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Migration of dynamics on prem Data Into Dynamics cloud (parentcustomerid Field)

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Hello we are trying to migrate our crm 365 on prem to the cloud version. I already installed the solutions and now I try to Migrate the data via powerapps dataflow. I connected the sql database and already managed to migrate the first easy tables.

Now I have the problem that I cannot fill the parentcustomerid field. I know its a special field because it can hold mutiple entities.
I also tried to solve my problem with this guide

https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/crm-keeper/posts/dataflows-customer-lookup-fix

But I dont see the dataflow on that page:

https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/ext/DataIntegration/

end also the given link leads me to nowhere..

The only solution I can think of is to make a new relation and make a new field in the contact table to save the relation there and afterwards let a flow copy it into parentcustomerid.
But I guess this is not a good solution because I will meet that issue in several more tables..

Anyone know how I can overcome this problem?

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    meelamri Profile Picture
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    Hello McDauly, 

    Please refer to the following blog: https://crmkeeper.com/2020/03/10/data-flow-set-customer-lookup/

    Basically, you need to use some alternate keys..Good Luck !

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