Why are my s.prop variable instances not getting updated properly in SiteCatalyst? - web-analytics

I have this weird problem in Sitecatalyst where I am unable to account for about 50% of my traffic recored via props. I update the s.pageName and a s.prop1 with same values before making the s.t() call. I get equal total values in the Pages report and the Page Views , but when I check the prop1 variable report, i have close to 50% of the traffic missing. I am at a loss to figure out why the traffic is missing, any help from Omniture developers would be appreciated.
I am using a dictionary to iterate over the props/variable and their values that need to be set.
var paramsMap = {
"pageName": "pageName",
"pageType": "prop1" },
params = {
"pageName":"mysite - demopage",
"pageType":"demopage"};
for (var key in params)
s[paramsMap[key]] = params[key];

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Web.Content calling API service and merging pages with List.Transform started to fail

I created PowerBI report which which is connecting to data source via API service. Returning json contains thousands of entities. API service is called via Web.Content function. API service returns always total record count and so we are able to calculate nr. of pages which has to be called to obtain whole dataset. This report is displaying data from our servicedesk app, which is deployed on many servers and for many customers and use Query parameters to connect to any of these servers.
Detail of Power query is below.
Why am I writing here. This report was working without any issue more than 1,5 year but on August 17th one of servers start causing erros in step Pages where are some random lines (pages) with errors - see attached picture labeled "Errors in step Pages". and this is reason that next step Entities (List.Union) in query is stopping refresh and generate errors with message:
Expression.Error: We cannot apply field access to the type List. Details: Value=[List] Key=requests
What is notable
API service si returning records in the same order but faulty lists are random when calling with same parameters
some times is refresh without any error
The same power query called on another server is working correctly , problem is only with one specific server.
This problem started without notice on the most important server after 1,5 year without any problem.
Here is full text power of query for this main source, which is used later in other queries to extract all necessary data. Json is really complicated and I extract from it list of requests, list of solvers, list of solver groups,.... and this base query and its output is input for many referenced queries.
Errors in step Pages
let
BaseAPIUrl = apiurl&"apiservice?", /*apiurl is parameter - name of server e.g. https://xxxx.xxxxxx.sk/ */
EntitiesPerPage = RecordsPerPage, /*RecordsPerPage is parameter and defines nr. of record per page - we used as optimum 200-400 record per pages, but is working also with 4000 record per page*/
ApiToken = FnApiToken(), /*this function is returning apitoken value which is returning value of another api service apiurl&"api/auth/login", which use username and password in body of call to get apitoken */
GetJson = (QParm) => /*definiton general function to get data from data source*/
let
Options =
[ Query= QParm,
Headers=
[
Accept="application/json",
ApiKeyName="apitoken",
Authorization=ApiToken
]
],
RawData = Web.Contents(BaseAPIUrl, Options),
Json = Json.Document(RawData)
in Json,
GetEntityCount = () => /*one times called function to get nr of records using GetJson, which is returned as a part of each call*/
let
QParm = [pp="1", pg="1" ],
Json = GetJson(QParm),
Count = Json[totalRecord]
in
Count,
GetPage = (Index) => /*repeatadly called function to get each page of json using GetJson*/
let
PageNr = Text.From(Index+1),
PerPage = Text.From(EntitiesPerPage),
QParm = [pg = PageNr, pp=PerPage],
Json = GetJson(QParm),
Value = Json[data][requests]
in Value,
EntityCount = List.Max({ EntitiesPerPage, GetEntityCount() }), /*setup of nr. of records to variable*/
PageCount = Number.RoundUp(EntityCount / EntitiesPerPage), /*setup of nr. of pages */
PageIndices = { 0 .. PageCount - 1 },
Pages = List.Transform(PageIndices, each GetPage(_) /*Function.InvokeAfter(()=>GetPage(_),#duration(0,0,0,1))*/), /*here we call for each page GetJson function to get whole dataset - there is in comment test with delay between getpages but was not neccessary*/
Entities = List.Union(Pages),
Table = Table.FromList(Entities, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error)
I also tried another way of appending pages to list using List.Generate. This is also bringing random errors in list but
it is bringing possibility to transform to table in contrast with original way with using List.Transform, but other referenced queries are failing and contains on the last row errors
When I am exploring content of faulty page/list extracting it via Add as New Query there are always all record without any fail.....
Source = List.Generate( /*another way to generate list of all pages*/
() => [Page = 0, ReqPageData = GetPage(0) ],
each [Page] < PageCount,
each [ReqPageData = GetPage( [Page] ),
Page = [Page] + 1 ],
each [ReqPageData]
),
#"Converted to Table" = Table.FromList(Source, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error), /*here i am able to generate table from list in contrast when is used List.Generate*/
#"Expanded Column1" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Converted to Table", "Column1"), /*here aj can expand list to column*/
#"Removed Errors" = Table.RemoveRowsWithErrors(#"Expanded Column1", {"Column1"}) /*here i try to exclude errors, but i dont know what happend and which records (if any) are excluded*/
Extracting errored page
and finnaly I am tottaly clueless not able to find the cause of this behavior on this specific server. I tested to call pages which are errored via POSTMAN, I discused this issue with author of API service and He also tried to call this API service with all parameters but server is returning every page OK, only Power query is not able to List.Transform ...
I will be grateful and appreciate any tips or advice or if somebody solved the same issue in the past ....
Kuby
No, each error line of list in step List.Transform coud by extracted as new query and there are all records from one page OK. hmmmm
Finnaly, problem described in this issue was caused by "corrupted" content of returning json. The provider of core system informed me that they found bug and after fixing on the side of servisdesk is everything OK again. I tried to find problem in Power query and problem was in servisdesk. :(

