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Walkthrough - Copy structure and content

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Copy Structure allows you to copy site objects from your source SharePoint environment to your destination SharePoint environment.

Prerequisites

Index

How-To

  1. Click Copy.
  2. Select Copy structure and content.
  3. Add your source credentials.
  4. Click Connect.
  5. Select your source. 
  6. Click Next.
  7. Add you destination credentials.
  8. Click Connect.
  9. Select your destination. 
  10. Click Next.
  11. Select the type of object you would like to copy from the list of Site Objects. Your options are:
    • Sites site-copy-structure.png
    • Lists and Libraries lists-and-libraries-copy-structure.png
    • Content Types content-types-copy-structure.png
    • Site Columns site-columns-copy-structure.png
    • Groups groups-copy-structure.png
    • Permission Levels permission-levels-copy-structure.png
    • Workflows workflows-copy-structure.png
    • Managed Metadata managed-metadata-copy-structure.png
  12. Select the site object(s) you want to copy from the source.
  13. Drag and drop it into the destination or click start-copy.png in the bottom right corner. See Copy Options if you need to apply specific parameters.
  14. Once the action is completed, the migration report will show any successes, warning, or errors. See Migration Report for more details.

Note: When a Group is detected at the destination, ShareGate Desktop does not automatically update the group membership. To ensure that your group has been migrated properly, you can run a Permissions Matrix Report, or copy the group before copying the object to ensure source members are added to the destination.

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    Venkateswarlu Majeti

    I would like to Copy only Structure of the List & Libraries. Not the content.

    Does sharegate tool has this option?

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    Vic

    Hi Venkateswarlu,

    You can uncheck List content in the Configuration section of your copy options.

    For more information you can review our Copy options article here.

    Best regards,

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    Joanne Morris

    Am I able to copy list views only?

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    Vic

    Hi Joanne,

    Unfortunately, list views can only be migrated as part of the list itself. You could migrate a list without its content and leave only list view checked in your copy options, but that will still bring over some of the list settings the app support.

    For the source list to merge into the destination, the source and destination list must have the same name and URL. You can adjust that in the copy options as well.

    Best regards,

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