Gaurav Agarwal

Import External Media Files in Sitecore XM Cloud Media Library

Blog about Import External Media Files in Sitecore XM Cloud Media Library using next js app routing. We used Authoring GraphQL for the image import. In next phase I will work on importing images using page router as well.

Pre-Sitecore Symposium 2024 Roundtable

I spoke in the Pre-Sitecore Symposium 2024 Roundtable held in Americaneagle's Sitecore watercooler podcast, where we discussed what we were interested in Sitecore Symposium and Sitecore MVP Summit.

Sitecore Digital Experience Platform Reviews & Product Details

I provided a review on G2 for Sitecore Digital Experience Platform Reviews & Product Details under Nicole Montero’s guidance.

Unable to Find NuGet Package in XM Cloud Installation Process

We were installing the Sitecore XM Cloud instance locally, and we got this error on the terminal so this blog is about how we found the issue and its resolution.

“The current user is not authorized to access this resource.” for Authoring Graphql api in Sitecore XMCloud

While working on a project in Sitecore XM Cloud, we got a requirement to run the query against Authoring API not Edge API, generally, we run most of the queries against Edge. The requirement was to import/write data to Sitecore which is why the authoring endpoint was needed. So while setting up authoring/management graphql we got an error “The current user is not authorized to access this resource.” So this blog is about “The current user is not authorized to access this resource.” for Authoring...

Set Single Sign-on (SSO) in Sitecore XM Cloud using SAML

This is regarding setting up Single Sign-on(SSO) using SAML in Sitecore XM Cloud. By default, Sitecore provides 2 ways to set up SSO – OpenID Connect and SAML. This blog is about how to Set Single Sign-on (SSO) in Sitecore XM Cloud using SAML

Set Single Sign-on (SSO) in Sitecore XM Cloud with AzureAD

We had a requirement to set up Single Sign-on (SSO) using Azure Active Directory, now known as Microsoft Entra ID. Out of the box, XM Cloud offers SSO integration through two methods: 1) OpenID Connect and 2) SAML We used OpenID Connect to set up the SSO. So, wrote a blog post is about how to Set Single Sign-on (SSO) in Sitecore XM Cloud with AzureAD.

Filters are not working perfectly

Took part in XM-Cloud-Introduction repository for MVP directory created by Ivan Lieckens and raised the bug - Filters are not working perfectly. Issue - When I select 2024 and the United Arab Emirates facet then it also shows the Jordan facet and its 1 result along with UAE profile cards.

SitecoreDX Dubai Key Takeaways

I attended the SitecoreDX Dubai event, I learned a few things there so wanted to share those things. S0 wrote a blog post about SitecoreDX Dubai's Key Takeaways from Sitecore CEO, CMO, CFO, etc.

Searching in search box not keeping facet filters

Took part in XM-Cloud-Introduction repository for MVP directory created by Ivan Lieckens and raised the bug - Searching in search box not keeping facet filters

Sitecore MVP directory is not showing profile pic

Took part in XM-Cloud-Introduction repository for MVP directory created by Ivan Lieckens and raised the bug - Sitecore MVP directory is not showing profile pic

Sitecore MVP directory not showing Profile Image when Twitter is selected

Took part in XM-Cloud-Introduction repository for MVP directory created by Ivan Lieckens and raised the bug - Sitecore MVP directory not showing Profile Image when Twitter is selected

Sitecore Content Hub Best Practice – Part 2

I worked on some content hub projects and learned about some best practices that we should use while creating Schema, taxonomy, and other fields in the Content Hub. In Part 1 we discussed some best practices related to taxonomy flags, and taxonomy entity flags, which are very crucial to know while working on schema creation. so wrote about Sitecore Content Hub Best Practices Part 2 for conditions, Member Groups in Schema, Taxonomy vs Option List, etc.

