Importing Data from an Archive

You can import the data contained in a ZIP archive you created with the CentraSite Exporting Data from Centrasite function into the same or a different CentraSite Registry and Repository. The registry and repository from which you export the data and the registry and repository to which you import the data can have different CentraSite versions.

Depending on the data in the archive, the import may be successful only if specific objects already exist in the registry. The following rules apply:

When you import registry objects that have references to User objects, the users must already be defined in the target registry. For example, you can first import the User objects into the target registry from an archive. If required User objects do not exist, the corresponding references of imported objects will be changed to the predefined 'unknown' user during the import operation.

Registry objects to be imported must not have unresolved references to other objects. All referenced objects (including taxonomies and categories) must already exist in the target registry or be included in the archive you are importing.

Registry objects that exist in both the export set and in the target registry must be identical. If this is not the case, the registry object in the archive and all the objects related to it are ignored by the import.

Repository folders and files that exist in both the export set and in the target repository must be identical. If this is not the case, the folders and files in the archive and all registry objects related to them are ignored by the import.

Note that all objects in an archive are imported. If the import operation fails to successfully import one of the objects contained in the archive, the entire import operation is rolled back.

1. On the Select page of the Import wizard, select Archive in the CentraSite folder and click Next to define the import parameters.

2. On the Import Archive page of the Import wizard, specify the following parameters:

File: The path and name of the archive you want to import. Use the Browse button to select the file in the file system of your computer.

Check Allow replace of registry objects, if existing registry objects are to be overwritten automatically by the objects being imported. If you do not check this option, the existing objects are only overwritten if they are older than the imported objects.