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edited Mar 21, 2023 at 13:02

The answer proved to particular to Sitecore 10.2 (My mistake was I had been looking at a 9.3 guide).

Key steps in the above article are:

In the App_Data\items\App_Data\items\ folder, make a copy of the Web folder.
Rename the copy of the folder and the .dat.dat file inside it. Use the database name for the folder (for example, web_previewweb_preview) and use the database name within the file name, so it is similar to items.web_preview.datitems.web_preview.dat).

Once those files were created the new target began working as expected.

The answer proved to particular to Sitecore 10.2 (My mistake was I had been looking at a 9.3 guide).

Key steps in the above article are:

In the App_Data\items\ folder, make a copy of the Web folder.
Rename the copy of the folder and the .dat file inside it. Use the database name for the folder (for example, web_preview) and use the database name within the file name, so it is similar to items.web_preview.dat).

Once those files were created the new target began working as expected.

The answer proved to particular to Sitecore 10.2 (My mistake was I had been looking at a 9.3 guide).

Key steps in the above article are:

In the App_Data\items\ folder, make a copy of the Web folder.
Rename the copy of the folder and the .dat file inside it. Use the database name for the folder (for example, web_preview) and use the database name within the file name, so it is similar to items.web_preview.dat).

Once those files were created the new target began working as expected.

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created Mar 21, 2023 at 12:15

The answer proved to particular to Sitecore 10.2 (My mistake was I had been looking at a 9.3 guide).

Key steps in the above article are:

In the App_Data\items\ folder, make a copy of the Web folder.
Rename the copy of the folder and the .dat file inside it. Use the database name for the folder (for example, web_preview) and use the database name within the file name, so it is similar to items.web_preview.dat).

Once those files were created the new target began working as expected.