Showing posts with label Data Migration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Data Migration. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Create Audit Fields

Generally these timestamp fields are read only:
• Created By
• Created Date
• Last Modified By
• Last Modified Date


However there are instances where there is a need to enter a value, such as during data migration and there is a requirement to maintain the original dates from the legacy system.  If "Create Audit Fields" permission is activated in the org, you would be able to set these when inserting records.  Contact sfdc support to have this activated.


Click here for more details on audit fields.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Bulk upload to documents

Files can be uploaded in bulk via data loader.  Prep a .csv file with the local path of the files and sfdc ID of the folder in documents.

FOLDERID | NAME | CONTENTTYPE | TYPE | ISPUBLIC | BODY | DESCRIPTION

FOLDERID - The sfdc ID of the folder in documents tab
NAME - Name of the file once it's created in documents
CONTENTTYPE - The type of content like image/gif
TYPE - File type like gif, jpg, doc, pdf
ISPUBLIC - Boolean indication if the document is available publicly
BODY - The local path of the file goes here.
DESCRIPTION - Description of the document.