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I'm using Dataloader to Upsert a Child Account to Parent Account using an external ID.

When the Upsert is complete, the Child overwrites the parent, it's not not connecting the Child Account to the Parent Account.

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You should only be selecting your External Id field in Step 2b. You don't want to match the child records to the parent records and update them; you want to connect their lookup relationship.

Step 1 is identifying existing copies of this record in your database.

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  • I don't have Data Loader in front of me, but yes, I believe that's correct. You don't want to match inbound Accounts (and they won't match on Id, because those Ids don't exist in the target org); you want to match ParentId only. – David Reed♦ Mar 9 '20 at 18:13
  • I'll do my best to take a look and repro but it may be a while. Full schedule today. – David Reed♦ Mar 9 '20 at 18:42
  • Answer below!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – Steve Mar 10 '20 at 20:16
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How to Upsert Child Accounts to Parent Accounts Using Dataloader:

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