ERP migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Certinia ERP Cloud and Infor CloudSuite Corporate. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Source
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Destination
Compatibility
11 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Certinia ERP Cloud and Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
12-16 weeks
Overview
Certinia ERP Cloud and Infor Cloudsuite serve different operational models. Certinia is a Salesforce-native ERP and PSA platform built for professional services organizations; its data model centers on project billing, resource assignments, and multi-entity financials layered atop the Salesforce CRM. Infor Cloudsuite is an industry-specific cloud ERP (manufacturing, distribution, process) that uses its own multi-tenant architecture and Infor OS platform. Migrating between them requires not just record mapping but a structural reassessment: Certinia's PSA Projects and Billing Events map to Infor's project structures, but Infor's manufacturing-centric modules (BOM, MRP, shop floor scheduling) have no Certinia equivalent to migrate. We sequence the migration by entity structure first, resolve GL account codes against Infor's chart of accounts, migrate Fixed Assets with depreciation schedules, and flag which Certinia PSA objects (Assignments, Billing Events, Budgets) have partial or no Infor counterparts so the customer's team can plan the operational workflow change. Workflows from Certinia managed packages cannot migrate; we deliver a written inventory for admin 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.
Source platform
Certinia ERP Cloud platform overview
Scorecard, SWOT, gotchas, and pricing for Certinia ERP Cloud.
Destination platform
Infor CloudSuite Corporate platform overview
Scorecard, SWOT, gotchas, and pricing for Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Data migration guide
The complete Infor CloudSuite migration guide
Data model, import mechanisms, field mapping strategy, pitfalls, and cutover — by the engineers running it.
Destination checklist
Infor CloudSuite migration checklist
Pre- and post-cutover tasks for moving onto Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Certinia ERP Cloud object lands in Infor CloudSuite Corporate, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Account
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Customer / Supplier
1:1Certinia Accounts (Customers) map to Infor Customer records with the billing address and multi-entity assignments resolved at import. Certinia also supports Supplier Accounts which map to Infor Supplier records. We use Account Name as the dedupe key and resolve the entity reference (if Certinia uses multi-entity assignments) against the Infor legal entity structure before import to prevent orphaned customer records.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Contact
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Contact
1:1Certinia Contacts migrate to Infor Contacts with roles, related Accounts, and any PSA resource extensions preserved. Email and phone migrate directly; contact roles on Opportunities map to Infor's Contact Role on Sales Orders or Project assignments. Custom fields added via Salesforce are migrated as Infor custom fields on the Contact object.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Opportunity
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Sales Order / Quote
1:1Certinia Opportunities with PSA extension fields (estimated hours, project start dates) map to Infor Sales Orders or Project-driven Quotes depending on whether the Opportunity has a linked Project. We carry forward the estimated hours as a custom field on the Infor record since Infor's standard Sales Order does not have an estimated-hours native field.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Project
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Project (Manufacturing / ETO)
1:1Certinia PSA Project records (milestones, budget hierarchies, assignment hierarchies) map to Infor Project Management but require evaluation at scoping. Infor Projects support engineer-to-order and configure-to-order manufacturing workflows; they do not support Certinia's skills-based resource booking or utilization tracking natively. We migrate Project headers, milestones, and budget hierarchies, and document the assignment and utilization gap for the customer's team to address via Infor's resource management or a third-party PSA extension.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Billing Event
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Billing Record / Invoice
1:1Certinia Billing Events (PSA-managed objects linked to time entries and expenses) map to Infor billing records. Time-and-materials billing events translate to Infor Time and Material invoices; fixed-fee events translate to milestone-based billing. Custom billing rule configurations (conditional rates, tiered pricing) cannot migrate as automation and are flagged for manual rebuild in Infor's billing rules.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Budget
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Cost Structure / Project Budget
1:1Certinia PSA Budget records link to Projects and track planned vs. actual cost and revenue by type (rate-based, fixed, expense-only). Infor does not have a direct PSA-equivalent budget object. Rate-based budgets map to Infor Cost Structures tied to Projects; fixed budgets map to Project financial controls. Expense-only budgets map to planned cost lines in Infor's Project module. Budget type logic must be reconstructed as Infor configuration.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Assignment
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Project Resource Allocation
lossyCertinia Assignment records (Resource-to-Project linkages with booking dates, allocation percentages, and skills) cannot map directly to any standard Infor object. Infor CloudSuite Industrial lacks a skills matrix and resource utilization tracker. We export Assignment data as a reference CSV for the customer's Infor admin to manually configure as Project resource allocations, and we note that Certinia's skills-based matching has no Infor native equivalent.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Fixed Asset
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Fixed Asset
1:1Certinia Financial Management Fixed Asset records map directly to Infor Fixed Assets with depreciation schedules, asset categories, and book values preserved. We validate the depreciation method (straight-line, declining balance) against Infor's supported methods and remap any that Infor does not support to the closest equivalent, flagging the change for customer approval.
Certinia ERP Cloud
General Ledger Entry
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Journal Entry
1:1Certinia GL Entries include multi-dimensional analysis fields (region, department, project) that require Infor's dimension setup before posting. We stage the data, validate account codes against Infor's chart of accounts, flag unmapped account codes, and import dimension values (Cost Center, Department, Project) before posting journal entries. Multi-entity ledgers require the corresponding Infor legal entity to be established first.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Invoice / Billings
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Invoice / AR Invoice
1:1Certinia invoices (from Billing Events or contracts) migrate as Infor AR Invoices with header and line items. Open invoices maintain their open/closed status; closed invoices migrate as posted records. Payment records require AR record migration in the same run to preserve open-invoice integrity. Invoice PDFs migrate as document attachments in Infor's document management.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Purchase Order / Accounts Payable
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Purchase Order / AP Invoice
1:1Certinia POs and AP records map to Infor Purchase Orders and AP Invoices with vendor assignments. Approval workflow history is not exported via API and must be manually preserved if required for audit. Open POs migrate as pending orders; closed POs migrate as completed records.
