Questions tagged [migration]
For questions related to the migration of content into or out of a Sitecore instance
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Type value in sitecore 9.x for Item "{61370693-189D-44A0-ABC5-2592DBD579ED}"
What is Type value (please see the attached image from Sitecore 10.0.1) in Sitecore 9.x for Item {61370693-189D-44A0-ABC5-2592DBD579ED} (path :/sitecore/system/Settings/Rules/Definitions/Elements/...
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Migrating From 9.0 to 10.3 one instance to other [closed]
I need to migrate the site in Sitecore version 9.0 to 10.3 from one instance to another
The current site is using layered architecture however we need it in helix.
I need to migrate below data :
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migration to azure blob taking indefinite time
We are enabling Azure Blob Storage in Sitecore 10.2
As a first step, we are migrating all available media to Azure Blob via PowerShell script.
We tried this on lower environments for testing. However, ...
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Xdb Migration tool - The item Database verification log could not be converted into a database verification log object
I am working on Analytics DB migration from MongoDB to Connect using Sitecore_xDB_Data_Migration_Tool 5.0.0 for Sitecore 8.2 to Sitecore 10.x.
I followed installation guide from below url https://dev....
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Sitecore.Shell.Applications - Does not exist in Sitecore 10.2
In Sitecore 8.2 there is a dll named Sitecore.Shell.Applications and the namespace is Sitecore.Shell.Applications.MarketingAutomation.Dialogs and contains the below properties:
namespace Sitecore....
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Sitecore.Analytics.Automation - Does not exist in Sitecore 10.2
In Sitecore 8.2 there is a dll named Sitecore.Analytics.Automation and it contains the below properties:
public class AutomationRuleContext : RuleContext
{
public AutomationRuleContext();
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Sitecore 10.1 slow sites after the migration from Sitecore 8.2
We migrated to Sitecore 10.1 from Sitecore 8.2. Every site loading for the first time seems to be pretty slow.
The initial load takes 15 to 30 seconds on average and it's the type document which takes ...
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Sitecore WebForms/MVC site migration to JSS
Can somebody share known pitfalls when migrating WebForms or MVC site that uses Personalization/AB Testing/Analytics/Sitecore Forms/EXM/SXA etc. to JSS?
Any known limitations?
Sitecore versions: 9.2 ...
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Sitecore 10.1 publish to web error
We have upgraded to Sitecore 10.1 from Sitecore 8.2.
When publishing some of the items to the Web database, I am getting the following error.
Job started: Publish to 'web'|#Exception: System....
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Glass Cast issues after upgrading from Sitecore 8.1 to Sitecore 10.1.2
I am trying to migrate Sitecore items from Sitecore 8.1 to Sitecore 10.1.2. During migration I have got an error as 'Item' does not contain a definition for 'GlassCast' and no accessible extension ...
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How to Migrate Custom Facet with Complex Type from SC8.2 to SC9.3
We are having Custom Facet with Complex type in 8.2, that needs to be Migrated to Sitecore 9.3
Followed below Link for creating facet.
https://doc.sitecore.com/en/developers/91/sitecore-experience-...
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What is the recommended approach for upgrading Sitecore databases in higher environment
I am upgrading Sitecore 8.2 to Sitecore 9.3 and I have followed the database upgrade approach in my developer machine using dev databases. Now We have multiple environments (Test, QE, UAT, Prod) and ...
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Sitecore 8.2 to 9.3 Upgrade the databases approach
We are planning to upgrade from Sitecore 8.2 update 2 to 9.3. Customer suggests to follow DB upgrade approach. I have followed the below steps to upgrade the databases as per sitecore upgrade approach ...
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How to import Sitecore XConnect (analytics) data from Sitecore 9.1.1 to Sitecore 10.01
First some context. We are currently upgrading from Sitecore 9.1.1 and JSS 11 to Sitecore 10.01 and JSS 15. We do this by recreating the Azure PAAS infra using the ARM templates and custom Powershell ...
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Do you need to be a certified Sitecore developer to download installation files?
I am trying to migrate the site from 8.2 to 9. In order to upgrade the site, we require the migration files, which you can usually download from the Sitecore Downloads site.
If the client has ...
