Importing sales receipts into QuickBooks

You can import sales receipts from text files or from Excel spreadsheets directly into QuickBooks using the Zed Axis software.  Download and install the Zed Axis software on your computer

  1. Log into your QuickBooks company file as Administrator and open Zed Axis
  2. Select your text file or spreadsheet which contains the sales receipts that you want to import.
  3. Set up the a Mapping of the columns in your sales receipts import file to the corresponding fields in QuickBooks
  4. Click import and your sales receipts will be directly added to your QuickBooks company file.

For more information about importing sales receipts into QuickBooks, search the Knowledge Base, watch the movies in the Learning Centre, or raise a ticket with Zed Support. Help with troubleshooting imports.

QuickBooks Field
Format
Description
Customer Ref
str 209
MANDATORY FIELD - Customer Name as appears in QuickBooks, if Axis cannot find a Customer then it will create a new customer record.
Class Ref
str
Template Ref
str 31
templates specify how to print the invoice
Txn Date
date
The date of the sales receipt, If you leave TxnDate out the mapping, QuickBooks will prefill it with the date of the sales receipt that was most recently saved.
SalesReceipt Ref Number
str 11
MANDATORY FIELD - Sales Receipt Reference number, duplicate RefNumbers are accepted in QuickBooks, see also Auto Numbering
BillAddr1.. etc
str Billing Address lines 1-5, City, State, Postal Code and Country see importing address into QuickBooks for more information
Bill Note
str 41
written at the bottom of the address
Phone If Update address details selected then customers Phone number updated
Fax If Update address details selected then customers Fax number updated
Email If Update address details selected then customers Email number updated
ShipAddr1.. etc Shipping Address lines 1-5, City, State, Postal Code and Country see importing address into QuickBooks for more information
Ship Note str 41
written at the bottom of the address
IsPending bool
If IsPending is set to true, the sales receipt has not been completed. values accepted true or false
CheckNumber str 25 Reference number of the check paying for the sale
Payment Method str 31  Method of payment used must match what appear in Payment Method list
Item Sales Tax Ref
str 31
Sales tax code item (US only) more on importing Sales Tax Codes into QuickBooks. Assigned to the entire transaction.
A sales-tax item is used to calculate a single sales tax that is collected at a specified rate and paid to a single agency
Ship Method str 15 A shipping method, for example, standard mail or overnight delivery
Due date date Date payment due, if not mapped QuickBooks may calculate this based on Customers defualt terms
Sales Rep str 5 Initials of the sale rep, A sales representative must be on the Employee, Vendor, or Other Names list within QuickBooks
FOB str 13 QuickBooks uses the term FOB, ?freight on board,? to indicate the place from which the product is shipped
Ship date date Date the goods were shipped
Customer Msg str 101 A standard message to a customer that comes from the QuickBooks list
IsToBe Printed true or false Check box to prompt user to print the form
IsToBe Emailed true or false Prompt user to email this invoice from QuickBooks, customer needs to have email address
IsTaxIncluded true or false Flag to determine whether the amounts are inclusive or exclusive of tax. Only for CA, UK and AU editions of QuickBooks. More in importing tax transactions
CustomerSalesTax Code str 3 Refers to the sales-tax code for sales related to this customer.
Deposit To Account  str 159 Bank account name that the funds are to deposited into (match bank account name in QuickBooks)
Other str 29 Other field included in the header area of the invoice
Memo
str 4095 memo as appear on sale receipt
Exchange Rate float The exchange rate is the market price for which this currency can be exchanged for the currency used by the QuickBooks company file as the "home" currency. More on importing multi currency
Item Ref
str MANDATORY FIELD - ItemRef can refer to an item on any Item list (ItemDiscount, ItemInventory, and so on excluding Group Items). ZA will look for Items in QuickBooks, if not recognised then it will create a new item according to the settings
Description str 4095 A descriptive text field for the Item
Rate price 13 The rate or price of the item. If not mapped QuickBooks will use the default rate for the item. Decimal values include amounts, quantities, and percents. can be positive or negative
Line Class str 159 Classes (at the line level) can be used to separate transactions into meaningful categories
Quantity quan a decimal value that refers to how much of something is sold
Unit Of Measure str 31 The name of the unit of measure selected from within the items available units more on importing units of measure
Sales Tax Code str 3 Each item on a sales form is assigned a sales-tax code that indicates whether the item is taxable or non-taxable, and why.
Amount decimal value that represents an amount
Other1 str 29 The Other1 field exists at the line item level
Other2 str 29 The Other2 field exists at the line item level

 

 

 

Article ID: 95, Created On: 10/21/2011, Modified: 12/15/2011