Month: November 2017

Keeping #Sitecore #SOLR Index Names Unique for Multiple Projects

/ sitecorerunner (@reilleyweb) / 2 Comments

One of the things I recently ran into was what should you do if you have multiple projects with the same SOLR index name. SOLR does not allow you to have the same name for an index. For instance you can’t have more than one sitecore_master_index. You will be warned and unable to if you try and create one with the same name. Also if you rebuild the indexes it will overwrite the index data for the other site you were working on. So I went on Sitecore Slack looking for help. Where Sitecorey gave me a great idea. Basically you would prefix the configuration entry core with the name of the site in each index file. See below for an example.

Your index name should reflect that name as well in the SOLR index directory.

Now this did solve the issue of having multiple indexes, but a few people on the team wanted to take it a step further. They wanted to see indexes prefixed with site name from the control panel index rebuild. So I created a config transform this time for it. Keep in mind this is always a smart idea to keep the original files safe. Basically I just replaced the id value.

From my understanding the SIM installer can also help with the prefixing of index names. I haven’t used it for that yet as my site was already installed, but in the future that is something I will consider. Let me know if you have any questions.

First Ever Milwaukee Meets Chicago #Sitecore Meetup Recap

/ sitecorerunner (@reilleyweb) / 2 Comments

So not sure exactly who’s idea it was, but it turned out to be a great one to combine the Milwaukee Sitecore Meetup with the Chicago Sitecore meetup. No Bears vs Packers football was discussed, just Sitecore. There must have been over 30 attendees. Coveo did the first presentation and I was honored to be part of the second presentation of Sitecore Symposium attendees. I can’t wait for the next one. So here is the recap in pictures.

I live in the far west suburbs of Chicago so driving to Kenosha, Wisconsin was about the same time as it took me to get to the Chicago meetups. I enjoyed my view of the country roads and put on some classic hard rock music.

I arrived at the venue. I have never been to the Brat Stop, but I may have to come back for a visit.


Upon arrival it was great to start meeting others in person and seeing people again that I have met at the Symposium, the Chicago meetups and even one of my co-workers in person.

Renee from American Eagle and Isabel from Coveo.

My co-worker Chad from Paragon and Joe from GeekHive.

Like I said a sizable number of attendees.

Look at that food. Not bad for not being Chicago pizza.

I always love Sitecore freebies. I do love Sitecore like the pin says.

So let’s get down to the meetup itself. It first started with all the sponsors telling a little about the company they work for. I talked about Paragon and what we did. Hopefully what I was saying made sense. I am a developer, but I always try and do my best to sell.

Coveo then did a presentation. Coveo has been a huge part of Sitecore searching/marketing and they always impress me. I can’t wait to do another project with their tools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now it was time for the Sitecore Symposium panel.

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We all gave our best insights and reported things we learned and brought up a lot of subjects. Mark and the audience had some great questions. This was so much fun.

So when is the next one? Not sure, but this one was so much fun. Maybe we can discuss Bears vs Packers at the next one?