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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Controlling Report Column Width

Slate ๐Ÿฅฃ Easy Recipes

By default, each column is equal width. Portrait reports are 900px wide Landscape reports are...

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story

๐ŸŒ‰ Inbox Gateway Automatch Portal

Slate ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Harder Recipes

Join the conversation on the related Slate Community post Are your users tired of matching messa...

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story

๐Ÿงฎ Origin Source Calculations

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

Origin Source Dates For Source Format origin sources, the [date] column in [origin] comes from...

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story

๐Ÿ“ค Workflows

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

Overview Workflows are a powerful update to the legacy Reader module in Slate. Transitioning to ...

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story

๐Ÿ—„ Why Archive Queries?

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story

๐Ÿคท Why Transition to Configurable Joins

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘ Shared Slate Instances

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story

๐Ÿ“ Ping Table

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Wyatt Best

๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ท QR Codes

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

Can I create QR codes with Slate? ๐Ÿค” Slate has two methods for creating QR codes. Only one is...

Updated 7 months ago by Wyatt Best

๐Ÿ”—Slate Instance Domain/URL Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes๐ŸŽต

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Wyatt Best

๐Ÿ”๏ธ Slate Summit 2024 Presentation Resources - Solutions in Action: Real-World Troubleshooting

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Jon Rowand

๐Ÿค” Unfamiliar Academic Terminology

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Isaac Best

๐Ÿ—บ Source Format Mapping Destinations

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Wyatt Best

โ†”๏ธ Translation Codes and Content Blocks

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Wyatt Best

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌTest vs Production Environments ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Wyatt Best

โ‡๏ธ Status Portal Behavior

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

This article is based on testing and observation. ๐Ÿค” Which application does /apply/status redirec...

Updated 7 months ago by Isaac Best

๐Ÿ”ง Slate User-Defined SQL Functions

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

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๐Ÿซ Renaming the Organizations Dataset

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

Can I rename the Organizations dataset to something more appropriate, like Schools? ๐Ÿค” You ca...

Updated 7 months ago by Isaac Best

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Recreating Slate Template Library Filters in Configurable Joins

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

Whether you love configurable joins or not, theyโ€™re often the best option. But what about the t...

Updated 7 months ago by Isaac Best

๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Retention Policy Best Practices

Slate ๐Ÿ“š Reference

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

Updated 7 months ago by Megan Story