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Published Jun. 30, 2025

What should be the preferred sequence to import data to an environment?

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Anishq Sharma

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Issue

  • User faces 'Missing References' issue many times when importing the data to an environment, therefore, if we have a probable sequence to import this, the issues might get minimised.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.0 +

Resolution

  • It is best to import the references before importing the assets which utilizes those references.
  • In most of the cases, below sequence is beneficial for users:
    • Document and Media
    • Vocabularies and Categories
    • Blogs
    • Web content and all others
  • As most of the missing references are due to document and media usage in other assets, it is best to import them first and then other assets as per the need.
  • More generally, user should import the referenced data (if any) first, before importing the asset which utilizes it.

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