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Epic 3: Historical Data Migration

Last updated: February 24, 2026 Reading time: 14 minutes User stories: 2 File size: 19.84 KB

Status

Last Updated: 2026-01-24 Completed: 2026-01-24

Progress Summary:

  • ✅ Phase 1: Data Analysis & Mapping - COMPLETE
  • ✅ Phase 2: Migration Implementation - 100% COMPLETE (All batch import tools ready)
  • ✅ Phase 3: Validation & Testing - READY (Migration tooling complete; production import to be scheduled by organizers)

Completed Batch Imports:

  • ✅ Companies (via frontend batch import modal)
  • ✅ Speakers (via frontend batch import modal)
  • ✅ Events (via frontend batch import modal)
  • ✅ Sessions (via frontend batch import modal)
  • ✅ Participants/Attendees (BAT-12, BAT-15 complete - API contract + integration)

Epic Overview

Epic Goal: Migrate 20+ years of historical BATbern event data from the existing Angular website to the new platform with 100% data integrity, preserving continuity and making the valuable content archive accessible.

Deliverable: Complete migration of 54+ historical events, speaker profiles, presentations, and company data from JSON files to PostgreSQL microservices with S3 storage for files.

Architecture Context:

  • Migration Tool: Frontend batch import modals (changed from original Spring Batch approach)
  • Source: Existing Angular website data (JSON/CSV files, presentations, images)
  • Targets: Event Management, Speaker Coordination, Company Management Services
  • Storage: AWS S3 for presentations, photos, and media with CDN
  • Rationale for Frontend Approach: Simpler, reusable, consistent with existing patterns, better user control

Duration: 3 weeks (Weeks 19-21)

Prerequisites: Epic 2 complete (all entity CRUD APIs operational and ready to receive data)

Story 3.1: Historical Data Migration Service

(Formerly Story 1.15)

User Story: As a platform stakeholder, I want all 20+ years of historical BATbern event data migrated accurately, so that the new platform maintains continuity and preserves our valuable content archive.

Architecture Integration:

  • Migration Tool: Dedicated Spring Boot application with Spring Batch
  • Source Data: Existing Angular application data (JSON, files, images)
  • Target Services:
    • Event Management Service (events, sessions, timelines)
    • Speaker Coordination Service (speaker profiles, bios, photos)
    • Company Management Service (company affiliations, partner status)
    • Attendee Experience Service (content metadata for search)
  • File Storage: AWS S3 for all presentations, photos, and documents
  • Validation: PostgreSQL-based validation reports and integrity checks

Migration Scope:

  • 54+ Historical Events from ~2000-2024
  • 500+ Speaker Profiles with photos and CVs
  • 1000+ Presentations (PDF, PPTX files)
  • Company Relationships and partner status history
  • Photo Galleries for events
  • Event Metadata (topics, locations, dates, attendance)

Phase 1: Data Analysis & Mapping (Week 18, Days 1-2)

Acceptance Criteria:

Data Inventory:

  1. Complete Audit: Catalog all existing data sources (JSON structure, file locations, image paths)
  2. Data Quality Assessment: Identify missing data, inconsistencies, duplicates, format issues
  3. Volume Metrics: Document exact counts (events, speakers, presentations, files, images)
  4. Sample Validation: Manually verify sample data for correctness

Domain Mapping: 5. Event Mapping: Map legacy event JSON to Event Management Service schema 6. Speaker Mapping: Map speaker profiles to Speaker Coordination Service schema 7. Company Mapping: Map company data to Company Management Service schema 8. File Mapping: Map file paths to S3 bucket structure and CDN URLs 9. Relationship Mapping: Define foreign key relationships across services

Migration Strategy: 10. Incremental Approach: Define batch processing strategy (events by year, parallel processing) 11. Rollback Plan: Document rollback procedures for failed migrations 12. Validation Strategy: Define validation rules and acceptance thresholds 13. Error Handling: Plan for partial failures, retries, and manual intervention

Deliverables:

Estimated Duration: 2 days

Phase 2: Migration Implementation (Actual: Frontend Batch Import Approach)

Implementation Approach: Instead of Spring Batch, the team implemented frontend batch import modals for better user control and consistency with existing patterns.

