Follow these steps to import content from your mapped templates:
Select "Import"
After all the mapping criteria are set, select the “Import” option on the GatherContent menu.
Select GatherContent project
An import content dialog will appear showing an empty grid. At this stage, you can select any GatherContent project with a mapped template. You can also filter Items by GatherContent workflow status and Template.
Select Items
Select the items you'd like to import and click the "Next" button. This will launch the confirmation screen.
Specify target node, mappings and select Item status
On the confirmation screen, the user can go over the selected Items. Then select the Target node for importing Items. If a template for an Item has more than one mapping defined, the system will show a dropdown with possible mappings next to each such Item.
It is also possible to select the status that will be assigned to the Items in GatherContent after a successful import.
Start import
Clicking the “Import” button will launch the import process. The process can take some time depending on the number of Items and media files that are being imported.
During the import process, Kentico items will be created in accordance with specified templates and field mappings. For example, the “BlogGC Template” in GatherContent is mapped to the “BlogKentico” document type in Kentico and it is defined that the “TitleGC” field GatherContent is mapped to “TitleKentico” field in Kentico. In this case, during the import of “Blog Items” from GatherContent (having template “BlogGC”) corresponding “BlogKentico” pages will be created in Kentico and only the “TitleKentico” field will be set.
All imported items will be created in a hierarchical structure under the selected target node (so the GatherContent Item hierarchy will be replicated). The Content Editor is free to rearrange all items, the new structure will be kept during further updates.
View import results
After the import is finished, the import result screen will appear where all imported and not imported Items are shown with their respective descriptions. It is now possible to open and review an item in Kentico or GatherContent.
The import results page will list all successful and failed imports. Import may fail if there is a template mismatch.
