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Charles Bonsall Using Format() with Data Loader Command Line
Hello,
I am attempting to extract information from a salesforce object using the data loader command line functionality. I currently have a process-conf and .sdl that execute properly. However, when I attempt to include Format() in the select statement, I am unsure of how to modify the mapping in the .sdl to bring it into the .csv. I've tried a couple things that were unsuccessful.
This example works fine:
Select Id, CreatedDate
From Account
This example does not:
Select Id, format(CreatedDate)
From Account
I am attempting to extract information from a salesforce object using the data loader command line functionality. I currently have a process-conf and .sdl that execute properly. However, when I attempt to include Format() in the select statement, I am unsure of how to modify the mapping in the .sdl to bring it into the .csv. I've tried a couple things that were unsuccessful.
This example works fine:
Select Id, CreatedDate
From Account
This example does not:
Select Id, format(CreatedDate)
From Account
I think the problem is that using 'format(CreatedDate)' changes the name of the column being returned to 'format(CreatedDate)'. So if your .sdl is just using 'CreatedDate' it won't pick it up. If you haven't already you might try changing your .sdl mapping to 'format(CreatedDate)' and see if that works.
I agree with that. However, when I've attempted to put that in the .sdl, I get the following error when running process.bat "java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException"
I tried writing FORMAT(CREATEDDATE) which is the field header when using the Data Loader GUI (it works in there). I also tried using format(CreatedDate) as it's written in the SOQL query. Both unfortunately return the same error.
My next thought was to alias the function as the official documentation suggests that Format() is a field that recognizes an alias. However, the alias is ignored through the GUI and the command line returns an error stating that the alias name is not found on the object.
Did you find any solution for this? I have a same requirement to alter date format to mm/dd/yyyy when data is exported via Commandline Dataloader from salesforce. Currently the default format for date fields is yyyy-mm-dd.