CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between TeamWave and monday CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in monday CRM.
TeamWave
Source
monday CRM
Destination
Compatibility
7 of 10
objects map 1:1 between TeamWave and monday CRM.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from TeamWave to Monday.com CRM is an extraction-and-reconstruction migration. TeamWave has no publicly documented API, so all data comes from CSV exports that flatten TeamWave's relational model. The primary challenge is that Monday.com CRM uses a board-and-item architecture rather than a relational object database, meaning Company-to-Contact links, Deal-to-Contact associations, and Project-to-Task hierarchies do not map automatically. We extract TeamWave exports across all modules, normalize foreign keys in staging, and then create Monday.com board structures that preserve those relationships using item links, group naming conventions, and column cross-references. TeamWave's HR module, calendar events, and custom fields carry over as board items and columns where Monday.com supports them; attachments export as metadata only, requiring a manual re-upload manifest post-migration. Automations and workflows from TeamWave do not migrate; we deliver a written reconstruction guide instead.
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 TeamWave object lands in monday CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
TeamWave
Contact
monday CRM
People Board Item
1:1TeamWave Contacts (name, email, phone, lifecycle stage, address) map to Monday.com People board items. Lifecycle stage from TeamWave becomes a Status column or Dropdown column on the People board item. Email is preserved as a Text column for integration use. We extract contacts via CSV from the TeamWave Contacts section, normalize blank fields to empty strings, and import via Monday.com CSV import or API. Company linkage is preserved by creating a link to the matching Companies board item after the Companies import completes.
TeamWave
Company
monday CRM
Organizations Board Item
1:1TeamWave Company records map to Monday.com Organizations board items. The company name becomes the item title; domain, industry, phone, and address migrate as text or location columns. The company_id foreign key is preserved in a text column so Contact items can reference it. Companies must import before Contacts so that the Monday.com organization link is available at Contact import time.
TeamWave
Deal
monday CRM
Deals Board Item (with Pipeline view)
1:1TeamWave Deals map to Monday.com CRM Deals board items with deal value, owner, expected close date, and stage. TeamWave pipeline stages become Monday.com Group names or a CRM Pipeline view with stage columns. Deal value migrates as a Numbers column; owner email is mapped to a People column after User reconciliation. Closed-Lost and Closed-Won statuses from TeamWave carry over as status values on the Deals item.
TeamWave
Project
monday CRM
CRM Board Item or Group
lossyTeamWave Projects (name, description, status, client association, start/end dates) map to Monday.com board items in a dedicated CRM Projects board. Status and dates migrate as Status and Date columns. Client association references the Organizations board item for the linked customer. Projects with sub-items in TeamWave do not map as true sub-items in Monday.com; we flatten them into separate items and preserve the project_id link in a text column so the relationship is queryable.
TeamWave
Task
monday CRM
Board Items (flat list)
1:manyTeamWave Tasks linked to Projects or Contacts are extracted as individual board items in a Tasks board, with a Project Reference column pointing to the parent Project item and a Contact Reference column for assignee. Assignee, due date, status, and priority map to People, Date, Status, and Priority columns respectively. The task-to-project hierarchy is flattened; we preserve the project_id as a text column rather than a true parent-child relationship since Monday.com does not support nested task structures at the CRM object level.
TeamWave
User / Team Member
monday CRM
Team Member
1:1TeamWave User records (name, email, role, department) map to Monday.com Team Members by email match. We extract all distinct owners referenced on Contact, Company, Deal, and Task records and reconcile them against the Monday.com destination workspace. Any owner without a matching Monday.com team member goes to a reconciliation queue; the customer provisions the account before record imports resume. Role and department are preserved as Dropdown columns on the matched member's profile or on the relevant board items.
TeamWave
Calendar Event
monday CRM
Timeline Board Item
1:1TeamWave Calendar records (event title, date/time, linked entity type and ID, attendees) migrate as Monday.com items in a Timeline board with a Date or Timeline column spanning the event start and end. The linked entity type (Deal, Project, or Contact) is stored in a Dropdown column; the original TeamWave entity ID is preserved in a text column for cross-reference. Attendees with known email addresses are mapped to Monday.com People column entries where the workspace members exist.
TeamWave
HR Record / Employee
monday CRM
People Board Item (or flagged)
1:1TeamWave HR module records (employee profiles with name, role, department) migrate as Monday.com People board items only if the destination workspace uses the People board. If the customer is migrating solely to Monday.com CRM without the HR module, HR records are flagged for manual review and migration as plain items in a separate HR board, with role and department mapped to Dropdown columns. This is a configuration decision made during scoping based on whether the customer intends to use Monday.com for HR purposes.
