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title: "Can metadata be migrated from another system?"
date: "2025-01-09T16:57:03+00:00"
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During site implementation, [metadata](What-is-metadata) can be migrated from an external system into your Acquia DAM (Widen) site, provided the external system is able to export data in usable formats. We can script to import CSV, XLS, and XML data. Contact your implementation specialist or customer success manager for pricing information. A map needs to be provided to direct the matching of old [metadata fields](/acquia-dam/what-are-metadata-fields "What are metadata fields?") to new metadata fields.  
  
Assets can also be [bulk uploaded](How-are-bulk-uploads-done) to your site, and category search hierarchies and users can also be imported, each through unique methods outside of metadata migration.  
  
Refer to the [Metadata and Category Import Best Practices document](https://widen.widen.net/s/tgmtqcf9jv/metadata-and-category-import-best-practices_updated) for more information about metadata import recommendations, including how to create metadata import spreadsheets.