CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Flexie and Salesforce Sales Cloud. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Flexie
Source
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Destination
Compatibility
8 of 13
objects map 1:1 between Flexie and Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
4-8 weeks
Overview
Moving from Flexie to Salesforce is a structural migration from a workforce-management data model to a CRM data model. Flexie tracks Workers, Shifts, Venues, and Shift Assignments; Salesforce maps these to Contacts, custom Shift objects, Accounts, and a custom Shift Assignment junction. The primary translation is Worker to Contact (with the venue relationship preserved as an Account lookup) and Shift to a custom Shift object with a Master-Detail link to the assigned Contact. Entity Forms, Workflows, and automations do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory of every active workflow and form trigger for your admin to rebuild in Salesforce Flow. We use the Salesforce Bulk API 2.0 with chunking and parent-record resolution to handle the shift assignment history without timing out. Annual contract timing on the Flexie side is reviewed during scoping to minimize exit-fee exposure.
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 Flexie 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.
Flexie
Worker
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Contact
1:1Flexie Workers map directly to Salesforce Contact records. The Worker's name fields map to FirstName and LastName on Contact. Contact phone, email, and address fields migrate directly. Availability windows from Flexie (days and hours a worker is available) map to custom fields availability_start__c and availability_end__c or a custom Availability object if the customer tracks granular availability patterns. Employment status (active, inactive, suspended) maps to Contact.Status__c or the standard Contact.Active__c field if configured.
Flexie
Venue
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Account
1:1Flexie Venues map to Salesforce Account records. The venue name becomes Account.Name, and the venue address migrates to the standard BillingAddress fields on Account. If the Flexie venue tracks industry type or venue category (QSR, hospitality, retail), those values map to Account.Industry or a custom venue_category__c picklist. Account is created before any Contact import so that the AccountId lookup on Contact is satisfied at migration time.
Flexie
Worker-to-Venue relationship
Salesforce Sales Cloud
AccountContactRelation
1:1Flexie allows Workers to be assigned to one or more Venues. This many-to-many relationship maps to Salesforce AccountContactRelation, which links the Contact (from Worker) to the Account (from Venue). We extract the Worker-Venue assignments during discovery, create AccountContactRelation records during migration, and preserve any role or permission level from Flexie in the Role field on AccountContactRelation.
Flexie
Shift
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Shift object
1:1Flexie Shifts do not have a direct Salesforce standard object equivalent. We create a custom Shift__c object on the destination org with fields for shift_date__c (date), start_time__c (time), end_time__c (time), status__c (open, filled, cancelled), and a lookup to the assigned Contact. The custom object is deployed via metadata API into a Sandbox first for validation before production migration.
Flexie
Shift Assignment
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Shift Assignment object
1:1Flexie Shift Assignments are the junction between Workers and Shifts. We create a custom ShiftAssignment__c object with a Master-Detail relationship to Shift__c (or a lookup) and a Lookup to Contact. The assignment status (confirmed, pending, declined, no-show) and any assignment notes migrate to status__c and notes__c on the assignment record. Coverage gaps (unfilled shifts with no assignment) are flagged during migration and reported separately for the customer's scheduling team to address.
Flexie
Shifts
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Opportunity (operational reporting)
lossyIf the customer uses Flexie Shifts to track operational capacity or service revenue, Shifts can also map to Salesforce Opportunity records with a custom record type Shift Capacity. Shift revenue, headcount filled, and coverage percentage become custom Opportunity fields for reporting. This is an optional configuration discussed during scoping; the standard mapping remains the custom Shift__c object.
Flexie
Entity Form
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom object + documentation
lossyFlexie Entity Forms serve as data entry points and workflow triggers with no direct Salesforce equivalent. Form submission records migrate to a custom EntityFormSubmission__c object with fields for form_name__c, submitted_by__c (Contact lookup), submission_date__c, and the form field values stored as custom fields or in a serialized JSON field. Form definitions (field list, validation rules, triggers) are documented for rebuild in Salesforce as screen Flows with a related custom object.
Flexie
Workflow
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Salesforce Flow (rebuild scope)
1:1Flexie Workflows are automation sequences built on triggers and actions. These do not migrate 1:1 to Salesforce Flow because the trigger models, action types, and delay mechanisms differ. We document every active Flexie Workflow with its trigger (form submission, shift event, date-based), conditions, actions, and a recommended Salesforce Flow equivalent. The customer's admin rebuilds workflows post-migration; this is a separate engagement scope.
Flexie
Document
Salesforce Sales Cloud
ContentDocument + ContentVersion
1:1Flexie Documents attached to Workers, Shifts, or Venues migrate as Salesforce ContentDocument records. We extract the document metadata (filename, type, upload date, attached entity) and recreate the ContentVersion record with the file binary if accessible. If the document host in Flexie is a link rather than a hosted file, we store the URL in a custom External_Document_Link__c field on the ContentDocument.