TeamWave
Custom Field
monday CRM
Board Column
lossyTeamWave custom fields on Contacts, Deals, Projects, and Tasks are exported alongside their parent records and mapped to Monday.com column types: text fields become Text columns, date fields become Date columns, dropdowns become Dropdown columns, and numeric fields become Numbers columns. Formula fields from TeamWave have no direct Monday.com equivalent and are flagged as requiring manual column setup post-migration. Custom field definitions are delivered in a separate mapping sheet during the handoff.
TeamWave
Attachment
monday CRM
Not migrated (metadata only)
1:1TeamWave file attachments linked to Contacts, Deals, and Projects have no bulk download mechanism. We extract attachment metadata (filename, file size, linked object type, linked object ID) from the TeamWave UI and generate a re-upload manifest. Customers manually upload files to the relevant Monday.com items post-migration using the manifest as a checklist. Binary file content does not migrate.
| TeamWave | monday CRM | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | People Board Item1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Company | Organizations Board Item1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deal | Deals Board Item (with Pipeline view)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Project | CRM Board Item or Grouplossy | Fully supported | |
| Task | Board Items (flat list)1:many | Fully supported | |
| User / Team Member | Team Member1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Calendar Event | Timeline Board Item1:1 | Fully supported | |
| HR Record / Employee | People Board Item (or flagged)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Field | Board Columnlossy | Fully supported | |
| Attachment | Not migrated (metadata only)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.
TeamWave gotchas
No publicly documented API endpoint surface
Attachment export requires manual re-upload
Free tier enforces feature caps that affect migration scope
monday CRM gotchas
Subitems are not included in bulk exports
Daily API call limits vary sharply by plan
Legacy automations (Sentence Builder) are being deprecated
Excel and account exports only include table views
Enterprise admins can disable non-admin exports
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and export scoping
We audit the TeamWave workspace across all modules: Contact count, Company count, Deal count with pipeline stages, Project count, Task count (including completed vs. open), User count, Calendar event volume, HR record count, and any custom field definitions. We check which TeamWave plan the customer is on (free or paid) because the free tier enforces export caps. The discovery output is a written scope document listing every object to migrate, an estimate of the export run count required for large datasets, and a recommendation to upgrade TeamWave temporarily if free-tier export limits would truncate the dataset.
Monday.com board structure design
We design the Monday.com board architecture before any data moves. For each TeamWave module we define a corresponding Monday.com board (People, Organizations, Deals with Pipeline view, Projects, Tasks, HR if applicable, and Calendar). We define columns to map every TeamWave field including custom fields, configure Group names to mirror TeamWave pipeline stages on Deals, and set up People columns for owner assignment. If the customer is not adopting Monday.com for HR, we exclude the HR module from the scope at this stage. The board design is validated with the customer's admin before export begins.
CSV extraction and relationship mapping
We run CSV exports from each TeamWave module via the web interface. For large datasets that exceed the UI batch limit, we script repeated exports and merge the results. In the staging environment we normalize blank fields, deduplicate records on email and company name, and resolve foreign keys: we match each Contact's company_id to the extracted Company record, match each Deal's contact_id to the Contact record, and match each Task's project_id to the Project record. The foreign key resolution produces a mapping table that guides the Monday.com import sequence.
Sandbox import and reconciliation
We import into a Monday.com workspace using the API or CSV import with columns pre-configured per the board design. The import sequence follows dependency order: Organizations first (for link resolution), then People (with organization links resolved), then Deals (with contact and owner links), then Projects, then Tasks, then Calendar events, then HR records. After each phase we emit a row-count reconciliation report. The customer's admin spot-checks 20-30 records per module against the TeamWave source and signs off the mapping before production migration. Any field mapping corrections happen in the sandbox phase.
Production migration and delta sync
We run the production migration with the validated mapping from sandbox. All imports use Monday.com's REST API with exponential backoff on rate-limit responses. After the initial load we perform a delta scan of TeamWave for any records modified during the export-and-load window and migrate the delta before cutover. Owner resolution is validated against the Monday.com Team Members list; any unmatched owners are flagged for the admin to provision before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and handoff
We freeze TeamWave writes during cutover, run the final delta migration, then hand over the Monday.com workspace as the system of record. We validate record counts against the TeamWave export totals and run a spot-check reconciliation on 30 random records per module. We deliver the attachment re-upload manifest (list of filenames, sizes, and target Monday.com item IDs) for manual re-upload, and the automation reconstruction guide documenting every TeamWave automation rule with a Monday.com Automation Center equivalent. We do not rebuild TeamWave automations as Monday.com automations inside the migration scope; that work is handled by the customer's admin post-migration.
Platform deep dives
TeamWave
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
monday 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 TeamWave and monday 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
TeamWave: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
TeamWave 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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