Application modernization is a growing area of focus for enterprises, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why? Because business leaders feel increasing pressure to drive innovation. Digital trends, remote work, and escalating customer expectations are among the reasons. No industry is immune to these dynamics. Businesses must evolve to succeed, which is why […]
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Nidhi Shah, Senior Technical Consultant, is Committed to Excellence
Perficient’s “People Promise” emerged from one of our core values: cultivating a culture that challenges and champions our People. Without dedicated team members, Perficient wouldn’t be the global digital transformation power-house that it is today. Nidhi Shah is one of the many incredible colleagues delivering innovative solutions to the world’s biggest brands. Nidhi is a […]
Enabling OpenAPI Specifications for Azure Function
What is an OpenAPI Document ? According to Swagger – OpenAPI Document is a document (or set of documents) that defines or describes an API. An OpenAPI definition uses and conforms to the OpenAPI Specification. “The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allows both humans and computers to discover […]
People of Perficient: Meet Amarender Peddamalku
Amarender Peddamalku Embodies a Lifelong-Learner Approach & Enjoys Sharing His Expertise At Perficient, we are proud of our global colleagues that bring their unique perspectives to work every day. As a part of Perficient’s People Promise, we look to foster a culture that embeds Growth for Everyone. Amarender Peddamalku takes this to heart and enjoys […]
5 Takeaways from Perficient’s Modern Work in Healthcare Roundtable
As the state of post-pandemic work continues to evolve, the need for effective collaboration and communication is higher than ever. Yet security and privacy remain cornerstones for navigating increasingly digital workplaces. Healthcare companies are posed with unique challenges in adopting a hybrid, modern work environment. Recently, Perficient hosted a “Modern Work in Healthcare” roundtable discussion […]
A tour of PowerQuery’s M language
In a previous post, I introduced PowerQuery and demonstrated how to perform various SQL-like operations. This article gives a tour of PowerQuery’s M language that underlies each query. let and in If you select a query and click on the “Advanced Editor” button in the Home tab, you’ll see something like this: This is the […]
Data exploration with PowerQuery
Microsoft’s PowerQuery is a neat tool that allows one to perform SQL-like operations on Excel tables. When investigating a database, I actually prefer using PowerQuery over raw SQL for a couple reasons: PowerQuery displays result sets that are much easier to look at than the a typical SQL plaintext result set. It’s easy to immediately […]
Create a React app that shows PowerBI data using REST
Intro Many times a client wants some sort of customized view of the data they have in PowerBI. The truth is, as powerful as it is PowerBI, like all BI tools, offer limited customizability. However, PowerBI comes with a powerful RESTful interface that we can use to show the underlying data however we wish. This […]
Creating & Invoking Custom Function in Power Query
Microsoft’s Power BI is a data and analytics reporting tool that lets you connect to multiple data sources. Once connected to a data source, raw data sets can be converted to dashboards and presented to the team, customer, anyone at any time. In this blog, we will get introduced to the custom function feature available […]
Dependency injection in C# .NET
I’ve decided to write a tutorial on how to accomplish dependency injection in C# .NET, because the Microsoft documentation of dependency injection libraries is unfortunately way too sparse, and the Microsoft dependency injection tutorial is a little convoluted and complicated. Fortunately, C# .NET’s implementation of dependency injection is pretty straightforward. In my opinion, it’s way […]
Internet Explorer is officially retiring – what does it mean for Oracle Clinical, RDC, and TMS?
As of 15th June 2022, Microsoft’s venerable web browser, Internet Explorer, will finally be officially retired and desupported on Windows platforms; it’s earned its rest! This quick post will discuss what that means for the Oracle Clinical/RDC/TMS suite of applications. As any users of the OC suite will know, Internet Explorer was, for most of […]
Using Microsoft Teams: Utilize Chats, Meeting Chats, & Posts
This blog is the third and final in a three-part series tackling how to set up and use Microsoft Teams for a project. Chats, Meeting Chats, and Channel Posts are all excellent methods of communication within Microsoft Teams. However, there is often confusion amongst project teams of when it is appropriate to use each feature. […]