Sitecore PowerShell commands – XM Cloud Content Migration

In this post, I’ve listed the most commonly used Sitecore PowerShell commands for content migration. This blog continues from my earlier post: Sitecore XM Cloud Content Migration: Plan and Strategy.

During migration, we created several PowerShell scripts to extract data from the legacy database to CSVs. We then used those CSVs to import content into XM Cloud instances. Based on those scripts, I organized the commands into two groups: Working with Sitecore items and Working with Sitecore renderings. These commands aim to help developers handle similar Sitecore to XM Cloud migrations.

Working With Sitecore Items

Create a New Item Using the Template ID

$item = New-Item -Path $path -Name $itemName -ItemType $itemTemplateId -Language "en"

Sometimes, you may need to create an item with the same ID as in the legacy system to avoid numerous reconfigurations. Especially if those items are being used as the data source. In such a use ...