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Getting error "Unable to establish the current or required content version. Contact your system administrator" [closed]
A project migrated from 8.2 to 9.3 have error blocks on content editor and experience editor(please take reference from the screenshot below)
I have tried below options but still, the issue is there:
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xDB Data Migration Tool 3.0.0 [closed]
First question:
Do the packages get installed on the Sitecore 8 instance or the Sitecore 9.2 instance?
Second question:
The installation guide refers to three files:
Data Exchange Framework 3.0
xDB ...
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Migrate Content to Azure
I have installed a baseline 8.2.7 Sitecore to Azure using the XP templates in the Azure ToolKit.
How to I get my existing content into the databases ?
If I try to import a bacpac file I get a new ...
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Migrating the Sitecore Items from Sitecore 8.1 to Sitecore 9.0
I am trying to migrate Sitecore items from Sitecore 8.1 to Sitecore 9.0, we tried creating a package and serialization both attempts failed. We can't take the database backup and proceed because of ...
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Post Condition failed on Migration between Azure Servers
We are trying to migrate our application from Azure US servers to EU Servers. We just copied all the files of Website folder (or wwwroot folder) from US server to EU server.
Our Production CM ...
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Can we migrate Google analytics data to Sitecore xDB?
Currently we are using Google analytics but in future we would like to utilize Sitecore Analytics? Can we migrate past Google analytics data to Sitecore xDB?
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In XDB Migration Tenant which connection string of MongoDB to be shared
In xDB Migration from 8.2 to 9.1, 8.2 Mongo DB have connection string for analytics db, tracking live, history and contact db.
Which connection string needs to be given in mongo db provide under xDB ...
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Using xDB Data Migration Tool 2.0.2
Is there a need for down time while tool is running?
If not, should we disable analytics during the process?
Thinking the site should be live but I do not want to have new data going into Mongo ...
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How to rework LoggingIn pipelines in Sitecore 9.1?
In Sitecore 8.2, I had pipeline with password complexity check:
public class CheckPassword
{
public void Process(LoggingInArgs args)
{
var validator = new CustomValidator();
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Sitecore 9.1 xDB Data Migration Tool 2.1 multi threads issue
When I start "MongoDB Contacts to xConnect Migration" pipeline with 1 thread all works fine. But when start with more then 1. I have an error after random count of processed contacts.
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Is it possible to create sxa page in non sxa website?
We have recently migrated 4 websites from sitecore 7.2 to sitecore 9.1. we have not done any major code changes and websites are still running in asp.net webforms. We have upgraded the license to ...
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Sitecore 9.1 XDB migration issue with Mongo db connection
I have:
Sitecore 9.1
Sitecore 8.2
MongoDB 3.4
xDB Data Migration Tool 2.1
I'm trying migrate analytics, I configured tenant and other things by documentations and all looks fine, also Mongo db has "...
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xDB Data Migration tool fails
I'm trying to migrate the analytics data from Sitecore 8.2.4 to 9.0.2. The tool worked about 12 hours and failed with the following message:
10152 19:08:25 ERROR [Data Exchange] An error occurred ...
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xDB Data Migration tool and vanila Sitecore instance
Is it possible to migrate xDB data from existing Sitecore 8.2 to a fresh Sitecore 9.x instance using the xDB Data Migration tool? I mean if I install a fresh Sitecore 9.x instance (not upgraded one), ...
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Upgrade from Sitecore 9.0 initial version to Sitecore 9 update 2
We're working on the Sitecore upgrade from Sitecore 7.2 to Sitecore 9 update2. Using the express migration tool, we moved all the content from sitecore7.2 to sitecore 9 initial version and updated the ...
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xDB SC 8 to SC9 migration and custom facets
Is there any existing documentation on how to migrate custom facets from SC8 xDB contacts to SC9 using the migration tool?
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SharePoint 2010 to Sitecore 9 update 1
I have to migrate data from SharePoint 2010 to Sitecore 9 Update 1 instance. There is one connector "SharePoint Connect 2.2" for this. Drawback is that "SharePoint Connect is not supported on Sitecore ...
