CRM migration

Migrate from Click to Odoo CRM

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Click and Odoo CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Odoo CRM.

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Click

Source

Odoo CRM

Destination

Odoo CRM logo

Compatibility

75%

9 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Click and Odoo CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Migrating from ClickDimensions to Odoo CRM requires a two-system extraction strategy because ClickDimensions does not store contacts independently — it annotates records in Microsoft Dynamics 365. We first pull the base CRM objects (Contacts, Accounts, Leads, Opportunities) from the source Dynamics instance, then overlay the ClickDimensions marketing layer (Email Sends, Event Registrations, Survey Responses, Web Tracking Events, and Custom Fields) onto those records. At Odoo, we split Dynamics-style combined Contact-Account records into Odoo's separate res.partner records for companies and individuals, preserve ClickDimensions custom field data as Odoo custom fields or ir.config_parameter values, and attach marketing activity records as mail.message entries on the relevant Partner. We do not migrate ClickDimensions Workflows, Sequences, or email templates as code; we deliver a written inventory for the customer's Odoo admin to rebuild using Odoo's Studio or workflow builder.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

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Click

What's pushing teams away

  • ClickDimensions is limited to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem, making it difficult to switch to non-Microsoft CRMs without losing marketing activity history.
  • The platform's interface and feature set lag behind standalone marketing automation tools, prompting teams to move to HubSpot or Marketo.
  • Support responsiveness and product update cadence have been cited as pain points by mid-market customers.
  • Custom field usage on the free plan is capped at 60 uses, which frustrates teams that need broader automation without upgrading.

Choosing

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Odoo CRM

What's pulling them in

  • Teams choose Odoo CRM for its modular architecture — one base install with one-click app additions means they can adopt CRM alone and add accounting, inventory, or sales later as the business grows.
  • Small businesses pick Odoo because the Community edition is free and open-source, with no per-user or contact limits, allowing full evaluation before committing to a paid Enterprise tier.
  • The drag-and-drop Kanban pipeline and AI lead scoring are highlighted across G2 reviews as concrete features that make lead management faster and more visual than spreadsheet-based workflows.
  • Odoo's native integration with email, live chat, SMS, VoIP, and WhatsApp means inbound leads from multiple channels feed into a single pipeline without third-party middleware.
  • Companies in retail, supply chain, and construction value that Odoo's CRM module shares the same PostgreSQL database and UI as its ERP modules, eliminating data silos between sales and operations.

Object mapping

How Click objects map to Odoo CRM

Each row shows how a Click object lands in Odoo CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Click

Contact (Dynamics CRM)

maps to

Odoo CRM

res.partner (individual)

1:1
Fully supported

Dynamics CRM Contacts migrate to Odoo res.partner records with partner_type = contact. We use email address as the dedupe key and preserve full name, phone, mobile, address fields, and any Contact-specific custom fields. The original Dynamics Contact ID is stored as a legacy_id field for audit trail. Company linkage is resolved by matching the parentcustomerid field to the Account migration.

Click

Account (Dynamics CRM)

maps to

Odoo CRM

res.partner (company)

1:1
Fully supported

Dynamics CRM Accounts migrate to Odoo res.partner records with partner_type = company. We map accountname to name, website, industrycode, numberofemployees, and annualrevenue. Company identification number and custom fields migrate as Odoo custom fields or ir.config_parameter values. This is created before Contact import so that the commercial_partner_id lookup is satisfied at Contact insert time.

Click

Lead (Dynamics CRM)

maps to

Odoo CRM

crm.lead

1:1
Fully supported

Dynamics CRM Leads migrate to Odoo crm.lead. The leadsubject, leadsourcecode, description, estimatedvalue, and pipeline stage fields map to crm.lead fields. We preserve the original leadscore from ClickDimensions custom fields as a custom crm.lead field. Lead status (open, qualified, disqualified) maps to Odoo lead stage values. The lead-to-opportunity split is configurable: leads can remain as Odoo leads pending qualification or be converted during migration based on customer preference.

