DIFS - Data Importer For SharePoint & Office 365

What is DIFS

DIFS allows you to easily import data from a source to a destination. It can therefore be used as a migration tool, an import tool or a bulk creation tool.

A Migration Tool

Migrate documents and meta data into SharePoint.

Migrate file shares into SharePoint.

Migrate legacy systems into SharePoint.

An Import Tool

Import documents and meta data into SharePoint.

Import data into SharePoint from sources such as Excel or a database.

A Bulk Creation Tool

Bulk create list items and folders.

Sources

DIFS supports a number of sources

File Sources

• File shares
• Local drives
• Any file - PDF / Office / etc
• UNC Paths

Data Sources

• CSV
• Excel
• Access
• OleDB
• ODBC
• SQL Server
• Oracle
• etc

Legacy Systems

Migrate legacy systems by directly accessing the supporting database (See sources) and migrating the data to SharePoint into the different supported item types.

Destinations

DIFS supports different destination SharePoint versions and allows the creation of different destination item types.

SharePoint Versions

• SharePoint 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / Online
• Office 365
• Foundation / Server / Enterprise

Item Types

• Documents
• Folders
• Document Sets
• List Items
• Pages

Usage

Configure with and XML file and execute via a user interface.

User Interface

DIFS gives you a simple user interface.

Configuration

You can configure the import using a XML file.

Destination

You can define destination types of documents, folders, pages, documents sets, items etc and import those items into SharePoint with meta data as shown below.

Getting Started

Download DIFS

Download the lastest zipped build.

Install DIFS

Either run the installer or you can just run from the Run From Here folder in the zip.

Download the Documentation

Download the documentation

https://github.com/MadAboutImport/DIFS/blob/master/DIFS.pdf

Using the documentation

Follow the Getting Started and the Examples sections in thge documentation.

Examples are includes for a wider varierty of scenarions

Further Reading

Wiki

You will find help and guidance in the Wiki (Click the Wiki Tab)

Support

Raise an issue on this repository for assistance, support, fixes.