Power BI Slicer For Multiple Columns

Power BI

Recently I had the need of creating a slicer in Power BI that would filter against different columns in a system storing the same type of data: case types for Student Legal Services. For purposes of remembering how this functionality was accomplished, I’m documenting it here: https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/creating-a-slicer-that-filters-multiple-columns-in-power-bi/#

Using Task Scheduler To Open Outlook At Predefined Intervals, Using PowerShell

Scheduling Outlook to open

This post is going to show you how to leverage Windows Task Scheduler and PowerShell in order to open Outlook at predefined intervals throughout the day. Why you ask? If you find yourself unable to ignore those pesky new message notifications (or, if you already know how to disable Outlook notifications, but can’t resist the … Read more

Know When Your Site Goes Down Before Your Clients Do

Connection timeout error message

I’m not too happy when a site I am responsible for goes down.  I especially don’t like it when a client alerts me to this fact, when I should have known/fixed the issue myself well before their knowledge of the issue.  So, here’s how to prevent such an occurrence from ever happening to you again. … Read more

PHP Web Auth

PHP Logo

Download php-webauth.zip [insert link] To get started: Sign in to eService, www.eid.colostate.edu, and set the Web Auth Return Destination value https://[DestinationUrl]/result.php Locate and change the eServiceToken and Submit properties to your assigned eService Token and desired submit button (see the code’s comments for more information) in Login method of webauth.php $this->eServiceToken = ‘1234….’; $this->Submit = “Default”; … Read more