CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Aurea CRM and Salesforce Sales Cloud. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Aurea CRM
Source
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Destination
Compatibility
10 of 13
objects map 1:1 between Aurea CRM and Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
6-10 weeks
Overview
Migrating from Aurea CRM to Salesforce is structurally different from most CRM-to-CRM migrations because Aurea publishes no public REST API. Extraction relies on Aurea's built-in Import/Export module or direct coordination with Aurea Support for bulk data pulls. This shapes the entire migration approach: we confirm available export formats per Info Area during scoping, coordinate batch extraction in windows of 5,000-10,000 records to avoid Aurea's documented performance degradation on large datasets, and use the Salesforce Bulk API 2.0 with chunking and exponential backoff to ingest activity histories reliably. We map Aurea's Info Areas to Salesforce objects in a parent-first order (Accounts before Contacts, Opportunities after both), preserve all Aurea custom fields as Salesforce custom fields, and transfer Partner records with their territory and quota data via explicit field-level mapping. Aurea workflows (configured via the Aurea CRM Automator) and CRM.cockpit dashboard configurations are application configuration, not data records, and do not migrate. We document them during discovery and deliver a written reconstruction guide mapped to Salesforce Flow equivalents for your admin team to rebuild post-migration.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Aurea CRM object lands in Salesforce Sales Cloud, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Aurea CRM
Contact
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Contact
1:1Aurea Contact records migrate 1:1 to Salesforce Contact. We extract all standard contact fields via the Import/Export module and resolve the parent AccountId by matching the Contact's associated Company record against the migrated Account. Email and Name serve as the primary dedupe keys. Any custom contact fields are catalogued during discovery and mapped to Salesforce custom fields before import begins.
Aurea CRM
Account (Company)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Account
1:1Aurea Account (Company) records map directly to Salesforce Account. The parent-child relationship between Account and Contact is preserved by creating Accounts first during migration, then resolving the AccountId lookup on each Contact record at insert time. Company ID from Aurea is preserved as an external reference field for audit purposes.
Aurea CRM
Opportunity
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Opportunity
1:1Aurea Opportunity records map to Salesforce Opportunity. Stage names are explicitly mapped because Aurea's pipeline stages are configurable per installation and must be matched to the customer's Salesforce Sales Process. We create the Salesforce Sales Process and stage probability values during schema design before any Opportunity data is loaded. CloseDate, Amount, Probability, and OwnerId migrate directly with parent AccountId resolution.
Aurea CRM
Activities (Tasks, Appointments, Timeline)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Task and Event
1:1Aurea activity records (tasks, appointments, and timeline entries) map to Salesforce Task and Event objects. Aurea's configurable activity types are reviewed during discovery; legacy subtypes that do not map directly to Task or Event are flagged and mapped to the nearest Salesforce equivalent. Task and Event records are loaded via the Salesforce Bulk API 2.0 with parent-record lookup resolution (WhoId, WhatId, AccountId) to preserve the activity timeline against the correct Contact and Opportunity.
Aurea CRM
Campaign
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Campaign
1:1Aurea Campaign Manager campaign records — including campaign type, status, and response metrics — map to Salesforce Campaign. Some Aurea-specific campaign workflow fields do not have direct Salesforce equivalents; these are flagged and preserved as custom fields for the customer's admin to configure. CampaignMember records linking Contacts to Campaigns migrate as Salesforce CampaignMember with Status mapped from Aurea's response tracking.
Aurea CRM
Partner (PRM)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Account or Custom Object
lossyAurea Partner records (including partner-specific quota and territory assignments from the PRM module) require explicit field-level mapping. The destination structure depends on whether the customer licenses Salesforce Partner Relationship Management on Enterprise or Unlimited; if not, we map Partner records to a Salesforce custom object with territory and quota fields as custom properties. The mapping strategy is confirmed during scoping.
Aurea CRM
Document and Attachment
Salesforce Sales Cloud
ContentDocument and ContentDocumentLink
1:1Aurea document management stores files linked to records. We migrate documents as ContentDocument records with ContentDocumentLink associations to the parent Contact, Account, or Opportunity when the Aurea file store is accessible. Records with high attachment volume are flagged for manual review because large binary exports can cause timeouts during batch extraction.
Aurea CRM
Custom Fields
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Fields
lossyAurea administrators can add custom fields across all objects. We catalog all active custom fields during discovery, map them to Salesforce custom properties with appropriate field types (text, number, picklist, date, checkbox), and pre-create the destination schema before any data import begins. Fields with complex picklist value dependencies or cross-object references are flagged for manual configuration review.
Aurea CRM
Workflows and Automations
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Workflow (Salesforce Flow)
1:1Aurea CRM workflows configured via the Aurea CRM Automator are application configuration, not data records, and do not appear in standard exports. We document active workflows during discovery by reviewing CRM.designer configuration and deliver a written workflow reconstruction guide mapped to Salesforce Flow equivalents (record-triggered, scheduled, or screen flow). The customer's admin rebuilds them post-migration.
Aurea CRM
CRM.cockpit Dashboards
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Reports and Dashboards
1:1CRM.cockpit is an add-on dashboard and KPI visualization module bundled with Aurea CRM Enterprise. Dashboard configurations are application configuration, not data records, and do not export. We capture screenshots and field references from the customer's live CRM.cockpit setup and deliver a written guide for rebuilding equivalent reports and dashboards in Salesforce Reports and Dashboards or Einstein Analytics.
