Migration Flow Comparison

Legacy Client-Server → Salesforce SaaS

Step-by-step comparison of migrating data with Mapflow automation (14 steps) vs the traditional manual approach (8 steps). Click any step to jump to that screen.

The automation difference: Steps 2–7 (schema discovery, screen capture, data profiling, SF metadata sync, data staging, and field mapping) form the Screen Grab → Mapper generation pipeline. Once PII analysis (Step 4), Screen Grab data (Step 3), and Postgres-staged data (Step 6) are all available, the Mapping Assistant generates complete confidence-scored field mappings in minutes using the default non-AI reverse-engineering engine (zero data shared with any AI provider). What traditionally takes weeks of manual data discovery — opening every table, inspecting every column, cross-referencing field names by hand — is completed in minutes.
Discovery
Mapping
Staging
Loading
Verification

Guided Workflow

Step 1 of 14
STEP 1

Connect

Link legacy database and Salesforce org via the connection library.

Screen: Connection Library

With Mapflow

14 steps

Automated, auditable, resumable — click steps to navigate

Without Mapflow

8 steps

Manual, error-prone, no safety net

1

Manual Discovery

Browse SQL Server schema docs by hand, often outdated.

2

Excel Mapping

Build field mapping spreadsheets manually — prone to errors.

3

Manual Profiling

Run ad-hoc SQL queries and guess data quality issues.

4

Trial Imports

Trial-and-error Data Loader imports, fix errors, retry endlessly.

5

VLOOKUP Lookups

Export and re-import to resolve lookup relationships via VLOOKUP.

6

Manual Re-upload

Manually re-upload documents and files to correct records.

7

No Audit Trail

No tracking of what was loaded, when, or by whom.

8

High Rework

Repeat failed loads from scratch each time something breaks.

Why Mapflow Wins

Time to Migrate

2-4 weeks

vs 3-6 months

Audit Compliance

Full trail

vs None

Error Rate

< 5%

vs 30-50%

Rework Risk

Low (resumable)

vs High (start over)

Mapflow automates every phase — from discovery to sign-off — with full audit trails and resumable loads.

Training Sandbox — Navigation Map

13 interactive sandbox screens

Every screen in the Mapflow lifecycle has a corresponding sandbox module in the Training Environment. Each sandbox is fully interactive with dummy data — no live systems are touched, and all state persists locally in the browser. Click any screen below to try it in the Training Environment.

Fully sandboxed — no Postgres writes, no Salesforce writes, no external API calls. Browser-local only.