OAK!Merge 21.1.0 for Act! v21 was released 11/26/18 Release Notes Summary Enhancements included in OAK!Merge for Act! 21.1.0 Supports Act! v21 and earlier Added a Filtered Export where ANY group name can be used to filter which contacts or only the notes/histories, activities of those contacts are exported. It no longer must be “OAKMerge_Export”. “OAKMerge_Export” still works as before: it will be used if it exists and contains at least one contact. “OAKMerge_Export” does not have to be specified in the dialog box field for “Group to filter contacts”. Added a Filtered Import that will Import data matching from a group of Contacts. When using a filtered import group, only those contacts are loaded into memory as the destination information. This speeds up imports and supports importing into very large Act! databases. This helps avoid the 2GB memory limitation of Act’s 32 bit address space. Any group name can… read more →
OAK!Merge 20.1.2 for Act! was released 3/5/18 Release Notes Summary Enhancements included in OAK!Merge for Act! 20.1.2 Adds back support for XLS files. Includes new drivers to support XLS and XLSX files. There was a change in Microsoft updates that caused these to stop working. The new OAK!Merge drivers were rewritten for direct access of the files. Microsoft drivers are no longer required to access Excel files. Ther is a new XLS_XLSX_XLSM choice in the source menu. Added new Documentation for Adding Attachments to History and Documents. Corrects error in previous chart. This is an Updated Chart to add ACT Documents And Attachments_2018. See the ver 20.1.2 manual for more info,
OAK!Merge for Act! 20.1.1 was released 1/7/18 Release Notes Summary Enhancements included in OAK!Merge for Act! 20.1.1 Increased speed for creating contacts. Standard benchmark tests showed creating 100,000 contacts in an empty database took 22 Min. It then took 5 min 30 sec to find and update one field in all 100,000. Added a new transformation “Merge Multi-line text into a single line”. This removes carriage returns and line feed characters (CR/LF) from text in a field, replacing them with a space. Added a new transformation “Truncate Multi-line text to the first line”. This takes only the first line of a multi-line text field. Any additional lines in that multi-line text field are skipped.OAKMerge Remove Multiple lines Transformations:
OAK!Merge for Act! 20.1.0 was released 10/31/17 Release Notes Summary Enhancements included in OAK!Merge for Act! 20.1.0 Works with v20 of ACT! Added new Merge Options panel to display matching and mapping options used in the merge on the results page. Added a Progress Bar at final merge step to replace elapsed time on Writing data to the target. The total elapsed time is still displayed. Added support for elapsed time to include days, if a process goes past 24 hours.
OAK!Merge 19.1.3 for Act! was released 9/20/17 Release Notes Summary Enhancements included in OAK!Merge 19.1.3 Added support to run multiple instances of OAK!Merge at the same time ( see word doc for screen shots) Advanced Tip: You can run multiple instances of OAK!Merge at the same time. Just start additional sessions as needed. Each runs independently and can be using the same or different databases. This is great for testing while a large production merge is running. To run multiple instances of OAK!Merge at the same time: a. Right Mouse Click on the OAK!Merge Tile/icon b. Select “Open in new window” Added support for keyword: $BLANK$ to work with Date, Time, URL, Email, Annual Date, Number, Decimal, Currency, Yes/NO and Memo fields. (note: not picture fields) Fixed exporting recurring tasks to have next scheduled date; as displayed in Act! instead of original create date. Added 3 read only Fields, regarding info on… read more →
OAK!Merge 19.1.2 for Act! was released 3/11/17 Release Notes Summary Enhancements included in OAK!Merge 19.1.2 1. Update to Salesforce Data Migration Kit. Added advanced logging and support for Salesforce Support Cases. Improved mappings and avoids importing deleted records from Salesforce backup into Act! Steps in the main merge stage increased to 35. 2. Fixed Defect that stopped Activites from being added in Verision 19.1.1
OAK!Merge 19.1.1 for Act! was released 1/4/17 Release Notes Summary Enhancements included in OAK!Merge 19.1.1 1. Support for v19 of Act! Pro, Premium, Cloud, and Web versions. 2. Added Beta support for the Act! WEB API connection and Act! Connect. Import New records, Edit/Update, or Delete info in supported tables. This is new technology for Swiftpage and load testing has exposed errors and other issues for larger files. Test your configuration before using in production. Supported tables include: Contacts Groups (not memberships yet) History Notes Tips: use http://localhost/ACT.Web.API for Act! Connect URL in OAK!Merge The API uses contact name parts, not the full name. You use First Name, Last Name, etc… 3. Added support for adding SHORTCUT attachments in History. Previously only FILE attachments were supported. File link must be valid from the machine doing the import for the SHORTCUT LINK to be created. 4. Added support for adding LINKED Documents… read more →
Enhancements included in OAK!Merge 18.2.1 Supports Importing and Exporting Act! Essentials Cloud Activities and Groups. (Contacts were previously added in ver 18.1.1) User Interface (UI) enhancements such as new wording on the manual activation screens to add text for Step 1 and Step 2 Improved history imports of the task file from Salesforce in the OAK!Merge Enterprise Salesforce Data Migration kit. This package imports info from a Salesforce backup ZIP into Act! including Attachments, Opportunities, and future events. Upgrade or, download the full manual at OAKMerge.com for more information. Users with earlier versions will need to purchase an upgrade to version 18 Download current and previous versions of OAK!Merge at https://www.oakmerge.com
Enhancements included in OAK!Merge 18.1.1 Supports the new ACT v18: PRO, PREMIUM, and Web versions and Act! Essentials Cloud version First OAK!Merge version to support Importing and Exporting to the Act! Essentials cloud version including the Contacts and completed activities. Add new contacts, Delete, or update info in existing contacts. Add completed activities to existing contacts. Export all the contacts or completed activities. Delete History and Notes entries. Allows deleting specific history or notes entries (rows in the table) by specifying their ID numberYou export the notes or history to find the ones you want to delete and use their IDs to specify which ones you want deleted It does respect the limit to contacts in the OAKMERGE_EXPORT group. User Interface (UI) enhancements such as extending the size of the transformation drop down so all choices display without scrolling. OAK!Merge will now install without Act! installed locally to support Act!… read more →
OAK!MERGE 17.2.2 for ACT! was released 9/22/15 Release Notes Summary OAK!Merge 17.2.2 is out and has one bug fix This release fixes a bug in History and Notes Exports if “RFT to TEXT” transformation is used. In OAK!Merge 17.1.2 and 17.2.0 the “RFT to TEXT” transformation is skipping data in some rows. Some plain text details do not get transformed. This resulted in a few contacts that had some plain text only info in the History details field, may have had some history details data not exported to the exported CSV. This was fixed in 17.2.2. Download the full 180 page manual or the 1 page Version Roadmap as a PDF for more information, tips, and screen shots. Users with OAK!Merge 17 can download and update their v17 installs at no charge. No re-registration is required. Users with earlier versions will need to purchase an upgrade to version 17. More… read more →