Exporter

The Exporter software exports ALL**  ACT! data  from the  Contact, Groups Company, Notes, History, Activity, Sales, Group Membership  into several standard formats which can be used for import into a wide variety of applications.   It supports ACT! versions 3 to ACT! by Sage 2010.
**See Server section below for more information.  

• Easy to Use interface.  Answer five questions -- What What type of output do you want?; How to access the ACT! database?; Where is the ACT! database? ; Where will the exported data be saved?
• Important Data Exported.  Notes and history items are exported and easily linked with their contact records.
• Custom ACT! field names are preserved.  ACT! allows the user to rename user fields and create new fields.  These field names are exported so they can be used in the target application.
• Filters.  Allow the user to export portions of the database.
• Notes converted from .rtf to standard text.  ACT! stores notes in .rtf format.  While this allows fancy formatting within ACT!  most other applications can not use this format.  Therefore, any note stored in rtf format is converted to standard text. 
• Runs manually or automatically.  Exporter can be  run without operator intervention and can be run as a scheduled after hours task. (OLE DB server or ACT! Reader server only)

Export File Types

CSV/Excel   All tables are exported in windows standard comma delimited or TAB delimited format.  All files exported can be open with MS Excel.

ACCESS  All tables are exported into an Access database.  The relationships between the tables are setup.

dBase  All tables are exported in dBase IV format with a .dbf extension.  For tables containing memo fields, there will be a .dbt extension which contains the long data fields

FoxPro All tables are combined into a Visual FoxPro Database container.  The relationships between the tables are set up.  DBC files can be used with almost any window application through the ODBC drivers.  In the Download area of our web site, you can find information describing how to use this file type.

ACT! 6  Exporter will return the ACT! 2005-2010 database to ACT! 6.  The data returned depends on the Export Server used.  (See below.) 

Salesforce.com  A Comma delimited file is returned which can be easily imported into Salesforce.com using the Import Wizard.  In addition, a list of the ACT! fields which did not automatically map to Salesforce.com fields is complied to make the transition to Salesforce a simple three step process -- Export the ACT! data, Add the custom ACT! fields to Salesforce, Import the data.  ACT! notes are included.  A field including a list of the ACT! groups can be used to easily build Salesforce views.

Activities and opportunities are also exported however importing these into Salesforce with the tools available requires multiple steps.  The use of the Informatica on Demand tool has been documented.

License and Price

The Exporter fsoftware is sold with a site license.  This means that you can use it on any computer system at your company's site. 

Price:  $249.95

Servers (ACT! 2005+ only)

OLE DB  This is the standard export server that is supplied with both ACT! Standard and Premium.  It does not allow export of Activities, Attachments or Group Membership. 
NOTE:  For ACT! 2010, this server is not available.  Sage released a new version of the OLE DB server with 2010 and we have found many major issues with it.  We are hopeful that Sage will repair these problems and we will be able to offer it with for ACT! 2010.

ACT! SQL Instance  You can purchase a utility from Sage that will give you access to the ACT! instance of the SQL server.  This will allow complete access to all of the ACT! data.  This allows concurrent access to ACT! and the Exporter.

Local SQL Server  If you have another SQL server available, you can make a copy of your ACT! database and attach it to this server.  This will give you access to all of the ACT! data.  If you don't have a server, you can download an Exporter instance of SQL  This will install the correct version of SQL for your system.  

If you use a SQL server, you do not need to have ACT! on your system.

System Requirements