Projects

When you are preparing content migration in Xill, you start with a project. In a logical sense, a project holds all the flows and settings that you need to complete the migration.

Project toolbar

Xill4
4.xx.x

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Creates a new project or opens an existing project.

Creating a new project

To create a new project use Project->New Project

When you create a new project, Xill4 saves it to its default location, .\projects To change this location, change the XILL4_PROJECT_PATH environment variable. For more information, see Xill4 advanced configuration

Flows

• Create a new Flow

  Creating a new flow

  To create a new flow use Flow -> New Flow.

• Opening a flow.

  To open a flow, either click on the flow or use Flow menu button (...)-> Open Flow

• Running a flow with an environment.

  To run a flow with a specific environment, use Flow menu button (...)-> Run Flow. This will open a dialog where you can select the environment you want to run the flow with. You can run a flow with multiple environments at the same time. There's also a checkbox "Trigger Flow Automatically" which will trigger the flow automatically with the selected environment, if remains unchecked, the flow will be turned on but not triggered.

• Updating a flow.

  To update a flow, use Flow menu button (...)-> Update Flow

  This will overwrite the flow and add any new variables, currently configured variables will remain unchanged.

• Cloning a flow

  To clone a flow, use Flow menu button (...)-> Clone Flow

• Selecting a flow

  To select one or more flows using CTRL+Click use the Select option in the flow menu.

• Exporting and importing flows

  Flows can be exported and imported, so parts of your project can be reused.

  • Exporting a flow

    To export a flow use Flow menu button (...)-> Export flow You can also export a flow when you have it open using Options-> Export Flow

  • Importing a flow

    To import a flow use use Flow -> Import Flow

• Flow metadata

  A flow contains descriptive metadata like a name, group icon etc. To edit this metadata use Flow menu button (...)-> Edit

• Removing a flow

  To remove a flow from a project use Flow menu button (...)-> Remove