Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Data Import tool

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re: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Data Import tool

Peter — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:32:52 GMT

Your XML feed doesn't seem to be working. Are you planning on getting it working soon?

re: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Data Import tool

crmblog — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:50:17 GMT

Just tested XML Feeds:

http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/atom.xml

http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/rss.xml

and the XML Feed for comments to this post:

http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9700230

All seem to be working. Can you be more specific about what isn't working for you?

re: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Data Import tool

Jeremy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:37:10 GMT

Not following the Readme very well, using the online version, I have the zip file extracted and the sdk downloaded and installed, but not sure what to do with the .dll files as it just says copy the 2 dll files??

re: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Data Import tool

Todd — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:34:20 GMT

I've tried this re-import tool, specifically on the Account entity. I export to CSV, manually modify CSV file and save appropriately.

Text fields seem to update correctly however picklists and bit fields fail to locate a proper data mapping (bit fields seem to be handled in the same fashion picklists are handled).

I can force and configure a data mapping by altering the column headers, in particular the Account (i.e. GUID) column header. When I do this, new records are always create - irrespective of the data map. Records are never updated and I do not get option to select/activate the Data Enrichment checkbox.

I should mention the only way only way I can get the Data Enrichment feature to be available is if the Account column (containing the Account GUID) exists with the column header named "Account" and all subsequent column headers exactly match the Account Attribte Display names. I think this is by design (Automatic mapping is manditory for record updates).