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Bulk Data Load Jobs is the page showing in-flight and recent Bulk API jobs — Data Loader runs, Bulk API integrations, Bulk API 2.0 jobs. When a 5M-row Data Loader run finishes, this is where you confirm the success / failure counts.

By Dipojjal Chakrabarti · Editor, Salesforce DictionaryLast updated Apr 20, 2026

Bulk Data Load Jobs is the page showing in-flight and recent Bulk API jobs — Data Loader runs, Bulk API integrations, Bulk API 2.0 jobs. When a 5M-row Data Loader run finishes, this is where you confirm the success / failure counts.

  1. Open Setup → Bulk Data Load Jobs

    Setup gear → Quick Find: Bulk Data → Bulk Data Load Jobs.

  2. Review the list of jobs

    Each row: Job Type (Insert / Update / Delete / Upsert), Object, Submitted, Status, Records Processed, Records Failed.

  3. Click into a job for batches

    Bulk API jobs have one or more batches. Click in to see per-batch success / fail.

  4. For failures: download the failure CSV

    Each failed batch has a CSV download with the rejected rows + error messages. Download, fix, re-submit.

  5. Abort an in-flight job (if needed)

    Top of the job detail page → Abort. Stops further batch processing; in-flight batches complete.

Key options
Job Typeremember

Insert / Update / Upsert / Delete / Hard Delete.

API versionremember

Bulk API 1.0 (legacy) / Bulk API 2.0 (modern, simpler API).

Statusremember

Queued / In Progress / Completed / Failed / Aborted.

Gotchas
  • Bulk API 1.0 and 2.0 are different APIs — different request format, different concurrency, different limits. Most modern Data Loader runs use 2.0.
  • Failed records aren't automatically retried. Download the failure CSV, fix, re-submit as a new job.
  • Bulk API jobs count against API limits. A single Data Loader run can process millions of records but each batch is one API call — easy to blow daily limits.

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