https://blog.wingate365.com/tags/.net/Recent content in .Net on Wingate365Hugoen-gbSat, 16 Mar 2024 10:22:21 +0000https://blog.wingate365.com/2023/10/dynamics-365-business-central-and-large.htmlSun, 22 Oct 2023 11:07:00 +0000https://blog.wingate365.com/2023/10/dynamics-365-business-central-and-large.html<h1>How Big is Big? The Challenge of Handling Over 5 Million Records</h1><div><br />When it comes to data migration, especially for large datasets, how big is too big? What if you're dealing with over 5 million records? This post explores the challenges and possible solutions for this predicament.</div> <h2>Data Migration: Excel vs RapidStart</h2> <p>Configuration Packages accept two types of files for data migration:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Excel</strong>: Created by exporting a template. It has a maximum row limitation of 1,048,576.</li> <li><strong>RapidStart</strong>: Also created by exporting a package, but appears to be a type of archive file.</li> </ol> <p>So, if we need to import or export more than approximately 1 million records, what do we do?</p>