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Shilpa_Subramanian
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Mar 05, 2020

Enterprise Mode Site List Manager updated for IE mode

An improved version of the Enterprise Mode Site list manager is now available in the Download Center - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49974 Documentation updates to follow...
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Joachim_T
Iron Contributor
Mar 06, 2020

Shilpa_Subramanian 

 

Unfortunatly the biggest problem with this tool is still unsolved. You cant use it to edit an existing xml. And its impossible to edit/change the version so the xml needs still a manual  modification of<site-list version="23"> :facepalm:

 

Hope one day this will be changed

  • Eifelfrodo's avatar
    Eifelfrodo
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 21, 2020

    Joachim_T you can bulk load an existing xml file, modify it and save as xml. Version number is incremented. 

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      Joachim_T
      Iron Contributor
      Apr 22, 2020

      Eifelfrodo 

       

      Doesnt help. i need to set the number myself. If you import it, it always starts again with 1.

       

      So always after save a new xml i have to edit the number after that. to match the exisiting number in my environment

      • D_Ecke's avatar
        D_Ecke
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 09, 2020

        Joachim_T 

        You are not directly editing XML files with the tool.

         

        How it works is like this (the order of the steps is important!) :

        1.  you create a new configuration by bulk-importing an existing XML or enter the entries manually. This is only required once!
        2. when done editing, you save the result to an XML that is published on a webserver.
        3. after saving to XML, you export the configuration via the Export option. The resulting file is a config file (extension *.emie2) - not required on the webserver, so you can put it anywhere you like.
        4. For future modifications, you simply:
          1. Load the last config file via Import
          2. Edit it
          3. Save to XML
            -> this step will increase the version number!
          4. Export again to a new config file

         

        The config files also contain the version number! So it is not lost on consecutive changes if you follow this process and import the latest file first.

        You also can edit the emie2 file after exporting to increase the version number there. Then it hould retain that version after importing, and the next XML should get that version + 1.

         

        A bit wonky, but works and you get used to it fast.