Command line Dataloader – Jitendra Zaa's Blog

Using Dataloader and ANT to backup Salesforce data on FTP or SFTP server – Video

posted by Jitendra on May 4, 2015August 31, 2016 under category Salesforce and tagged as ANT, CLI, Command line Dataloader, DataLoader, Salesforce with 25 Comments

Tutorial on how to use command line dataloader to save exported Salesforce backup file on FTP or SFTP server

We will be using command line dataloader from Salesforce and ANT script to extract data from Salesforce and backup on FTP server. I would recommend to go through this article first to get familiar with basics of commandline dataloader and followed by this article to get some insight that how we can use ANT with dataloader.

There can be hundreds of use cases where we need to backup data from salesforce and we have thousands of options. We can use Jitterbit, Mulesoft, Dataloader.io or some big ETL tools like BOOMI or informatica. However sometimes clients are not willing to pay hefty amount on licensing cost of ETL tools and I love open source. In this article, we will be using open source solution to very common problem of backing up data on FTP server.

Complete code is available on my github account as well in case you need it.

Use Dataloader and ANT to back CSV file on FTP Server

Considering you know how to use command line dataloader, first challenge would be how to get it worked using ANT. Below code snippet show how we can create ANT macro to invoke dataloader to extract data. Continue reading “Using Dataloader and ANT to backup Salesforce data on FTP or SFTP server – Video”

Automate Command Line Dataloader using ANT with Dynamic arguments and SOQL query

posted by Jitendra on December 27, 2014April 3, 2017 under category Salesforce and tagged as ANT, CLI, Command line Dataloader, DataLoader, Salesforce with 10 Comments

As we know, there are multiple ways to load data inside Salesforce like using Workbench, Jitterbit, API etc… Salesforce also provides standard tool to load data into Salesforce using DataLoader. Dataloader by default supports User Interface or Command Line interface. Most of us already know that User interface based Dataloader needs manual interaction by end user. However if you want to automate data related operations, better choice would be Command Line Data Loader. Assuming you already have basic knowledge about how CLI Data loader works, I will go more advance in this article.

Following are basic steps for CLI Dataloader :

Download and install DataLoader
Generate Secret key file
Generate Password on basis of Secret key generated
Create “Process-conf.xml” (here is the problem)
Create field mapping (sdl) file if required
Execute Data loader from Command line

Continue reading “Automate Command Line Dataloader using ANT with Dynamic arguments and SOQL query”

Command line dataloader in Salesforce – Solve Common errors

posted by Jitendra on September 26, 2012March 31, 2017 under category Salesforce and tagged as ANT, CLI, Command line Dataloader, DataLoader with 74 Comments

How to use Command line dataloader in Salesforce with troubleshooting steps and answers to common errors

I had this article in my list for long time and today i got chance to share with you all. Data Loader is great native tool provide by the Salesforce to insert, upsert, update, export and delete data. Standard Data Loader wizard needs interaction however there are many scenarios where we need to perform these data loading tasks repeatedly like every night 1:00 AM (Nightly Services) or something. So, for these situations we can use standard data loader tool from Command line.

In this article, i will explain in detail on how to use Data Loader from command line.

The most important part of setting up Command line Data loader is to generate the encrypted password using utility provided by the Data Loader.

This directory contains two utility batch file : “encrypt.bat” and “process.bat” Continue reading “Command line dataloader in Salesforce – Solve Common errors”