Running Data Import and Data Migration

[Applies to: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0]

Find the latest SDK documentation: CRM 2015 SDK

To run data import and data migration, follow these steps:

• Parse source data that is contained in the import file.
• Transform parsed data by using the data map.
• Upload transformed data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Data import runs directly on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM server. Data migration can run directly on the server or on the local system in the offline mode.

Parsing, transforming, and uploading of data are done by the asynchronous jobs that run in the background. You have to let each job complete successfully before submitting a new message request for the next asynchronous job.

Note   You can easily configure the size of the message requests that are executed on the Microsoft ASP.NET Cassini Web server by modifying the maxRequestLength attribute that is specified in the web.config file. The web.config file can be found in the <install folder>\DMClient\res\web folder. The default maximum message request size is 32 MB.

All Microsoft Dynamics CRM users who have appropriate permissions can run data import. To run data migration in the offline mode, a user must have system administrator privileges.

See Also

Concepts

• Parsing Source Data
• Transforming Parsed Data
• Uploading Transformed Data to the Target Server

Other Resources

• Data Migration and Import

Tasks

• Start an Import Job

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