Click

Opportunity (Dynamics CRM)

maps to

Odoo CRM

crm.lead (stage = Opportunity)

1:1
Fully supported

Dynamics CRM Opportunities migrate to Odoo crm.lead records with type = opportunity. The estimatedvalue maps to Odoo expected_revenue, closeprobability maps to probability, and closedate maps to date_deadline. Opportunity fields that have no direct Odoo equivalent become custom fields on crm.lead. Product line items from Dynamics migrate as crm.lead.line records or a separate sale order depending on whether the Odoo Sale app is active.

Click

Email Send (ClickDimensions)

maps to

Odoo CRM

mail.message

1:1
Fully supported

ClickDimensions Email Sends migrate to Odoo mail.message records linked to the relevant res.partner. We map send date, campaign name, email subject, and send status (sent, bounced, failed) to mail.message fields and custom fields on the record. Individual open and click events are stored as Odoo mail.tracking.value records or custom activity log fields. Email content bodies migrate as mail.message body HTML.

Click

Event Registration (ClickDimensions)

maps to

Odoo CRM

event.registration

1:1
Fully supported

ClickDimensions Event Registrations migrate to Odoo event.registration records. We map registration name, email, session choices, registration date, and registration status (registered, attended, cancelled) to the Odoo event.registration fields. The associated Dynamics Contact resolves to the Odoo res.partner via email match. If Odoo Event app is not active, registrations migrate as custom fields on res.partner or a dedicated crm.lead tag.

Click

Web Tracking Event (ClickDimensions)

maps to

Odoo CRM

website.event or custom Partner fields

lossy
Fully supported

ClickDimensions Web Tracking Events for known contacts (email-identified) migrate to Odoo as custom fields on res.partner recording last website visit, page views count, and campaign attribution. Anonymous visitor events are optionally migrated as aggregate statistics on the relevant marketing campaign record. The mapping depends on whether Odoo Website or Marketing app is active at the destination.

Click

Survey Response (ClickDimensions)

maps to

Odoo CRM

survey.user_input or res.partner custom fields

lossy
Fully supported

ClickDimensions Survey Responses migrate to Odoo survey.user_input records if the Odoo Survey app is active, with survey questions mapped to Odoo survey.question answers. Responses linked to known contacts attach to the corresponding res.partner. If Odoo Survey is not active, response data migrates as custom fields or a notes section on the res.partner record.

Click

ClickDimensions Custom Fields

maps to

Odoo CRM

res.partner, crm.lead, event.registration custom fields

lossy
Fully supported

ClickDimensions custom field values migrate to Odoo custom fields created via Studio or model inheritance. We map the custom field name and data type to the closest Odoo field type (char, integer, float, date, boolean, selection). The Free Forever plan's 60-use write limit is checked during scoping; if the customer is on Free plan, we flag any overflow and advise on upgrade or manual population for excess records.

Click

Activity (Dynamics CRM Tasks, Phone Calls, Appointments)

maps to

Odoo CRM

mail.activity

1:1
Fully supported

Dynamics CRM activities (tasks, phone calls, appointments, letters) migrate to Odoo mail.activity records linked to the relevant res.partner or crm.lead. Phone call duration and disposition map to custom activity fields; appointment start and end times map to Odoo activity date and duration. Activity status (open, completed, cancelled) maps to Odoo activity state.

Click

Note (Dynamics CRM)

maps to

Odoo CRM

mail.message (note type)

1:1
Fully supported

Dynamics CRM Notes migrate to Odoo mail.message records with message_type = comment (internal note). The notebody text maps to the message body. Notes attached to specific records link via Odoo's res_id and res_model referencing the correct crm.lead or res.partner. File attachments on notes migrate as ir.attachment records linked to the same res_id and res_model.

