Import of data is the automated or semi-automated input of data sets between different software applications. It involves "translating" from the format used in one application into that used by the other.
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Is there a way to detect if a content deployment is ready?
I need to detect if a content deployment between two different sharepoint 2010 farms is finished. Is there a way to achieve this programmatically? I've been looking around for some days now but ...
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Physical to Virtual Migration of SharePoint Machine
We are about to conduct a full virtual migration. Among the physical machines to be migrated is our SharePoint server, which hosts two SP sites. I know very little about SharePoint and I've only ...
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Excel -> SP List with correct column types?
Are there solutions available for importing an Excel to SharePoint with SharePoint column types? Or has someone tried this with the help of OpenXml (with a custom import web part with default values, ...
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Can I export a list from SharePoint 2007 and then import to SharePoint 2010?
I have a user that has requested we copy her Shared Documents library from SharePoint 2007 team site to an existing SharePoint 2010 team site.
Can this be accomplished with OOB STSADM export/import ...
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Import Sharepoint List into Excel Using VBA Only
In Excel 2007, I have a VBA script that consolidates various data sources into a single Excel file for monthly archiving and reporting purposes.
How can I import data directly from a Sharepoint ...
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bulk importing content from existing non-SP website?
I'm pretty new to the SharePoint world, apologies in advance. Our shop just lit up a new SP2010 farm, and we're in the planning stages for getting content from our existing not-SP intranet into SP. At ...
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Unable to Import MasterPage
I am trying to Import a master page to Master Page folder from SharePoint designer 2010. Unfortunately it is coming under page Layouts. Not sure what am I doing wrong here? I tried with the import ...
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Move documents from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010
I have an old sharepoint site containing around 50 document libraries with subfolders and files. No these document libraries should be moved to a new SharePoint 2010 site.
I've tried this using the ...
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SharePoint 2010 taxonomy import and export to csv
Currently I am working with taxonomies and multi language packs. So I want to import a csv with all terms in a term store in different languages. However I cannot find an example of how the csv ...
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Import-SPWeb with Overwrite always appends
I'm exporting a Custom List from one SharePoint instance and importing into another. The documentation says I should be able to use UpdateVersions with Overwrite to remove all items and then insert ...
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Migrate from 2007 to 2010 without access to database
one of our customers has a sharepoint 2007 environment in a shared environment. Now they want us to move there sharepoint to 2010 on another server in another domain.
Because i'm not very ...
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Powershell backup/restore or import/export to keep all document versions?
I need to move a test SharePoint 2010 site collection and database to a new server (and new database). I want to make sure that I keep user security and all document versions. Does backup/restore keep ...
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Import throws “Could not load file or assembly”
We've exported a web site on SP2010 using this command:
Export-SPWeb -Identity http://vmdev95/ -Path \\vmdev95\sp_backup\acm -NoFileCompression -HaltOnError -HaltOnWarning -IncludeUserSecurity
Then ...
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<xsl:import> not working in SP2010
I have been trying for days to understand why, following an upgrade to Sp2010, none of the statements used in my web part definitions are working. The work fine in SP Designer 2010 and render as ...
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Import Excel as List Fails
I have an Excel Spreadsheet that I want to import into SharePoint 2010 as a list but upon doing so I receive the following errors. As a work around I have saved the spreadsheet as csv and then ...
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Moving a Site Collection from SharePoint 2010 Foundation to SharePoint Server 2010
Is it possible to move a Site Collection from SharePoint 2010 Foundation to SharePoint Enterprise Server 2010.
I tried import/export using PowerShell and get an "Access is Denied" error on import.
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Replicating database tables as SharePoint lists
We have a legacey application that is running with a SQL backend. We want to end of life the old application and use SharePoint 2010 instead. In my my mind we have a few options of what we could do.
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Export-spweb / Import-spweb leaves the lookup columns empty
The export / import operations seems to be working quite well except for lookup columns. The lookup columns and other columns associated with the lookup are all empty.
Is this a limitation? Is there ...
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Imported site collection has “Revert to template”
I've imported a site collection via PowerShell and all the pages show the message:
The current page has been customized from its template. [Revert to template].
The original site collection didn't ...
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Migrating Document libraries to new location (and new subsite) while retaining internal ID's
I'm currently using SPExportSettings and SPImportSettings to migrate some content from an old 2007 environment.
The below code is all working fine, as designed, but not as I'd like. My document ...
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Importing site gives “Security check failed in OnFolderImport” error
I'm using the SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard (2.8 beta) and have successfully exported a site. Now I'm trying to import the site and it gives me the following messages in the log and isn't ...
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DateTime Column type for import
I am looking at this http://spfileupload.codeplex.com/ to import files/folders with metadata. but it seems that DateTime is not supported. What's your input on this?
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What's the database impact of Central Administration Site Export? Locked for Writes AND Reads?
