Now this is a great idea. Many times in the past I wanted to download data out of CRM into another application or Excel Spreadsheet. Well the people at Microsoft have come up with a new tool that you can download that will allow you to export mass information from MSCRM 4.0.
Download it hereThis is a direct copy of the CrmDataExportTool.docx file
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There is no facility to Bulk Export the data from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. This sample tool allows users to connect to
OnPremise or
Online Microsoft CRM 4.0 organization and export data for CRM entities in form of CSV files. The complete code for the tool is provided here for the advanced developers who want to develop solutions currently beyond the scope of this tool. The sample code included uses standard MSCRM SDK calls to achieve this functionality.
The Bulk Data Export Tool can be downloaded from
http://www.codeplex.com/mscrmbulkdataexport. Follow the instructions in Readme.Txt for installations.
Once you have installed the tool, launch
CrmDataExport.exe, select CRM configuration and specify the credentials:
If you are connecting to
OnPremise CRM Organization, make sure to open
Internet Explorer, connect to CRM server and Save Password. This is necessary as this tool uses stored credentials to connect to the CRM server in
OnPremise configuration.
Once you are connected successfully, you can select the entities for which you want to export the records, specify output directory, data and field delimiters, and duration. Note that All Records option is not available for Online configuration. Click
Export button to export the records.
The tool creates CSV for each selected entities in the directory selected.