I need to serialize some custom WFFM save actions in my solution but would like to avoid needing to store each one in its own folder on the filesystem. Is there a way to indicate that I want to serialize /sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions and just one or two of its children and place the serialized children all into the same filesystem folder?
asked Sep 4, 2017 at 12:34
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1If i understand the question correctly, you want to exclude some child items from the parent item? you can use exclude function that unicorn provides - <include database="master" name="WFFMSaveActions" path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions"> <exclude path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions/xxx"/> <exclude path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions/YYY"/> </include> This only applies to unicorn 3 and above.– Dheeraj PalagiriCommented Sep 4, 2017 at 12:44
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Please could you post that as an answer! FYI I'd prefer not to explicitly list all the things I don't want to serialize, if possible.– Matthew DresserCommented Sep 4, 2017 at 12:48
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Unicorn 3 and above has an option to exclude child items under parent item. In your case you can use as below:
<include database="master" name="WFFMSaveActions" path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions">
<exclude path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions/xxx"/>
<exclude path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions/YYY"/>
</include>
With unicorn 4 you can also exclude using namePatterns and templateIds:
<include database="master" name="WFFMSaveActions" path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions">
<exclude templateId="{3B4F2B85-778D-44F3-9B2D-BEFF1F3575E6}" />
<exclude namePattern="^__Standard values$" />
</include>
This exclusion makes items not to be serialised by unicorn. More information about exclusions in unicorn can be found in this blog post
answered Sep 4, 2017 at 12:50
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I've seen the
patternattribute used on an include predicate for roles. Do you know if that works for items as well? Commented Sep 4, 2017 at 12:57 -
yes, according to kamsar blog post - kamsar.net/index.php/category/Unicorn/… Commented Sep 4, 2017 at 13:00
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Ah cool, interesting stuff. I'm stuck with Unicorn 3 at the moment, so that's not an option unfortunately :-( Commented Sep 4, 2017 at 13:33
One way to do this using Unicorn 3 is with <exclude> and <except> elements. This can be done like so:
<include name="xxxxxx.Foundation.CustomWffmFieldTypes.SaveActions"
database="master"
path="/sitecore/system/Modules/Web Forms for Marketers/Settings/Actions/Save Actions">
<exclude children="true">
<except name="My Custom WFFM Save Action"/>
</exclude>
</include>
This approach is described here: https://github.com/kamsar/Unicorn/blob/ce1e7aacdb65d53cffa617f8a11106dd70b944e0/src/Unicorn.Tests/Predicates/TestConfiguration.xml
answered Sep 4, 2017 at 13:36