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Prathamesh dhanawade
Prathamesh dhanawade

Reputation: 513

Sitecore 8: Change of datasource template for a sublayout

I have a doubt regarding the change of datasource template of a sublayout. Now, there are two sublayouts: Sub1 and Sub2 which are having Template1 as their datasource template. Until the time I discovered that i need a different datasource template for Sub1, i had already created many items of sublayouts Sub1 and Sub2.

Template2 will now replace Template1 as datasource template for sublayout Sub1. Now, i have to change the template of all those items that were created with sublayout as Sub1.

The problem is I have to manually change each item's template via content editor--> Configure-->Change Template technique, which is very cumbersome. Is there any other way to change the template of all those items at once ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 563

Answers (3)

nsgocev
nsgocev

Reputation: 4470

As @SitecoreClimber suggested, the best approach to do this is to install Sitecore PowerShell Extensions and fix this with PowerShell. If you don't have admin access or you are not allowed to install PowerShell extensions to your machine, you can use the following .NET code to achieve what you want. Just replace the values of ID variables with the IDs of your templates and sublayouts:

// replace with the first template's ID
ID template1ID = new ID("{A0F73C76-DD4D-4037-90D4-48B616397F5D}");

// replace with the second template's ID
ID template2ID = new ID("{43A1EBB0-CABB-4682-9F5B-7765D7FB0E29}");

// replace with your sublayout's ID
ID sublayout2ID = new ID("{1C6094FA-4539-48E4-A24A-104787641A88}");
Database masterDatabase = Factory.GetDatabase("master");

TemplateItem template2Item = masterDatabase.GetTemplate(template2ID);

// Set to your RootItem
Item rootItem = masterDatabase.GetItem("{756B23C8-1C0F-41AC-9273-B18FDA047925}");

using (new SecurityDisabler())
{
    foreach (Item child in rootItem.Axes.GetDescendants())
    {
        RenderingReference[] renderings = child.Visualization.GetRenderings(Sitecore.Context.Device, true);

        IEnumerable<RenderingReference> sublayout2Renderings =
            renderings.Where(x => x.RenderingID == sublayout2ID);

        foreach (RenderingReference rendering in sublayout2Renderings)
        {
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(rendering.Settings.DataSource))
            {
                Item datasourceItem = masterDatabase.GetItem(rendering.Settings.DataSource);

                if (datasourceItem != null)
                {
                    if (datasourceItem.TemplateID == template1ID)
                    {
                        datasourceItem.ChangeTemplate(template2Item);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

Vlad Iobagiu
Vlad Iobagiu

Reputation: 4118

I suggest you to install Sitecore PowerShell Extensions and to change the template using the Sitecore PowerShell Console.

$master = [Sitecore.Configuration.Factory]::GetDatabase("master");
$entryTemplate = $master.Templates["your path to template Sub2"];
cd master:\Content\Home\Sub1FolderItems\;
//path to sub1 folder items
Get-ChildItem -recurse | ForEach-Object { if ($_.TemplateName -eq "Sub1") {  $_.ChangeTemplate($entryTemplate) } };

Upvotes: 5

Richard Seal
Richard Seal

Reputation: 4266

There is another way - if you have Sitecore Rocks installed, you can multi-select all the items, right click and select Change Template - no code, and pretty quick unless your content items are in many different places.

Upvotes: 3

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