Max number of classroom id retrieved

I have aprox 520 classrooms archived in my account, if I try to select them with
var courseList = Classroom.Courses.list({"courseStates":["ARCHIVED"]}).courses;
I get only 300 of them. Is this normal?
How can I select them all? Actually I'm writing a script to delete the oldest, but if I can't retrieve them, I can't delete them.
I understand that you got so many courses that the Courses.list() response is splitted in separate pages. In that case you can very easily navigate them by using tokens. First of all, make sure that you specify the pageSize in your request. That would set the desired amount of responses per page. Please keep in mind that the server may return fewer than the specified number of results, as it declared on the docs. In case that your response got divided into pages, the response would include the nextPageToken field. Then, to obtain the rest of courses, you have to repeat your request including that nextPageToken into the pageToken property. Please don't hesitate to ask me any doubt about this approach.
Thanks a lot Jaques, I found the solution:
var parametri = {"courseStates": "ARCHIVED"};
var page = Classroom.Courses.list(parametri);
var listaClassi = page.courses;
if (page.nextPageToken !== '') {
parametri.pageToken = page.nextPageToken;
page = Classroom.Courses.list(parametri);
listaClassi = listaClassi.concat(page.courses);
}
Anyway, I didn't need to change the pageSize, nor I found any tutorial about it.

Getting prevalue id from umbraco dropdown list

I'm currently trying to implement AJAX results filtering on a certain page.
I created the dropdowns(on the client side), so that they have the umbraco prevalue id as their value.
I will then send this id to the server, rather than the text value. Then I loop through my content to find items with this same id.
The problem, however, is that I can't figure out how to get the value id from the property. Everything either returns the text value, or just a 0 value.
This is being performed in an ApiController.
These are all of the options I've tried:
IPublishedContent root = Umbraco.TypedContentAtRoot().First();
var downloads = root.Children.Where(q => q.Name == "Downloads").SingleOrDefault();
foreach (var item in downloads.Children)
{
var test = item.GetPropertyValue<int>("classification");
var testing = item.GetProperty("classification");
var testVal = testing.DataValue;
var testValToo = testing.GetValue<int>();
var testThree = testing.Value;
}
These are the results in order:
- 0
- IPublishedProperty
- "textValue"
- 0
- "textValue"
Is it possible to get the selected value id from a dropdownlist property? Or is string matching my only option to compare values?
EDIT:
Nevermind, found the solution. Posting the answer here, in case someone else needs it.
I was using the data type dropdownlist. I should have been using dropdownlist:publishing keys.
dropdownlist only ever returns a value. dropdownlist:publishing keys, however, returns the prevalue id, rather than the text value.
Source
Something like this perhaps.
library.GetPreValueAsString(node.GetProperty<int>("sectionType")).ToLower()

