Part 1 - The BasicsPart 2 - User InterfacePart 3 - TriggersPart 4 - Timer JobsPart 5 - Configuration OverviewPart 6 - Configuration InternalsPart 7 - Variation Hierarchy CreationPart 8 - Creating Page VariantsPart 9 - Creating Site VariantsPart 10 - Restructuring the HierarchyPart 11 - Variations Fixup ToolPart 12 - CustomizationPart 13 - LoggingPart 14 - TroubleshootingPart 15 - "View Changes" ButtonPart 16 - Translation SupportPart 17 - MOSS 2007 vs. SP 2010Part 18 - FAQ
In this last part of the article series I would like to address common questions I receive from customers.
You might want to check for updates on this page in the future as I will update this part with new questions as they arise.
Question: Are permissions replicated from source to target label?
Answer: No. Permissions are not replicated as it is expected that the same user can have a different role in a different label.
Question: Are manually activated features replicated from source to target label?
Answer: This depends: if the features activation is done before the site has been created in the target label through the variation engine then the features will also be activated on the target label. Features activated on the sites later will not get replicated as the variation engine only supports updates to pages but not to sites.
Question: Is the content of minor versions of pages replicated to the target label?
Answer: In general the answer is no. Only major versions are replicated to the target label. The only exception is during initial replication of a site from source to target when pages are provisioned through the site templates. During the replication the content of the current version of the related pages in the source label is replicated to the target label - even if this is a minor version.
Question: Is there a list of columns and properties which do not get overwritten during replication?
Answer: See in the note at the bottom of Part 7
Question: Are properties in the site property bag replicated from source to target?
Answer: No, site properties are not replicated.
Question: Are changes to navigation settings replicated between source and target labels?
Answer: This depends: if the navigation setting changes are done before the site has been created in the target label through the variation engine then the navigation settings will be replicated to the target label. Navigation changes done later will not get replicated as the variation engine only supports updates to pages but not to sites.
Dear Stefan,
Thank you for your great posts on variations.
However, I'm stuck with creating a new variation label in SP 2010.
I can create the label, schedule a new Variation Hierarchy creation, runt the 'Variation Hierarchies Creation' time job.
The Variated Top site is created (nl2), as well as its index page. The site features are activated within the new variant, the lists are created, but none of the child sites are created:
'A new site ApplyOnlinePopup did not get created under Label nl2 by the variation system for source site http://---/dm/ApplyOnlinePopup. Cannot create Variation site because the parent Publishing web cannot be found. Ensure the parent Publishing web has been spawned and try again.'
I've tried to run the variationsfixuptool stsadm command in -spawn, -fix and -scan modes, always with -recurse parameter and '-label nl2' but it doesn't change anything.
Do you have any idea of what else I could try?
Kind regards,
Joachim
Hi Joachim,
in this case you should open a support case with Microsoft as it would be required to analyze the relationships list entries in more details.
Cheers,
Stefan