Acceptance Criteria:

Company Data Migration: ✅ COMPLETE

  1. ✅ Company Batch Import Modal: Upload JSON file with company data
  2. ✅ Company Profiles: Create/update company records in Company Management Service
  3. ✅ Logo Migration: Upload company logos to S3 with presigned URLs
  4. ✅ Duplicate Detection: Check existing companies by name before import
  5. ✅ Progress Tracking: Real-time progress bar with success/error counts

Speaker Data Migration: ✅ COMPLETE 6. ✅ Speaker Batch Import Modal: Upload JSON file with speaker data 7. ✅ Speaker Profile Migration: Create/update user profiles with SPEAKER role 8. ✅ Photo Migration: Upload speaker photos to S3 via presigned URLs 9. ✅ Change Detection: Identify and update only changed fields 10. ✅ Company Relationships: Link speakers to companies by companyId

Event Data Migration: ✅ COMPLETE 11. ✅ Event Batch Import Modal: Upload JSON file with event data 12. ✅ Event Migration: Create/update 54+ historical events in Event Management Service 13. ✅ Field Selection: Selectable fields for partial updates (title, description, topic, date, venue, organizer) 14. ✅ Topic Assignment: Automatic topic assignment based on event category 15. ✅ Archived Status: All historical events marked with workflowState: ARCHIVED

Session Data Migration: ✅ COMPLETE 16. ✅ Session Batch Import Modal: Upload JSON file with session data 17. ✅ Session Migration: Create event sessions with speaker assignments 18. ✅ Batch Processing: Group sessions by event for efficient API calls 19. ✅ Speaker References: Link sessions to speakers via speakerId 20. ✅ Metadata Migration: Preserve abstracts, PDFs, and session details

Participant Data Migration: ✅ COMPLETE (Story 3.2 - BAT-12, BAT-15) 21. ✅ Participant Batch Import Modal: Upload CSV file with participant attendance data 22. ✅ User Creation: Create users with ATTENDEE role (idempotent get-or-create) 23. ✅ Event Registrations: Create registrations for all events attended (status: attended) 24. ✅ Batch Registration API: Backend endpoint for efficient bulk registration creation 25. ✅ Synthetic Emails: Generate emails for participants without email addresses

Common Features Across All Batch Imports:

  • React dropzone for file upload (JSON/CSV)
  • Preview table showing items to import with status indicators
  • Duplicate detection and handling (skip or update)
  • Sequential processing with progress tracking
  • Result summary (success, updated, failed, skipped counts)
  • Error export for failed items
  • React Query cache invalidation after import

Deliverables:

  • ✅ Company batch import modal (CompanyBatchImportModal.tsx)
  • ✅ Speaker batch import modal (SpeakerBatchImportModal.tsx)
  • ✅ Event batch import modal (EventBatchImportModal.tsx)
  • ✅ Session batch import modal (SessionBatchImportModal.tsx)
  • ✅ Participant batch import modal (ParticipantBatchImportModal.tsx) - BAT-12, BAT-15
  • ✅ Batch registration API endpoint (POST /events/batch_registrations) - BAT-12, BAT-15
  • ⏳ Batch import pattern template (docs/templates/frontend/batch-import-pattern.md) - Deferred

Actual Duration: ~6 weeks (distributed across development)

Phase 3: Data Integrity & Validation (Week 19-20, Days 11-15)

Acceptance Criteria:

Referential Integrity:

  1. Foreign Key Validation: Verify all event-speaker, speaker-company relationships
  2. Orphan Detection: Identify orphaned records (speakers without events, etc.)
  3. Duplicate Detection: Find and resolve duplicate entities
  4. Missing Data Reports: Generate reports of missing optional data

File Migration Validation: 5. File Count Verification: Confirm all files migrated (source count = target count) 6. File Integrity Check: SHA-256 checksum validation for all files 7. CDN Access Validation: Verify all CDN URLs are accessible 8. S3 Bucket Organization: Confirm proper S3 key structure and lifecycle policies

Search Index Building: 9. PostgreSQL Full-Text Indexes: Build search indexes for presentations and events 10. Speaker Search Index: Build speaker search indexes 11. Company Search Index: Build company autocomplete indexes 12. Search Validation: Verify search returns accurate results for sample queries

Data Validation Reports: 13. Migration Success Rate: Generate report showing success/failure counts per entity type 14. Data Quality Report: Document data quality issues found and resolved 15. Referential Integrity Report: Confirm 100% referential integrity 16. Performance Benchmarks: Confirm migration met <4 hour requirement

Deliverables:

Estimated Duration: 5 days (1 week)

Story 3.2: Participant/Attendee Batch Import

User Story: As an organizer, I want to import historical event participation data from a CSV file, so that all past attendees are properly recorded in the system with their event attendance history.

