I have a custom PHP application which I want to migrate to D7. It's a counseling system: user posts questions, counselors answer it. I want to use the node and comment module, with taxonomy.

However, can I import all the data and maintain the relationships with Migrate? I mean: import users, foreach users import his questions, for each question import its answers.

Can I do this with migrate, or should I start directly with a custom script?

Is there enough documentation to do a simple migration like this successfully?

Thanks

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StuartDH commented

It sounds as though it shouldn't be too difficult. I've done something similar with a vBulletin forum and added the process to the migrate module's documents here

I did the above without any php/drupal coding experience and didn't find it too difficult to get the results I was looking for...basically by going through the documentation and migrate module issue pages

Good luck

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Status: Active » Fixed

Yes, Migrate does this easily. The documentation is at http://drupal.org/migrate, and the Migrate module itself contains an example module, migrate_example, demonstrating how to implement migrations - the beer.inc file shows you step-by-step how you migrate users, then nodes (connecting authors), then comments (connecting to their authors and the nodes they're replying to).

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sergiu.popa commented

Thanks for the answers. I read beer.inc and I started migrating some terms two tables (parent_category, child_category) to a taxonomy vocabulary.

First time didn't get right the hierarchy, but using this code I solved it
$this->addFieldMapping('parent', 'old_category_id')->sourceMigration('ParentTerm')->defaultValue(0);

I'll move on with users, nodes and comments. I'm aware that Migrate module has a learning curve, but I might get a Typo3 project and I'm sure using Migrate will make things a lot easier than custom code, so learning it now it's the perfect moment.

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Status: Fixed » Needs work
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Status: Needs work » Fixed

The "needs work" status is for when there's a patch for a bug or feature that's been posted but it, well, needs work. Since the questions that have been asked in this support request have been answered, the appropriate status is "fixed".

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sergiu.popa commented

Thanks for clarifying this Mike.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.