# Switching to Cablefolio

Category: Accounts, security, and data. Updated 2026-11-13.

How to bring documentation across from IT Glue, Hudu, NetBox, or spreadsheets and Visio — what imports today, what to re-create, and how to run both tools while you move.

## Before you start

Pick one client to move first: a site you know well, with a rack or two and a few dozen cable runs. Move it completely, check it against the building, and use what you learn for the rest. Nothing has to move at once; Cablefolio and your current tool can run side by side.

## From IT Glue

Export the client's configurations from IT Glue as CSV, then in Cablefolio open the room the devices belong in, press **Import devices**, choose **IT Glue configurations** as the source, and check the column mapping and the preview before importing. Configurations come across as devices. Passwords, documents, flexible assets, and contacts are not imported yet: add the logins to the client's vault, and link to anything else from a note. See [Importing your data](https://cablefolio.com/help/importing/).

## From Hudu

Export the client's assets from Hudu, then import them into a room with the Hudu source chosen. Assets come across as devices. Passwords, articles, and contacts are not imported yet. See [Importing your data](https://cablefolio.com/help/importing/).

## From NetBox

NetBox device-type definitions import into Cablefolio as device presets, with their heights and port counts, from **Settings › Presets** (as JSON: convert NetBox's YAML files first, and choose the device type the file holds). Sites, racks, devices, and cables come across through a spreadsheet export and the property import, which seeds rooms, racks, cable runs, and links.

## From spreadsheets and Visio

A port map or cable schedule spreadsheet imports in two passes: devices into each room with **Import devices**, then rooms, racks, cable runs, and links into the property from the same file. Every row is previewed with its outcome before anything is written, and a row that cannot be read is listed with its reason. Diagrams are not imported; the topology map is drawn from what you record, and downloads as a draw.io file.

## Running both while you move

Keep the old tool read-only for the clients you have moved, and link each client's record there to its Cablefolio page. Once a client is complete — the completeness score on its property says how complete — retire its old copy.

## Leaving Cablefolio

You can take everything with you at any time: the full documentation as JSON, every table as CSV or Excel, and reports as PDF or Word. There is no contract and no exit fee.

## More help

- [Next: Frequently asked questions](https://cablefolio.com/help/faq/)
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