Sitecore Content Hub Best Practice – Part 1

I worked on some content hub projects and learned about some best practices that we should use while creating Schema, taxonomy, and other fields in the Content Hub. Like -

1. The Importance of Schema and Taxonomy in Content Hub
2. Understanding the Role of Flags in Schema
3. Insights into Taxonomy Entity Flags

A migration journey to Content Hub PCM by Mohammed Syam & Gaurav Agarwal

In this presentation, me & Mohammed Syam talked about a quick overview of the main functionalities, we have under the Sitecore Content Hub (CH), Product Content Management (PCM) module, like catalog, categories, and products. We talked about the migration process, migration of products meta data, products images and the linkage process. We also talked about some integration approaches with external systems, and best practices when it comes to create schema, relations, member types and conditions...

Post-Sitecore DX 2023 with our Sitecore MVPs

In this episode, we Sitecore MVPs to discuss their top moments from Sitecore DX 2023. From significant announcements to enlightening sessions and cherished memories, discover key takeaways and join the excitement for the future of Sitecore and its thriving community.

In this episode we talked about sessions and events that we like during the whole week and discussed some features in details.

Sitecore Events Next Week

In this blog, I wrote about what were the events we were looking for in the Sitecore MVP, Sitecore DX, and SUGCON NA events in Minneapolis. Events like I wanted to attend -

1. Keynote of Steve, Sitecore CEO
2. Session from Jonathon Price on the seamless integration of Sitecore XM, Personlize, and CDP
3. Sitecore CPO Dave O’Flanagan session about Composable DXP
4. sessions about AI and chatGPT from Noelle Russell
5. Rob Earlam session on Implementing Sitecore Search
6. ContentHubONE sessi...

Sitecore Commerce Concurrency error

Old issue but worth sharing. We were working on the migration of Product data from Content Hub (PCM) to Sitecore Commerce. So this was a bulk migration as there were almost 2000 products we were syncing at a time. So we created a Connector to sync the data between Sitecore Commerce to Content Hub. Everything was working fine when we were syncing some products but the issue got started when we started the whole catalog sync. We noticed a number of products were syncing and then suddenly they stop...

Content Hub not loading issue due to a corrupt theme

We tried to change the theme for our content hub environment, but somehow it was corrupted and due to that whole content hub was down. It was just spinning and no pages were loading.

Keyboard arrow keys are not working in search box #434

I took part in the Sitecore review program about Sitecore Search that was created by Rob

I am searching in the search box and then wanted to put space between 2 words but the left and right arrow keys don't seem working.

Update Product taxonomy relation fields by content hub script

In one of our projects, we were working on updating products from spreadsheets, so everything was going good. Later on, we got a requirement to add some new taxonomy relations and add content for them, again one way is the same as my last post to download a spreadsheet from the content hub and update an extra column with the content and upload it back but for that, there was no direct way for us as we had more than 3k items and it’s more manual time confusing efforts.

So, we decided to create...

Update Product fields in a particular language by content hub script

In one of our projects, we were working on updating products for multiple languages from spreadsheets, so everything was going good. Later on, we got a requirement to add content for one more language, one way is to download a spreadsheet from the content hub and update an extra column with that language content and upload it back but for that, there was no direct way for us as we had more than 3k items and it’s more manual time confusing efforts.

So, we decided to create a script for it. In ...

Link Entity to Another Entity in Sitecore Content Hub

We got a requirement to link a product entity to another schema entity, but there is no OOTB way to link a number of entities, we can link those manually but we can not do it as the entities were too many.

Let’s suppose a scenario where we have a separate schema that has fields like Title, Description, Product Name, BatchId (all string), and Products (Relation to M.PCM.Product), and we want to relate products in this Products field.

So, we decided to create a script for it. In this script,...

ERROR: manifest for sitecore-docker-tools-asset:10.3.0-1809 not found #1107

Building an image based on Sitecore 10.3.0 containers:

ERROR: manifest for scr.sitecore.com/tools/sitecore-docker-tools-asset:10.3.0-1809 not found: manifest unknown: manifest tagged by "10.3.0-1809" is not found.

I noticed tools are not available for 10.3 - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sitecore/docker-images/master/tags/sitecore-tags.md

Delete Assets by BatchId in Sitecore Content Hub

We got a requirement to delete some particular asset, but there is no OOTB way to delete a number of assets, we can delete those manually but we can not do it as the assets were too many.

So, we decided to create a script for it. In this script, we delete assets as per Batch Id. So while uploading images we uploaded those by adding BatchId to them.

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