How to export/import effectively in Confluence?

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Hello community,

 

I would like to ask for an advice on the question of effective migration. Let me give you full story in order to get most accurate answer.

 

So we have going through the company split and we will be moving to different server with Confluence. However we would like to keep 1 space (I already exported the space in XML format) and import it into space that is already created. Is there a way to do it? If not, do you have any suggestions how to effectively migrate/copy pages and articles from the specific space? I would prefer not to do this manually as we have hundrets and hundrets of articles, KBAs with pictures and files.

 

Thank you for any imput.

Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]

I'm not understanding the problem exactly, but I think I have the basics on what you are trying to do.

Read the doc on importing a Space. It's pretty straightforward.  However, you need to make sure that both versions of Confluence are identical. This may mean that you need to install an older version of Confluence, then upgrade.

With regard to migrating content, if you have content that needs to migrate that is spread among multiple Spaces, the easiest thing to do is move all the Pages in to one Space, then migrate that Space.  You can use the Reorder Pages feature to make it easier. I would create a Page called "Migration" in the Space in question.  Then use the Reorder Pages feature to drag all pages that need to migrate on to the "Migration" page.  You can then Move the Migration Page to the Space that you will export and you only need to move one page.

Hopefully that helps.