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BusinessVision Import dialog fields

Field Description
Prior Year Data

Imports prior year balances into Working Papers.

Note: Any existing prior year data will be overwritten. To leave existing prior year balances untouched, leave the check box empty.

Budget Data Imports the budget data.
Use department codes Uses the departments or sub-account codes of the Great Plains file. Working Papers can import up to a 6-digit department or sub-account code.
Period Balances

Imports the period balances when importing the Trial Balance.

Refer to Importing period balances for more information.

Skip GIFI data Excludes GIFI code numbers from the import.
Multicurrency accounts Treats each currency as a separate account when a multicurrency account is imported.
4-digit year (default current)

The 4-digit year of the imported file.

Use this option if the resulting Working Trial Balance from doing current year import does not agree with Working Trial Balance displayed in BusinessVision. The differences can be caused by having a recent year-end close done in BusinessVision.

Import current year

Imports the current year balances.

If you select this option, ensure that you specify a date range corresponding to the year being imported when exporting transactions from BusinessVision.

Import prior year as current

Imports the prior year as the current year.

If you are importing General Ledger Detail, select this option. This places the prior year's final balances in the current year's opening balance and then adds the current year's transactions so that the current year final balance is correct.

Retained Earnings a/c no. The account number associated with the retained earnings. Working Papers searches the data files if this is left blank.