Cablefolio

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Switching to Cablefolio

Updated

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.

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.

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.