Our tagline mentions “End-to-End Digital Solutions,” as we are a global digital consultancy offering a multitude of strategy and technology services. We take pride in our consultative services and strive to be a trusted partner to our clients. An area of expertise that we have strengthened over the last decade is in ecommerce strategy and platform implementations. Perficient also has a strong Salesforce and Mulesoft practice that we have grown since becoming a partner in […]
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Understanding Postman Variables and 5 Tips and Tricks for Working With Them
Postman is an interactive and automated tool for testing your project’s application programming interface (API), which allows your product or services to talk to other products or services. Postman is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to connect with HTTP APIs. It has a user-friendly interface for creating requests and reviewing responses. It works […]
The 4 Rs of Middleware Modernization
Many enterprises are well on their way to digital transformation – others are only just beginning. But cloud-first strategies demand a lot from middleware, and legacy middleware platforms weren’t built to address the needs of modern, hybrid IT environments. This means that enterprises need to migrate those legacy platforms to ones that can run on-premise, […]
Multiple Keys/Value pair with Custom Filters in Apache Kafka
Introduction: Before I even start talking about Apache Kafka here, is it possible to use list of keys in Kafka? Yes, It’s all possible. In this post, we’ll see how to use multiple keys/value pairs with multiple filters. First create a simple Kafka producer and a Kafka consumer in a Spring Boot application using a […]
The Difference between a SharePoint Modern Team Site and a Communication Site and How to Create Both
Both modern team and communication sites are different since they are based on different site templates. In this blog, I will demonstrate how to create a new communication site and team site in SharePoint Online and explain their differences. There are a couple of ways to create a team and communication site in SharePoint: SharePoint […]
How to Use a Quick Link Web Parts in Modern SharePoint
SharePoint’s modern user interface (UI) provides web parts and a user-friendly experience. My favorite feature is the quick link web part, which is very easy to learn and adapt to. In this blog, I will demonstrate how you can design your SharePoint page using a quick links web part with two different methods. We can […]
Interoperability with the MuleSoft Accelerator for Healthcare
This is the second post in our blog series about Healthcare Interoperability with MuleSoft. Click here to read the first installment. As we’ve introduced in the previous blog, interoperability in healthcare plays a critical role in exchanging health information seamlessly and securely. With regulations like the CMS Final Rule, data such as the below can be made available and shareable: Patient Record API Provider Directory API Payor to […]
How to Retrieve Specific Row Values from Fetch XML Based Report Datasets – SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS)
I recently came across a scenario where a requirement was needed to show specific row values from the dataset of a Fetch XML Based query in the report, specifically showing the first 3 products from the dataset. In the SSRS, we have the “first, last” functions that are built-in, which allows you to obtain the […]
An Overview and Comparison of Classic and Modern SharePoint User Interfaces
The purpose of SharePoint is to store and share content so that multiple users can simultaneously manage, access, and collaborate on documents, tasks, and related resources in one place. SharePoint supports two user interface (UI) designs — the “classic” experience and the “modern” experience. Understanding the Key Differences Between These Experiences The Classic The classic […]
OneStream – Integration and Attribute Dimensions
Recently a question was posted to OneStream Champions, inquiring on how to configure Attribute Value Dimensions. This blog will provide a tutorial on how this configuration occurs which will be demonstrated with the OneStream GolfStream application. As is customary, log into the GolfStream application. Select and expand “Application” -> “Cube” -> “Cubes“. Select the “Cube” […]
How to Achieve High-Availability for Azure SQL by Using Auto-Failover Group
An auto-failover group is an Azure SQL database feature that replicates one, or a group of databases to the secondary Azure SQL server in a different region. This feature is used to failover all the databases in the failover group in case of disaster and the failover is automatic. High availability is a crucial component […]
The Powerful Link Between Accessibility, SEO, and Google
It’s long known that good accessibility is good for search engine optimization (SEO). However, most people think of this connection as being specific to implementing alt attributes on their images when the truth is far more involved and complex. In fact, a core measure of the quality of a website and its content is how […]