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Inventory Transactions Synchronize as Batch Journals

Posted inventory transactions in Acctivate are reflected in QuickBooks by batching together like transactions into Journals, then syncing those Journals over to QuickBooks. This help article will cover how those transactions are batched into Journals. Acctivate boasts an array of

Posted in Accounting, QuickBooks and Sync

Duplicate Vendor Synchronization Errors

The following error may be received if a vendor has been deleted from QuickBooks or if a QuickBooks rebuild recreated the related Vendor record, assigning a new internal ID to the vendor. Error    Vendor    [SynchronizeQBVendors]Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (-2147217873) The

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync

How to set up sync permissions per user in Quickbooks

Sync permissions in Acctivate are manged on the Quickbooks. Example if you want certain users to sync Sales Invoices instead of Purchase Order bills, then you can setup the permissions in Quickbooks to do so. We recommend that you sync

Posted in Configuration, QuickBooks and Sync

Creating a new Payment Method

Like the Vendor and Salesperson lists, payment methods are maintained in QuickBooks. Below is a quick guide that walks through how to add a new payment method into QuickBooks then sync this data into Acctivate. In QuickBooks, go to Lists > Item

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync

View Vendor Bill in QuickBooks

After creating a Vendor Bill and running a synchronization, you will need to log into QuickBooks to view and pay the supplier. When integrated with Acctivate, you’ll notice the Vendor Bills will change in QuickBooks. The item list has been

Posted in Purchasing, QuickBooks and Sync

Accrued Purchase Receipts Reconciliation

Consider the following to help in your Accrued Purchase Receipts (also known as Purchase Suspense) reconciliation. Start with these concepts to understand issues you may be having in current procedures that are causing accounts to be off balance: Account DR

Posted in Purchasing, QuickBooks and Sync

“Not Responding” Message Appears During QuickBooks Sync

Occasionally, the process of synchronizing Acctivate and QuickBooks may take longer than expected. This could be due to sync errors, a recent QuickBooks file rebuild, or a large amount of transactions have been created in the time between the last sync and

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync

Copy QuickBooks Invoice Memo to Acctivate

For QuickBooks users commonly entering information into the Invoice Memo field, this information can be synced back to the Invoice Note field. In QuickBooks, open an Invoice that was created in Acctivate and synced to QuickBooks.  At the bottom of the Invoice,

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync, Sales

Product Class Sync Error: “Cannot use SalesOrPurchaseMod aggregate when the item is reimbursable”

Product Classes created in Acctivate are synced back to QuickBooks as Non-Inventory Parts. Because of this, users review these Items in QuickBooks and make modifications that will sync back to Acctivate, but modifying these Non-Inventory Parts in QuickBooks may cause the following sync error: PutQBProductClassRS:

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync

Sync Could not Create “Tax Discrepancy” Other Charge Item

As explained in our Sales Tax Discrepancy article, ACCTivate may round sales tax differently than QuickBooks when using Tax Groups. When this happens, ACCTivate creates a Tax Discrepancy item in QuickBooks to account for the minor difference. However, if the sync is

Posted in QuickBooks and Sync
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