Delete accounts in bulk

Hi,

This post will cover a specific situation encountered when attempting to delete Eloqua accounts in bulk.

Default facts:

- If account linkage is set up, the unique identifier for accounts is the one set in the account linkage;

- if account linkage is NOT set up, the default identifier is CompanyName;

What scenario we will cover:

- Account linkage not set up (thus the default unique is Company Name), but our real unique and the one by which we want to delete is another account field, let's say a CompanyID.

Problem:

- cannot delete based on a different identifier neither via the upload menu nor API, as the system takes CompanyName as default identifier.