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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 elementsFlash 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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To export content, follow the steps below. If you want to export Modular Content, see Exporting Modular Content.

1. Navigate to Advanced Search.
2. Using facet(s), search for the content types you want to export.
3. When the content item(s) you want to export appear in the search results, click [Actions] to access Bulk Actions.
4. Select "Export":
   
   
   
   
   
   The Export Wizard runs.
   
   
5. In Step 1, select the content items to export by clicking the checkbox to the left of the title of the content item. For example:
   
   
   
   
   
   To select all content items in the search results, click the checkbox to the left of the Title column:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Click [Next] to proceed to step 2 of the Export Wizard.
7. The number of content items that will be exported is shown.
8. Click [Confirm] to export the content items. The content items are exported to a .zip file.
9. Click [Download the export file] to download the export package. Select "Save" and then click [OK]. The export package will be saved to the designated "Download" folder configured for the browser you are using.

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1. Navigate to the Layouts panel (Configuration > Layouts).
2. Click [Export]:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. A panel will appear in which you can select the layouts to export.
4. Click the "Select" checkbox next to each layout you want to export. To export all layouts, click [Select all].
5. Click [Export]. A Windows open/save dialog box opens.
6. 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:
   
   
   
   
   
7. 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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