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Mano sfdcMano sfdc 

Fill the custom field info for existing account records data

Hi Experts,
 
One custom field named as ERP__c in Account Object.
Initial day’s data entry guy not entering the information about ERP__c field in Account object.
We have an Accounts more than 1,500.
Is there a way in Salesforce to automatically fill the ERP field info for existing account records data?
Anyone help me out.
Thanks in advance.

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Best Answer chosen by Mano sfdc
lakslaks
Hi Manohar,

In Group Edition you can use the Import Wizard for Accounts and Contacts.

Go to Setup -> Administer -> Data Management -> Import Accounts/Contacts

Check the below link for details ->
https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=import_which_data_import_tool.htm


Regards,
Lakshmi.

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lakslaks
Hi Manohar,

One way to do it would be to export your Account records, enter the values for ERP__c field in the exported file, and update it back again into the Account object in the org.

Regards,
Lakshmi.
Yosef KaptaYosef Kapta
Hello,

One way to retroactively update existing Account records is to export all of your Accounts (Id, Name, Type) into a CSV, populate the Type field within the CSV to the required value, then use a tool such as Dataloader or Workbench to update the existing Account records. 

Workbench Link (Web) - https://workbench.developerforce.com/
Dataload (Desktop App) - https://github.com/forcedotcom/dataloader.
Dataloader.io (Web) - https://dataloader.io/

If this helps, please remember to mark this question as Solved. Thanks.
Mano sfdcMano sfdc
Hi Yousef/Lakshmi,

I went through the data loader link shared by you as well few videos on YouTube. The first thing I noticed that it's available only on below editions.
Enterprise, performance, Unlimited, Developer and Database.com Editions
But in our organization we are using Group Edition.
I am trying to make the changes in our group edition over there I don't see the option of Data loader. Any ideas for group edition?
lakslaks
Hi Manohar,

In Group Edition you can use the Import Wizard for Accounts and Contacts.

Go to Setup -> Administer -> Data Management -> Import Accounts/Contacts

Check the below link for details ->
https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=import_which_data_import_tool.htm


Regards,
Lakshmi.
This was selected as the best answer
Yosef KaptaYosef Kapta
Manohar - If this answers helped, please be sure to mark this as answered. Thank you.