Add or Modify Item Information for Exporting or Importing Transactions

There are two ways to prepare items for import and export with vendors and customers:

Add or modify item numbers for inventory or service items that you have created

If you and your customer or vendor use the same item numbers

  1. Open the customer or vendor record.
  2. Open the Import/Export tab.
  3. Select This customer/vendor uses my item number on orders/invoices or quotes.
  4. Click Save and Close.

If you and your customer or vendor use different item numbers

  1. Open the customer or vendor record.
  2. Open the Import/Export tab.
  3. On a blank line in the Vendor's or Customer's Item Number column, type the item number your customer or vendor uses.
  4. In the My Item Number column, type the item number you use in your records.
  5. Click Save and Close.

Add or modify account information for items that you have not created in Inventory & Services

  1. Open the vendor or customer record.
  2. Select the Import/Export tab.
  3. On a blank line in the Vendor's or Customer's Item Number column, type the item number your vendor or customer uses.
  4. In the My Account column, select the account you want to use for the purchase (vendors) or sale (customers) of the item.
  5. Click Save and Close.

What do you want to do?

Learn about exporting and importing transactions

Import a transaction from a vendor who uses Sage Simply Accounting

Export a transaction to a customer who uses Sage Simply Accounting