In this sessiong we’ll take an in-depth, technical look at the process of migrating external data into Drupal. Using some spreadsheets of data, we’ll use Drupal’s Migrate module (version 2.x) to pull the data into a Drupal site.

This will be a technical session meant for Drupal developers with object-oriented PHP experience to help you solve your own data migration problems.

Topics will include:

• Migration strategies for Drupal 6/7.
• Why the Migrate module rocks.
• The Migrate UI.
• Preparing data for migration.
• Defining source data for migration.
• Defining target objects for migration.
• Migrating nodes, users and taxonomy terms.
• Handling Drupal/CCK fields.
• Extending Migrate module.
• Using Drush with Migrate.

The session will examine a real-world scenario involving an Excel Spreadsheet to Drupal migration.