# User Map

The User Map allows you to establish a map between users in a source CRM system and a target CRM system.

For example, if you are doing a migration from ACT! to SalesLogix, you may want to preserve account ownership as the new accounts are created in SalesLogix.

To establish a map:

1. Select Tools - User Map
2. In the left hand combo box, select the connector to the source CRM system, then click "Get Source Users".
3. In the right hand combo box, select the connector to the target CRM system, and click "Get Target Users"
4. Click a user in the source list and a user in the target list, then click "Add Selected Users to Map"
5. Multiple source users may be mapped to the same target user.

Once the user map is created, you can translate an incoming user identity to a target user identity using the function usermap(). this will return the ID of the mapped user in the target CRM. this in turn can be used by functions such as slxSetowner(), setAccpacUser() or msSetOwner().

A typical sequence would be:

1. Create a new field in tab 3 called "TargID", and initialise it with usermap(#sourceIDField)
2. In tab 4, use slxSetOwner(#TargID) or msSetOwner(#TargID)

This sequence ensures that you can check the mapped IDs in the preview pane.