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Migrate | drupal.orgMigrate | drupal.org
Submitted by Kathleen Murtagh on June 9, 2009 - 11:31pm
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Migrate | drupal.org The migrate module provides a flexible framework for migrating content into Drupal from other sources (e.g., when converting a web site from another CMS to Drupal). Out-of-the-box, support for creating Drupal nodes, users, and comments is included - hooks permit migration of other types of content.
In addition to performing the creation of Drupal objects from arbitrary data, migrate helps with the methodology of data migration:
- It lets admins/clients browse their legacy data before import into Drupal.
- From there, client may annotate columns so that everyone agrees on what the data means.
- It lets admins map their legacy table columns to core node fields, CCK fields, and taxonomy terms.
- It provides a dashboard for running mini migrations such as 'blog posts from 2004', and makes it easy to roll back after fixing a bug and re-migrate
- It provides Views for Quality Assurance, comparing legacy tables to new Drupal tables
Thanks to Frank Carey for taking the initiative on starting the documentation.
Requirements
- Table Wizard (which itself requires Schema)
- Views