Import phase
During the import phase, the content and the metadata associated to it are imported into the Content Manager Repository.
During the import operation, status messages are written to the import.status file. This ensures that status information is not lost if the import is interrupted for any reason.
Target folders
| Object type | Folder name |
|---|---|
| Map (ISHMasterDoc) | Import/Maps |
| Topics (ISHModule) | Import/Topics |
| Image (ISHIllustration) | Import/Images |
| Library topic (ISHLibrary) | Import/Libraries |
| Other (Word, PDF...) (ISHTemplate) | Import/Other |
If the directory structure in your source content folder contains child directories, matching folders are created in the Repository.
If you import into an existing folder, the owner of that folder is inherited by all child folders that are created.
By default, read access to the folders is granted to members of all Content Manager user groups.
Resuming and restarting
You can pause and resume during the import phase. The import then proceeds with the remaining operations.
If you interrupt the import during the import phase (when you cancel the import for example), and then restart it, Content Importer only import the files that have not been successfully added to the Repository before the interruption.
If a content file or a metadata file has been changed in the source content folder or in the conversion folder, then both conversion and import are run again for impacted files.