Chapter 20: Managing Data Migrations
Since most clients have some kind of system they had been using before NetSuite, successful data migration is almost always required before a client can go live. Migrations don't happen right at the end of the project, though. You and your clients must carefully plan for a successful migration, and that plan needs to include test imports long before the exciting go-live date arrives.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Planning for the data migration process
- Performing imports for testing and other reasons
- Planning the cut-over activities
- Performing the final data imports before go-live
After completing this chapter, you should be able to talk to a client about their data migrations and help the client plan them. Most clients can't do this on their own, so experienced guidance is always necessary to get through this milestone.
When planning, testing, and executing a data migration, you...
