How to migrate content from non sxa sitecore 8.2 to SXA based sitecore 10.2 version?

Question

We have completely redesigned a traditional Sitecore 8.2 based website to Sitecore 10.2 with SXA. Now, we want to move the content from 8.2 to 10.2 in a way that if

1. A page in 8.2 has a different field name, based on a particular template, and the same page has a different field in 10.2, based on a particular template.
2. In 8.2 the data source items are available at different locations, somewhere in the global folder outside the Home Node, and in 10.2 SXA we have already a Data folder where we have already predefined parents folder available for each page-specific content.

I know that I will have to write custom logic for content migration but need your thoughts on what could be possible best approaches to achieve this migration.

Answer 1

Here is the approach you can take to migrate the data from 8.2 to 10.2

• Install Sitecore vanilla with SXA.

• Download the production master database

• Use RAZL to copy custom templates, Layouts, and content to Sitecore 10.2

• Use RAZL to copy content items (data sources) for each component from the old site to Sitecore 10.2 SXA data folder

• Identify the components which can be SXA components. Find those component templates and map those fields to SXA fields.

• Run a PowerShell script to transform the old template to the SXA template.

• Tweak the script to create the folder structure.

• Repeat the step above for all the components.

Use the below article for the migration steps.

https://www.konabos.com/blog/lift-and-shift-to-sitecore-sxa-migration-the-easy-way

And finally, you need to create your Custom PowerShell script to move the data into the appropriate location.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The best approach is the one you are familiar. I recommend you to use Sitecore Powershell extension is a very flexible solution, really easy to implement it.

Have a look on PSE how to work with Sitecore items: https://doc.sitecorepowershell.com/working-with-items