Think of Salesforce Service Cloud as a high-security bank vault. It is built with strict rules and automatic alarms to keep your data safe and organized.
Under normal circumstances, these rules are perfect. They stop people from entering bad data.
However, when you are migrating data (moving thousands of old records from a previous system), these same security rules become your biggest obstacle. If you try to force your old data through the Migration Wizard without preparation, Salesforce will treat it like an intruder. It will block records, trigger unwanted emails to old customers, and create errors.
To successfully move your data, you need to temporarily "unlock the doors" and tell the system to stand down.
This guide provides step-by-step instructions to prepare your Salesforce environment. We will show you exactly how to set up your users and temporarily disable the automatic rules to ensure your data is entered into the system smoothly and safely.
Before you even sign in to the migration tool, you must create all necessary users in Service Cloud. This ensures that tickets and data are assigned to the correct agents during the import.
The user account used to connect to the Migration Wizard must have absolute authority over the org. Specifically, they need the "Modify All Data" permission to bypass standard sharing rules.
To prevent data conflicts, automatic emails, or record creation errors, you must temporarily disable specific Salesforce system rules.
1. Flows and Workflow Rules. If you do not disable automation, Salesforce may send "Case Created" emails to customers from 5 years ago.
2. Apex Triggers act like a backend code that runs on every save. These must be deactivated to prevent custom logic from modifying your historical data during the transfer.
3. Validation Rules Validation rules enforce strict data quality (e.g., "Phone number must be 10 digits"). Historical data is often messy and will fail these checks.
Once you have created users, set permissions, and disabled automations, you are ready to connect.
Migrating to Service Cloud requires a sterile environment to prevent data corruption. By correctly configuring users and temporarily disabling automations (especially Flows and Validation Rules), you ensure every ticket lands safely without errors.
Crucial Post-Migration Step: Reactivate your Flows, Triggers, and Validation Rules immediately after the import to restore full system functionality.
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