Dataloader for Salesforce
While working in Salesforce, we need to deal with data almost every day. Loading or extracting data is an important pre-requisite for almost all production deployment/Go-Live activity. Do you know the there are many different data loaders available today? This post will cover some of the most popular data loaders with their advantages and disadvantages.Data Import WizardThis is built by Salesforce and available in all editions. It has a very easy step by step user interface which makes it very popular among the Salesforce developer/admins. You can load many standard objects including Accounts & Contacts, Leads, Campaign Members, Person accounts. You can load custom objects too with this one.Advantages: User friendly.Disadvantages: Can load a maximum of 50,000 records at a time. In a real-world scenario, this can be a problem as the number of records can be in the range of millions.Salesforce Data LoaderAnother data loader solution created by Salesforce. This application you need to install in your machine. As a pre-requisite, you need Java installed in your machine. It comes with some advantages settings which makes this app a perfect solution for handling pretty much any scenarios.Advantages:You can load 5,000,000 records. Much higher compared to Data Import Wizard.Quicker, powerful application.Disadvantages:Need to install in your machine. It is not a cloud application.Dataloader.ioIt is a 100% cloud-based data loader application that you can access through your browser. It was developed by Mulesoft, ...
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