CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between GENIEE and Odoo CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Odoo CRM.
GENIEE
Source
Odoo CRM
Destination
Compatibility
7 of 12
objects map 1:1 between GENIEE and Odoo CRM.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
6-10 weeks
Overview
Moving from GENIEE SFA/CRM to Odoo CRM is a migration from a secondary AdTech CRM module into a purpose-built open-source CRM with a full ERP ecosystem underneath it. The primary technical challenge is GENIEE's lack of a documented public REST API — all export paths are manual or require direct engagement with GENIEE account management — which we resolve by coordinating data dumps with the GENIEE team and using screen-scraping of export interfaces where accessible. A secondary challenge is the dual-product architecture: GENIEE SFA/CRM and GENIEE DSP/SSP store data in separate subsystems with no unified export, so we sequence two distinct export workflows and handle DSP campaign metadata and SSP publisher inventory as Odoo custom objects rather than standard CRM records. Odoo CRM's modular design and community edition make it a viable destination for teams leaving AdTech-focused platforms, though custom module compatibility and the Lead-versus-Contact data model require planning before migration begins. We do not migrate GENIEE MA campaign logic or DSP workflow automations as code; we deliver a written inventory of these for your admin to rebuild in Odoo.
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 GENIEE 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.
GENIEE
Contact
Odoo CRM
Lead or Contact
1:manyGENIEE SFA/CRM Contacts map to Odoo Lead (for unqualified prospects) or Contact (for qualified records). We analyze the GENIEE contact record's stage, owner assignment, and deal association to determine the split. Contacts with no linked Deals and no recent engagement activity route to Odoo Lead; Contacts linked to active Deals or with recent communication history route to Odoo Contact attached to an Account. The original GENIEE contact ID is preserved in a custom field for audit tracing.
GENIEE
Company/Account
Odoo CRM
Account
1:1GENIEE Companies map directly to Odoo Accounts. The company name becomes the Account name, and the GENIEE account ID is preserved in a custom field. We map the account hierarchy (parent-company relationships where present in GENIEE) to Odoo's commercial entity and contact links. Japanese regional conventions for department and location data on accounts are normalized to Odoo's address standard format.
GENIEE
Deal
Odoo CRM
Opportunity
1:1GENIEE Deals map to Odoo Opportunities. The GENIEE pipeline stage name maps to an Odoo stage in the configured sales team pipeline. Win/loss probability values from GENIEE migrate to Odoo stage probability percentages. Closed-won and closed-lost reasons from GENIEE custom fields migrate to Odoo lost reason or a custom Char field on the Opportunity. We preserve the full stage history timestamp from GENIEE in Odoo Opportunity log records.
GENIEE
Pipeline
Odoo CRM
Sales Team + Stage
lossyGENIEE deal pipelines (configurable per tenant) map to Odoo Sales Teams. Each pipeline's stages are recreated as Odoo stage records within the corresponding sales team. Stage order and probability mapping follow the GENIEE configuration as closely as Odoo's stage model permits. Odoo's Kanban view maps directly to the GENIEE pipeline visualization paradigm.
GENIEE
User/Owner
Odoo CRM
User
1:1GENIEE SFA/CRM Users (record owners) map to Odoo Users by email address. We extract the full owner roster from GENIEE during scoping and provision Odoo Users for each. GENIEE role-based access levels are noted for the customer's Odoo admin to configure via Odoo's access rights model (Technical Settings > Users and Companies). Users without a resolvable email are flagged in the reconciliation report.
GENIEE
Marketing Campaign (GENIEE MA)
Odoo CRM
Campaign
1:1GENIEE MA Campaigns map to Odoo Campaigns. Campaign attribution data (UTM parameters, source, medium) stored per Contact in GENIEE is preserved as Odoo Campaign UTM fields (UTM Source, Medium, Campaign) on the linked Lead or Contact. GENIEE campaign targeting parameters and flight dates are noted as a campaign metadata sheet for manual entry into Odoo since these are not standard Odoo Campaign fields.
