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# Convert to the Nonprofit Success Pack Household Account Model

This guide is for users who upgraded to NPSP from a previous version and want to convert to the Household Account Model.

[Convert to the Nonprofit Success Pack Household Account Model](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sfdo-docs/npsp_account_model_conversion.pdf)  (in PDF format)

This guide provides information on converting to the Household Account Model, including prerequisites and how long the process will take. It also walks you at a high-level through the conversion process, from pre-conversion audits to running the Conversion Utility to post-conversion testing and verification.

## Audience

To use this guide to successfully convert to the Household Account Model, you must have:

- Strong Salesforce Administrator skills, such as the skills necessary to pass the Salesforce Certified Administrator credential.
- Extreme familiarity with your org's customizations and data.
- Plenty of experience using data manipulation tools such as Excel, Data Loader, Apsona, or DemandTools to import, export, and update records.
- The ability to evaluate and troubleshoot issues with profiles, record types, page layouts, workflows, validation rules, and any third-party applications that push data into your Salesforce org.
- Full understanding of your legacy data model (whether that is One-to-One or Bucket Individual) and how it differs from the new Household Account Model.