The following table lists the fields available for import or export, with a brief description of the field and (when necessary) a character limit for the field. The Import? column identifies which fields are available for import (all are available for export). The Required column shows those fields that must be provided.
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Field Name |
Import? |
Required |
Description of Field |
Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Customer ID |
Y |
Y |
Alphanumeric - Customer ID for the transaction. |
Up to 20 characters |
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Customer Name |
N |
<N/A> |
Alphanumeric - Customer name for the transaction. This field is used for exporting only. |
Up to 39 characters |
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Invoice/CM # |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Invoice or credit memo number for the transaction. |
Up to 20 characters |
|
Apply to Invoice Number |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Invoice number to apply the credit memo to. |
Up to 20 characters |
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Date |
Y |
Y |
Date - Date of the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Ship By |
Y |
N |
Date - Date by which the sales order should ship. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Quote |
Y |
N |
Boolean - Quote check box, valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=a quote and False=a regular transaction. Note that if you exclude this field, then it will be imported as a regular transaction. |
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Quote # |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Quote # for the transaction. Used only if the Quote field is True. |
Up to 13 characters |
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Quote Good Thru Date |
Y |
N |
Date - The Good Thru date for a quote type transaction. Used only if the Quote field is True. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Drop Ship |
Y |
N |
Boolean - If used, then set to TRUE. |
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Ship to Name |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Ship-to name for the transaction. |
Up to 30 characters |
|
Ship to Address-Line One |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Ship-to address line one for the transaction. |
Up to 30 characters |
|
Ship to Address-Line Two |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Ship-to address line two for the transaction. |
Up to 30 characters |
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Ship to City |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Ship-to city for the transaction. |
Up to 20 characters |
|
Ship to State |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Ship-to state for the transaction. |
Up to 2 characters |
|
Ship to Zipcode |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Ship-to ZIP Code for the transaction. |
Up to 12 characters |
|
Ship to Country |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Ship-to country for the transaction. |
Up to 15 characters |
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Customer PO |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Customer P.O. for the transaction. |
Up to 20 characters |
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Ship Via |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Ship via for the transaction. |
Up to 12 characters |
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Ship Date |
Y |
N |
Date - Ship date for the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Date Due |
Y |
Y |
Date - Date due for the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Discount Amount |
Y |
N |
Numeric (Real) – Discount amount for the transaction. |
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Discount Date |
Y |
N |
Date - Discount date for the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Displayed Terms |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Displayed terms for the transaction. |
Up to 18 characters |
|
Sales Representative ID |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Sales representative ID for the transaction. |
Up to 20 characters |
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Accounts Receivable Account |
Y |
Y |
Alphanumeric – Accounts receivable account number for the transaction. |
Up to 15 characters |
|
Accounts Receivable Amount |
N |
<N/A> |
Numeric (Real) - Net accounts receivable amount for the transaction calculated during the import process. A positive amount denotes a debit, while a negative amount denotes a credit. This field is used for exporting only. |
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Sales Tax ID |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Sales tax ID for the transaction. |
Up to 8 characters |
|
Invoice Note |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Invoice (printed) note for the transaction. |
Up to 2000 characters |
|
Note Prints After Line Items |
Y |
N |
Boolean - Whether to print the invoice note after or before line items, valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=after line items and False=before line items. |
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Statement Note |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Statement (printed) note for the transaction. |
Up to 160 characters |
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Stmt Note Prints Before Ref |
Y |
N |
Boolean – Whether to print the statement note before or after invoice reference field, valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=before invoice reference and False=after invoice reference. |
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Internal Note |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Invoice (internal) note for the transaction. |
Up to 2000 characters |
|
Beginning Balance Transaction |
Y |
N |
Boolean - Indicates the transaction is a beginning balance for a customer. Valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=beginning bal. & False=regular transaction. Note that BB transactions have only 1 line of distribution in addition to the 1st line. |
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AR Date Cleared in Bank Rec |
N |
N |
Date - If the transaction used a cash account on a receipt and was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Number of Distributions |
Y |
Y |
Numeric (Whole) – Number of distributions in the transaction; valid numbers are 1 to 147. The number of distributions for a beginning balance transaction is 1. |
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Invoice/CM Distribution |
Y |
Maybe |
Numeric - Indicates the distribution line number of the individual lines for the credit memo or invoice being added. Note: The Sales Tax and Freight Amt lines must=0. |
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Apply to Invoice Distribution |
Y |
N, except Y if applying credit memo to an invoice line |
Numeric - Indicates which distribution of the invoice the credit memo line applies to. Note: The Sales Tax and Freight Amt lines must=65535. |
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Apply to Sales Order |
Y |
N |
Boolean - If distribution is applied to sales order, then TRUE, otherwise FALSE. |