Click

Owner/User (Dynamics CRM)

maps to

Odoo CRM

res.users

1:1
Fully supported

Dynamics CRM Users referenced as record owners map to Odoo res.users by email address match. We extract distinct owner values from all migrating records during discovery and match against the destination Odoo instance's user list. Any owner without a matching Odoo user goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import begins.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

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Click gotchas

Medium

Custom Field write limit on Free Forever plans

High

ClickDimensions does not store contacts independently

Medium

Export and Import tools move Click records between Dynamics environments

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Odoo CRM gotchas

High

Odoo.sh version gating blocks assisted migrations from trial

High

Enterprise modules fail to install on Community after database restore

Medium

Custom module view inheritance breaks between Odoo major versions

Medium

Custom fields risk losing their application context on Community

Low

API access for Community is gated behind the Custom Plan

Pair-specific challenges

  • ClickDimensions does not store contacts — you must extract from Dynamics 365

    ClickDimensions is a marketing annotation layer on top of Microsoft Dynamics 365. It does not maintain an independent contact database. Contacts, Accounts, Leads, and Opportunities live in the underlying Dynamics instance. Migrating from ClickDimensions without accessing the source Dynamics environment results in empty contact records at the destination because only ClickDimensions marketing activity (Email Sends, Event Registrations, Surveys) exists in ClickDimensions, not the base CRM records. We confirm the Dynamics 365 source instance during discovery and pull base CRM records from there before overlaying the ClickDimensions marketing layer.

  • No ClickDimensions-to-Odoo native export tool exists

    ClickDimensions built its export and import tools specifically for moving records between Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments. There is no native connector, export profile, or third-party integration that moves ClickDimensions data directly into Odoo. We extract ClickDimensions entities via the ClickDimensions REST API and the Dynamics 365 Web API, then map them to Odoo's XML-RPC API. This requires field-level mapping for every entity type and custom field, with type conversion between Dynamics data types and Odoo field definitions.

  • Odoo Partner model requires a Contact-Account split that Dynamics does not enforce

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 uses a Contact-Account model where each Contact carries a parentcustomerid linking it to an Account. Odoo uses separate res.partner records for companies and individuals with a commercial_partner_id linking child contacts to their parent company. We must split Dynamics combined Contact-Account structures into separate Odoo Partner records during migration, preserving the relationship link. Failing to do this produces Odoo Partners that are neither properly flagged as companies nor correctly linked to their subsidiaries.

  • ClickDimensions Custom Field Free plan limit applies to API writes

    ClickDimensions Free Forever plans allow only 60 uses of the Set Custom Field Value API call across the entire workspace. Each API call that writes a custom field value counts as one use regardless of how many records are affected. We check the customer's plan tier during scoping. If they are on Free Forever and have more than 60 records with custom field data, we either use the API within the 60-call limit and populate remaining records manually or via the Odoo UI, or advise upgrading before migration. Data is not lost when the limit is hit — only new custom field writes are blocked.

  • ClickDimensions marketing workflows and email templates do not migrate to Odoo

    ClickDimensions marketing workflows, email templates, and campaign automation logic are ClickDimensions-specific constructs with no direct Odoo equivalent. Odoo's email marketing uses a different campaign model (mail.mass_mailing and mass_mailing.campaign). We do not migrate these as code. We deliver a written inventory of every active ClickDimensions marketing workflow, email template, and campaign sequence with the trigger conditions and actions documented so the customer's Odoo admin can rebuild them using Odoo Email Marketing, Studio, or a third-party marketing automation integration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Click to Odoo CRM data migration

  1. Source environment discovery

    We identify and authenticate against the source Microsoft Dynamics 365 instance (the ClickDimensions host environment) and the ClickDimensions API endpoints. We audit the Dynamics CRM schema for Contact, Account, Lead, Opportunity, Activity, and Note entities, and the ClickDimensions entities for Email Send, Event Registration, Web Tracking Events, and Survey Response volumes. We confirm the ClickDimensions plan tier to determine the custom field write budget. The discovery output is a written data inventory with record counts, schema field lists, and a migration feasibility assessment.

  2. Odoo destination schema design

    We design the destination schema in the Odoo instance. This includes installing required apps (CRM, Event, Survey, Mail, Contacts), creating custom fields on res.partner, crm.lead, and event.registration via Studio or model inheritance, configuring the crm.lead stage pipeline to match the source Dynamics pipeline stages, and setting up Partner address_type distinctions for the Contact-Account split. If Odoo Survey or Event app is not active at the destination, we agree on a custom field strategy for survey and event data before migration begins.

