Example - Importing a culture version of a document using the Kentico Import Toolkit
In this example, you will learn how to import a new culture version of a News document from one Kentico database to another database.
- Run the utility from Windows Start -> All Programs -> Kentico 8.0 -> Utilities -> Kentico Import Toolkit 8.
- Choose Start new import session.
- Click Next.
Step 1
- Choose the folder of a project into which the data will be imported.
- Backup your data and check the check-box.
- Click Next.
Step 2
- Choose Documents from the Select data type to import drop-down list.
- Select a site where you want to import the document in the Import data to site drop-down list.
- Select the News document type from the Import as drop-down list.
- Select Import new and overwrite existing documents from the Import options.
- Click Next.
Step 3
- Provide the MS SQL database information and the authentication information.
- Click Next.
Step 4
- Select the View option.
- Choose the View_CONTENT_News_Joined view from the drop down list.
- Type the Where condition into the appropriate field to select only the desired documents.
- Click Next.
Step 5
- Check whether you picked the right data.
- Click Next.
Step 6
- Check the Show advanced columns option.
- If the advanced column fields are not filled in automatically, please click Back once and Next again.
- Check whether the NodeAliasPath target field is mapped to NodeAliasPath source field.
- Erase the NodeAlias field. It has to remain blank in order to import a new culture version of the same document.
- Type the parent path of the documents into the text field below the data grid (you can use macros).
- Click Next.
Step 7
- Select the Import the data option.
- Click Import data.
Step 8
After a successful import of multilingual documents, you should see the number of items, which were created.
Close the dialog.