Selective Replication tool, which is one of the tools in the ADX Tools package, simplifies bulk activation, deactivation and delete operations for AEM users.

Selective Replication Tool augments AEM Activation Tree with some useful additional features. AEM Activation Tree is a replication console to activate the entire tree in one action. Selective Replication tool adds to the utilities of bulk activation, deactivation and delete operations. The task gets even simpler when there is an option to selectively choose the root paths to replicate, with an added advantage of selecting the replication agents. To further apply the feature of selectivity, users have the option to include or exclude child node or DAM assets.

Purpose of the Selective Replication tool:

To perform bulk activation, deactivation or delete operations on a path-task list uploaded via Excel with the ability to select relevant replication agents.

Implementation of the Selective Replication tool:

1. The simplest part of the tool is its input, which is uploading an Excel file containing the path-task list. A sample excel file can be downloaded using the ‘Sample’ button present in the description.

Excel file contains the following fields:

• Path – root path for operation
• Include Children – option to include child nodes of content or not
• Include DAM Assets – option to include DAM assets of content or not
• Action Type – defining the type of action (Activate, Deactivate, Delete)2. The tool gives an option to select multiple replication agents from the available list.

3. We can get detailed replication logs with the option to export it as an Excel file or pdf.

4. Users also get the option to see the history of the operations performed by clicking on the history icon present on the top right corner of the tool along with the tool guide.

Each of the individual logs can be viewed by clicking on the respective Logs icon. This action will retrieve the history of that particular operation.

Key Highlights of the Selective Replication tool:

• Option to selectively choose the root paths for replication
• The advantage of choosing relevant replication agents
• Simple path-task list input via Excel
• Include or exclude child nodes/DAM assets
• Detailed replication logs of each root path
• History of replication actions performed via this tool

The video demonstration of the Selective Replication tool can be viewed at:

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