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πŸ—„ Why Archive Queries?

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Why bother archiving or deleting old queries when there's no limit on how many we can have in S...

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🀷 Why Transition to Configurable Joins

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Institutions that have been in Slate for several years often have a deep library of queries and r...

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πŸ§‘β€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘ Shared Slate Instances

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Overview This page is devoted to Slaters considering or actively working in Slate instances that...

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πŸ“ Ping Table

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Official Ping Documentation Columns Name Purpose Notes identity Row key ti...

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πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡· QR Codes

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Can I create QR codes with Slate? πŸ€” Slate has two methods for creating QR codes. Only one is...

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πŸ”—Slate Instance Domain/URL Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes🎡

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My institution is embarking on a domain/url change. What to do in Slate? For example, "www.sla...

Updated 2 months ago by Wyatt Best

πŸ”οΈ Slate Summit 2024 Presentation Resources - Solutions in Action: Real-World Troubleshooting

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Welcome! You're probably here because you attended the 2024 Slate Summit presentation Solutions i...

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πŸ€” Unfamiliar Academic Terminology

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Many Slate users come to Slate from the world of academia, but others have little to no direct pr...

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πŸ—Ί Source Format Mapping Destinations

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Dataset > Standard Query Library > Upload Dataset Destinations has a machine-generated version of...

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↔️ Translation Codes and Content Blocks

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Content blocks and translation codes allow transforming anΒ  input into an output. They are stored...

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πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬Test vs Production Environments πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

Slate πŸ“š Reference

The official Test Environments Knowledge Base article documents most of the differences between p...

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❇️ Status Portal Behavior

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This article is based on testing and observation. πŸ€” Which application does /apply/status redirec...

Updated 2 months ago by Isaac Best

πŸ”§ Slate User-Defined SQL Functions

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The official documentation has a helpful page on User Defined SQL Functions. However, as the page...

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🎫 Slate-Based Ticketing Systems

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🚧Slate Adventures In Progress🚧This page will be updated regularly as we learn of new Slater contr...

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🏫 Renaming the Organizations Dataset

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Can I rename the Organizations dataset to something more appropriate, like Schools? πŸ€” You ca...

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πŸ—οΈ Recreating Slate Template Library Filters in Configurable Joins

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Whether you love configurable joins or not, they’re often the best option. But what about the t...

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πŸ—‚οΈ Retention Policy Best Practices

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Slate’s Retention Policy Editor is available as a way for schools to remove data from Slate and c...

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⚑ Slate Form JavaScript Quick Reference

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Here are bits and pieces we often reach for when working with Slate forms. Wait for the page t...

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πŸ§‚Make a Dash(board) for it! Custom Record and Reader Dashboards

Slate πŸ‘©β€πŸ³ Harder Recipes

Custom Record and Reader Dashboard Enhancements for Greater Operations/Advising Efficiencies J...

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πŸ“ Rich Text Editor in a Form

Slate πŸ‘©β€πŸ³ Harder Recipes

Have you ever wanted to allow persons/end users to input HTML? You might do this to allow a perso...

Updated 2 months ago by Wyatt Best