{"id":2300,"date":"2010-07-22T00:36:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T19:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2010-07-22T00:37:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T19:37:46","slug":"differences-between-the-import-wizard-and-the-apex-data-loader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/2010\/07\/22\/differences-between-the-import-wizard-and-the-apex-data-loader\/","title":{"rendered":"Differences between the Import Wizard and the Apex Data Loader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salesforce CRM provides two tools for data migration\u2014the Import Wizard and the Apex Data Loader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Import Wizard <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>is designed for less-technical users and smaller, simple imports of up to 50,000 records. It takes you through the process step by step and displays error messages to alert you to potential record duplications (&#8220;dupes&#8221;). For more information, go to Help &amp; Training | Importing Data | Using the Import Wizards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Use the Apex Data Loader <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>for complex imports of any size. It\u2019s for technical users only. You\u2019ll need access to the API to use this tool, which is included with Enterprise and Unlimited Edition. If you have another edition, you can purchase the API separately by contacting your account executive. The Data Loader doesn\u2019t display error messages to alert you to potential problems. However, this tool includes several features that help make large data imports easier, such as being able to save your mappings. For more information, go to Help &amp; Training | Data Loader.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The table below summarizes the difference between the two tools. The instructions in the remaining steps refer to the Import Wizard.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/assets\/images\/campaigns\/insights_data_migration_table.gif\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/assets\/images\/campaigns\/insights_data_migration_table.gif\" width=\"486\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salesforce CRM provides two tools for data migration\u2014the Import Wizard and the Apex Data Loader. The Import Wizard is designed for less-technical users and smaller, simple imports of up to 50,000 records. It takes you through the process step by step and displays error messages to alert you to potential record duplications (&#8220;dupes&#8221;). For more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[169],"class_list":["post-2300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salesforce","tag-salesforce","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiragmehta.info\/chirag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}