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- Import jobs
- Import jobs from a CSV file
- Import jobs by scanning SharePoint or OneDrive
- Naming and placing scanned jobs
Import jobs
Section titled “Import jobs”These questions are explained in full in Import jobs
How do I create many jobs at once?
An Import job: New Job → Job Import on the Jobs tab, from a CSV file or a scan of SharePoint or OneDrive.
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Can I import Discovery jobs and turn them into migrations later?
Yes. Pick Migration on Action defaults to show the destination steps and templates, set them up, then pick Discovery again and save. Later, switching a job's mode to Migration is all it takes — for a whole wave at once, with Mode in Change selected jobs … in the Actions menu.
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What happens if I run the same import twice?
The jobs are created twice. The Duplicates filter finds them.
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Where do the imported jobs end up?
In a new group named after the Import Group and the time of the import. Each import makes a group of its own. Show imported jobs in the Import job's menu shows the jobs of all of them; in an import run's menu on Run History, of that run.
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Can the imported jobs be scheduled, repeated or given a retention schedule?
Yes: set Scheduled Date, Priority, Recurrence and Retention schedule on Job defaults, with Advanced Settings on. Every job the import writes is given them; an empty date schedules them at the moment of the import.
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Import jobs from a CSV file
Section titled “Import jobs from a CSV file”These questions are explained in full in Import jobs from a CSV file
What must the CSV file look like?
A first line Title,Description,Source,Destination and one job per line.
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Can my CSV file use semicolons instead of commas?
Yes. Whichever the first line uses more is the delimiter.
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Can one CSV file mix file shares and SharePoint libraries?
No. One file has one source type; make one Import job per kind.
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How do I get a CSV file to start from?
Create new CSV file here in the file picker makes Import01.csv with the headings and a sample line.
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Import jobs by scanning SharePoint or OneDrive
Section titled “Import jobs by scanning SharePoint or OneDrive”These questions are explained in full in Import jobs by scanning SharePoint or OneDrive
How do I create a job for every library in my tenant?
An Import job with Import from set to SharePoint Tenant.
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How long does a tenant scan take?
30 to 50 sites a minute — about 30 to 40 minutes per 1,000 sites.
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Which URL do I enter for a tenant scan?
The address of any site in the tenant, such as https://contoso.sharepoint.com
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Which permissions does the scan need?
The server's Microsoft 365 app registration must be allowed to list the tenant's sites, libraries and users.
Read more: Import jobs by scanning SharePoint or OneDrive · How to create and configure the app registration
Why does the Items column count more than the files in a library?
The count is SharePoint's own, passed on by the scan — SMART Migration counts nothing before the first run — and SharePoint counts a library's files and its folders together. The job's first Discovery reports the files alone, and from then on the job no longer shows the count.
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Naming and placing scanned jobs
Section titled “Naming and placing scanned jobs”These questions are explained in full in Naming and placing scanned jobs
How are scanned jobs titled?
By templates on the Import from step, such as {siteName}/{libraryName} ({libraryTitle})
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Should each library get a Team Folder of its own, or each site?
One per library when libraries belong to different teams; one per site when a site's libraries belong to one team.
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How is the Nextcloud user found for a scanned OneDrive?
By the e-mail address of the OneDrive's sign-in, then by user name.
Read more: Naming and placing scanned jobs · OneDrive to Nextcloud
What can I put in a title template?
Free text with placeholders in braces, such as {siteTitle} or {displayName}. Right-click to insert one.
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See also
- Nextcloud FAQ — every group of questions