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Difference between Data Loader and Import Wizard in Salesforce

Import Wizard:

  • For simple imports of up to 50000 records.
  • It supports all custom objects and only few standard objects like Account, Contact, Leads, Solution.
  • It supports schedule export.
  • Delete operation is not available.
  • It doesn’t require installation.
  • While importing, duplicates can be ignored.

Data Loader:

  • For complex imports of any size more than 50000 records.
  • It supports all standard and custom objects.
  • It doesn’t support schedule export.
  • Delete operation is available.
  • It requires installation.
  • While importing, duplicates cannot be ignored.

How to retain and display the checkbox selection in visualforce paging?

Here is the example of Visualforce Page Pagination with checkbox selection, on Account object.
Custom Controller: PagingWithCheckBox.cls

public with sharing class PagingWithCheckBox{
 
    //Properties
    public integer PageSize {get;set;}
    public integer PageNumber {get;set;}
    public integer RecordCount {get;set;}
    public List<accountwrapper> objAWList {get;set;}
    private Set<id> selectedAccountIds;
    public boolean displayPopup {get; set;}  
    public List<account> objSelectedAccounts {get; set;}  
     
    //Constructor
    public PagingWithCheckBox() {
        PageSize = 10;
        PageNumber = 1;   
        RecordCount = [Select Count() From Account];
        selectedAccountIds = new Set<id>();
        objAWList = new List<accountwrapper>();
        objSelectedAccounts  = new List<account>();
         
    }
     
    //Close Popup
    public void closePopup() {        
        displayPopup = false;    
    }     
     
    //Show Popup
    public void showPopup() {  
        setSelectedAccounts();      
        displayPopup = true;    
        objSelectedAccounts  = GetSelectedAccounts();
    }
     
    //Get Selected Accounts
    public Integer getSelectedCount(){
        return this.selectedAccountIds.size();
    }
     
    //Get Selected Accounts Detail
    public List<account> GetSelectedAccounts(){    
        List<account> objAccList = [Select Id, Name, Industry, Website, AccountNumber 
                                    From Account  Where ID IN : selectedAccountIds];       
        return objAccList;
    }
     
     
    private void setSelectedAccounts()
    {
        for(AccountWrapper item: objAWList)
        {
            if(item.IsSelected)
            {    
                if(!this.selectedAccountIds.contains(item.AccountId))
                {
                    this.selectedAccountIds.add(item.AccountId);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if(this.selectedAccountIds.contains(item.AccountId))
                {
                    this.selectedAccountIds.remove(item.AccountId);
                }
            }
        }        
    }
     
    public integer PageIndex {
        get { return (PageNumber - 1); }
    }    
     
    public integer PageCount {
        get { return getPageCount(); }
    }
     
    public integer Offset {
        get { return (PageSize * PageIndex); }
    }
     
    public List<accountwrapper> GetAccountList() {
        objAWList = new List<accountwrapper>();
        try {
            Account[] objAccList = [Select Id, Name, Industry, Website, AccountNumber
                                    From Account order by Name 
                                    Limit :PageSize
                                    offset :Offset];
                                     
             for(Account acc : objAccList){
                AccountWrapper objAW = new AccountWrapper();
                objAW.AccountId = acc.Id;
                objAW.AccountName = acc.Name;
                objAW.Industry = acc.Industry;
                objAW.Website = acc.Website;
                objAW.AccountNumber = acc.AccountNumber;
                if(this.selectedAccountIds.contains(acc.Id)){
                    objAW.IsSelected = true;
                }
                else{
                    objAW.IsSelected = false;
                }
                objAWList.Add(objAW);
           }             
        return objAWList;
    }
    catch (QueryException e) {
        ApexPages.addMessages(e);   
        return null;
        }
    }
     
    public integer LNumber {
        get { return RecordCount == 0 ? 0 : (Offset + 1); }
    }
 
    public integer UNumber {
        get { 
            integer iUNum = ((LNumber + PageSize) - 1);
            return (iUnum > RecordCount) ? RecordCount : iUNum; 
        }
    }
     
    public boolean AllowMoveNext {
        get{ return ((PageIndex + 1) < PageCount); } } public boolean AllowMovePrev { get{ return (PageIndex > 0); }
    }
     
    public void Prev() {
        setSelectedAccounts();
        PageNumber--;
 