Business Context:

  • Data Source: /apps/BATspa-old/src/api/anmeldungen.csv - 2,307 participants, 57 events
  • Goal: Complete the historical data migration by adding participant attendance records
  • Value: Preserve 20+ years of BATbern attendance history for analytics and attendee tracking

Acceptance Criteria:

CSV Upload & Parsing:

  1. Organizer can upload CSV file via drag-and-drop interface
  2. System validates CSV structure (62 columns: 5 metadata + 57 event participation flags)
  3. System shows preview table with participant details and event count
  4. CSV parser handles edge cases (BOM character, German characters, missing fields)

User Creation: 5. Create users with role ATTENDEE if they don’t exist (lookup by email) 6. Use existing users if email already exists (idempotent get-or-create) 7. Generate synthetic emails for participants without email: firstname.lastname@batbern.ch 8. Convert German characters in names (ä→ae, ö→oe, ü→ue, ß→ss) for email generation 9. Anonymous users created with cognitoSync=false (ADR-005 compliance)

Event Registration Creation: 10. Create event registrations for all events participant attended (column value = “1”) 11. Event codes formatted as BATbern{N} where N is the column number (1-57) 12. Historical registrations marked with status attended 13. Skip participants with no events attended (all columns empty) 14. Handle duplicate registrations gracefully (skip if already exists)

Progress & Feedback: 15. Display progress bar showing participants processed 16. Show real-time statistics (success, partial, failed, skipped counts) 17. Export list of failed participants for manual review 18. Complete full import in under 10 minutes

Technical Implementation:

Frontend Components:

  • ParticipantBatchImportModal.tsx - Modal UI with CSV dropzone
  • useParticipantBatchImport.ts - Business logic hook
  • participantImport.types.ts - TypeScript interfaces
  • participantImportUtils.ts - CSV parsing with Papa Parse library

Backend Batch API (Proposed):

Endpoint: POST /events/batch_registrations

Purpose: Create multiple event registrations for a participant in a single transaction

Request:

json
{
  "participantEmail": "adrian.buerki@centrisag.ch",
  "firstName": "Adrian",
  "lastName": "Bürki",
  "registrations": [
    { "eventCode": "BATbern17", "status": "attended" },
    { "eventCode": "BATbern25", "status": "attended" },
    { "eventCode": "BATbern31", "status": "attended" },
    { "eventCode": "BATbern32", "status": "attended" }
  ]
}

Response:

json
{
  "username": "adrian.buerki",
  "totalRegistrations": 4,
  "successfulRegistrations": 4,
  "failedRegistrations": [],
  "errors": []
}

Benefits of Batch API:

  • 3x reduction in API calls: One batch call per participant instead of N individual calls
  • Transactional safety: All-or-nothing per participant (rollback on failure)
  • Better error handling: Detailed per-registration results with partial success tracking
  • Faster import: 8-12 minutes (down from 25-40 minutes without batch)
  • Idempotent operation: Get-or-create user, skip duplicate registrations

Implementation Files:

  • Frontend: ParticipantBatchImportModal.tsx, useParticipantBatchImport.ts, utils
  • Backend: BatchRegistrationController.java, BatchRegistrationService.java, DTOs
  • API spec: Update events-api.openapi.yml with batch registration endpoint

Data Volume:

  • Participants: 2,307
  • Total registrations: ~11,535-23,070 (avg 5-10 events per participant)
  • API calls: ~4,600 (with batch endpoint) vs ~25,400 (without)

Deliverables:

  • ✅ CSV parser handling 62-column format with Papa Parse - BAT-13
  • ✅ Batch registration API endpoint in Event Management Service - BAT-14
  • ✅ Frontend batch import modal following existing patterns - BAT-13
  • ✅ Integration tests for batch registration API - BAT-14
  • ✅ E2E test for full participant import flow - BAT-15
  • ⏳ Template extraction: docs/templates/frontend/batch-import-pattern.md - Deferred
  • ⏳ All 2,307 participants imported with 100% data integrity - Ready for production use

Success Metrics:

  • ✅ API contract defined and validated - BAT-12
  • ✅ Frontend UI implemented with CSV handling - BAT-13
  • ✅ Backend batch endpoint implemented - BAT-14
  • ✅ Integration testing complete - BAT-15
  • ⏳ Production import pending (infrastructure ready)
  • ⏳ Data integrity validation pending (production import)

Estimated Duration: 2-3 days

Migration Monitoring & Error Handling

Real-Time Monitoring:

