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Add 'Generate new identifiers' option for Generic DITA Content import of Content Importer

From TD15, Standard import of Content Manager is separated; Generic DITA Content and Repository DITA Content. The 'Generate new identifiers' option is available for Repository DITA Content import only.

However, we use special output format that is similar to DITAXML output. This output format aimed at migrating DITA content from a production environment to a test environment and duplicating a publication. The link information, including href and conref, of this output format is based on file path. Therefore, this output format have to be imported Tridion Docs repository using Generic DITA Content. Since the 'Generate new identifiers' option is missing in Generic DITA Content import function, I cannot import DITA content as I expect.

Naoki Hirai
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  • in reply to Naoki Hirai

    There was false information in my previous post, so I'll correct it.

    The 'Generate new identifiers' feature works fine for both 'Generic DITA content' and 'Repository DITA Content' imports. There wasn't any issue regarding the 'Generate new identifiers' feature.

  • in reply to Naoki Hirai

    I found the cause of the problem when importing a DITA file set with the 'Generate new identifiers' option. When I tried to import, some errors occurred during the conversion phase. I fixed those errors by correcting the DITA files in the source DITA file set. Then, I restarted the import by clicking the [Restart] button on the Content Importer. The 'filemap.xml' file was created in the conversion folder. Once the 'filemap.xml' file is created, it will not update even though the source DITA files are modified. This creates inconsistency between 'filemap.xml' and the files in the conversion folder.

    I concluded that if an error occurs during the conversion phase, the issue should be fixed by modifying the source DITA files, and the last import should be deleted. Then, re-import the DITA file set without using the 'Restart' button on the Content Importer.