Migration

The Migration plugin provides a quick way to transfer certain configurable assets from one tenant to another.

These assets include:

• Design Styles - Legacy:

  • All Design Styles, complete with their .stylx files and settings such as Name, Reference Scale, whether it is the Default or not, Map Colors, and Reference Views.

    • The Backdrops are not included in the migration. Once the migration is complete, revisit Designer > Client Application > Design Styles to re-apply the Backdrops.

  • If your tenant includes Electric and Gas, both sets of Design Styles are included in the migration.

• Print Layout Elements - Legacy:

  • All elements found within Designer > Print Layout > Element, including DynamicImage placeholders, InfoGrids, Maps, Overviews, Scales, and TextBlocks.

• Print Page Layouts - Legacy:

  • All layouts found within Designer > Print Layout > Page.

• Print Images - Legacy:

  • All uploaded StaticImages found within Designer > Print Layout > Element.

• Tag Settings:

  • All configured CU Tags found within Designer > Client Application > CU Tags.

  • All configured Work Location Tags found within Designer > Client Application > Work Location Tags.

• GIS Attributes Electric

  • All fields that have been added for electric GIS Attributes. This includes the checkbox configurations for Required, Read-Only, and Show for Imported.

    IMPORTANT: After importing the GIS Attributes, return to Designer > Catalog > Electric GIS Schema > GIS Attributes to check the order of the fields. If the order was not set originally, the application isn’t able to determine order and the fields are sorted randomly.

• GIS Attributes Gas

  • All fields that have been added for gas GIS Attributes. This includes the checkbox configurations for Required, Read-Only, and Show for Imported.

    IMPORTANT: After importing the GIS Attributes, return to Designer > Catalog > Gas GIS Schema > GIS Attributes to check the order of the fields. If the order was not set originally, the application isn’t able to determine order, and the fields are sorted randomly.

• Editing Templates

  • All Palettes and Templates. If your utility has both gas and electric, both are included in the export and import.

    IMPORTANT: Restart the Designer XI application to see the imported Palettes and Templates.

• CU Categories

  • All categories as found in Designer > Catalog > CU Categories.

• Stamp Graphics

  • All Stamp Graphics. If your utility has both gas and electric, both are included in the export and import.

    IMPORTANT: Restart the Designer XI application to see the imported Stamp Graphics.

• Vector Print, Templates, Styles, and Labeling

  • All pre-configured Page Templates, Design Styles (created to support vector printing first released at version 11.5), and Labeling (also created to support vector printing first released at version 11.5).

Special Consideration for Print Layouts, Elements, and Images

You are able to toggle Layouts, Elements, and Images independently when performing the migration. However, keep in mind that Layouts include Elements and Images. Thus, if you migrate Layouts but do not migrate the Elements and Images that compose the Layouts, the Layouts do not render appropriately. Always consider the “child” components of Layouts when migrating.

• If you choose to migrate these independently, the order of migration does not matter. The important part is that, in the end, all Layouts have their dependent Elements and Images.

• If you want the Layouts but do not want the existing Elements and Images, that is fine too. You need to re-create the Elements and Images after migration. This could be handy if you are trying to “wipe the slate clean” and start over with new print components.