Management Gadget

Features

Export / Import

Data supported for export / import are site layout, pages, and navigation.  Dashboard's are not supported at this time.

• List sites available for export for the current portal container.
  • Current portal container is determined by which portal container the gadget is being used in.
• Export option to export a site to a zip file for download.
  • Data included in the zip: site layout (portal.xml), pages (pages.xml), and navigation (navigation.xml).
    • The xml files within this zip file are of the gatein_objects XSD format that an initial portal will use to create these artifacts.  Therefore these files can be extracted to a clean environment for initial database population of these portal objects.
• Import upload which will upload zip file from export and import data.

Future Ideas

Export / Import

• Export - Multiple sites, pages and navigation
  • Allow someone to select multiple site layouts they want to include in export.
  • Allow someone to select mutiple pages they want to include in export.
  • Allow someone to select multiple navigations (and navigation nodes) they want to include in export.
    • Selecting multiple navigation nodes can also show an option to include the page the node points in the export.
• Export review - Ability to see data included in export.
  • During review: Ability to exclude data included in export.
• Import review - The import should not automatically import the data on file upload.  The user should have the option to review the data.
  • During review: Ability to exclude data for import.
  • During review: Inidcation on each artifact being imported whether it's a delete, update or create.
  • During review: Ability to diff the data.  (Advanced)
• Import options - Options to overwrite data
  • Option to overwrite all data included for import
  • Option to overwrite all pages for a site
  • Option to overwrite all navigation for a site
• Backup and restore options (Advanced)

Management Command Line Inteface

Features

Export / Import

Data supported for export / import are site layout, pages, and navigation.  Dashboard's are not supported at this time.

• Ability to export all data for a portal container.  This includes all site layouts of all sites, and all pages and navigation for every site.
• Ability to export all data for a particular site.
• Ability to export certain pages, navigation and site layout for a particular site.
• Ability to import anything exported
  • Option to overwrite everything included in export.
• Backup and restore options.

Future Ideas

Export / Import

• Interactive shell similar to CRaSH or extension of CRaSH.
  • Navigate portal artifacts, view portal artifacts, and add portal artifacts to context.
  • Export portal artifacts included in context.