You may see duplicate entries in the View Reports feature after you import or export a site collection in SharePoint Server 2007

You import or export a site collection to a server that is running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. After you do this, you may see duplicate entries in the View Reports feature.

This problem may occur when you use the Publishing Portal template.

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007 for Search post-2007 Office servers Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated January 31, 2008. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: This hotfix resolves this problem for new SharePoint Server 2007 site collections.

Notes

• When you apply the hotfix, only approved or published documents are imported. Drafts and documents that are pending approval are not imported.
• This hotfix does not resolve this problem for an imported site collection. You may have to import the site collection again after you apply the hotfix.
• You may still see duplicate entries if you import the site collection multiple times. To prevent duplicate entries after you apply the hotfix, use one of the following procedures:
  • Deploy the content after changes have been made to the site collection.
  • Start by importing a blank site collection, and then deploy the content to the site collection after new content has been added or after changes to existing content have been made.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.