FAQ

•  Common questions
  •  Can I use CSV source files produced by the standard Salesforce Data Loader and vice versa?
  •  Which encoding of the CSV files is supported by the Plugin?
  •  Which encoding type should I use for export.json file?
  •  Can I use the Plugin for the production environments?
  •  Does the Plugin support export of object metadata?
  •  Can I migrate Users or Groups with the Plugin?
  •  Are there any limitations regarding the processed data volume?
  •  Can I download and modify the Plugin code to use it in my own projects?
•  Configuration
  •  Are the field names and the object name used in the object's SOQL query case sensitive?
  •  Can I also export some fields from the referenced parent sObjects using the child object query?
  •  Can I omit External ID definition for the object?
  •  Can I use autonumber fields as External Id?
  •  What options the SFDMU has to perform a pre-validation before data insert?
  •  Do I always need to specify the parent object for the polymorphic field?
  •  How to assign Queue to Cases?
  •  How to empty all string fields of the sObject?
  •  How can I set External ID for the object without exporting its records?
  •  How to update the target field with a constant value?
  •  Is the WHERE clause in my export.json file limited to 4k characters like a normal SOQL statement?
  •  How to limit number of parent records by their related child records?
  •  I wonder if the insert of child records with a self lookup field populated can be done as one insert job ?
  •  Should I always include Id field in my query?
  •  What does it mean "master" records and what is "slave"?
  •  What is the proper way to include self-reference lookup field in my query?
  •  What kind of fields can I exclude with "excludeFields" feature?
•  Bulk API
  •  How can I control the batch size for Bulk API Query?
  •  Why BulkApi v1 Parallel Mode does NOT create batches asynchronously ?
•  CSV import-export
  •  How can I change all false field values to true ?
  •  Is it possible to use multiple CSV source file for the same object ?
•  Logging
  •  Warning about missing parent lookup records seems odd
  •  MissingParentRecordsReport.csv is empty.