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๐Ÿ“œ Differences Between Old and New Transcript Checklist Items

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Sometime around 2020, Technolutions changed the default transcript checklist generation method in...

Updated 1 year ago by Wyatt Best

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป Configurable Joins from an IT Perspective

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IT users dropped into Slate for the first time are often frustrated by Configurable Joins. Wha...

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๐Ÿ“Š Reporting in Slate

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Overview Many institutions launch Slate full of enthusiasm over the expanded access to data it o...

Updated 1 year ago by Isaac Best

โš™ Database Table Locations

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Where is that thing stored? ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Item Table(s) Comments Form Prompt Condit...

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GET Data from Slate

Slate ๐Ÿ”Œ The Slate API

GET requests are very easy. Create your query and turn it into a web service with theย Edit Web Se...

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๐ŸชœUpgrading from Reader to Workflow

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Congratulations on making the move from the legacy Reader to Workflows! This transition brings en...

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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Controlling Report Column Width

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

Updated 1 year ago by Megan Story

๐ŸŒ‰ Inbox Gateway Automatch Portal

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

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๐Ÿงฎ Origin Source Calculations

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

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๐Ÿคท 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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๐Ÿ—„ 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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๐Ÿ“ค Workflows

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

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

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

Updated 1 year ago by Isaac Best

๐Ÿซ Renaming the Organizations Dataset

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

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๐Ÿ”ง 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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โ‡๏ธ Status Portal Behavior

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

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

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

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โ†”๏ธ Translation Codes and Content Blocks

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

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๐Ÿ—บ 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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