How to import a space with a modified xml file?

[Deleted user]

Goal:

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We have renamed terms in our company. Those words needs to be replaced thousands of times through our documentation. 

Actions:

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I am trying to:

- export a copy of a space.

- unzip and open the entities.xml file 

- find and replace the necessary words

- save the file and zip the folder. 

- delete the old space

- import a space by uploading the zip with the modified xml file.

Problem:

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I get an error:

There was an error during import. Please see our guide to raising a bug report.

Issue:

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I read that you can't re-zip a file to upload a space. How do I import my space with the modified .xml file?

Resource:

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https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/import-a-confluence-space-724765531.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-copy-or-rename-a-space-in-confluence-169578.html

[Fabian Lim]

Hi Rob,

The issue is that you delete the old space and the system may keep the same key.  Have you tried importing it with a different space key?

Regards

[Deleted user]

Hi Fabian,

Thank you very much for the reply.

As this was a while ago we (I) just went thought about 800 pages manually and made the change with find/replace. Got to listen to a lot of Spotify. 

The first issue I am wondering about with the idea of changing the space key is that that will also change the URL... which will break every existing link. Even if there was a way to keep all the links in Confluence working correctly, it would most certainly break links that are not on Confluence.   

The overall goal is we were looking for a way to replace a term throughout an entire space in a way that 1) does not take so much time doing it manually page by page and 2) does not require a paid plug-in.