Exporting All Eloqua Activities Using the Bulk API: Flowchart, Best Practices, and Resources

Before diving into the flowchart for exporting all Eloqua activities using the the Bulk API, let's cover some best practices using the Bulk API focused on exporting activities:

• Use filters to ensure fewer than 5,000,000 records are exported per Bulk API sync
  • A common method of filtering is to use the Activity Date to export a finite time period of activity, such as one month (use larger or smaller time periods based on volume of activity generation)
• Export one Activity Type at a time
  • Do not run syncs for all Activity Types simultaneously
• Make multiple export requests sequentially
  • Allow the sync to finish before executing the next sync