So you’ve been comfortable with using the Apex Data Loader for lead imports, mass updates to Account Owners or exporting Opportunity data for as long as you can remember – but have you recently realized that you’re spending more and more time each week keeping up with these tasks? Are you finding roadblocks to import scenarios that your business needs, but Data Loader can’t deliver on? Are you sick of exporting to a CSV file in order to import it to Salesforce? Your company may be outgrowing this manual import process! Signs include: Loading is a repetitive and manual process each time it is needed. Having to create multiple imports for a specific scenario (i.e. reprocessing the same file multiple times, such as Opportunity and Opportunity Lines). Routinely fixing source data to be “import ready.” Setting up Windows Scheduler to run an import. You have more than a few imports to do per week! Scribe Online Integration Service (IS) is a solution that is just as easy to configure, yet, has all of the features (and more) of the Data Loader. Scribe Online is a no-code integration platform with an award-winning user interface with connectors for Salesforce, text files, relational databases and a variety of applications that will help you easily move your customer data anywhere it’s needed! Allowing you to save your import settings, schedule a recurring import, develop and deploy in the cloud and provide many data transformation and logic enhancements to your imports, Scribe Online IS is intuitive to use, with the elasticity for providing a solution to complex integration scenarios as your business applications and needs mature. Feature Comparison Scribe Online Integration Service Apex DataLoader Notes Connectivity Supports Salesforce Professional Editions and above, even without API Access enabled √ Data Loader requires API Access enabled to connect Integrates data from sources other than Salesforce or CSV √ Scribe Online offers Connectors for other Flat Files, relational databases, and Applications Offered in a Cloud deployment √ Scribe Online offers Cloud Agents for cloud-to-cloud integrations and migrations Supports SOAP and Bulk APIs with custom batch sizes √ √ Supports Salesforce Outbound Messaging for triggered integration √ Used for real-time integration scenarios Product Design Drag-and-drop mapping √ √ Auto-Match fields √ √ Award-Winning, Visual block UI √ Available through web browser √ Build on-demand, scheduled and event based integrations √ Scribe Online can perform imports, but also go beyond and perform those capabilities ETL Functionality Available Create, Read, Update, Delete, and Upsert Operations √ √ Perform Multi-Operations per row in a single integration √ e.g. Take a single source row and perform an Upsert to Account and then to Contact Multi-field Matching √ Choose more than one field to match your Update operations on Field-level data manipulation with formulas √ Reference related records using Lookups √ e.g. Dynamically determine the record owner based on criteria Easily query related Parent or Child related without writing SOQL √ Process hierarchical data √ Upsert with Relationships √ DataLoader allows a user to relate their Upserted record to an existing record (i.e. Master: Detail, Account: Contact) using an matching External Id. This is needed when the import process is two steps. Troubleshooting Row Errors with corresponding Source row √ √ Reprocessing of only failed rows √ Regardless of your source connection, Scribe Online can reprocess or debug specific failed rows Email alerting for any integration failures √ Scribe Online comes packed with online documentation, video tutorials, free training and support, and pre-built Solutions for common integration scenarios. If you’re interesting in learning more about this service, don’t hesitate to start a free trial of Scribe Online IS. See more useful content related to this blog: Connecting to a Fixed Width text file. Creating a connection to Salesforce.com Creating a text connection to a networked drive Creating a text connection to an FTP server Creating a text connection to Dropbox Scribe Online video tutorials
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