        if (PageNumber <= 0) { PageNumber = 1; } } public void Next() { setSelectedAccounts(); PageNumber++; if (PageNumber > PageCount) {
            PageNumber = PageCount;
        }
    }
     
    public void Last() {
        setSelectedAccounts();
        PageNumber = PageCount; 
    }
 
    public void First() {
        setSelectedAccounts();
        PageNumber = 1;
    }
     
    private integer getPageCount() {
        integer iPageCount = 1;
 
        if (RecordCount != 0 && PageSize != 0) {
            iPageCount = (RecordCount/PageSize) + ((Math.mod(RecordCount, PageSize)) > 0 ? 1 : 0);
        }
        return iPageCount;
    }
     
    //Wrapper Class for Account
    public class AccountWrapper
    {
        public Id AccountId {get;set;}
        public String AccountName {get;set;}
        public String Industry {get;set;}
        public String Website {get;set;}
        public String AccountNumber {get;set;}
        public Boolean IsSelected{get;set;}
        public AccountWrapper()
        {
        }
    }    
}

Visualforce Page: PagingWithCheckBox.page

<apex:page doctype="html-5.0" title="Sample Visualforce Paging With CheckBox Example" controller="PagingWithCheckBox" tabstyle="Account" sidebar="false" readonly="true" cache="false">
    <apex:sectionheader title="Account" subtitle="Paging Accounts"></apex:sectionheader>
    <apex:form>
        <apex:pageblock title="View Selected Account" id="idSearchProduct">
            <apex:commandbutton value="View Selected Accounts" action="{!showPopup}" rerender="tstpopup"></apex:commandbutton>
        </apex:pageblock>
     
     <apex:outputpanel id="tstpopup">
        <apex:outputpanel styleclass="popupBackground" layout="block" rendered="{!displayPopUp}"></apex:outputpanel>
            <apex:outputpanel styleclass="custPopup" layout="block" rendered="{!displayPopUp}">
                <apex:pageblock>
               <apex:pageblocktable id="pbSelectedAccounts" value="{!objSelectedAccounts}" var="a">
                            <apex:column value="{!a.Name}" headervalue="Account Name"></apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.AccountNumber}" headervalue="Account Number"></apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.Industry}" headervalue="Industry"></apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.Website}" headervalue="Website"></apex:column>
                        </apex:pageblocktable>
               
               <center>
                <apex:commandbutton value="Close Popup" action="{!closePopup}" rerender="tstpopup"></apex:commandbutton>
                               </center>
                </apex:pageblock>
            </apex:outputpanel>
        </apex:outputpanel>
         
        <apex:pageblock title="Accounts">
            <apex:pageblocksection columns="1">
                <apex:facet name="body">
                    <apex:outputpanel layout="none">
                        <apex:pageblocktable id="pbAccounts" value="{!AccountList}" var="a">
                            <apex:column>
                                <apex:inputcheckbox value="{!a.IsSelected}"></apex:inputcheckbox>
                            </apex:column>
                            <apex:column>
                                <apex:facet name="header">Account Name</apex:facet> 
                                <apex:outputlink value="/{!a.AccountId}">{!a.AccountName}</apex:outputlink>
                            </apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.AccountNumber}" headervalue="Account Number"></apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.Industry}" headervalue="Industry"></apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.Website}" headervalue="Website"></apex:column>
                        </apex:pageblocktable>
                         <apex:outputpanel layout="block" styleclass="listViewport">


