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NageshRaja
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October 17, 2024
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Migrate from Medcap Flare to AEM Guides

  • October 17, 2024
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Hey fellas,

 

I am exploring at a project which involves migration from Madcap Flare which is the current documentation platform to AEM Guides.

I have not worked on a DITA based migration project before so would appreciate your inputs as to the pitfalls and things to consider.

 

Also, has anyone worked on a migration project for technical documentation to AEM Guides from other CCMS solutions?

Any blog reference, link would be highly appreciated!

 

@divrajsingh, @prashantpa@sschnelbach 

Best answer by Rohan_Garg

Ideally if the project is in the discovery phase, you would like to have access to the product and do feature parity or 1:1 mapping of how the client leverages the product and what AEM Guides offers.

You can try the below product video -  Getting Started with MadCap Flare and Featured Videos

There's also a free trial for 30 days https://www.madcapsoftware.com/free-trials/ but it would be better to understand how the customer uses the product to get their requirements.

Product Documentation - https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2024r2/Content/Flare/Home.htm

 

Also for the features you mentioned are all available in AEM Guides - 

You can also refer to the below blog for migration-

Migration approaches for AEM Guides & Best Practices

 

Hope this helps!

Rohan Garg

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Rohan_Garg
Rohan_GargAccepted solution
New Participant
October 18, 2024

Ideally if the project is in the discovery phase, you would like to have access to the product and do feature parity or 1:1 mapping of how the client leverages the product and what AEM Guides offers.

You can try the below product video -  Getting Started with MadCap Flare and Featured Videos

There's also a free trial for 30 days https://www.madcapsoftware.com/free-trials/ but it would be better to understand how the customer uses the product to get their requirements.

Product Documentation - https://help.madcapsoftware.com/flare2024r2/Content/Flare/Home.htm

 

Also for the features you mentioned are all available in AEM Guides - 

You can also refer to the below blog for migration-

Migration approaches for AEM Guides & Best Practices

 

Hope this helps!

Rohan Garg

Vijendra1
Employee
October 17, 2024

Hi @nageshraja 

In MadCap Flare editor, there is an option to convert the content to DITA (though it shows deprecated, it still works)

NageshRaja
New Participant
October 17, 2024

Thanks @vijendra1, there are certain capabilities in MadCap Flare which I want to know can be replicated in Guides -

  • factory templates (eLearning, Knowledge Base etc.)
  • Branding styles
  • Importing legacy documents
  • Creating snippets
  • Custom conditions

 

Is there any resource which can help in mapping these functionalities to Guides?