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Error Log : "There is no method 'Filter' on type...” while migrating Sitecore version [duplicate]
This is not a duplicate of:
There is no method 'GetResults' on type 'Sitecore.ContentSearch.Linq.QueryableExtensions' that matches the specified arguments
because the patch applied ...
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migrating xDB data to xConnect [upgrading sitecore 8.2 to 9.0]
I am at the final step of upgrading a website from 8.2 to 9.0 i.e. migrating the analytics data from MongoDB to xConnect. I am using xDB data migration tool and following the guide provided by ...
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Migration from Fortis DynamicPlaceholders to Sitecore 9 DynamicPlaceholders
I'm looking for migration solution from Fortis DynamicPlaceholders to Sitecore 9 DynamicPlaceholders.
Fortis DynamicPlaceholder looks like:
/main/content_container_ec526a7d-7838-4563-95a0-...
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An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'ContactsController'
An error occurred during migration MongoDB data to XConnect. The same issue was registered but out of the Sitecore stack exchange.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48302183/sitecore-xconnect-an-...
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Sitecore 9 update 1 xDB Data Migration Tool Pipeline Batch Extremely slow/hangs
We have Sitecore 9 Update 1 installed successfully. Both of the below services work fine.
Sitecore xConnect Search Indexer
Sitecore Marketing Automation Engine
All required databases are installed ...
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Migrating WFFM to Sitecore 9 Forms Module
We are currently on Sitecore 7.5, using Mongo for xDB and also using WFFM Module.
Planning for an upgrade to Sitecore 9 soon. Where the Sitecore Forms Module looks promising and apart from few ...
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Upgrade Sitecore 7.2 SQL Analytics Database to Sitecore 9.0
I have migrate one site from 7.2 to 9.0 and it is successfully done.
How i can migrate Analytics Database in to new version and in which database?
All data should display as it is in new version as ...
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Migrating content from sitecore 7.2
So we need to migrate content from sitecore 7.2 to sitecore 8. But it's not only migrating, we also need to modify the content in order to have updated content in the new instance.
Our original ...
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Express Migration Tool Archived Items
I'm upgrading a site from Sitecore 6.5 SP2 to Sitecore 8.2 Update 4. When running the Express Migration Tool (version 2.0) it isn't migrating over archived items. I've tried doing a SQL insert to ...
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Disadvantage of using SQL with WFFM?
We are using WFFM on 7.2 version and I see that we can still use SQL for WFFM in latest version. Are there any disadvantages if we migrate to latest version of Sitecore and still uses SQL?
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What are the activities involved in Commerce Content Migration?
I am in the process of analyzing the option of migrating the existing commerce data into Sitecore Commerce, what are the activities are involved in that ?
As far i know,
a. Analyze existing Commerce ...
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3 separate Sitecore sites at 3 different servers and Need to migrate it to 1 instance on a Single Server
I've 3 separate Sitecore sites at 3 different servers and Need to migrate it to 1 instance on a Single Server so can someone help me with the best possible approach for doing it:
The way I know to do ...
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Forcing Express Migration Tool to Sync Security
Is there a way to force the Express Migration Tool (v1.0 in my case*) to re-syncronize security items. It seems that this is a known issue that it will only sync security users and roles once. (See ...
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What do the release notes for the Express Migration Tool mean when they refer to "etalon"?
I've been reading the documentation around Express Migration, in preparation for trying it on a site, and I've come across a sentence in the release notes that I don't quite understand:
The text ...
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Best way to upgrade from Sitecore 8.0 Update 2 to 8.2 Update 1
I want to upgrade a Sitecore environment ( 8.0 Update 2 to 8.2 Update 1 ).
I recently went to a general Sitecore Presentation and there they mentioned that i could use a new Upgrade tool.
I found this ...
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ItemManager.AddFromTemplate. How to set language used
I'm writing some code to migrate items using the ItemManager.AddFromTemplate method. I'm wondering how to set what language the item created from that method is created in.
Does it default to the ...
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Migrating a large media library
The customer has an existing Sitecore media library of roughly 18GB and wants to migrate this toa new sitecore site. However, because of the size, creating export packages or serializing items, ...
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Create bucket items from external database
We are migrating our legacy application in sitecore. We have a large database that we want to reuse in our sitecore application specially dbo.Product table. Product table contains ProductName, ...
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