importing data from salesforce.com

[newstreamjessie]

We recently purchased ACT! Premium and we're having a very difficult time importing our data from salesforce.com. We "dumped" all the data from sf.com into a csv file, but when we try to import from that file, we get a separate set of contacts and companies. In other words, contacts are not "married" to companies. I'd rather not have to pay over $1000 to have a consultant do this for us. Has anyone experienced this and found a way to make it work?

[rbrust]

There are addons that do this for you, most consultants have a copy and can perform the task very effectively and at a reasonable cost.  EMail me for more info rbrdatasolutions@gmail.com

[GLComputing]

Have a look at http://www.glcomputing.com.au/main/57/1

[chieff]

I encourage you to contact Alan Lee of E-Tech.  They're the creators of Oak!Merge! and also have extensive knowledge of sf.com.

http://www.oakpro.com/prod03_OAKMerge.htm

Good move getting off sf.com - that's one expensive product!