Installed Directories and Files

In version 8.0 and later, installing the Data Loader creates several directories under the installation directory. The following directories are involved in running the program from the command line for automated batch processing.

bin

Contains the batch files encrypt.bat for encrypting passwords and process.bat for running batch processes.

For information on running the Data Loader from the command line, see Data Loader Command-Line Interface.

conf

The default configuration directory. Contains the configuration files config.properties, Loader.class, and log-conf.xml.

The config.properties file that is generated when you modify the Settings dialog in the graphical user interface is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\salesforce.com\Data Loader <version_number>\conf. You can copy this file to the conf installation directory to use it for batch processes.

The log-conf.xml file is included with version 35.0 of the Data Loader for Windows installer. The log-conf.xml is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\salesforce.com\Data Loader{version_number}\conf\. To apply and change the log level, copy log-conf.xml to %LOCALAPPDATA%\salesforce.com\Data Loader <version_number>\conf. Then change @LOG_LEVEL@ to any of the following: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, or FATAL. If the log-conf.xml file is not present, INFO level is used. Refer to Log4J log levels at https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/manual/architecture.html.

samples

Contains subdirectories of sample files for reference.