Recently we had an instance where a Gravity Form containing some custom JS became corrupted, with half of the code missing. I was able to restore the original Javascript from a SQL backup doing the following: Download a SQL backup (in my case I use Updraft) with a known “good” Gravity form Open the extracted … Read more
I’m not sure why Microsoft sets “Import Query” as the default when creating new Power BI connections, but the tyranny of the default led me to create charts using that option. Weeks later I realized I didn’t want to manually refresh my reports and sought to switch the query mode to be direct instead. Here’s … Read more
Recently I was asked by a client how she could track which recipients were opening her e-mail messages (without using a read receipt). It turned out to be a pretty easy process, after finding this article: http://dyn.com/blog/tracking-email-opens-via-google-analytics/. As a note of caution, Apple at least offers Mail Privacy Protection which blocks this ability. Anyways, as … Read more
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This article assumes some basic familiarity with the Division of Student Affairs Bulk E-mailer tool at http://dsalistserv.colostate.edu/emailer.aspx. More information about basic functionality of the system can be found under the “Preview Message” tab on that site. Up until recently, you had to search through the Message History tab to find and re-use a previously sent … Read more
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/#