A team member came to me this week with an exception I haven't seen before, which was “Too many variables in the testset”. Searching online was fruitless, so I wanted to share the reason and workaround for this bug.

Yesterday I posted a walkthrough of this module, diving into the development of it. Today I wanted to show Sitecore Users how you install and configure this module with no development experience needed.

In my last article I introduced you to the Send Batch Upload and Merge Module, and why you might need it. We looked at the PowerShell script that calls the module, and today I'll walk you through the supporting code to get the work done.

Being on my new team is a breath of fresh air, and with a bunch of new challenges in the composable space I've got a lot to write about. My very first task was to remove manual work when combining email lists in Send. I accomplished this by building the Send Batch Upload and Merge module, and I'll take you through how and why it was created. 

Replacing a SOLR certificate is routine business these days, but something went sideways this time, and I couldn't stop the service, which led to its own problems. In the end I created a self signed one and used that instead, and I'll show you what I did to get the service to respond. 

My first post about working with new SaaS products! In my new role I'm working with Send to get the team more efficient with their tools. I'll be posting about a feature request I've made due to a shortcoming of its bulk operations, but first, we had an outage with all embedded forms, taking us offline for day. The explanation and workaround are simple, but the cause is not public knowledge. 

Ok I admit it. I took the easy way out. I was setting up a test environment of two instances using the standalone graphical installer and once done, I switched their roles. Everything worked except for one thing; the Experience Profile dashboard.

An Administrator's error caused the SQL account for Sitecore's collection database to be denied login. Normally you'd expect the related services to stop functioning, but in this case the system's various resources spiraled out of control.

A critical vulnerability has been announced, which is related to UI controls from Telerik. It affects CM and standalone, but if you are following proper security protocols the risk should be low even though the vulnerability is high. I'll explain.

For 10 years I have been a part of MNP Digital, who I chose to join when I moved to Canada because the team is so thoroughly supportive, and it's a strong environment to learn in. They still are these things, but after these many years of consulting I need a change and am transitioning to MNP's marketing team for a new set of adventures.