Understanding the data migration tools and techniques

There are several ways to accomplish data migration to Dataverse. The Dataverse platform itself offers some out-of-the-box possibilities; however, they only cover less complex migration scenarios. For the most complex scenarios, an external solution needs to be considered, as you’ll learn in the following sections.

Entering data manually

For the smallest data volumes in which there are just a few records, the easiest and fastest way to migrate data is to manually enter it. Any semi-automated or automated data import would just take more effort and time to implement, compared to simple manual data entry.

Using Excel files

The simplest way to import data into a Dataverse table is to use Excel’s export feature. Dataverse applications allow you to export data from any table into Excel. There are several export possibilities, but for importing data, the Static Worksheet option needs to be used since it...