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Nancy JNancy J 

Instead of uploading a .csv file via data loader, I'm interested in knowing if we can receive a file in Salesforce via FTP and have it load automatically. It was suggested that we might be able to do this via command prompt and via scheduled.

Has anyone done that before?
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Terence_ChiuTerence_Chiu
Nancy, have you considered using  Dataloader.io (https://dataloader.io/) ? They provide ftp connection and scheduled jobs on a specific import task.

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Terence_ChiuTerence_Chiu
Nancy, have you considered using  Dataloader.io (https://dataloader.io/) ? They provide ftp connection and scheduled jobs on a specific import task.
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Nancy JNancy J
Perfect!  Just the droid I was looking for. Thanks!
Data Loader 5Data Loader 5
You can try Skyvia's Salesforce data loader (https://skyvia.com/data-integration/salesforce-data-loader). It is a free web service with powerful mapping and scheduling features which allows to export and import Salesforce data to CSV files, uploaded manualy or stored on FTP or cloud file storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or Box.It has intuitive GUI wihtout the need of any coding knowledge.
Kapil BatraKapil Batra
Hello,

Yes it is possible using Data Loader CLI and batch jobs. Please check below link for reference  :

https://www.salesforcebolt.com/2020/03/how-to-automatically-download-csv-file.html
Michael TomarMichael Tomar
As it was already mentioned, you can use Skyvia for this purpose. Follow this link to learn more about its function of import CSV file to Salesforce: https://skyvia.com/data-integration/salesforce-csv-file-import-and-export