This page last changed on Feb 02, 2006 by vidya.

The snipsnap importer allows you to import a Snip Snap XML backup file into a space in Confluence.

Currently, attachments are not imported, and Confluence does not recognise duplicate users.

To import a SnipSnap backup file,

  1. Go to the Administration Console and click on 'Snip Snap Import' in the left panel.

  2. Enter the location of the backup file in the input field displayed. You can also 'browse' and locate the file.

  3. Select a space to import the content into and click 'Save'.
    You cannot import content into multiple spaces.
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Does the Snipsnap import come with Confluence 2.0 or do I need to install a plugin/extension?

Posted by lax@borland.com at Feb 27, 2006 12:30

Ok. One of my collegue found the whereabouts of snipsnap import capabilty. But... it does not work while importing Snipsnap XML backup (Snipsnap version 1.0b1-uttoxeter).

It is showing "Import failed for unknown reasons". I realize this is experimental functionality, but I badly need the migration from Snipsnap old wiki to new Confleunce 2.0.2 -based Wiki. This will only make Confleunce more famous inside our company.

Any tips, help, very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Posted by lax@borland.com at Feb 27, 2006 15:09

I got this error message:
What to do ? Is the file itself too big ? Or is there a particular snip that is too big ? Could I possibly chunk up the file to make it work ?

Posted by jlevinson at May 26, 2006 12:05

error didn't show...

 The following error(s) occurred:

    * java.io.IOException: Content Length Error (19434617 > 10485760)
    * Error uploading file.
 

Posted by jlevinson at May 26, 2006 12:05

Yes, my file was too big so I manually pruned it. Since no attachements are imported anyway, I removed the gibberish between <data>gibberish</data>tags. That got my file down to 5 MB instead of 19. I also had some duplicate users so I removed the users section as well, from the dumped xml file. Then, it worked like a charm !

Posted by jlevinson at May 30, 2006 18:13

James,

Sorry for the late reply. I know you found a workaround already but just for the archive:

The file size restriction is set under Administration > General Configuration > Attachment Maximum Size. You can change this setting to fit the size of your backup.

Cheers,
Jens

Posted by jens@atlassian.com at May 30, 2006 18:47

I've noticed that the first time I try a SnipSnap import, it fails with an error (i don't remember exactly, but it wasn't helful -- it was something something: null). The second time I try it in a row, it always suceeds. (I've done this twice). So if it fails when you try it once, try it twice -- I hope that helps.

Posted by apowers@cmu.edu at Jul 11, 2006 12:48
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