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Importing from Accountant's Drill

Prerequisites

If Protection is activated, the File permission "Import" is required to perform this operation.

Procedure

Open the client file in which you want to import.
On the Engagement tab, in the Data group, click Import | Accounting Software.
In the Import From field, select Accountant's Drill.
In the Version field, select the default version 7.12.

Note: Click here to see all accounting software supported versions.
In the Import Path field, type the exact path where the file you want to import resides or use Browse to locate the file manually.
Under Import Components, choose to import either:
- The Trial Balance (Opening Entries) or,
- The General Ledger Detail.
To import client information, click Import Client Information. This information will be displayed in the Engagement Properties dialog.
Complete the remaining import options:
- Skip GIFI data - Select this check box to exclude GIFI code numbers from the import.
- Period Balances - Select this check box to import the period balances. For more information, see here.
- Include "Quantity" account in the Chart of Accounts - Select this check box to include a quantity account in Working Papers' Chart of Accounts.
Click OK to begin importing.

Results

Accounting data is imported into the client file.