Posts Tagged ‘salesforce data loader’
Salesforce : Import Data with Audit Fields
Salesforce by default does not allow the importing of audit fields into SF. However, there is situation where the customer say, requires the created date to be imported for accurate reporting. For e.g.: Customer ABC needs lead records to be migrated into SF from another application. The SF lead created date needs to take…
Read MoreTip: Time zone issue when inserting Salesforce data through Data Loader
Lets say you are trying to insert a set of time into Salesforce, given the raw data is in a form such as below: Sample 1: Example of raw time data After conversion is done to the time data, they should be in a format as below: Sample 2: Salesforce time format…
Read MoreSalesforce Tips: Retrieving Converted Leads Information
When a lead is converted successfully in Salesforce, you would noticed that you could not access the lead information directly even though you recorded its ID. Example:- https://ap1.salesforce.com/00Q9000000DOG9g Using the ID method to access the converted lead information would redirect you to a different page than the usual lead record page. i.e. …
Read MoreSalesforce Data Loader: SKYVVA Integration Suite Starter Edition
Following on from an earlier blog evaluating the new Jitterbit Data Loader, we thought we’d take a look at another tool available. The SKYVVA Integration Suite Starter Edition is a free data loader for Salesforce, let’s us take a look at this tool and compare it to the Salesforce Data Loader. Here are the…
Read MoreSalesforce Integration Tips: Using the Bulk API – Serial or Parallel mode options
I talked about the usage of Salesforce BULK API in Talend Data Integration Studio and the Dell Boomi Integration Platform previously. So I’m wondering, how many of us really know that there are actually 2 concurrency modes available in the Salesforce BULK API – Serial mode and Parallel mode. Parallel mode This is the default…
Read MoreComparing the Jitterbit Salesforce Data Loader – how does it look?
Jitterbit has just released a free data loader for Salesforce, so we thought we should check it out. Here’s our brief analysis of the tool as compared to the Salesforce Data Loader: Description Jitterbit Data Loader Salesforce Data Loader Define Connectivity Supports creating multiple Salesforce connections and ability to save the connection Requires a…
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