Override start published date and changed date when migrating fro

Override start published date and changed date when migrating from another CMS to Optimizely CMS 12

Tam Duc Ha Vo

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Hi, let's say im going to migrate a page from SharePoint CMS to Optimizely CMS. The metadata from the SharePoint CMS page has a published date and modified date. Am I able to override published date and changed date programmatically in Optimizely CMS with the dates from the old CMS?

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Mar 09, 2023 10:52

Minesh Shah (Netcel)

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Yes this is possible to do just set the StartPublish or PublishDate on your writeable clone and save.

            var parent = ContentReference.StartPage;
            IContentRepository contentRepository = EPiServer.ServiceLocation.ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentRepository>();
            PageData myPage = contentRepository.GetDefault<StandardPage>(parent);

            myPage.PageName = "My new page";
            myPage.StartPublish = DateTime.Now;
            myPage.Created = DateTime.Now;

            contentRepository.Save(myPage, EPiServer.DataAccess.SaveAction.Publish);

#297972

Edited, Mar 09, 2023 11:54

Yagnik Jadav (MVP)

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You may use ForceCurrent Version for migration in SaveAction event, so while you re-run the migration and update page, it will not create multiple version in CMS.

#298051

Mar 10, 2023 8:51

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Override start published date and changed date when migrating from another CMS to Optimizely CMS 12