Quick Tips: New improved Salesforce Data Import Wizard

Finally, there are few much needed feature additions to Salesforce's data import wizard.

Note: The Data Import Wizard is currently available through a pilot program.

On a high level, I found following improvements:-

Improved UI (bit glitches though) with wide screens having lesser height
Data mapping on the fly
Drag and drop file (thanks to HTML5)
Specify actions for e.g. insert, update or both
Capability to skip trigger execution for data being imported
Improved data mapping with ability to map a column from data file to multiple properties

Following is step to step procedure to use it (simplistic flow):-

Open wizard

Select object, action and provide data file

View/ modify data mapping

Review import information and confirm

For more information visit https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=data_import_wizard.htm&language=en_US

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