Certinia ERP Cloud
Custom Object
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Custom Entity / Extension
1:1Certinia custom objects built within the FinancialForce managed package are accessible via Salesforce API and migrate as Infor custom entities. We export custom object definitions and data together, translate Salesforce field types to Infor field types, and reconstruct them as Infor custom entities on the Infor OS platform. Lookup relationships to standard Certinia objects (Account, Project) are remapped to the corresponding Infor entities.
| Certinia ERP Cloud | Infor CloudSuite Corporate | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account | Customer / Supplier1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Contact | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Opportunity | Sales Order / Quote1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Project | Project (Manufacturing / ETO)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Billing Event | Billing Record / Invoice1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Budget | Cost Structure / Project Budget1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Assignment | Project Resource Allocationlossy | Fully supported | |
| Fixed Asset | Fixed Asset1:1 | Fully supported | |
| General Ledger Entry | Journal Entry1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Invoice / Billings | Invoice / AR Invoice1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Purchase Order / Accounts Payable | Purchase Order / AP Invoice1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Object | Custom Entity / Extension1:1 | 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.
Certinia ERP Cloud gotchas
Salesforce Workflow deprecation requires managed workflow migration
SCM Accounting Connector migration renames line types
External IDs must be unique across all bank format mapping records
Managed package objects restrict customer-level field customization
Multi-entity structure must be replicated before ledger entries are posted
Infor CloudSuite Corporate gotchas
Infor OS tier-based usage limits gate API and BaaS capabilities
Custom Fields use inconsistent naming across Infor editions
SQL migration utility requires source database access
Multi-site and multi-currency data require separate period closure sequencing
REST API payload and timeout limits restrict bulk migration throughput
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and Infor product-line selection
We audit the source Certinia org: module stack (Professional Services Cloud, Financial Management Cloud), multi-entity count, custom objects, active Workflows, SCM line-type configuration, sub-analysis mappings, and record volumes per object. We pair this with Infor product-line evaluation: CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) for discrete and ETO manufacturing, CloudSuite Process (M3) for process industries, or CloudSuite LN for complex global manufacturers. The discovery output is a written migration scope and an Infor edition recommendation.
Schema mapping and dimension design
We design the Infor destination schema: chart of accounts structure, legal entity definitions (one per Certinia entity), dimension framework (Cost Center, Department, Project), fixed asset categories, and custom entity definitions for Certinia custom objects. We validate Certinia GL account codes against the Infor chart of accounts, flag unmapped codes, and resolve sub-analysis field pairs to Infor dimension mappings. Schema is validated in an Infor test environment before any production data moves.
Multi-entity staging and legal entity provisioning
We create every Certinia entity as a corresponding Infor legal entity before any financial transaction data is loaded. Each entity receives its own ledger, AR/AP configuration, and billing setup. This step is mandatory: ledger entries, journal records, and AR/AP transactions cannot post to undefined entities. We stage all entity-dependent data (GL Entries, Invoices, POs) after entity provisioning completes.
Reference data migration (chart of accounts, products, vendors, customers)
We migrate reference data in dependency order: chart of accounts and dimension values, product catalog (from Certinia SCM Products and Salesforce Products), vendor records, and customer records. These records are required as lookups before transactional data (invoices, POs, journal entries) can be imported. Bank format mapping records require unique External IDs; we validate and rename any that would conflict before import.
Fixed Assets and financial transaction migration
We migrate Fixed Assets first (with depreciation schedules), then open and closed AR invoices, AP invoices, and GL journal entries in date order. Multi-dimensional journal entries require the dimension values to be established in step 2. We use Infor's Data Assessment Report to validate staged data before committing, and the Data Transfer Log to verify every batch post-migration.
PSA object migration and gap documentation
We migrate Project headers, milestones, and Budget hierarchies to Infor Projects. Billing Events migrate as Infor billing records with a note that custom billing rule logic requires manual rebuild. Assignment records export as a reference CSV with skills, allocation percentages, and booking dates; this CSV is handed off with a gap analysis noting Infor's lack of native skills matrix. Custom objects migrate as Infor custom entities on Infor OS.
Cutover, validation, and Workflow handoff
We freeze Certinia writes during cutover, run a delta migration of records modified during the migration window, then enable Infor as the system of record. We deliver the Workflow inventory document, the Assignment reference CSV, and the sub-analysis mapping translation to the customer's Infor admin team. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. Workflow rebuild, billing rule reconstruction, and PSA resource management configuration are outside standard migration scope and require Infor professional services or a separate admin engagement.
Platform deep dives
Certinia ERP Cloud
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Infor CloudSuite Corporate
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard ERP 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 Certinia ERP Cloud and Infor CloudSuite Corporate.
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
Certinia ERP Cloud: Governed by Salesforce platform limits; per-org daily API call limits vary by Salesforce edition and add-on licenses.
Data volume sensitivity
Certinia ERP Cloud exposes a bulk API — large-volume migrations stream efficiently.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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