I recently have a data import slowness issue reported taking days to process without finishing even in batch run in parallel. This issue could occur with any entity import especially for new company go-living or with no data in the target entity. The impact is exponentially worse when more data is imported, so I would like to share Read more
If you find that you are missing entities listed in the Data entities form, you can try the following steps. Run the following SQL Script: — — This source code or script is freeware and is provided on an “as is” basis without warranties of any kind, — whether express or implied, including without limitation Read more
In a recent issue, a customer was reporting a problem exporting data using the data management framework. The issue was that during the export they were leaving the “Skip staging” option to “Yes”, which is the default option. When the export of the entity was run, it reported that it had failed and there seemed Read more
Written by: MSDynamicsWorld.com There is growing discussion among analysts and industry-watchers over whether the traditional terminology of ERP and CRM software still aligns with market needs. These… Read more
We just released Activity Feeds for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. With most new features come the additional amount of data introduced with it and this is also true for Activity Feeds. Every time a user creates a post or a comment, a record is created. Every time an auto post is generated, another record is created. Read more
The new Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online “Import Data Wizard” supports .csv, .txt and .xml file format for source data input. It also supports upload of multiple files in one Import session in compressed file format (.Zip). A .zip file can include files of .csv, .xml, or .txt file types. All files in a single compressed Read more
Welcome back!! I hope you are enjoying the powerful and easy to use Microsoft CRM in your day to day activities. This post is the last in series of the Importing data from Salesforce.com – Part 1 and Importing data from Salesforce.com – Part 2 blogs. In the previous post I had covered the entity Read more
Good data in a CRM system is critical to its ongoing success and usefulness to a business. Months or even years after you have successfully deployed the system, the real measure of its success is how much the system is being used and the value being returned by the system such as better insight into Read more
Microsoft Dynamics CRM has recently released November 2009 Service update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM online. One of the key features delivered as part of this release is enhanced Import Data Wizard. To familiarize yourself with the new capabilities of enhanced Import Data Wizard, follow the link Introducing-the-import-data-wizard. Some of the features like automatic customization, importing Read more
The enhanced Import Data wizard released in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online November 2009 Service Update supports different formats of input source data file such as XML Spreadsheet 2003 (.xml), Comma-separated values (.csv), Text (.txt) and compressed files (.zip). For more information on supported file types, please visit: http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2009/11/10/supported-file-types-in-data-import-wizard-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-online.aspx If input source data is in Text/CSV-formatted Read more
On Codeplex there is a tool for Microsoft Dynamics CRM On Premise that allows you to modify records and then re-update the CRM system with them. There are two advantages to this tool. The first is that you can update the records in a grid view and the other is that you can export the Read more
Our CRM MVP guest blogger for today is David Jennaway who is the technical director at Excitation. A frequent request we come across is from companies who want to know which users are using CRM and when. The CRM platform provides the facility to gather detailed usage information by writing plug-ins, but a simpler and Read more