1. contentXXL – Sharepoint Connector (STP)

2. contentXXL Sharepoint Offline-Connector (STP) 1.Overview 2.Configuration 3.How it is implemented 4. Limitations

3. 1. Overview What does the Sharepoint Offline-Connector (STP)?  Sharepoint allows you to save a Sharepoint site as sitetemplate or a Sharepoint list as listtemplate. These template files are saved as.stp files in the list- or site- gallery.  the Sharepoint Offline-Connector (STP) is a data provider which uses Sharepoint STP files as source.  the connector is implemented in the Sharepoint 2007 module  the connector can be manually added as a datasource type in the Data Import Manager for import of Sherepoint content into contentXXL modules

4. 2. Configuration Creating and deploying a STP-file These template files are saved as.stp files in the list- or site- gallery. When you create the template file(s) you can optionally include the list content into the template. From there you can download the template file(s) and extract them on the contentXXL server (stp is in fact a cabinet file archive.cab). A file named manifest.xml is created, which contains the offline Sharepoint data. The physical foldername where the manifest.xml is stored needs to be configured in the module settings. Read rights are necessary for this folder.

5. 2. Configuration Data Import Manager Click 'New DataSource Type', enter these values and save.

6. 2. Configuration Data Import Manager Then click 'New DataSource', enter the absolute path to the folder containing the manifest.xml file and save. The List-Dropdown is filled with available import members for this source. Select one of these lists and save. The data will be displayed on clicking the tab 'Import Preview'.

7. 2. Configuration Sharepoint 2007 In the Custom Settings switch to Offline – STP Folder, enter the absolute path to the folder containing the extracted offline Sharepoint data and save. The List-Dropdown is filled with available lists for this source. Select one of these lists and save again.

8. 3. How it is implemented implemented in C# in a own assembly: SharepointSTPAccess namespace: ContentXXL.Sharepoint2007.StpFileAccess main class is STPFile includes all operations to read STP data

9. 3. How it is implemented represents collection of files (node in the manifest.xml) represents a single file (node in the manifest.xml)

10. 3. How it is implemented represents collection of lists (node in the manifest.xml)

11. 3. How it is implemented represents collection of fields (node in the manifest.xml) represents a single field (node in the manifest.xml)

12. 3. How it is implemented not implemented status code of extraction as enumeration

13. 4. Limitations Sharepoint Lookup Fields don't work You have to make sure that all file references are resolved correctly (e.g. images in richtext fields)

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