Import & Export in SharePoint 2013

Suppose you want to migrate a list from one site collection to another site collection, Export & Import  Power Shell

commands can be used.

 

 Do the export of SharePoint list from source site collection"mysite"

 

Export-SPWeb http://localhost/mysite/ -path ”D:\backup\CustomList.cmp” -ItemUrl /CustomList-IncludeVersions All-IncludeUserSecurity

Do the import of SharePoint list from network location.

 

Import-SPWeb http://localhost/targetsite/ -path D:\backup\CustomList.cmp -updateversions overwrite