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Note : If you are not aware of Solr please click here Problem statement :  While working with one of the live project of leading law firm, I encountered an issue with Solr search result. The website is build on Sitecore CMS and for search functionality  using Solr index to store/retrieve the press release, article, biography, events etc information. On item publish from the Sitecore CMS the solr index got updated. On every publishing Solr document created, updated or removed. But sometime an weird issue observed and the expected solr document does not removed from the solr core. Somehow I need to remove the solr document from the core either programmatically or using the solr interface. In this blog I am going to show how we can delete a specific solr document using solr admin panel. Solution : Step 1 : Go to Solr Admin panel in my case the solr admin accessible from http://192.168.2.12:85/solr/#/    Step 2 : Now select the specific core from the drop down as s

Introduction SPE (Sitecore Powershell Extension) is very useful tool/module developed by Adam Najmanowicz and Michael West that provides a command line and scripting environment for automating tasks. Sitecore Powershell Extensions works with Sitecore process, which can make native calls to Sitecore APIs and allows to change/update the Sitecore Items on the fly. The same Windows PowerShell syntax is used for running commands and writing scripts. Installation Go to sitecore marketplace and download it if you are certified developer Otherwise please contact any certified developer to download the desired version for you. URL:  https://marketplace.sitecore.net/en/Modules/S/Sitecore_PowerShell_console.aspx Where and why use Sitecore Powershell Scripting Create multiple new items without any manual activity Getting Sitecore Item details in single click Get Item by path Get Items from all languages and versions. Deleting Items based on specific conditions Data Imp

Sitecore Security Bulletin SC2016-003-136430  Issue Details : Unable to install Sitecore Experience Accelerator Affected Sitecore Version : Sitecore 7.0 - 8.2 Action : Install Sitecore Powershell Extension 5.1 Impact of this issue : No impact on other Sitecore module or any functionality if we install the sitecore Powershell extension What will happen if we didn’t apply this patch : Sitecore Experience Accelerator is depend upon Sitecore Powershell extension. So if you are willing to use SXA then this is mandatory to install. Any workaround available? : No --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Bulletin SC2016-001-128003 Issue Details : If you are running a clustered environment (multiple Content Delivery instance groups in multiple locations) and have extended the session state to include custom object types, you will need to include list of other Sitecore defined types with