XTIVIA BLOG
Custom Buttons in an Editable Grid Quickform – InforCRM 8.x
Today we wanted to add several custom buttons (schedule activity and complete unscheduled activity buttons) in an editable grid. At first we thought about doing the usual convert to custom smart part, however that would have made simpler customizations down the road a little...
SQL Server Disaster Recovery Considerations
What you need to know about Database Mirroring In recent months I have set up database mirroring for a number of clients. Why you may ask? It is a great option for disaster recovery and even gives the organization additional options when it comes to maintenance times when...
Configure Multiple SlxJobService Instances on the Same Machine
In Infor CRM / Saleslogix 8.1 a lot of the operations are now performed in an out of process service called "Job Service" for improved performance. This is great because no longer does the web server need to be bogged down with bulk activity operations, report generation, etc....
Implementing A Drools Portlet
Overview Recently we put together a demo site for a prospective customer, and I was asked to create a couple of portlets using the Drools rules engine for personalization. Implementation The requirements called for one portlet to display the user's training level and a second...
Economic Principles for BI Programs
Economic considerations are at the heart of any business decision. They not only affect how we implement business intelligence (BI) solutions but also what we can do—and we give up other opportunities in the process of doing so. Here are three principles I have discovered...
Mass Random Content Population from Wikipedia
Building a Better-Looking User Action Menu in Liferay 6.1
The Dockbar provides one-stop shopping for your Portal administration needs; but sometimes you either don't like the default look of it (if you're building from _styled) or you don't feel like styling it from scratch (if you're building from _unstyled). You can provide links...
Scrum Thought: Focus on activities not roles.
This is the first in a series of small posts aimed at new Scrum teams or those who have been doing Scrum for a while but are struggling to net the positive results they've heard about when going Agile. I'd like to start with a handful of highlights from the Scrum...
Business Intelligence is not an Oxymoron
At XTIVIA we often receive requests from clients who require somewhat more than the average database administration tasks. Recently I had a request to help a client pull normalized data from one object in one data source and merge that data with data in two de-normalized...
Operational Considerations for a Business Intelligence Initiative
As professionals working in the business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing field, if we’re not posing questions of our data warehouse, we’re asking ourselves questions--especially about how to do our job better or maximize the value of our warehouse. Here are three common...