  3. Sandbox migration and mapping validation

    We run a full migration into an Odoo test database or sandbox environment using a representative data sample (at least 10% of total volume). We validate the Contact-Account split logic, confirm that ClickDimensions Email Sends, Event Registrations, and Survey Responses attach to the correct res.partner records, spot-check 25-50 records against the source Dynamics and ClickDimensions data, and resolve any field mapping gaps. The customer reviews the test environment and signs off the mapping before production migration proceeds.

  4. Owner and user reconciliation

    We extract every distinct record owner from the source Dynamics CRM across all migrating entity types and match by email against the Odoo destination's res.users table. Any owner without a matching Odoo user is placed in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision or flag as inactive. Migration cannot complete owner resolution for records assigned to unprovisioned users until this step is resolved because OwnerId is a required field on crm.lead and mail.activity.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency sequence: res.partner (companies, from Dynamics Accounts), res.partner (contacts, from Dynamics Contacts with parentcompany linkage via commercial_partner_id), crm.lead (from Dynamics Leads and Opportunities), event.registration (from ClickDimensions Event Registrations with partner resolution), mail.message activity records (from ClickDimensions Email Sends and Dynamics Notes), web tracking data (as custom fields on res.partner), and survey responses (as custom fields or survey.user_input). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.

  6. Cutover, validation, and marketing automation handoff

    We freeze source system writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, and enable Odoo CRM as the system of record. We deliver the ClickDimensions marketing workflow and email template inventory document to the customer's Odoo admin for rebuild using Odoo Email Marketing and Studio. We support a one-week post-cutover window to resolve any reconciliation issues reported by the customer's team.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Click

Source

Strengths

  • Native integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM with bidirectional data sync.
  • Marketing automation (email, events, web tracking, surveys) in a single add-on layer.
  • Built-in export and import tools for moving Click records between Dynamics environments.
  • Web tracking and survey functionality without requiring a separate marketing platform.

Weaknesses

  • Tied exclusively to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem, limiting destination options for migrations.
  • Free plan imposes hard limits on Custom Field usage that affect automation-heavy deployments.
  • Marketing feature set lags behind dedicated marketing automation platforms.
  • Product update cadence and customer support responsiveness trail competitors.
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Odoo CRM

Destination

Strengths

  • Modular open-source architecture lets teams start with CRM and add ERP apps as needs grow, all sharing one PostgreSQL database.
  • Free Community edition with no contact limits and full source code access means zero licensing cost for evaluation and small deployments.
  • Drag-and-drop Kanban pipeline with AI lead scoring gives a visual, prioritized view of the sales funnel without requiring custom configuration.
  • Native integrations with email, live chat, SMS, VoIP, WhatsApp, and social media feed all inbound leads into a single unified inbox.
  • Active Odoo Community Association (OCA) maintains dozens of community-maintained modules on GitHub for extended functionality.

Weaknesses

  • Gmail and email integration reliability is a recurring complaint — threads drop and conversations scatter across inboxes, disrupting sales team workflows.
  • Enterprise edition pricing stacks quickly: multiple apps at per-user rates ($25–$50/user/month) plus Odoo.sh hosting costs more than many SMBs anticipate.
  • Setup and configuration complexity increases significantly once custom fields, automation rules, and multiple installed modules are in play.
  • Odoo.sh trial databases run on a version (e.g., 18.3) that is not directly migratable to Odoo.sh, blocking the assisted migration path Odoo advertises.
  • Version upgrades between major Odoo releases (e.g., 17→18) frequently break custom module view definitions and XPath expressions, requiring manual remediation.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Click and Odoo CRM.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Click: Inherits Microsoft Dataverse and Power Platform service-protection limits (per-user request quotas published by Microsoft). The vendor does not publish Click-specific limits beyond those..

  • Data volume sensitivity

    A

    Click exposes a bulk API — large-volume migrations stream efficiently.

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Migrations under 15,000 Contacts, 3,000 Accounts, and no complex custom objects land between three and five weeks. Migrations with Event Registrations, Survey Response histories, large ClickDimensions engagement volumes, or dual-system extraction from both ClickDimensions and Dynamics 365 move to seven to twelve weeks. Discovery and schema design take two to three weeks regardless of volume because we must confirm the Dynamics 365 source instance and design the Contact-Account split logic before any data moves.

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