M-Files Importer - How to import versions of an original document?

You can import the version history if you import the file versions in the right order and use the duplicate detection feature of M-Files Importer to target the same document. Here's an example data file where we use the AgreementID field to target these to the same document:

Mappings for the above data, with duplicate detection enabled for the AgreementID (also make sure that the feature is enabled under the Duplicates tab):

In your case I think you should see if you could export the documents' external IDs to the data file and map it to some text property so that you can use that for the duplicate detection. (I don't think using those built-in properties in your screenshot would work in this case, just use a normal property for this. After the migration is completed and validated you can then delete this property definition if the external ID information is not needed anymore.)

Hi Joonas, 

I have a question: if the file path is also the same for the versions, should I also enable duplicate detection in the importer mapping settings?

Thanks in advance 

BR,

Dari.

Hi Joonas, 

I have a question: if the file path is also the same for the versions, should I also enable duplicate detection in the importer mapping settings?

Thanks in advance 

BR,

Dari.

Yes, without duplicate detection enabled M-Files Importer will always create a new document.

Hi Joonas, 

thanks for the Info.

BR,

Dari