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Export Companies as Contacts to google

 
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Lyncean
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Is it possible to export and sync companies as contacts to google? The S360 team suggests to use companies for company information like office phone number etc. so it is not duplicated across multiple contacts. However having stripped all this data from my google contacts I now cannot get the company data without going into S360 which is far from ideal on my android phone. If I missed something then apologies as I did a search on the forum before asking.

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Administrator
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Hey Davieboy, if you still have the original contact import file and if that file still contains company information, then you have an option. When importing Solve360 updates existing records. So simply re-import that contacts file (which contains contact first & last name as well as the company info in the same record). The specify that the company info be stored with Contacts this time, instead of in a Companies. Contact records will be updated with company info and then you should be able to access it from your phone.

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Lyncean
138 posts

unfortunately I went and deleted the companies that where in my contacts section as I found it confusing from an s360 perspective…Problem is that I now have 300+ companies that I don’t have synced in google now….I guess this aint going to be solved in an easy way anytime soon given the way both systems manage contact data differently…unless of course s360 could auto group companies as a companies group within google…

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There is hope Davieboy… You can export your contacts to a CVS and specify that you want their company info linked. This gives you the contact and company data side-by-side. Import that, mapping the desired company data to the appropriate contact field and it will update your contacts. Then you can access it from your phone.

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Lyncean
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Is there any update on this issue with getting companies exported as contacts to google? Google supports contacts as companies. I now have a lot of companies created and need them as a contact in google for phone use when on the go. I now have contacts (people) who are associated with multiple companies so the the suggested method above is not a solution.