Exporting a Document Library without the files now degrades gracefully

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1 EE SP4 (5.1.7), 5.2 EE SP2 (5.2.6)
• Fix Version/s: 5.1 EE SP5 (5.1.8), 5.2 EE SP3 (5.2.7)
• Component/s: DM, Staging > Export/Import
• Labels:
  • 5.2_release_notes
• Environment: All

Files in the Document Library portlet are stored in two locations. The meta-data is stored in the database while the actual files are stored depending on which Document Library hook is used. (By default the actual files are stored in the file system for 5.2 and in Jackrabbit in 5.1). If a Document Library portlet is exported or a site with a Document Library portlet is exported but the actual files is missing, an exception will occur and the export will fail. With this improvement, a warning will be generated instead so that the export process can still continue.