GENIEE
DSP Campaign
Odoo CRM
Custom Model: geniee_dsp_campaign
lossyGENIEE DSP campaigns (budget, targeting parameters, ad formats, flight dates) do not map to any standard Odoo CRM object. We create a custom Odoo model (geniee_dsp_campaign) with fields for DSP budget, targeting_criteria, ad_format, flight_start, flight_end, and status. This model is deployed as a custom module before migration begins. DSP campaign performance metrics (impressions, clicks, bid logs) are exported as separate data files and stored as Odoo attachments linked to the geniee_dsp_campaign record rather than imported as structured fields.
GENIEE
Publisher Inventory / Ad Slots
Odoo CRM
Custom Model: geniee_publisher_inventory
lossySSP publisher inventory data (slot IDs, floor prices, telco/mobile/desktop classification) is SSP-specific and has no standard CRM equivalent in Odoo. We create a custom model (geniee_publisher_inventory) to hold slot configuration records. The customer decides during scoping whether to activate this model or treat the SSP data as reference-only records archived post-migration. DSP campaign-to-inventory associations are preserved as Many2one links within the custom model.
GENIEE
Attachment
Odoo CRM
Attachment (ir.attachment)
1:1Attachments on GENIEE Contacts, Accounts, and Deals are exported as binary files and re-uploaded to Odoo via the ir.attachment model. We preserve the original filename, MIME type, and file size. Attachments are linked to the parent Odoo record (res.partner, res.partner, crm.lead, or sale.order) via the res_model and res_id fields. File size limits follow Odoo's ir_attachment_max_size configuration setting.
GENIEE
Custom Properties
Odoo CRM
Custom Fields (ir.model.fields)
lossyGENIEE SFA/CRM custom fields vary by tenant. We discover the full custom property list during scoping, generate an Odoo custom field map for each object (Contact, Account, Opportunity), and deploy the fields as Custom Fields via Odoo Studio or direct XML creation before data import. Field types are converted: GENIEE text to Char, integer to Integer, decimal to Float, date to Date, dropdown to Selection, multi-select to Char (comma-separated) or Many2many depending on the customer's preference.
GENIEE
Tags/Labels
Odoo CRM
Tags
1:1GENIEE tags and labels on Contacts and Companies migrate to Odoo Tags. Tag vocabulary is tenant-defined in GENIEE and is preserved verbatim in Odoo. Odoo applies tags per record type (Contact, Account, Lead) and supports color-coded tag groups. We map tags as lowercase normalized strings to avoid Odoo's case-sensitivity issues on tag matching.
GENIEE
Activity / Engagement
Odoo CRM
Mail Activity
1:1GENIEE engagement records (calls, emails, meetings, tasks) stored in the SFA/CRM subsystem migrate to Odoo Mail Activity records linked to the corresponding Lead, Contact, Account, or Opportunity. Activity type (call, email, meeting, task) maps to Odoo activity_type_id. Activity date, subject, and body text are preserved. The GENIEE engagement sub-type and disposition values migrate as custom Char fields on the Activity record. We resolve the owner assignment using the User mapping from the Users step.
| GENIEE | Odoo CRM | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Lead or Contact1:many | Fully supported | |
| Company/Account | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deal | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Pipeline | Sales Team + Stagelossy | Fully supported | |
| User/Owner | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Marketing Campaign (GENIEE MA) | Campaign1:1 | Fully supported | |
| DSP Campaign | Custom Model: geniee_dsp_campaignlossy | Fully supported | |
| Publisher Inventory / Ad Slots | Custom Model: geniee_publisher_inventorylossy | Fully supported | |
| Attachment | Attachment (ir.attachment)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Properties | Custom Fields (ir.model.fields)lossy | Mapping required | |
| Tags/Labels | Tags1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Activity / Engagement | Mail Activity1:1 | 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.
