CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between GENIEE and Twenty CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Twenty CRM.
GENIEE
Source
Twenty CRM
Destination
Compatibility
8 of 12
objects map 1:1 between GENIEE and Twenty CRM.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from GENIEE to Twenty CRM is a migration from a Japan-based AdTech group whose core business is programmatic advertising, with SFA/CRM as a secondary product line, into a self-hosted open-source CRM built for developer-friendly customization and data sovereignty. GENIEE has no documented public REST API, which requires direct coordination with their support team to generate data dumps; we sequence separate export workflows for SFA/CRM contact records and DSP campaign data because they live in distinct subsystems. Japanese-language field labels extend scoping timelines by one to two weeks. We map GENIEE Contacts to Twenty People, Companies to Companies, Deals to Opportunities, and we export DSP campaign metadata and SSP publisher inventory as custom objects in Twenty since neither has a standard CRM equivalent. We do not migrate automations, workflows, or advertising campaign optimization rules; we deliver a written inventory for the customer's admin to rebuild.
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.
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Object mapping
Each row shows how a GENIEE object lands in Twenty 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
Twenty CRM
Person
1:1GENIEE SFA/CRM Contacts map to Twenty People records. We extract contacts from the SFA/CRM subsystem with all standard fields (name, email, phone, address) and custom properties. Japanese field labels are translated during scoping using our Japanese-speaking data engineers and machine-assisted translation, with the original Japanese label preserved in a metadata note. Owner assignment maps from GENIEE user_id to Twenty user/Member email lookup.
GENIEE
Account / Company
Twenty CRM
Company
1:1GENIEE SFA/CRM Account records map to Twenty Companies. The account hierarchy (parent account, subsidiary structure) maps to Twenty's company workspace relationships. Regional and department data using Japanese regional conventions is converted to standard address and industry fields, with the original regional designation stored in a custom field for reference.
GENIEE
Deal / Opportunity
Twenty CRM
Opportunity
1:1GENIEE SFA/CRM Deal pipeline stages map to Twenty Opportunity stages. We preserve the full stage history including closed-lost and closed-won timestamps, stage probability percentages, and deal amounts. The GENIEE pipeline name maps to a Twenty Opportunity workspace or a custom field for multi-pipeline configurations. Win/loss reasons stored as custom fields migrate to custom Opportunity fields.
GENIEE
Marketing Campaign (GENIEE MA)
Twenty CRM
Custom Object or Opportunity
lossyGENIEE MA Campaign records with UTM parameters, source, medium, and attribution data map to a Twenty Custom Object (Campaign) or are linked to Opportunities via custom fields depending on whether the customer uses campaign attribution reporting. We normalize UTM source and medium into standardized values during the transform step. Campaign members linked to Contacts map to custom Person-to-Campaign relationship records.
GENIEE
DSP Campaign
Twenty CRM
Custom Object
1:manyGENIEE DSP campaigns (budget, targeting parameters, ad formats, flight dates, bid strategy) do not map to any standard CRM object. We export DSP campaign metadata as a Custom Object named DSP_Campaign in Twenty with fields for campaign_name, budget, targeting_criteria (as JSON), start_date, end_date, and ad_format. Performance metrics (impressions, clicks, bid logs) are exported as a separate Custom Object named DSP_Metrics linked to DSP_Campaign, as these are analytical in nature and not standard CRM data.
GENIEE
Publisher Inventory / Ad Slots (SSP)
Twenty CRM
Custom Object
1:1SSP publisher inventory data (slot IDs, floor prices, telco/mobile/desktop classification) is exported as a Custom Object named SSP_Inventory in Twenty. This is SSP-specific data that has no equivalent in standard CRM schemas. We preserve the full inventory configuration as a reference dataset in Twenty, noting that it is not linked to Opportunities or Companies in a standard CRM workflow.
GENIEE
User / Owner
Twenty CRM
Member / User
1:1GENIEE SFA/CRM user records (name, email, role, team assignment) map to Twenty Members. We resolve by email match. Any GENIEE owner without a matching Twenty user is held in a reconciliation queue for the customer to provision before record import resumes. User active/inactive status is preserved as a Member field.
GENIEE
Attachment
Twenty CRM
Attachment / File
1:1Files attached to Contacts, Accounts, and Deals in GENIEE SFA/CRM are exported as binary blobs and re-uploaded to Twenty. We preserve original file names, MIME types, and timestamps. File size limits follow GENIEE tenant-specific configuration; we flag any files exceeding Twenty's attachment size limits for manual handling.
GENIEE
Custom Property (Contact)
Twenty CRM
Custom Field (Person)
lossyGENIEE SFA/CRM custom fields on Contacts are discovered during scoping, and the full custom property list is mapped to Twenty Person custom fields. Field type conversion (text, number, date, picklist) is handled during the transform step. Japanese field labels are documented with English translations. All custom fields must be created in Twenty Settings before import begins, per Twenty migration documentation.