We're about to move a site from a parallel site collection into a subsite of the other site collection. Both SC's are in the same Web Application. We have not been able to get the command line ...
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Move list from root site to subsite
We accidentally created a few lists at the root of our SharePoint 2010 site and need to move them to a subsite. How do you do this? We tried exporting as a template, but then the list became a library ...
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Import-SPWeb throws exception “A duplicate field named [guid here] was found”
From the SharePoint 2010 Powershell console, I'm importing a site collection into the same parent site collection as the source. (ie. http://parent/sites/sourcesite has been exported with Export-SPWeb ...
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export / import spweb problem with DataConnectionLibrary feature
I'm attempting to export a subsite from staging to production using powershell and export-spweb and import-spweb.
This worked just fine from staging to development.
When we try to run this on ...
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Object Reference Not Set Error in SPImport.Run()
I'm trying to move my site from a server to another.
I exported my site using Export-SPWeb, moved the data to destination server and ran the function below: (Taken from here.)
function ...
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Deleting a Site
Currently I have a structure as below:
http://thesite
http://thesite/my (MySite)
I need to delete and re-create the site "thesite" but I don't want to lose the site "my".
Is this somehow ...
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Import from Excel Spreadsheet works in IE6 not IE8
I'm having an issue in SharePoint 2007 in IE 8 where, when creating a new List using Excel Spreadsheet Import, I get redirected to a 403 error. This feature works in IE 6 but not IE 8. Can anyone ...
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Import/Export Version History Modified Date
Im migrating a SPS2003 site to MOSS 2007. Its crucial I maintain version history. I followed this process:
Do the pre upgrade check
Backup DB from SPS2003
Restore DB to SQL in virtual machine with ...
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Sharepoint Designer 2010 - imported master page ends up showing under page layouts
When I import a master page in Sharepoint Designer 2010, using the 'Import Files' button (while clicked into the "Master Pages" section, the file is imported, but not to Master pages. It goes instead ...
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How to add column data in bulk?
I have a new SP 2007 site which I have been loading about a terabyte of files into. File types include .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .jpg, .gif, .pdf.
What I need to do is add custom ...
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Import from Excel to an existing list
I'm trying to import data from excel into an existing list.
I can paste one line at a time by opening the excel doc and the sharepoint list in datasheet view, but that's not very efficient.
Any ...
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Site Collection Import Issue using stsadm
I am having some issues with importing a PUblishing Site Collection using stsadm import. THe Export didn't report any issues and in fact the import reported no issue. When we try to access the root ...
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issue importing a Site Collection using STSADM and 2010
So before anyone asks I need to use stsadm due to my lack of exposure to powershell. Anyway, I have run into issues using the export/import commands. The source and target are 2010 publishing ...
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Can I import a non-sandboxed .wsp file at farm level via SharePoint GUI?
I'm trying to import the MetadataWebPart, which comes packaged as a solution, to my site.
Can I achieve this via Central Admin?
Is this even possible without using PowerShell or some other script? ...
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Excel import to SharePoint
I'd like to be able to import a spreadsheet from Excel into SharePoint and be able to select a list template I've already built. Is this possible? I need to be able to do this so the proper ...
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Questions about importing / exporting using stsadm
I have 2 questions regarding stsadm -o import
My site has custom content types, but these are activated at site collection level. So Should I first install the WSP package on target server, then ...
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SharePoint 2007 Web-application is getting crashed due to memory leak
We decided to duplicate an existing web-application (for Podcasting kit), which has site collection only at root level, so created a new web-application (in the same DB instance) and imported (stsadm ...
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Cannot create list from spreadsheet
We implemented a fix for this problem a few months ago (provided somewhere on the web by a member of the Excel team), and it worked just fine. Now, it doesn't (we're Army, and all sorts of things keep ...
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How to import a large number of files into SharePoint?
I have 500 GB in .pdf and .doc files on my file share and I want to put all of those into SharePoint.
What is the best way to do it? I have a database size of 250 GB. I also want to be able to search ...
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List exists error when using stsadm -o import command
When using the stsadm -o import command I am getting an error relating to a list already existing, the import then seems to fail. Should it not handle this scenario of a list already existing on the ...
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Migrating content from one content database to another
We have a content database on our live moss server. It contains one site collection with several sub-sites. I'm using the stsadm export command to produce a cmp file, then moving this to our test ...
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Importing specific profiles from AD
I want to import accounts in specific OU's and not the whole Active Directory.
I have created the connection to AD and everything is working well.
I'm sure it is possible to import specific accounts ...
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SharePoint and several Active Directory sources(solved)
I have either a SharePoint AD sync problem or AD problem.
I have mapped several AD sources to be imported into SharePoint:
SP-domain AD 1
AD 2 - > groups to be imported into SC 2
AD 3 - > groups ...
