Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? - InfoPath Dev Sign in | Join | Help in General InfoPath (Entire Site) InfoPath Dev InfoPath Dev is dedicated to bringing you the information and tools you need to be successful in your Microsoft Office InfoPath development projects. Home Blogs Forums Photos Downloads InfoPath Dev » InfoPath » General » Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? Last post 06-20-2011 05:12 PM by Patrick Halstead. 4 replies. Page 1 of 1 (5 items) Sort Posts: Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Next 06-19-2011 01:54 PM shniggens Joined on 07-16-2010 Posts 291 Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? Reply Contact Our corporate IT guy wants us to move our site to a new site collection. How will this affect my InfoPath forms? I have many browser forms that have list data connections, QRules mappings, etc. Will these all have to be manually re-created? Do the list GUIDs change? I would love to hear from someone who has been through this process. 06-19-2011 11:55 PM In reply to Patrick Halstead Joined on 08-07-2006 Posts 5,112 Re: Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact If you're using centrally managed UDCx files for your secondary data connectoins (including XML), you should be able to migrate from one site to another without as much work. But, even if you aren't it should not be hideous. You will have to fixup data connections and GUIDs but you can do that either manually by editing the XSF or using the InfoPath designer ... Patrick HalsteadProject Manager at Qdabra 06-20-2011 07:05 AM In reply to shniggens Joined on 07-16-2010 Posts 291 Re: Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact No, I'm not using UDCx files. Maybe I should be? So the GUIDs WILL change? If I modify the GUIDs and URLs, then the SharePoint columns will still be available in InfoPath (without modifying them all)? 06-20-2011 12:37 PM In reply to shniggens Joined on 07-16-2010 Posts 291 Re: Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Along these same lines, if I apply an SSL cert to sharepoint, do I need to recreate the links in all the form to be HTTPS? 06-20-2011 05:12 PM In reply to Patrick Halstead Joined on 08-07-2006 Posts 5,112 Re: Move SharePoint site to new site collection. Infopath data connections? Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact yes and yes. contact Support if we can be of assistance. Patrick HalsteadProject Manager at Qdabra Page 1 of 1 (5 items) Copyright © 2003-2019 Qdabra Software. All rights reserved.View our Terms of Use.
Our corporate IT guy wants us to move our site to a new site collection. How will this affect my InfoPath forms? I have many browser forms that have list data connections, QRules mappings, etc. Will these all have to be manually re-created? Do the list GUIDs change?
I would love to hear from someone who has been through this process.
If you're using centrally managed UDCx files for your secondary data connectoins (including XML), you should be able to migrate from one site to another without as much work. But, even if you aren't it should not be hideous. You will have to fixup data connections and GUIDs but you can do that either manually by editing the XSF or using the InfoPath designer ...
No, I'm not using UDCx files. Maybe I should be?
So the GUIDs WILL change?
If I modify the GUIDs and URLs, then the SharePoint columns will still be available in InfoPath (without modifying them all)?
Along these same lines, if I apply an SSL cert to sharepoint, do I need to recreate the links in all the form to be HTTPS?
yes and yes. contact Support if we can be of assistance.