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Upgrading your Background Task configuration

Tridion Docs 15 introduces some changes to the XML of the configuration for Background Tasks. Transform your existing Background Task configuration XML from old format to new format by running a Powershell script.

About this task

The script assumes to find your old Background Task configuration XML file in the folder C:\InfoShare\Web\Author\EnterViaUI\. If you would like the conversion to occur in another folder, you can edit the script to change the path.

Procedure

  1. On your installation media, go to the folder __Resources\InfoShareScripts\Upgrade140xTo1500\.
  2. Copy the script ConvertBackgroundTaskConfiguration.ps1 to your Content Manager server machine.
  3. Run the Powershell script.
    The script reads Admin.XMLBackgroundTaskConfiguration.xml and creates a converted file Admin.XMLBackgroundTaskConfiguration.converted.xml in the same folder.
  4. Replace your existing XML Background Tas configuration in the Content Manager database with the contents of the converted file. You can do this in one of the following ways:
    • In the new Organize Space user interface, go to Settings > XML Settings > Background Tasks. Clear the XML content you see, and paste the contents of Admin.XMLBackgroundTaskConfiguration.converted.xml into it. Then select Save to apply the change.
    • Write a script that replaces the XML in the database with the contents of Admin.XMLBackgroundTaskConfiguration.converted.xml, and run it.