Migrate from Medcap Flare to AEM Guides

[NageshRaja]

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 

[Vijendra1]

Hi @NageshRaja 

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

[NageshRaja]

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?

[Rohan_Garg · Accepted solution]

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 - 

• Content and Template setup 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