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Import beside the existing layouts

--strategy=copy imports items that already exist as new copies, leaving the originals.

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Import beside the existing layouts

Compare an incoming layout with the current one before switching.

Life cycle: Migrate, example 5 of 34. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents

  1. In the Layouts editor
  2. On the command line
  3. Which to choose
  4. Check

In the Layouts editor

  1. Open the copy in the editor, compare, then switch the mapping to it with Link other layout or a new mapping.

On the command line

  1. ./console exp:layouts import incoming.zip --strategy=copy (without --publish the copies are drafts).

Which to choose

Copy when unsure; overwrite when the import is the truth.

Check

  • Both layouts exist.

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