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Snip Snap Import

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

What is Snip Snap?

Snip Snap is a wiki used as a knowledge and content management tool. For more information, take a look at the Snip Snap home page and the Wikipedia page about Snip Snap.

Some limitations:

  • Currently, attachments are not imported, and Confluence does not recognise duplicate users.
  • You cannot import content into multiple spaces.

You need to have System Administrator permissions in order to perform this function.

To import a Snip Snap backup file into Confluence,

  1. First, use Snip Snap to export a backup to an XML file. Now return to Confluence.

  2. Go to the Confluence 'Administration Console'. To do this:

    • Open the 'Browse' menu and select 'Confluence Admin'. The 'Administration Console' view will open.
  3. Select 'SnipSnap Import' in the left-hand panel.
  4. Enter the location of the Snip Snap backup file in the input field displayed. You can also 'browse' and locate the file.
  5. Select a space to import the content into and click 'Save'.
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Comments (7)

 

  1. Feb 27, 2006

    Lax Sakalkale says:

    Does the Snipsnap import come with Confluence 2.0 or do I need to install a plug...

    Does the Snipsnap import come with Confluence 2.0 or do I need to install a plugin/extension?

  2. Feb 27, 2006

    Lax Sakalkale says:

    Ok. One of my collegue found the whereabouts of snipsnap import capabilty. But.....

    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.

  3. May 26, 2006

    James Levinson says:

    I got this error message: What to do ? Is the file itself too big ? Or is there ...

    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 ?

    1. May 26, 2006

      James Levinson says:

      error didn't show...  The following error(s) occurred:     j...

      error didn't show...

       The following error(s) occurred:

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

  4. May 30, 2006

    James Levinson says:

    Yes, my file was too big so I manually pruned it. Since no attachements are impo...

    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 !

    1. May 30, 2006

      Jens Schumacher says:

      James, Sorry for the late reply. I know you found a workaround already but jus...

      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

  5. Jul 11, 2006

    Aaron Powers says:

    I've noticed that the first time I try a SnipSnap import, it fails with an error...

    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.

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