How to Export and Import Polls Data from one Confluence instance to another using Polls for Confluence

This article describes how to export and import Polls data from one Confluence instance of the Data Center to another by using Polls for Confluence.

Introduction:

Polls data in Confluence is not specific to a particular space but is global for the entire Confluence instance. Therefore, standard space export/import operations do not restore poll data. However, there are two cases in which you can export/import poll data.

Case1:

If you want to migrate to another Confluence instance fully, the following steps are required:

• backup Confluence instance data to a file: Administration → Backup & Restore → Export this site → Export

• On another Confluence instance:

  • Install Polls for Confluence from Marketplace

  • Import backup file: Administration → Backup & Restore → Import Confluence data, choose archive file, click Upload and Import

  • After this, you should have all Polls data on this Confluence instance

Case2:

If you don’t want to migrate the whole Confluence instance data and move Polls data, you can try these steps:

• On the first Confluence instance, dump the data of the following tables:

  • AO_7CB12A_OPTION_ENTITY

  • AO_7CB12A_POLL_ENTITY

  • AO_7CB12A_VOTE_ENTITY

• On a second Confluence instance:

  • Install Polls for Confluence from Marketplace.

  • Enter license data for Polls from the old Confluence server.

  • Restore the date of dumped tables.

  • Now, you should have all Polls data imported.

Note: We(Appfire) always recommend that our customers test the app data migration in a staging/test environment first and then proceed with production instance migration to be safer.