this blog to share my ideas and findings with rest of the world. I hope this help people around the world in some useful and meaningful ways.

I will continue to share my real life experiences with you all in same way.

Stay tuned for some upcoming cool ideas ,implementations and sample code.

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Week of AI

In May 2019, Microsoft India scheduled "Week of AI" virtual workshop series for 5 days. I have attended all the sessions and participated in all the quiz series. Happy to share that today I got my Microsoft "Week of AI" Azure Ninja Cat badge.

Search in Sitecore JSS

Happy to share that SUGCON India 2019 videos are published on Youtube. I conducted session on "Search In Sitecore JSS". I am sharing here recorded session on the same.