Step 4: Selecting items
The fourth step of importing content is selecting which items you want to import.
About this task
Note: By default, Content Porter imports not just the items you select in this screen, but also their dependent items (if present in the intermediate package). So, for example, if you select a Component, Content Porter also tries to import the Schema on which the Component is based (if the Schema was not filtered out during export). To prevent these dependent items from being imported also, go back one step in the wizard and select the appropriate dependency filter(s).
Procedure
- In the Select Items wizard step, navigate through the contents of the intermediate package to select which items you want to import, or use the following shortcuts:
- To select all items in the package, select the top node.
- To select only items that were explicitly selected when this package was being exported, select Select items for import that were explicitly selected during export.
You have now selected which items you want to import. - For more detailed selection operations, you can make selections in the following ways:
For all nodes, you can do the following:
- Deselect the node and its contents by right-clicking the node and selecting None from the context menu.
If your node is a Folder, Structure Group, Category or Publication, you can do the following:
- To select both a node itself and all of its contents, including child nodes, click on the node.
- Click on the name of a node to see its contents displayed on the right hand side of the screen. You can select or clear individual items on the right. By default, the node itself is included in the selection; to deselect the node but not its children, right-click the node and select Selected children only from the context menu.
- To select a node without any of its contents, right-click on the node and select Folder only, Structure Group only, Category only or Publication only from the context menu (depending on the type of node you select).
- To select all contents of a node, but not the node itself, right-click the node and select Children only.
If your node is a Virtual Folder, you can select or deselect the Virtual Folder.
Note: Changing the selection of an item may also affect the selection for the parent node. For example, if you selected Folder & Children and then deselect all of its child nodes, the selection of the parent of the folder changes to Folder only also. Alternatively, if you selected Children only and deselect all child nodes, the selection changes to None. - Click Next.
The wizard proceeds to the next step.