Aurea CRM
User and Owner
Salesforce Sales Cloud
User
1:1Aurea user and owner records migrate as the assignee dimension for all owned records (Contact, Account, Opportunity, Activity). We map Aurea user IDs to Salesforce User accounts by email match. Any Aurea Owner without a matching Salesforce User goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes.
Aurea CRM
Territory and Quota
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Territory or Custom Forecast Quota Object
lossyTerritory assignments and quota values from Aurea CRM require explicit field-level mapping. The data model structure differs significantly between Aurea and Salesforce, so we extract territory and quota fields as custom properties and reconstruct them in Salesforce either through native Territory Management (Enterprise/Unlimited) or a custom forecast quota object. Mapping strategy is confirmed during scoping.
Aurea CRM
Campaign Manager Configuration
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot)
1:1Aurea Campaign Manager bundled with Enterprise has its own campaign workflow configuration. This is application configuration and does not migrate. We document the Aurea Campaign Manager setup (campaign types, automated rules, response workflows) and provide a written guide for rebuilding equivalent email marketing automation in Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot) or Marketing Cloud, depending on the customer's marketing stack decision.
| Aurea CRM | Salesforce Sales Cloud | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Account (Company) | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Opportunity | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Activities (Tasks, Appointments, Timeline) | Task and Event1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Campaign | Campaign1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Partner (PRM) | Account or Custom Objectlossy | Fully supported | |
| Document and Attachment | ContentDocument and ContentDocumentLink1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Fields | Custom Fieldslossy | Mapping required | |
| Workflows and Automations | Workflow (Salesforce Flow)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| CRM.cockpit Dashboards | Reports and Dashboards1:1 | Not supported | |
| User and Owner | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Territory and Quota | Territory or Custom Forecast Quota Objectlossy | Fully supported | |
| Campaign Manager Configuration | Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot)1:1 | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
Aurea CRM gotchas
No public REST API forces manual or support-coordinated exports
Administrator-controlled export formats create scoping ambiguity
Workflows and automations do not export as data records
Performance degrades on large datasets during export
Salesforce Sales Cloud gotchas
Workflow Rules and Process Builder are retired
Bulk API batch quota exhaustion during large imports
Storage overage billing is non-obvious
Account-Contact many-to-many relationship mapping
Territory and team member import ordering dependencies
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and extraction format verification
We audit the Aurea CRM installation across all active Info Areas, custom fields, Partner PRM records, and Aurea Campaign Manager setup. Because Aurea has no self-service API, we work directly with the customer's Aurea administrator to confirm which export formats (Excel, CSV, PDF) are available per Info Area, and we open a coordination ticket with Aurea Support if a bulk data pull is required. We also review CRM.designer configuration to document active workflows and CRM.cockpit dashboard structures. Discovery output is a written extraction plan, a field-to-field mapping document, and a Salesforce edition recommendation based on the customer's object complexity.
Salesforce schema design and configuration
We design the destination schema in Salesforce before any data extraction begins. This includes creating custom fields to match every Aurea custom field (with Salesforce-appropriate field types), configuring Salesforce Sales Processes and stage probability values matched to the Aurea pipeline stages, designing the Lead-Contact split rule if any HubSpot or third-party leads coexist with Aurea Contacts, creating Opportunity Record Types per Aurea pipeline if applicable, and setting up custom objects for Partner data if the customer does not license Salesforce PRM. Schema is deployed to a Salesforce Sandbox via metadata API for validation before production.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a Salesforce Sandbox (Full Copy or Partial Copy) using production-equivalent data volume extracted from Aurea. The customer's RevOps or Salesforce admin reviews record counts, spot-checks twenty-five to fifty records against the Aurea source, validates that parent-child relationships (Account-Contact, Opportunity-Account) are intact, and confirms activity timelines are ordered correctly. Any mapping corrections are made at this stage. Sign-off from the customer's admin on the sandbox migration gates the production start date.
Aurea data extraction in batches
We extract Aurea data in batches of 5,000 to 10,000 records per object, scheduling batch runs during off-peak hours to minimize Aurea server load. If Aurea Support is coordinating the bulk extract, we provide them with a batch sizing specification and format requirements. All batches are validated against source record counts before upload to Salesforce begins. Owner reconciliation runs in parallel: we match every Aurea user ID to a Salesforce User by email and flag any unmatched owners for the customer's admin to provision.
Production migration in dependency order
We execute production migration in record-dependency order to satisfy Salesforce lookup requirements. Accounts (from Aurea Companies) are created first. Contacts follow with AccountId resolved. Opportunities are imported with AccountId, OwnerId, and StageName resolved. Activities (Tasks, Events, EmailMessages) are loaded via the Salesforce Bulk API 2.0 with WhoId and WhatId lookup resolution to preserve the activity timeline against the correct Contact and Opportunity. Custom Objects load last, after all parent standard objects are in place. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff
We freeze writes in Aurea CRM during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Salesforce as the system of record. We deliver the workflow and automation reconstruction guide (mapped from Aurea CRM Automator to Salesforce Flow equivalents), the CRM.cockpit dashboard reconstruction guide, and the Aurea Campaign Manager workflow documentation for Pardot or Marketing Cloud rebuild. We support a one-week post-go-live window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Aurea workflows as Salesforce Flow inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement for the customer's admin or a Salesforce implementation partner.
Platform deep dives
Aurea CRM
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Aurea CRM and Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Object compatibility
2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Aurea CRM: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Aurea CRM doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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