Step 2: Selecting an intermediate package

The second step of importing content is selecting an intermediate package to import. Content Porter stores exported content in a single ZIP archive file.

Procedure

  1. Click Browse under Package location.
    A standard Windows Open dialog appears.
  2. Navigate to the intermediate package from which you want to import, and click Open. By default, Content Porter includes a timestamp with the filename to make it unique and easy to identify. But the user who performed the export may have given the file a more descriptive name.
    The dialog closes and shows the selected location and name in the main screen.
  3. Next, enter a description for the import process under Import description.
    You and other users can now identify this import if the need to perform an undo of the import arises.
  4. Optionally, click Edit under Item mappings if you want to do any of the following:
    • Give an item a different name on the destination Content Manager than it had on the source Content Manager
    • Move an item to a different location on the destination Content Manager than its location on the source Content Manager
    • Map hard-coded URIs of your source Content Manager to URIs of your destination Content Manager

    Content Porter opens the mappings XML file (with extension .ifmappings) associated with this import in the default application associated with the extension .ifmappings or, if no association exists, in Notepad.

  5. To make changes to the mappings, do the following:
    • To rename an item, find the item in the mappings file and set its ImportTitle attribute to the new name.
    • To move an item, find the item in the mappings file and set its ImportContext attribute to the new location.
    • If you saved a customized mappings file for this import locally, copy-paste the contents of this file over the current contents.

    For more information about mapping, refer to the implementation topics.

    After you have made your changes, save and close the mappings file.

    You have now specified which, if any, mappings should be performed during the import, and saved your customized mappings if necessary.
  6. Click Next.
    The wizard proceeds to the next step.