Get Crystal Report data in session

I have noticed that crystal report runs the Linq query once again when the page index is changed, means when we load second page from first page?
So just wanted to know if we can get which page is loaded so that we can keep values in session.
Just a hint is required as I am not getting the desired results from Google.
Update:
I am sorry in a hurry I just clicked on a wrong tag.
So the problem is like:
This is my code below which I use fr running my crystal report:
var rpt = new Result();
List<class> lst1 = new DALMethod().Get();
rpt.SetDataSource(lst1);
CRReportViewer.ReportSource = rpt;
When I switch from page one to two or more, this method in DAL is called again taking the same time it took first time to load, so I just want to have the data in session when query runs first time, and next time when I get the page index, then I will show data from session.
Is there a way around by which I can get the page index in this c# code?
I had found the solution, hope this might help someone else:
I was using a generic list as a data source:
As soon as we get to know the page loads for the first time, I mean not a postback, we can initialize a list to be maintained in session.
After showing the report we can add the data source (which is a list type).
On Report page shift data will be taken from session.
if (!IsPostBack)
{
//clear session and create new session
Session["ReportGenericList"] = null;
}
List<class> datasourceLst=null;
if (Session["ReportGenericList"] != null)
{
datasourceLst= (List<class>)Session["ReportGenericList"];
}
else
{
datasourceLst = //call methods to fill datasource
Session["ReportGenericList"] = datasourceLst;
}