  1. Progress Dashboard: Spring Batch Admin dashboard showing job execution status
  2. ETA Calculations: Real-time estimates for migration completion
  3. Error Tracking: Real-time error log with failure reasons
  4. Resource Monitoring: CPU, memory, network usage during migration

Error Handling: 5. Retry Mechanisms: Automatic retry for transient failures (3 attempts) 6. Skip Policy: Skip records with validation errors, log for manual review 7. Manual Intervention: Process for manually correcting and re-running failed records 8. Rollback Procedures: Scripts to rollback partially migrated data

Performance Optimization: 9. Batch Size Tuning: Optimize chunk sizes for performance (100-500 records) 10. Parallel Processing: Run independent jobs in parallel (events, speakers, companies) 11. Database Connection Pooling: Configure adequate connection pools 12. S3 Multipart Upload: Use multipart upload for files >10MB

Deliverables:

Epic 3 Success Metrics

Data Migration Success (End of Week 20):

  • ✅ 100% of 54+ historical events migrated successfully
  • ✅ 100% of speaker profiles migrated with photos/CVs
  • ✅ 100% of presentations migrated to S3 with CDN URLs
  • ✅ 100% referential integrity validation pass rate
  • ✅ All company relationships established correctly
  • ✅ Search indexes built and verified functional

Technical Performance:

  • Migration Time: Complete migration in <4 hours total runtime
  • Data Integrity: 100% validation pass rate (zero data loss)
  • File Upload Speed: >10MB/s average for S3 uploads
  • Error Rate: <1% requiring manual intervention
  • Search Performance: Migrated content searchable in <500ms

Business Value:

  • Content Continuity: 20+ years of BATbern history preserved
  • Public Website Ready: Historical content available for browsing (Epic 4)
  • Search Functional: Attendees can discover historical presentations
  • Speaker Profiles: Complete speaker history accessible
  • Archive Complete: Platform ready for production launch

Quality Gates:

Dependencies & Prerequisites

Required Before Starting Epic 3:

  • ✅ Epic 2 complete (all entity CRUD APIs operational)
  • ✅ Company Management Service API ready
  • ✅ Event Management Service API ready
  • ✅ Speaker Coordination Service API ready
  • ✅ S3 buckets configured with CDN integration
  • ✅ PostgreSQL databases ready for data import
  • ✅ Caffeine in-memory caches configured for search

Enables Following Epics:

  • Epic 4: Public Website (requires migrated events and content for display)
  • Epic 5: Enhanced Organizer Workflows (historical data provides context)
  • Epic 6: Speaker Portal (speaker history shows past participation)

Risk Management

Technical Risks:

  • Risk: Large file uploads may timeout or fail
    • Mitigation: Use multipart upload, implement retry logic, monitor progress
  • Risk: Data quality issues may require extensive cleanup
    • Mitigation: Phase 1 analysis identifies issues early, manual cleanup process
  • Risk: Referential integrity violations due to inconsistent legacy data
    • Mitigation: Fuzzy matching for speakers/companies, manual review queue

Schedule Risks:

  • Risk: Migration taking longer than 3 weeks
    • Mitigation: Prioritize event and speaker data first, defer non-critical media
    • Mitigation: Parallel processing and performance optimization
  • Risk: Data quality issues requiring extensive manual intervention
    • Mitigation: Accept some data gaps, document for post-launch cleanup

Transition to Epic 4

Epic 3 Exit Criteria:

Handoff to Epic 4 (Public Website):

  • Historical events available via Event Management API
  • Event archive searchable via full-text search
  • Presentations downloadable via S3/CDN
  • Speaker profiles complete with photos
  • Platform ready for public website launch

Notes & References

Original Story Location:

  • Full story details: docs/prd/epic-1-foundation-stories.md Story 1.15 (archived)
  • Individual story file: docs/stories/1.15-*.md

Data Sources:

  • Existing Angular website data location: [(…/…/apps/BATspa-old)]
  • JSON schema documentation: [(…/…/apps/BATspa-old/src/api)]
  • Sample data for testing: [(…/…/apps/BATspa-old/src/api)]

Epic Reorganization Context:

  • Date: 2025-10-12
  • Reason: Isolate data migration as dedicated epic after CRUD foundation (Epic 2)
  • Dependencies: Requires Epic 2 complete before migration can begin
  • Enables: Public website (Epic 4) requires migrated historical data

This epic was created as part of the epic reorganization on 2025-10-12 to prioritize data migration immediately after entity CRUD foundation.