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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Merge Category Between Environments

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Laura Li

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Issue

  • We have the same category in UAT and Production but the category UUID is different. Therefore, we cannot import the web content lar file which exported from UAT. 

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.4

Resolution

Steps to merge the category from Production to UAT so that the category UUID and assets using this category will be updated in UAT.

  • Back up the database in UAT
  • Get the Category Id from AssetCategory table in UAT
  • Get the Category Id from AssetCategory table in Production
  • In Production, export the category into a Lar file
  • In UAT, import the Category Lar. At this point, there are two categories with the same name.
  • Go to Server Administration > Script and execute the following:
    com.liferay.asset.kernel.service.AssetCategoryLocalServiceUtil.mergeCategories(uat_categoryId,prd_categoryId);

 

 

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