Exporting and importing content

Export and import functions are useful in order to bulk extract and load the personal, departmental, or team information from one location to another location within the repository, or to some other repository. In some situations, you can use this to integrate with third-party systems. For example, you can send the exported content from the Alfresco repository to another Content Management System, or an internal system. Similarly, you can package external content, and import it into the Alfresco repository.

Alfresco Content Package (ACP)

The Alfresco Explorer has web-based utilities for exporting and importing content using an Alfresco Content Package (ACP). An ACP is a single file (with an extension of .acp) that bundles together the metadata, content files, business rules, and the security settings for content.

The process for export and import is simple. Export produces one or more ACP files, which hold the exported information. As with all of the files,...