A sales invoice or sales quote from a vendor is imported into Sage 50 Accounting as a purchase invoice or quote. A purchase order from a customer is imported as a sales order.
Therefore, as a customer, you can import purchase quotes and invoices, and export purchase orders. As a vendor, you can export sales quotes and invoices, and import sales orders.
You can only import and export transactions if your vendors and customers have the following prerequisites:
You need to set up your vendor record or customer record to be able to successfully import or export transactions.
These settings include:
Exporting a transaction is as simple as emailing the transaction to your customer or vendor. When they receive this email and open the attached import file, Sage 50 Accounting automatically imports this file into your company record.
Note: Vendors and customers using an older version of Sage 50 Accounting may not be able to import transactions from you.
If you are using departments,
any amounts you import go to the account and department you specified in your linked accounts.
Import transactions from a vendor who uses Sage 50 Accounting
Export a transaction to customer who uses Sage 50 Accounting
Email an invoice, quote, or purchase order to a customer or vendor
Add or modify item information used when importing or exporting transactions