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Squiz Matrix Keyword Modifiers Test Suite

Thu, Sep. 22, 2011

Keyword Modifiers are an extremely powerful feature of Squiz Matrix. They can be be used almost everywhere in the system and provide a great deal of keyword customization.

If you have never used keyword modifiers before give it a try, you can even modify they keyword yourself to see how to use it!

Test Keyword Modifiers

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$test:

Some of the keyword modifiers don't seem to work correctly when parsed with the JS API such as the data keyword.

Nicholas Hubbard

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Eric

Sep 22, 2011

This is very cool, I didn't know it existed!!! So can I use it anywhere keywords are parsed?

Nic Hubbard

Sep 23, 2011

Yeah they are very cool! Yes, Keyword Modifiers can be used pretty much everywhere. :)

Paul Wojciechowski

Sep 23, 2011

Good stuff! Such working examples should be a part of squiz manuals.

Nic Hubbard

Sep 23, 2011

I agree, I think that there really should be more working examples for showing people how to use Squiz Matrix. That is why we are working on building the community.

Iain

Oct 5, 2011

Is there a limit to the amount of modifiers that can be used? I'm attempting to use a number of them for the group_name keyword in the group format listing bodycopy. We have a number of 4-digit codes that I'd like to replace with the names of the corresponding organizational units. I tried using the ^replace modifier, but would need 30 of them in a row, and the org units have names up to 54 characters long (including spaces, commas and ampersands).

Nic Hubbard

Oct 5, 2011

I think that you are going to reach the limitations of what is possible with modifiers by the sound of it. Are you sure there isn't a better way to do what you are trying?

Clement

Nov 24, 2011

Is there a way of editing existing keywords for example toc_unordered ?

Nicholas Hubbard

Nov 24, 2011

Possibly. What would you want to happen if you were modifying that keyword?

Karl Equi

Sep 28, 2012

Hi Nick, Is there a way to escape special characters like ":" or "%"? I think I have seen this somewhere - but can't recall it now. So I could do something like this: asset_name^replace:Squiz::/% Great resource BTW.

Deb Webb

Jan 7, 2013

Just what I needed! The keyword list at http://matrixusers.com/tips/keywords-the-great-big-list#5 was not helpful with only asset_created_X. Uses _ not ^ and doesn't indicate to use date_format: first. Sigh. Thanks!

Andrew

May 3, 2015

Hey Nic, I'm getting "You do not have permissions to access this asset" for every keyword!

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