<div class="bottomNav">


<div class="paginator">
                                        <apex:panelgrid id="gridPaging" columns="3" width="100%" columnclasses="left, center, right">
                                            <apex:panelgroup>
                                                <span class="selectorTarget">
                                                    <strong>{!LNumber}-{!UNumber} of {!RecordCount}</strong>
                                                </span>
                                                <span>  </span>
                                                <span>
                                                    <strong>Total {!RecordCount} records</strong>
                                                </span>
                                                <span>  </span>
                                                <apex:actionstatus id="statusPaging">
                                                    <apex:facet name="start">
                                                        <img src="/img/loading.gif" height="14px" width="14px">
                                                    </apex:facet>
                                                    <apex:facet name="stop">
                                                        <img src="/img/s.gif" height="14px" width="14px">
                                                    </apex:facet>
                                                </apex:actionstatus>                                           
                                            </apex:panelgroup>
                                            <apex:panelgroup>
                                                <span class="prevNextLinks">
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMoveFirst" status="statusPaging" action="{!First}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMovePrev}">
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="First" alt="First" class="first">
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                                     
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMovePrev)}">
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="First" alt="First" styleclass="firstoff"></apex:image>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                                                     
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMovePrev" title="Previous" status="statusPaging" action="{!Prev}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMovePrev}">
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="Previous" alt="Previous" class="prev">
                                                            <span>Previous</span>
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMovePrev)}">
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="Previous" alt="Previous" styleclass="prevoff"></apex:image>
                                                            <span>Previous</span>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                             
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMoveNext" title="Next" status="statusPaging" action="{!Next}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMoveNext}">
                                                            <span>Next</span>
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="Next" alt="Next" class="next">
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                             
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMoveNext)}">
                                                            <span>Next</span>
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="Next" alt="Next" styleclass="nextoff"></apex:image>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                             
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMoveLast" status="statusPaging" action="{!Last}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMoveNext}">
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="Last" alt="Last" class="last">
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                             
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMoveNext)}">
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="Last" alt="Last" styleclass="lastoff"></apex:image>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                                                </span>
                                            </apex:panelgroup>
                                            <apex:panelgroup>
                                                <span class="selectorTarget">
                                                    <strong> Page {!PageNumber} of {!PageCount}</strong>
                                                </span>
                                            </apex:panelgroup>
                                        </apex:panelgrid> 
                                     </div>


                                </div>


                            </apex:outputpanel>
                    </apex:outputpanel>
                </apex:facet>
            </apex:pageblocksection>
        </apex:pageblock>
    </apex:form>
     


<style type="text/css">
        .custPopup{
            background-color: white;
            border-width: 2px;
            border-style: solid;
            z-index: 9999;
            left: 50%;
            padding:10px;
            position: absolute;         
            width: 700px;
            margin-left: -320px;
            top:100px;
        }
        .popupBackground{
            background-color:black;
            opacity: 0.20;
            filter: alpha(opacity = 20);
            position: absolute;
            width: 100%;
            height: 100%;
            top: 0;
            left: 0;
            z-index: 9998;
        }
 
    </style>


</apex:page>

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Visualforce Page with Pagination

Here is the example of Visualforce Page Pagination on Account object.
Custom Controller: SamplePagingExample.cls

public with sharing class SamplePagingExample{
 
    //Properties
    public integer PageSize {get;set;}
    public integer PageNumber {get;set;}
    public integer RecordCount {get;set;}
     
    //Constructor
    public SamplePagingExample() {
        PageSize = 10;
        PageNumber = 1;   
        RecordCount = [Select Count() From Account];
    }
     
    public integer PageIndex {
        get { return (PageNumber - 1); }
    }    
     
    public integer PageCount {
        get { return getPageCount(); }
    }
     
    public integer Offset {
        get { return (PageSize * PageIndex); }
    }
     
    public Account[] getAccounts() {
        try {
            Account[] objAccList = [Select Id, Name, Industry, Website, AccountNumber
                                    From Account order by Name 
                                    Limit :PageSize
                                    offset :Offset];
                                     
            return objAccList;
        }
        catch (QueryException e) {
            ApexPages.addMessages(e);   
            return null;
        }
    }
     
    public integer LNumber {
        get { return RecordCount == 0 ? 0 : (Offset + 1); }
    }
 
    public integer UNumber {
        get { 
            integer iUNum = ((LNumber + PageSize) - 1);
            return (iUnum > RecordCount) ? RecordCount : iUNum; 
        }
    }
     
    public boolean AllowMoveNext {
        get{ return ((PageIndex + 1) < PageCount); } } public boolean AllowMovePrev { get{ return (PageIndex > 0); }
    }
     
    public void Prev() {
        PageNumber--;
 
        if (PageNumber <= 0) { PageNumber = 1; } } public void Next() { PageNumber++; if (PageNumber > PageCount) {
            PageNumber = PageCount;
        }
    }
     
    public void Last() {
        PageNumber = PageCount; 
    }
 
    public void First() {
        PageNumber = 1;
    }
     
    private integer getPageCount() {
        integer iPageCount = 1;
 
        if (RecordCount != 0 && PageSize != 0) {
            iPageCount = (RecordCount/PageSize) + ((Math.mod(RecordCount, PageSize)) > 0 ? 1 : 0);
        }
        return iPageCount;
    }
}

