5 Salesforce Settings to Configure Before a Data Migration Part 1 – Audit Fields

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS 5 Salesforce Settings to Configure Before a Data Migration Part 1 – Audit Fields Salesforce          Data Loading           Data Migration   March 26, 2024 Email Facebook LinkedIn Before you kick off your next data migration into Salesforce, there are 5 settings I always configure […]

How to Identify and Eliminate Duplicate Salesforce Data

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS How to Identify and Eliminate Duplicate Salesforce Data Salesforce          Data Loading           Data Migration   March 19, 2024 Email Facebook LinkedIn Whether you’re a Salesforce veteran or a newbie, there’s one challenge we’ve all faced: duplicate data. Not only can duplicates lead to inefficiencies […]

What is a Salesforce Data Migration?

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS What is a Salesforce Data Migration? Salesforce          Data Loading       March 13, 2024 Email Facebook LinkedIn What is Salesforce Data Migration? Salesforce data migration is the process of moving data from one or more source systems into Salesforce. Ok! The question is answered, so we’re […]

Turn Off Salesforce Automation with an Easy Switch

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS Turn Off Salesforce Automation with an Easy Switch Salesforce          Data Loading          How-to July 19, 2022 Email Facebook LinkedIn Are you a system administrator who needs to easily switch off automation for only you so that you can run data loads during business hours? Create […]

How to Locate Salesforce Object Record Type IDs

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS How to Locate Salesforce Object Record Type IDs Salesforce      Data Loader      How-to May 18, 2022 Email Facebook LinkedIn 2 quick ways to locate a Salesforce object’s 18 digit record type IDs. Option 1: Manual copy/paste Option 2: Export a list of record types using Data Loader   […]

Super Easy Find and Replace for Salesforce Data Prep

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS Super Easy Find and Replace for Salesforce Data Prep Data Loading      Salesforce July 17, 2022 Email Facebook LinkedIn Use this quick Excel hack to speed up data prep. My real-world use case: client has 2 multi-select picklist fields that are being combined, then the values are being replaced […]

How to Use the Assignment Rule Setting in Salesforce Data Loader

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS How to Use The Assignment Rule Setting in Salesforce Data Loader Data Loading     Salesforce     How-to Apr 27, 2022 Email Facebook LinkedIn Use the “Assignment Rule” setting in Data Loader to set the lead or case record owner on insert, update and upsert loads. Important! The assignment rule will […]

Get the Most from Data Loader’s “Batch Size” Setting

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS Get the Most from Data Loader’s “Batch Size” Setting Data Loading      Salesforce      How-to Apr 10, 2022 Email Facebook LinkedIn What is the batch size setting in data loader? How can you use it to most effectively and efficiently load data? So many data loader settings, so little […]

When to Use Salesforce Data Loader’s Update vs. Upsert Action

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS When to Use Salesforce Data Loader’s Update vs. Upsert Action Data Loading Apr 27, 2022 Email Facebook LinkedIn What’s the difference between data loader’s update and upsert actions? When should you use upsert? Upsert is not a real word.  (The English major in me would be remiss to not get this […]

Data Loader vs. Dataloader.io for Salesforce Data Migrations

DATA MIGRATION & FLOW TUTORIALS How to Choose Between Data Loader and Dataloader.io for Data Migrations Data Loading     Salesforce      How-to Apr 09, 2022 Email Facebook LinkedIn What’s the difference between these two similarly named data loading tools, Salesforce Data Loader and Salesforce Import Wizard, and why would you use one over the […]