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Rename layouts without breaking imports

Imports match layouts by identifier; keep identifiers stable and change names freely.

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Rename layouts without breaking imports

Rename "Spring campaign" to "Spring 2027" safely.

Life cycle: Migrate, example 23 of 34. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents

  1. In the Layouts editor
  2. With templates
  3. Which to choose
  4. Check

In the Layouts editor

  1. Change the name with the pencil in the editor's top bar; leave the identifier.

With templates

  1. Scripts refer to identifiers (--only=spring_campaign).

Which to choose

Names for people, identifiers for tools.

Check

  • A dry-run import of an older export shows changed, not new.

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