Sitecore Rules Engine presentation by Jeffrey Rondeau from Sitecore Symposium 2019

1. Presented by:
Jeff Rondeau / @JRondeau16
Date:
November 6, 2019
Meet your new best
friend: The Sitecore
rules engine

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• Personalization of content
• Unparalleled control over how
pages get built
• Improving placeholder settings
implementations
• Datasource location flexibility
• Reusable conditions/actions
from project to project
For what can we use the rules engine?

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Better understanding of rule structure
Ideas on how to utilize rules engine to full potential
Practical working examples for use on your projects
Outcomes and takeaways

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Structure
of rules

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Placeholder
settings

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Where do you set
the placeholder key?

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Where do you set the placeholder key?
Template standard values Placeholder definition

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Two placeholder keys, same allowed controls
Template standard values Placeholder definition

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Placeholder settings for feature development
Template standard values Placeholder definition

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Limit renderings per page?
Limit renderings per placeholder?

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Component
datasources

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Component datasources
Datasource template only Datasource template + location

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Page level
• For use only on specific page
Website level
• For use across specific site
Global level
• For use across all sites in a
Sitecore instance
Component datasource scopes

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