What Data Are Migrated?

Step 1 supportive article: Data that can be transferred by the X-cart v4 to v5 Data Migration add-on.

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Written by Olga Tereshina
Updated over a week ago

Below is the data that can you can transfer with the help of the X-Cart v4 to v5 Data Migration Wizard add-on:

Сonfiguration settings

- General settings;
- Default customer address;
- Weight and Length symbols;
- Purchase limits;
- Default admin/customer language;
- Ship-from address;
- "Contact Us" information. Contact Us form settings are not migrated to X-Cart 5;
- SEO-friendly URLs. Clean URLs are enabled in X-Cart 5 automatically;

- The currency is NOT transferred, and you need to define the currency in X-Cart 5 before the migration.

Сontent

- Static pages (Only embedded ones);
- Menu items from the Speed bar section.

Products

- General info (name, price, SKU, etc.);
- Images and Detailed images;
- Clean URLs;
- Product options (including product variants and variant images);
- International descriptions;
- Product reviews and votes;
- Related products;
- Wholesale prices (for product variants as well);
- Feature comparison;
- Extra fields converted to Attributes in X-Cart 5;
- Bestsellers. Bestsellers settings are not migrated to X-Cart 5;
- E-Goods. Only the file paths are migrated. The files themselves are not transitioned.

Categories

- General info (name, description, etc);
- Images;
- Clean URLs;
- International descriptions;
- Featured products.

Users

All info;

How to transfer user passwords:
- If you are migrating from X-Cart 4.1.x-4.4.x, you need to specify the blowfish key to migrate the user passwords;
- If you are migrating from X-Cart 4.5.x and later, passwords will not work after the migration. To allow customers to log in using old passwords, you need to install Migration: Restore logins of X-Cart 4 users add-on from the marketplace and specify X-Cart 4 blowfish key inside its settings.

Memberships

All info, including multilanguage data.

Zones

All info.

Payment settings

Settings of the following payment processors are transferred:
- AuthorizeNet;
- EWay;
- Moneybookers;
- PayPal (Standard, Express Checkout, Payflow Link, Payflow Transparent Redirect, Paypal Advanced, Paypal WPS);
- 2Checkout.

Shipping settings

User-defined shipping methods and rates;
Settings of the following real-time shipping processors:
- Australia Post;
- Canada Post;
- DHL;
- FedEx;
- USPS; Settings of UPS are NOT migrated.

Orders

All info.

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