Sitecore Content Serialization configuration reference

Abstract

Configuration reference for the Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) system.

The Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) system uses a set of properties to determine what and how content items in a Sitecore instance are influenced by the serialization commands.

Include properties

The include properties:

Property

Required

Valid values

Default value

name

Yes

String

None

path

Yes

String

None

scope

No

SingleItem, ItemAndChildren, ItemAndDescendants, and DescendantsOnly.

ItemAndDescendants

database

No

master or core

master

maxRelativePathLength

No

Number

130

allowedPushOperations

No

CreateOnly, CreateAndUpdate, and CreateUpdateAndDelete

CreateUpdateAndDelete

Scope

The scope property configures what content items are influenced:

Scope

Content items influenced

SingleItem

Only the content item.

ItemAndChildren

The content item and its immediate children.

ItemAndDescendants

The content item and all its descendants.

DescendantsOnly

Only the descendants of the content item.

Ignored

All children and descendants are ignored except those previously matched.

Important

Only valid in rules. Not valid in includes.

Allowed push operations

The allowedPushOperations property configures how content items can be influenced when pushed to your Sitecore instance:

Content item in file system?

Content item in instance?

CreateOnly

CreateAndUpdate

CreateUpdateAndDelete

Yes

No

Create item

Create item

Create item

Yes

Yes

Ignore item

Update item

Update item

No

Yes

Ignore item

Ignore item

Delete item

Rules

The rule properties:

Property

Required

Allowed values

Default value

path

Yes

String

None

scope

Yes

Ignored, SingleItem, ItemAndChildren, and ItemAndDescendants

None

alias

No

String

None

allowedPushOperations

No

CreateOnly, CreateAndUpdate, and CreateUpdateAndDelete

Inherited from parent