Copy structure and content - Lists and libraries

Copy lists and libraries from a source environment to a destination environment. 

Index

• Prerequisites
• How-to

Prerequisites

• You have site collection admin permissions on your source and destination site collections.
• You have term store admin permissions on your source and destination if you have managed metadata (Terms, Term sets, Term set groups) in your migration scope.

Note: Site collection admin permissions are required even if you have higher admin privileges like SharePoint admin or global admin permissions. For more information, see Microsoft administrative permissions.

How-to

1. Select Copy from the menu.
2. Select Copy structure and content.
3. Add your source credentials. 
4. Click Connect.
5. Select your source. 
6. Click Next.
7. Add your destination credentials.
8. Click Connect.
9. Select your destination. 
10. Click Next.
11. Select Lists and libraries from the list of Site objects. 
12. Select the lists and libraries you want to copy from the source. 
13. Click Options or Mappings on the top-right if you want to apply specific parameters. 
14. Drag and drop them into the destination, or click Start copy on the bottom-right corner. 

Once the action is completed, the migration report will show any successes, warnings, or errors. See Migration report for more details.

Lookup columns

When you use Copy structure and content to migrate a list that contains lookup columns, you may notice more than the original list is migrated to the destination. The ShareGate migration tool will migrate the dependency list(s) along with the original list so the lookup information can be maintained.

For more information on lookups, also see Copy lists with circular lookups.

Tip: To create a copy of the list structure without copying any content, uncheck List content under Configurations in the Options at step (13) above.