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Apply to Proposal |
Y |
N |
Boolean - If distribution is applied to a proposal, then TRUE, otherwise FALSE. |
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Quantity |
Y |
N |
Numeric (Real) – Quantity for a line of distribution. |
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Stocking Quantity |
N |
N |
Numeric (Real) - The actual quantity used for costing. |
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SO/Proposal Number |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – S.O. or Proposal number must match a valid S.O. or Proposal number in the Sales Order Journal. |
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Item ID |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Inventory item ID for a line of distribution. |
Up to 20 characters |
|
Serial Number |
Y |
Y |
Alphanumeric - Serial number for a line of distribution. Note: Each serial number will be listed on a separate line. |
Up to 30 characters |
|
U/M ID |
Y |
Maybe |
Alphanumeric - Used (and required) instead of Item ID if you sell in different quantities for an item. |
Up to 20 characters |
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U/M No. of Stocking Units |
Y |
Maybe |
Numeric (Real) - Required if you sell in different quantities for an item. |
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SO/Proposal Distribution |
Y |
N |
Real Number - This is a required field when saving a distribution to a Sales Order or Proposal. |
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Description |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric – Description for a line of distribution. If the distribution is a freight charge, the value for this field will be freight charge. |
Up to 160 characters |
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G/L Account |
Y |
Y |
Alphanumeric - G/L account number for a line of distribution. |
Up to 15 characters |
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GL Date Cleared in Bank Rec |
Y |
N |
Date - If the General Ledger account used on a chosen distribution was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Unit Price |
Y |
N |
Numeric (Real) - Unit price for a line of distribution. |
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Stocking Unit Price |
N |
N |
Numeric (Real) - The actual price used for costing. |
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Tax Type |
Y |
Y |
Numeric (Whole) – The tax type for a line of distribution, valid numbers are 0 to 27. If the distribution is a freight charge, the export value is 27. 0 is used for a tax distribution. Tax Type 27 is used for Retainage Withheld and you must include a Job ID on the line item, and you must include a value other than zero on the Retain Percent field. |
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|
UPC/SKU |
N |
N |
Alphanumeric |
Up to 20 characters |
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Weight |
N |
N |
Numeric - The weight of the item in the selected unit of measure. Note: Will be the weight from the Item Multi-Packs window if you chose to sell in different quantities for the item (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting). |
Up to 8 characters |
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Amount |
Y |
Y |
Numeric (Real) - Amount for a line of distribution. A positive amount denotes a debit, while a negative amount denotes a credit. |
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Inventory Account |
N |
<N/A> |
Alphanumeric - Inventory account number for a line of distribution retrieved from the Inventory item list during the import process. This field is used for exporting only. |
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Inv Acnt Date Cleared in Bank Rec |
N |
N |
Date - If the transaction used an inventory account and was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Cost of Sales Account |
N |
<N/A> |
Alphanumeric - Cost of sales account number for a line of distribution retrieved from the Inventory item list during the import process. This field is used for exporting only. |
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COS Acnt Date Cleared in Bank Rec |
N |
N |
Date - If the cost of sales account for a given line-item distribution was cleared in account reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format. |
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Cost of Sales Amount |
N |
<N/A> |
Numeric (Real) - Cost of sales amount for a line of distribution calculated during the import process. This field is used for exporting only. |
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Job ID |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Job ID for a line of distribution. Note: When importing any combination of jobs, phases, or cost codes, you must separate the items with commas and enclose the entire string with quotes. For example: "jobid,phase,costcode" (Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher). |
Up to 20 characters |
|
Sales Tax Agency |
Y |
Y |
Alphanumeric - Sales taxagency for a line of distribution. |
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Transaction Period |
N |
<N/A> |
Numeric (Whole) – Period number for the transaction. Used in conjunction with the transaction number to identify where a transaction (which is composed of several lines of distribution) begins and ends. |
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Transaction Number |
N |
<N/A> |
Numeric (Whole) - Transaction number for the transaction. Used in conjunction with the period number to identify where a transaction (which is composed of several lines of distribution) begins and ends. |
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Receipt Number |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Receipt number for the transaction. |
Up to 20 characters |
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Return Authorization |
Y |
N |
Alphanumeric - Used to include the return authorization code number on the credit memo. |
Up to 20 characters |
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Credit Memo |
Y |
N |
Boolean - Whether or not the transaction is a credit memo, valid choices are [True], [False], or [Blank], where Blank=False. |
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Progress Billing Invoice |
Y |
N |
Boolean - Whether or not the transaction is a progress billing invoice, valid choices are [True], [False], or [Blank], where Blank=False. |
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Retain Percent |
Y |
N |
Numeric (whole) - Valid values are 0-100. |
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Voided by Transaction |
Y |
Y |
This field holds the reference number of the transaction that voided the record. |
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Recur Number |
Y |
Y |
This field identifies the recurring entry and the group it belongs to. 0 value indicates it is not a recurring entry. Recurring entry values are >0. |
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Recur Frequency |
Y |
Y |
This field identifies how often the entry recurs. Valid numbers are: 0=Does not recur 1=Weekly 2=Bi-weekly 3=Monthly 4=Per period 5=Quarterly 6=Yearly 7=Every four weeks 8=Twice a year |