Handling parameters from dynamic form for one-to-many relationships in grails

My main question here is dealing with the pramas map when having a one-to-many relationship managed within one dynamic form, as well as best practices for dealing with one-to-many when editing/updating a domain object through the dynamic form. The inputs for my questions are as follows.
I have managed to hack away a form that allows me to create the domain objects shown below in one Dynamic form, since there is no point in having a separate form for creating phone numbers and then assigning them to a contact, it makes sense to just create everything in one form in my application. I managed to implement something similar to what I have asked in my Previous Question (thanks for the people who helped out)
class Contact{
String firstName
String lastName
// ....
// some other properties
// ...
static hasMany = [phones:Phone]
static mapping = {
phones sort:"index", cascade: "all-delete-orphan"
}
}
class Phone{
int index
String number
String type
Contact contact
static belongsTo = [contact:Contact]
}
I basically managed to get the values from the 'params' map and parse them on my own and create the domain object and association manually. I.e. i did not use the same logic that is used in the default scaffolding, i.e.
Contact c = new Contact(params)
etc...., i just looped through all the params and hand crafted my domain objects and saved them and everything works out fine.
My controller has code blocks that look like this (this is stripped down, just to show a point)
//create the contact by handpicking params values
def cntct = new Contact()
cntct.firstName = params.firstName
cntct.lastName = params.lastName
//etc...
//get array of values for number,type
def numbers = params['phone.number']
def types = params['phone.type']
//loop through one of the arrays and create the phones
numbers.eachWithIndex(){ num, i ->
//create the phone domain object from
def phone = new Phone()
phone.number = num
phone.type = types[i]
phone.index = i
cntct.addToPhones(phone)
}
//save
My questions are as follows:
What is the best practice of handeling such a situation, would using Command objects work in this case, if yes where can i found more info about this, all the examples I have found during my search deal with one-to-one relationships, I couldn't find an example for one-to-many?
What is the best way to deal with the relatiohsips of the phones in this case, in terms of add/removing phones when editing the contact object. I mean the creation logic is simple since I have to always create new phones on save, but when dealing with updating a contact, the user might have removed a phone and/or editing an exiting one and/or added some new phones. Right now what I do is just delete all the phones a contact has and re-create them according to what was posted by the form, but I feel that's not the best way to do it, I also don't think looping over the existing ones and comparing with the posted values and doing a manual diff is the best way to do it either, is there a best practice on how to deal with this?
Thanks, hopefully the questions are clear.
[edit] Just for more information, phone information can be added and deleted dynamically using javascript (jquery) within the form [/edit]
disclaimer: i do not know if the following approach works when using grails. Let me know later.
See better way for dynamic forms. The author says:
To add LineItems I have some js that calculates the new index and adds that to the DOM. When deleting a LineItem i have to renumber all the indexes and it is what i would like to avoid
So what i do
I have a variable which stores the next index
var nextIndex = 0;
When the page is loaded, i perform a JavaScript function which calculates how many child The collection has and configure nextIndex variable. You can use JQuery or YUI, feel free.
Adding a child statically
I create a variable which store the template (Notice {index})
var child = "<div>"
+= "<div>"
+= "<label>Name</label>"
+= "<input type="text" name=\"childList[{index}].name\"/>"
+= "</div>"
+= "</div>"
When the user click on the Add child button, i replace {index} - by using regex - by the value stored in the nextIndex variable and increment by one. Then i add to the DOM
See also Add and Remove HTML elements dynamically with Javascript
Adding a child dinamically
Here you can see The Paolo Bergantino solution
By removing
But i think it is the issue grow up when deleting. No matter how many child you remove, does not touch on the nextIndex variable. See here
/**
* var nextIndex = 3;
*/
<input type="text" name="childList[0].name"/>
<input type="text" name="childList[1].name"/> // It will be removed
<input type="text" name="childList[2].name"/>
Suppose i remove childList1 What i do ??? Should i renumber all the indexes ???
On the server side i use AutoPopulatingList. Because childList1 has been removed, AutoPopulatingList handles it as null. So on the initialization i do
List<Child> childList = new AutoPopulatingList(new ElementFactory() {
public Object createElement(int index) throws ElementInstantiationException {
/**
* remove any null value added
*/
childList.removeAll(Collections.singletonList(null));
return new Child();
}
});
This way, my collection just contains two child (without any null value) and i do not need to renumber all the indexes on the client side
About adding/removing you can see this link where i show a scenario wich can gives you some insight.
See also Grails UI plugin
Thanks,
Your answer brought some insight for me to do a wider search and I actually found a great post that covers all the inputs in my question. This is just a reference for anyone reading this. I will write a blog entry on how I implemented my case soon, but this link should provide a good source of ino with a working exmaple.
http://www.2paths.com/2009/10/01/one-to-many-relationships-in-grails-forms/
Most of the time I use ajax to manage such problem.
So when the user clicks add new phone I get the template UI from the server for manageability purpose ( the UI just same GSP template that I use to edit, update the phone), so this way you are not mixing your UI with your js code, whenever you want to change the UI you have to deal only with our GSP code.
Then after getting the UI I add it to the page using jquery DOM manipulation. Then after filling the form when they hit add(save) the request is sent to the server via ajax and is persisted immediately.
When the user clicks edit phone the same UI template is loaded from the server filled with existing phone data, then clicking update will update the corresponding phone immediately via ajax, and same thing applies to delete operation.
But one day I got an additional scenario for the use case that says, "until I say save contact no phone shall be saved on the backend, also after adding phones to the contact on the ui if navigate away to another page and come back later to the contact page the phones I added before must be still there." ugh..
To do this I started using the Session, so the above operations I explained will act on the phone list object I stored on the session instead of the DB. This is simple perform all the operation on the phonesInSession but finally dont forget to do this(delete update):
phonesToBeDeleted = phonesInDB - phonesInSession
phonesToBeDeleted.each{
contact.removeFromPhones(it)
it.delete()
}
I know I dont have to put a lot of data in session but this is the only solution I got for my scenario.
If someone has got similar problem/solution please leave a comment.
First, in all your input fields names you add an #:
<input type="text" name="references[#].name"/>
Second, add call a function before submitting:
<g:form action="save" onsubmit="replaceAllWildCardsWithConsecutiveNumbers();">
Third, this is the code for the function that you call before submitting the form:
function replaceAllWildCardsWithConsecutiveNumbers(){
var inputs = $('form').find("[name*='#']");
var names = $.map(inputs, function(el) { return el.name });
var uniqueNames = unique(names);
for (index in uniqueNames) {
var uniqueName = uniqueNames[index];
replaceWildCardsWithConsecutiveNumbers("input", uniqueName);
replaceWildCardsWithConsecutiveNumbers("select", uniqueName);
}
}
function unique(array){
return array.filter(function(el, index, arr) {
return index === arr.indexOf(el);
});
}
function replaceWildCardsWithConsecutiveNumbers(inputName, name){
counter = 0;
$(inputName + "[name='" + name + "']").each(function (i, el) {
var curName = $(this).attr('name');
var newName = curName.replace("#", counter);
$(this).attr('name', newName);
counter += 1;
});
}
Basically, what the code for replaceAllWildCardsWithConsecutiveNumbers() does, is to create a list for all input (or select) elements whose name contains an #. Removes the duplicates. And then iterates over them replacing the # with a number.
This works great if you have a table and you are submitting the values to a command object's list when creating a domain class for the first time. If you are updating I guess you'll have to change the value of counter to something higher.
I hope this helps someone else since I was stuck on this issue for a while myself.

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