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description: Advanced Mapping is the logic that powers the NPSP Data Importer tool. Advanced Mapping is already set up to handle typical import, Gift Entry, and Elevate donation form scenarios involving constituent and donation data. If you want to add a custom field to a Gift Entry or Elevate form, or import data into a custom field that hasn't yet been mapped, you'll need to customize Advanced Mapping.
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# Advanced NPSP Mapping

Advanced Mapping is the logic that powers the NPSP Data Importer tool. Advanced Mapping is already set up to handle typical import, Gift Entry, and Elevate donation form scenarios involving constituent and donation data. If you want to add a custom field to a Gift Entry or Elevate form, or import data into a custom field that hasn't yet been mapped, you'll need to customize Advanced Mapping.

- **[Advanced Mapping Overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_adv_mapping_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Advanced Mapping gives you the flexibility to send data to most Salesforce objects related to Contacts, Accounts, and Opportunities.
- **[Understand Field Mappings](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_am2_understand_field_mappings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    This article explains Field Mappings, a key component of Advanced Mapping, which is the logic used to process Gift Entry, Elevate, and imported data
- **[Understand Object Groups](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_am2_understand_object_groups.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    This article explains Object Groups, a key component of Advanced Mapping, which is the logic used to process Gift Entry, Elevate, and imported data.
- **[Customize Advanced Mapping](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_use_advanced_mapping.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Customize Advanced Mapping for data import if you want to map data into an object or field that hasn't yet been mapped.
- **[Connect a New Object in Advanced Mapping](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_am2_connect_new_object.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Advanced Mapping comes with Contacts, Accounts, Opportunities, and other objects already mapped. You can connect additional objects that are directly related to Contacts, Accounts, or Opportunities.
- **[Advanced Mapping Recipes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_di_am_recipes.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    This article complements the existing documentation to set up Advanced Mapping, and includes instructions for creating Affiliation, Engagement Plan, Relationship, and Soft Credit records for common scenarios during data import.
- **[Standard NPSP Data Import Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_standard_di_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    This article includes reference information about the fields in the NPSP Data Import object, the mapping to target NPSP objects, and information about columns in the NPSP Data Importer Templates.
- **[Advanced Mappings for Elevate](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_elevate_adv_mappings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    NPSP includes field mappings that allow transactions to flow from Elevate into NPSP.