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Prerequisites

Perform the following steps before the server import:

  • You store the exported PKG files (with their dependent files) of an EP 5.0 installation in the import directory of the current portal installation.
  • You download an EP 5.0 business package from the SAP Developer Network and store it on the server in the import directory of your current portal installation.
    Caution

    Since EP 5.0 business packages are in ZIP format in the SAP Developer Network, you must unpack the downloaded ZIP file on the server before the import. You cannot import a file in ZIP format. In contrast to the client import, the ZIP file is not automatically unpacked. You therefore have to perform this step explicitly before the import.

Procedure
  1. Open the Package Import Editor (see Package Export Editor and Package Import Editor ).
  2. Select that you want to import from the Server.
  3. With the Browse function, navigate to the subfolders of the import folder. You stored your import packages in PKG format here in advance. The import directory is pre-defined. With the Select function, select a package to be imported. When you import the PKG file, all dependent files are included in the import.

    You can use the Download function to look at the PKG file again.

  4. Look at the individual objects in the import preview. The complete ID is displayed for each object.
  5. Specify whether or not the existing content objects in the portal may be overwritten by the import.
  6. Start the import and thus also the migration by choosing Import.
    Caution

    You cannot monitor the migration with the migration tool of the portal. This does not work when importing EP 5.0 objects (in contrast to importing EP 6.0 objects).

    When you start the import, you only get a message that the migration is running and also a link to the folder on the server containing the log files. You can go directly to the log file using the link.

  7. Make sure that the message "ENDOFPROTOCOL" appears at the end of the log. The import and migration have only ended when this string appears.
    Note

    You need read and write permission for the import and export directories, the PKG package and the directory of log files.

Result

You can find the imported and migrated objects in the portal under the following path in the Portal Catalog: Portal Content → Migrated Content → EP 5.0. The content objects are sorted by content object type (iViews, pages, worksets, etc.) and stored below the folder EP 5.0.