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The content import/export functionality was introduced in XperienCentral version R25. |
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The exporting and importing and exporting of content in XperienCentral makes it possible to exchange content between channels. The following content can be exported/imported/exported:
- Pages (XperienCentral R26 and higher)
- Page sections (XperienCentral R26 and higher)
- Articles (XperienCentral R25 and higher)
- Images (XperienCentral R25 and higher)
- Layouts (XperienCentral R30 and higher)
- Downloads (XperienCentral R25 and higher)
- Modular Content (R28 and higher)
- Modular Content elements (R28 and higher)
The following features of content can be exported/imported/exported:
- Links
- A subset of content elements (see the list below for those that are not supported)
- Personalizations — if the exact same personalization definition exists in the channel into which you are importing, then the personalization will be imported and applied to the same content/content element. If not, the content will still be imported but the personalization(s) will be lost.
- Interactive Form element — if the Interactive Form that the element refers to has also been imported, then the Interactive Form element will be imported intact. If the Interactive Form has not been imported, then the imported Interactive Form element will be empty.
- Tags — if a tag does not exist in the channel into which you are importing, you have the option of creating it.
- Thesaurus relations between tags — Beginning in XperienCentral version R41, thesaurus relations between tags are maintained during the export/import process.
- Presentation variants — if a presentation variant does not exist in the channel into which you are importing, you have the option of creating it.
- Modular page metadata (R29.1 and higher)
The following content types/content elements/features are not supportedcan not be exported/imported:
- Custom content types
- Modular Content (R27 and lower)
- Modular Content elements (R27 and lower)
- Custom content elements
- Flash content elements
- Discussion content elements
- Application content elements
- Image Map content elements
- Anchor content elements
- Thesaurus relations between tags (XperienCentral versions R40 and lower)
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Exporting and importing Interactive Forms is performed in a separate process. See Importing and Exporting Forms for complete information. |
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- Navigate to the Layouts panel (Configuration > Layouts).
- Click [Export]:
- A panel will appear in which you can select the layouts to export.
- Click the "Select" checkbox next to each layout you want to export. To export all layouts, click [Select all].
- Click [Export]. A Windows open/save dialog box opens.
- Select "Save" By default, the name of the export file is "layouts-export_dd_mm_yyyy.zip where "dd-mm-yyyy" is today's date. For example:
- Click [OK], The export file is saved to your browser's Download folder.
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Importing Content Items
To import content items, follow the steps below. To import Modular Content, see Importing Modular Content. Once the .zip file containing the exported content items has been delivered to you, navigate to Configuration > Import Content. This starts the XperienCentral Content Importer Wizard. The Wizard consists of 11 possible steps. Depending on the circumstances and the choices you make, you may step through only a subset of these.
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When the import is complete, a summary of the number of content items that could not be imported at all or only partially imported in shown. Click [Download log file] if you want to view the log in a browser, otherwise click [Close].
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To import modular content, follow the steps below. Once the .zip file containing the exported modular content has been delivered to you, navigate to Configuration > Import Content. This starts the XperienCentral Content Importer Wizard. The Wizard consists of 4 possible steps. Depending on the circumstances and the choices you make, you may step through only a subset of these.
Select the Import Package File
Click [Browse], select the content export file containing the modular content definition(s) and then click [Open]. Click [Next].
File Analysis
After the file has been analyzed, click [Next].
Step 1 No Duplicate Content
The contents of the import package are summarized. Click [Next].
Existing Content
This step is only triggered if you are importing modular content that already exists in this channel. Select whether to overwrite existing definitions or to only import modular content which is new to this channel. If you choose to overwrite existing modular content, the following rules apply:
- If there are no differences between the definitions, the imported modular content will be identical to the original.
- If there are any differences between the existing modular content definitions and those being imported, for example a conflict between types (boolean versus integer, and so forth), XperienCentral will attempt to make the most logical choices during the overwrite. For example, in a conflict between a field defined as a string in the channel and as an integer in the import file, XperienCentral will choose to keep the string type rather than convert it to an integer. In most cases, the intent is to keep the most simple/flexible definitions over those that are more limiting.
Click [Next].
Ready to Import
Click [Import]. The modular content is imported.
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To import layouts, follow the steps below. Once the .zip file containing the exported modular content has been delivered to you, navigate to Configuration > Import Content. This starts the XperienCentral Content Importer Wizard. The Wizard consists of 4 possible steps. Depending on the circumstances and the choices you make, you may step through only a subset of these.
Select the Import Package File
Click [Next].
File Analysis
Click [Next].
Step 1 of 4 Import Package Contents Summary
The summary in step 1 shows what will be imported and whether the content already exists in your XperienCentral project.
Click [Next].
Step 2 of 4 Overwrite existing definitions
In step 2, select whether to overwrite existing content with content in the import package if it already exists.
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Click [Next].
Step 3 of 4 Ready to import
Step 3 shows a summary of what will be imported.
Click [Import].
Import complete
The Import complete panel indicates that the import is complete and whether it was successful. Click [Download log file] to see the log.
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