Apatar Open Source Data Integration v1.12.3 has been released. It features the ability to retrieve deleted records from Salesforce CRM, increased data processing speed by providing bulk migrations, the Delete mode for JDBC-based connectors, as well as a number of bug fixes.

The Apatar Team announced the Crop Right function that enables to automatically cut off text strings from the right side. Users may specify a desirable number of characters from the left to remain, and all the rest will be cropped. This may be especially useful when migrating text to a field with limited number of symbols allowed.

The Apatar Team announced the Parse E-mail Body function, which outputs the text of an e-mail body, removing the headers and other system information. The function may be of use, for instance, when migrating contact e-mail history from one CRM system to another or saving customer messages in a legible form. Users also may find it easy to configure the access to a desired mail box and choose the type of messages to be processed (incoming or outcoming).

The Apatar Team launched the Apatar Community Awards (ACA) program that will be held annually in the following three nominations: Top Apatar Developer, Top Datamap Contributor, and Top Forum Member. The awards, created to pay tribute to the efforts and input of Apatar community, will be decided based on the number of features, datamaps, and posts submitted by the most active community members.