Today, we are happy to announce that Sharegate 2.7 was successfully released. A release day is always an exciting moment but this one is even better since we are releasing a feature that many users requested over the past weeks. I hope you'll enjoy it!
WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE?
Remap content types
This new feature is exactly the same as the property mapper, but specifically for content types. It allows users to remap their content types. This is really useful when the source and destination content types are different, or if you want to force a content type to be converted to another one. This content type mapper mixed with the property mapper enables advanced scenarios for reorganizing your content during a migration.
Silent mode migration
This feature has been requested by many users over the past weeks. Until now, Sharegate was prompting for a user input each time a warning or an error occurred during the migration process. This was practical for migrating just a few documents or items, but it was a pain if a user wanted to run a uninterrupted migration process and do something else. There's now 2 modes:
1) In interactive mode, user is prompted each time a warning or an error occurred during an operation.
2) In silent mode, user is never prompted when a warning or an error occurred. A summary report is displayed at the end of the operation.
Session logs
Logging is now fully integrated during the copy process. This feature allows users to visualize the logs of any copy session. A new button was added to the Ribbon menu in the home section.
Properties outside content types
Lists and libraries in SharePoint use content types to encapsulate different categories of information. Properties are usually part of one or many content types, but sometimes they are not part of any content types. Sharegate now fully supports these properties. We've added a section in the property template named 'Other properties' in the left panel. By default, these properties are ignored (option 'Ignore').
Default value when source value is missing
This feature is just powerful. It's a new option in the property template that allows users to specify a field value that will only be used if the source value is missing. For example, you could specify a default title for your documents that will only be used when the source title is missing. This way, you get rid of many errors due to required field that are empty at the source.
Ignore option for a column in the property template
As you know, a property template allows users to configure each column for all content types. The option 'Ignore' is now available. This tells that you want to completely ignore the column and that you want to let SharePoint process the column. Sharegate will save your metadata to SharePoint except for the ignored columns.
Calendar recurrence column
It's now possible to maintain the recurrence value when migrating a calendar.
Have fun!
Simon