Troubleshooting Slot Import
If you experience unexpected behavior during an import, check the file against this information.
- Did you run an import on slot configurations that reference slots that are not in the template? You might get a data warning, but the slot configurations are still imported as place holders.
- Did you have slot configurations that reference slots in the template, but the slots are later removed from the templates? Those slot configurations don't appear in the Business Manager.
When running an import in Delete mode:
- If only slot ID and content type are specified in the file, all slot configurations for the slot in that context are deleted.
- If slot ID, context type and context ID are specified, all slot configurations for the slot in that context with that context ID are deleted.
- If a slot ID, context type, context ID, and configuration ID are all specified, the one slot configuration that is uniquely identified by all settings is deleted.
- If the slot ID is left out, the element is ignored and a warning is issued.
When running an import in Update mode:
- Any existing slot configurations referenced in the file are updated.
- If the slot ID, context type, context ID and configuration ID don't match a slot configuration, the element is ignored and a warning is issued. If they do match a slot configuration, then only the elements that are specified result in updated properties of that configuration.
- If multiple slot configurations are specified as the default, the last one is set to as default and a warning is shown in the log. Exactly one configuration can be set as default for each combination of slot ID, context type and context ID.
When running an import in Merge mode:
- All required properties must be provided or the slot configuration is ignored and a warning is issued. Defaults for optional properties are:
| Element | Default |
|---|---|
| enabled | false |
| default | false |
| schedule | Continuously |
- If multiple default configurations are specified, the last one is honored and a warning is shown in the logs.
When running an import in Replace mode:
- The existing slot configuration is deleted and the new one inserted with the provided data, and the new one reuses the storage location of the old one.
- The defaults for optional properties take effect if those elements are not specified; even if the default values are different than the values in the slot configuration being replaced.