GENIEE gotchas
No documented public API for programmatic exports
Dual-product architecture requires separate export workflows
Japanese-language interface and documentation
Odoo CRM gotchas
Odoo.sh version gating blocks assisted migrations from trial
Enterprise modules fail to install on Community after database restore
Custom module view inheritance breaks between Odoo major versions
Custom fields risk losing their application context on Community
API access for Community is gated behind the Custom Plan
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Export authorization and scoping with GENIEE
We initiate contact with the customer's GENIEE account management to authorize structured data exports from both the SFA/CRM and DSP/SSP subsystems. During this phase we use Japanese-speaking data engineers to discover the full field schema from GENIEE SFA/CRM interfaces, map GENIEE custom properties to Odoo field types, and inventory the DSP campaign and SSP publisher inventory datasets. The scoping output is a written export specification specifying the format (CSV or JSON), record volume per object, and the Japanese-language field label translation map. This phase runs 2-4 weeks depending on GENIEE account management responsiveness.
Odoo destination schema design and deployment
We design the destination Odoo schema before any data arrives. This includes installing the Odoo CRM app (or activating it if Odoo ERP is already in use), creating custom models for DSP campaigns and publisher inventory as Odoo technical models, deploying custom fields via Odoo Studio or direct ir.model.fields XML, configuring Sales Teams and stage pipelines matching the GENIEE pipeline structure, and setting up UTM campaign tags for the GENIEE MA campaign data. Schema is deployed into an Odoo test database first for validation. We coordinate with the customer's Odoo admin to ensure the correct Odoo edition and installed apps are in place.
GENIEE data export and field mapping
GENIEE account management generates data dumps from the SFA/CRM and DSP/SSP subsystems per the export specification. We receive the export files and run the field mapping transform: GENIEE Japanese field labels are mapped to their English equivalents using the translation map generated in scoping, GENIEE field values are type-converted to match Odoo field types, and the dual-subsystem datasets are split into separate import batches (SFA/CRM records, DSP campaign metadata, SSP inventory). Any data quality issues (duplicate records, missing required fields, invalid dates) are flagged in a pre-import cleansing report for the customer to resolve before migration begins.
Owner reconciliation and Odoo user provisioning
We extract every distinct GENIEE Owner referenced on Contact, Company, Deal, and Engagement records and match by email against the Odoo destination's Users. Any GENIEE Owner without a matching Odoo User is flagged in the reconciliation report. The customer's Odoo admin provisions missing Users (active or inactive depending on whether the original GENIEE user is still active). Owner assignment on records is resolved at migration time using the User mapping. This step cannot be skipped because OwnerId references are required on most Odoo CRM records.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Odoo Users (validated), Accounts (from GENIEE Companies), Contacts and Leads (with the split rule applied based on deal association and engagement history), Opportunities (with AccountId and UserId resolved), Mail Activity history (via Odoo's batch import with activity_type_id assigned), Attachments (as ir.attachment records linked to parent records), Custom Fields data (per GENIEE custom properties), Tags (as normalized strings per record), DSP Campaign metadata (into geniee_dsp_campaign custom model), and SSP Publisher Inventory (into geniee_publisher_inventory custom model). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. DSP performance metrics and bid log files are stored as Odoo attachments on the DSP campaign records.
Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff
We freeze GENIEE writes during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then mark Odoo as the system of record. We validate 25-50 randomly sampled records per object against the GENIEE source data for field-level accuracy. We deliver the GENIEE MA Campaign and Workflow inventory document to the customer's admin team with Odoo equivalents recommended. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve any record-level issues raised by the customer's team. We do not rebuild GENIEE Workflows or MA automations as Odoo automation rules inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement.
Platform deep dives
GENIEE
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Odoo CRM
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 GENIEE and Odoo CRM.
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
GENIEE: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
GENIEE 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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