GENIEE
Custom Property (Account)
Twenty CRM
Custom Field (Company)
lossyCustom fields on GENIEE SFA/CRM Accounts are mapped to Twenty Company custom fields. The same discovery and type-conversion process applies. Custom field dependencies on other custom fields (conditional visibility or required rules) are documented as a separate configuration note for the customer's admin to implement in Twenty after migration.
GENIEE
Tag / Label
Twenty CRM
Tag
1:1Tags and labels on GENIEE Contacts and Companies are exported as arrays and mapped to Twenty's Tag feature. Tag vocabulary is tenant-defined and preserved as-is. Tags used for segmentation purposes are also preserved as Twenty Tags so that sales teams can use existing tagging conventions without re-tagging records manually.
GENIEE
Note
Twenty CRM
Note
1:1Notes attached to Contacts, Accounts, and Deals in GENIEE SFA/CRM map directly to Twenty Notes. Rich text formatting is preserved where possible. Notes authored in Japanese are migrated with the original text intact, with a language indicator field set to Japanese for filtering purposes.
| GENIEE | Twenty CRM | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Person1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Account / Company | Company1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deal / Opportunity | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Marketing Campaign (GENIEE MA) | Custom Object or Opportunitylossy | Fully supported | |
| DSP Campaign | Custom Object1:many | Fully supported | |
| Publisher Inventory / Ad Slots (SSP) | Custom Object1:1 | Fully supported | |
| User / Owner | Member / User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Attachment | Attachment / File1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Property (Contact) | Custom Field (Person)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Custom Property (Account) | Custom Field (Company)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Tag / Label | Tag1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Note | Note1:1 | 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
Twenty CRM gotchas
Import order is enforced and critical
Export limited to 20,000 records and visible columns only
Soft-deleted records count toward uniqueness and trigger restores
API rate limits cap at 200 req/min on Organization tier
No native email sequences — follow-up cadences require external tools
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
GENIEE export coordination and scoping
We engage with the customer's GENIEE account management to request structured data exports from the SFA/CRM subsystem. We scope the export scope across Contacts, Accounts, Deals, Campaigns, Attachments, Users, Tags, and Custom Properties. If the customer also requires DSP and SSP data, we scope those separately. We assign a Japanese-speaking data engineer to perform field label discovery using machine-assisted translation and GENIEE UI screenshots provided by the customer. This phase produces the GENIEE data export request list and a preliminary field mapping document with Japanese and English field labels side-by-side.
Twenty workspace preparation and schema design
We set up the Twenty workspace by creating all required standard objects (People, Companies, Opportunities, Tasks, Notes) and all custom objects (DSP_Campaign, DSP_Metrics, SSP_Inventory, or customer-specific equivalents). Custom fields matching GENIEE custom properties are created in Settings before any import begins, per Twenty migration documentation. We invite all team members who are GENIEE SFA/CRM users to Twenty before importing data with owner references, so that user lookup by email resolves correctly. We configure tag taxonomy to match GENIEE's existing tag vocabulary.
Data export from GENIEE and initial reconciliation
GENIEE account management generates the data dumps per our export request. We receive CSV or JSON exports from the SFA/CRM subsystem and DSP/SSP subsystem separately. We reconcile record counts against GENIEE UI-reported totals to confirm completeness. We flag any records with missing required fields (Contacts without email, Accounts without name) for the customer's review before transformation begins. DSP and SSP exports are reviewed for schema alignment with the Twenty custom object field definitions created in step two.
Transform, map, and load into Twenty
We run the transformation pipeline: Japanese field labels are translated and mapped to English Twenty field names, GENIEE field types are converted to Twenty field types, and the owner references are resolved via email match against the Twenty Member table. The import runs in dependency order: Members first (validated), then Companies (from GENIEE Accounts), then People (from GENIEE Contacts with AccountId resolved), then Opportunities (from GENIEE Deals with CompanyId and OwnerId resolved), then Tasks, Notes, Attachments, and Custom Objects. DSP and SSP data loads last as custom objects. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report.
Sandbox validation and customer sign-off
We run the full migration in Twenty's development or staging environment (equivalent to a sandbox) before production. The customer's RevOps lead reviews a statistical sample of migrated records against the GENIEE source data, validates that Japanese field labels translated correctly, confirms that Opportunity pipeline stages match the GENIEE deal stages, and checks that custom object data populated as expected. We correct any mapping errors identified during validation and re-run the migration into the staging environment. The customer provides written sign-off before production migration begins.
Production cutover and automation handoff
We run production migration in the same dependency order validated in staging. We freeze GENIEE SFA/CRM write access during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the staging-to-production interval, and enable Twenty as the system of record. We deliver the automation and workflow inventory document listing every GENIEE MA workflow, sequence, and campaign automation requiring rebuild in Twenty (Views, workflows, and permissions must be recreated manually per Twenty migration docs). We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised by the sales team.
Platform deep dives
GENIEE
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Twenty CRM
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 GENIEE and Twenty CRM.
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
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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