Export-Item

Exports (serializes) the Sitecore item to the filesystem.

Syntax

Export-Item [-Entry <IncludeEntry>] [-Recurse] [-ItemPathsAbsolute] [-Root <String>]

Export-Item [-Item] <Item> [-Recurse] [-ItemPathsAbsolute] [-Root <String>]

Export-Item [-Path] <String> [-Recurse] [-ItemPathsAbsolute] [-Root <String>]

Export-Item -Id <String> [-Database <String>] [-Recurse] [-ItemPathsAbsolute] [-Root <String>]

Detailed Description

The Export-Item command serializes Sitecore items to the filesystem. The alias for the command is Serialize-Item. The simplest command syntax is: Export-Item -path "master:\content"

or

Get-Item "master:\content" | Export-Item

Both of them will serialize the content item in the master database. In first case we pass the path to the item as a parameter, in second case we serialize the items which come from the pipeline. You can send more items from the pipeline to the Export-Item command, e.g. if you need to serialize all the descendants of the home item created by sitecore\admin, you can use:

Get-Childitem "master:\content\home" -recurse | Where-Object { $_."__Created By" -eq "sitecore\admin" } | Export-Item

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Aliases

The following abbreviations are aliases for this cmdlet:

• Serialize-Item

Parameters

-Entry <IncludeEntry>

Serialization preset to be serialized. Obtain the preset through the use of Get-Preset command.

-Recurse <SwitchParameter>

Process the item and all of its children - switch which decides if serialization concerns only the single item or the whole tree below the item, e.g.

Export-Item -path "master:\content\articles" -recurse

Root - directory where the serialized files should be saved, e.g. Export-Item -path "master:\content" -Root "c:\tmp"

-ItemPathsAbsolute <SwitchParameter>

Works only with Root parameter and decides if folder structure starting from "sitecore\content" should be created, e.g. if you want to serialize articles item in directory c:\tmp\sitecore\content you can use. For example: Export-Item -Path "master:\content\articles" -ItemPathsAbsolute -Root "c:\tmp"

-Root <String>

Directory where the serialized files should be saved, e.g.

Export-Item -Path "master:\content" -Root "c:\tmp"

-Item <Item>

The item to be serialized.

-Path <String>

Path to the item to be processed - can work with Language parameter to narrow the publication scope.

-Id <String>

You can pass the id of serialized item instead of path, e.g. Export-Item -id "{0DE95AE4-41AB-4D01-9EB0-67441B7C2450}"

-Database <String>

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

• Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

Notes

Help Author: Marek Musielak, Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West

Examples

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