Visualforce Page: SamplePagingExample.page

<apex:page doctype="html-5.0" title="Sample Visualforce Paging Example" controller="SamplePagingExample" tabstyle="Account" sidebar="false" readonly="true" cache="false">
    <apex:sectionheader title="Account" subtitle="Paging Accounts"></apex:sectionheader>
    <apex:form>
        <apex:pageblock title="Accounts">
            <apex:pageblocksection columns="1">
                <apex:facet name="body">
                    <apex:outputpanel layout="none">
                        <apex:pageblocktable id="pbAccounts" value="{!Accounts}" var="a">
                            <apex:column>
                                <apex:facet name="header">Account Name</apex:facet> 
                                <apex:outputlink value="/{!a.Id}">{!a.Name}</apex:outputlink>
                            </apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.AccountNumber}"></apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.Industry}"></apex:column>
                            <apex:column value="{!a.Website}"></apex:column>
                        </apex:pageblocktable>
                         <apex:outputpanel layout="block" styleclass="listViewport">

<div class="bottomNav">

<div class="paginator">
                                        <apex:panelgrid id="gridPaging" columns="3" width="100%" columnclasses="left, center, right">
                                            <apex:panelgroup>
                                                <span class="selectorTarget">
                                                    <strong>{!LNumber}-{!UNumber} of {!RecordCount}</strong>
                                                </span>
                                                <span>  </span>
                                                <span>
                                                    <strong>Total {!RecordCount} records</strong>
                                                </span>
                                                <span>  </span>
                                                <apex:actionstatus id="statusPaging">
                                                    <apex:facet name="start">
                                                        <img src="/img/loading.gif" height="14px" width="14px">
                                                    </apex:facet>
                                                    <apex:facet name="stop">
                                                        <img src="/img/s.gif" height="14px" width="14px">
                                                    </apex:facet>
                                                </apex:actionstatus>                                           
                                            </apex:panelgroup>
                                            <apex:panelgroup>
                                                <span class="prevNextLinks">
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMoveFirst" immediate="true" status="statusPaging" action="{!First}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMovePrev}">
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="First" alt="First" class="first">
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                                     
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMovePrev)}">
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="First" alt="First" styleclass="firstoff"></apex:image>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                                                     
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMovePrev" immediate="true" title="Previous" status="statusPaging" action="{!Prev}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMovePrev}">
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="Previous" alt="Previous" class="prev">
                                                            <span>Previous</span>
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMovePrev)}">
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="Previous" alt="Previous" styleclass="prevoff"></apex:image>
                                                            <span>Previous</span>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                             
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMoveNext" immediate="true" title="Next" status="statusPaging" action="{!Next}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMoveNext}">
                                                            <span>Next</span>
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="Next" alt="Next" class="next">
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                             
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMoveNext)}">
                                                            <span>Next</span>
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="Next" alt="Next" styleclass="nextoff"></apex:image>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                             
                                                    <span class="prevNext">
                                                        <apex:commandlink id="linkMoveLast" immediate="true" status="statusPaging" action="{!Last}" rerender="gridPaging, pbAccounts" rendered="{!allowMoveNext}">
                                                            <img src="/s.gif" title="Last" alt="Last" class="last">
                                                        </apex:commandlink>
                             
                                                        <apex:outputpanel layout="none" rendered="{!NOT(allowMoveNext)}">
                                                            <apex:image url="/s.gif" title="Last" alt="Last" styleclass="lastoff"></apex:image>
                                                        </apex:outputpanel>
                                                    </span>
                                                </span>
                                            </apex:panelgroup>
                                            <apex:panelgroup>
                                                <span class="selectorTarget">
                                                    <strong> Page {!PageNumber} of {!PageCount}</strong>
                                                </span>
                                            </apex:panelgroup>
                                        </apex:panelgrid> 
                                     </div>

                                </div>

                            </apex:outputpanel>
                    </apex:outputpanel>
                </apex:facet>
            </apex:pageblocksection>
        </apex:pageblock>
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

Output:

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