Flexie
Custom Property (Worker)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Field on Contact
lossyFlexie allows unlimited custom fields per Worker. Each custom property is mapped to a Salesforce custom field on Contact with the appropriate type (text, picklist, date, number, checkbox). Picklist values are reviewed against Salesforce picklist length limits (40 characters per value) and remapped if needed. Custom properties unique to the customer's Flexie account are documented with their API names during discovery.
Flexie
Custom Property (Venue)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Field on Account
lossyFlexie Venue custom fields (operational settings, location-specific configurations) map to custom fields on Salesforce Account. We extract the live schema via Flexie API during discovery and generate an explicit field map. Venue-specific operational flags and settings that have no Salesforce standard equivalent become custom Account fields for the customer to configure.
Flexie
Custom Property (Shift)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Field on Shift__c
lossyAny Flexie custom fields on Shift records map to custom fields on the custom Shift__c object. If the customer uses Shift-level custom fields for scheduling type, department, or coverage notes, we create equivalent custom fields on the Shift__c object during schema design.
Flexie
Owner
Salesforce Sales Cloud
User
1:1Flexie tracks shift managers and venue administrators. We resolve these by email against the Salesforce destination org's User table. Any Flexie owner without a matching Salesforce User goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes.
| Flexie | Salesforce Sales Cloud | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worker | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Venue | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Worker-to-Venue relationship | AccountContactRelation1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Shift | Custom Shift object1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Shift Assignment | Custom Shift Assignment object1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Shifts | Opportunity (operational reporting)lossy | Mapping required | |
| Entity Form | Custom object + documentationlossy | Fully supported | |
| Workflow | Salesforce Flow (rebuild scope)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Document | ContentDocument + ContentVersion1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Property (Worker) | Custom Field on Contactlossy | Fully supported | |
| Custom Property (Venue) | Custom Field on Accountlossy | Fully supported | |
| Custom Property (Shift) | Custom Field on Shift__clossy | Fully supported | |
| Owner | User1:1 | 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.
Flexie gotchas
Workflow automations do not transfer between platforms
Custom properties schema varies per account
Annual contract lock-in complicates migration timing
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 Flexie contract review
We audit the source Flexie account across objects (Workers, Shifts, Venues, Shift Assignments, Entity Forms, Documents), active workflows, custom properties, and assignment volume. We pair this with a Salesforce edition review: Professional ($80/user) covers custom object creation for Shifts and Shift Assignments; Enterprise ($165/user) is required if the customer needs advanced Flow at scale or territory management. We also review the Flexie contract renewal date to plan the cutover window and minimize exit-fee exposure.
Schema design and Salesforce object creation
We design the destination schema in Salesforce. This includes creating the custom Shift__c and ShiftAssignment__c objects with all custom fields mapped from Flexie, creating custom fields on Contact and Account for Flexie custom properties, configuring AccountContactRelation for the Worker-Venue relationship, and defining any optional Opportunity-based shift reporting. Schema is deployed via metadata API into a Salesforce Sandbox first for validation before production migration begins.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a Salesforce Sandbox (Full Copy or Partial Copy) using production-like data volume. The customer's operations lead reconciles record counts (Workers in as Contacts, Venues in as Accounts, Shifts in as Shift__c, Shift Assignments in as ShiftAssignment__c), spot-checks 25-50 random records against the Flexie source, and signs off the schema and mapping before production migration begins. Any mapping corrections happen here, not in production.
AccountContactRelation and owner reconciliation
We extract every distinct Flexie Worker-Venue assignment and create AccountContactRelation records linking Contact (Worker) to Account (Venue). We also resolve Flexie owner references by email against the Salesforce User table. Owners without a matching User go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. Migration cannot proceed past this step because AccountId and OwnerId references are required on most standard objects.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Accounts (from Flexie Venues), Contacts (with AccountId resolved via AccountContactRelation), Users (manual provisioning, validated), Shift__c records, ShiftAssignment__c records (with Contact and Shift lookups resolved), EntityFormSubmission__c records, Documents (as ContentDocument), and Custom Property values on all parent objects. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and workflow rebuild handoff
We freeze Flexie writes during cutover, 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 Entity Form inventory document to the customer's admin team with recommended Salesforce Flow equivalents. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues raised by the customer's operations team. We do not rebuild Flexie Workflows as Salesforce Flow inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement.
Platform deep dives
Flexie
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 1 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 Flexie and Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Object compatibility
1 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
Flexie: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Flexie 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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