Sales Journal Fields (Import/Export)

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The following table lists the fields available for import or export, with a brief description of the field and (when necessary) a character limit for the field. The Import? column identifies which fields are available for import (all are available for export). The Required column shows those fields that must be provided.

Note: Sales Journal fields are exported using SALES.CSV as the default file name.

Field Name

Import?

Required

Description of Field

Limit

Customer ID

Y

Y

Alphanumeric - Customer ID for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Customer Name

N

<N/A>

Alphanumeric - Customer name for the transaction. This field is used for exporting only.

Up to 39 characters

Invoice/CM #

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Invoice or credit memo number for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Apply to Invoice Number

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Invoice number to apply the credit memo to.

Up to 20 characters

Date

Y

Y

Date - Date of the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Ship By

Y

N

Date - Date by which the sales order should ship. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Quote

Y

N

Boolean - Quote check box, valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=a quote and False=a regular transaction. Note that if you exclude this field, then it will be imported as a regular transaction.

Quote #

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Quote # for the transaction. Used only if the Quote field is True.

Up to 13 characters

Quote Good Thru Date

Y

N

Date - The Good Thru date for a quote type transaction. Used only if the Quote field is True. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Drop Ship

Y

N

Boolean - If used, then set to TRUE.

Ship to Name

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Ship-to name for the transaction.

Up to 30 characters

Ship to Address-Line One

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Ship-to address line one for the transaction.

Up to 30 characters

Ship to Address-Line Two

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Ship-to address line two for the transaction.

Up to 30 characters

Ship to City

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Ship-to city for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Ship to State

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Ship-to state for the transaction.

Up to 2 characters

Ship to Zipcode

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Ship-to ZIP Code for the transaction.

Up to 12 characters

Ship to Country

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Ship-to country for the transaction.

Up to 15 characters

Customer PO

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Customer P.O. for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Ship Via

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Ship via for the transaction.

Up to 12 characters

Ship Date

Y

N

Date - Ship date for the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Date Due

Y

Y

Date - Date due for the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Discount Amount

Y

N

Numeric (Real) – Discount amount for the transaction.

Discount Date

Y

N

Date - Discount date for the transaction. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Displayed Terms

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Displayed terms for the transaction.

Up to 18 characters

Sales Representative ID

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Sales representative ID for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Accounts Receivable Account

Y

Y

Alphanumeric – Accounts receivable account number for the transaction.

Up to 15 characters

Accounts Receivable Amount

N

<N/A>

Numeric (Real) - Net accounts receivable amount for the transaction calculated during the import process. A positive amount denotes a debit, while a negative amount denotes a credit. This field is used for exporting only.

Sales Tax ID

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Sales tax ID for the transaction.

Up to 8 characters

Invoice Note

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Invoice (printed) note for the transaction.

Up to 2000 characters

Note Prints After Line Items

Y

N

Boolean - Whether to print the invoice note after or before line items, valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=after line items and False=before line items.

Statement Note

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Statement (printed) note for the transaction.

Up to 160 characters

Stmt Note Prints Before Ref

Y

N

Boolean – Whether to print the statement note before or after invoice reference field, valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=before invoice reference and False=after invoice reference.

Internal Note

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Invoice (internal) note for the transaction.

Up to 2000 characters

Beginning Balance Transaction

Y

N

Boolean - Indicates the transaction is a beginning balance for a customer. Valid choices are [True] or [False], where True=beginning bal. & False=regular transaction. Note that BB transactions have only 1 line of distribution in addition to the 1st line.

AR Date Cleared in Bank Rec

N

N

Date - If the transaction used a cash account on a receipt and was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Number of Distributions

Y

Y

Numeric (Whole) – Number of distributions in the transaction; valid numbers are 1 to 147. The number of distributions for a beginning balance transaction is 1.

Invoice/CM Distribution

Y

Maybe

Numeric - Indicates the distribution line number of the individual lines for the credit memo or invoice being added.

Note: The Sales Tax and Freight Amt lines must=0.

Apply to Invoice Distribution

Y

N, except Y if applying credit memo to an invoice line

Numeric - Indicates which distribution of the invoice the credit memo line applies to.

Note: The Sales Tax and Freight Amt lines must=65535.

Apply to Sales Order

Y

N

Boolean - If distribution is applied to sales order, then TRUE, otherwise FALSE.

Apply to Proposal

Y

N

Boolean - If distribution is applied to a proposal, then TRUE, otherwise FALSE.

Quantity

Y

N

Numeric (Real) – Quantity for a line of distribution.

Stocking Quantity

N

N

Numeric (Real) - The actual quantity used for costing.

SO/Proposal Number

Y

N

Alphanumeric – S.O. or Proposal number must match a valid S.O. or Proposal number in the Sales Order Journal.

Item ID

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Inventory item ID for a line of distribution.

Up to 20 characters

Serial Number

Y

Y

Alphanumeric - Serial number for a line of distribution.

Note: Each serial number will be listed on a separate line.

Up to 30 characters

U/M ID

Y

Maybe

Alphanumeric - Used (and required) instead of Item ID if you sell in different quantities for an item.

Up to 20 characters

U/M No. of Stocking Units

Y

Maybe

Numeric (Real) - Required if you sell in different quantities for an item.

SO/Proposal Distribution

Y

N

Real Number - This is a required field when saving a distribution to a Sales Order or Proposal.

Description

Y

N

Alphanumeric – Description for a line of distribution. If the distribution is a freight charge, the value for this field will be freight charge.

Up to 160 characters

G/L Account

Y

Y

Alphanumeric - G/L account number for a line of distribution.

Up to 15 characters

GL Date Cleared in Bank Rec

Y

N

Date - If the General Ledger account used on a chosen distribution was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Unit Price

Y

N

Numeric (Real) - Unit price for a line of distribution.

Stocking Unit Price

N

N

Numeric (Real) - The actual price used for costing.

Tax Type

Y

Y

Numeric (Whole) – The tax type for a line of distribution, valid numbers are 0 to 27. If the distribution is a freight charge, the export value is 27. 0 is used for a tax distribution.

Tax Type 27 is used for Retainage Withheld and you must include a Job ID on the line item, and you must include a value other than zero on the Retain Percent field.

UPC/SKU

N

N

Alphanumeric

Up to 20 characters

Weight

N

N

Numeric - The weight of the item in the selected unit of measure.

Note: Will be the weight from the Item Multi-Packs window if you chose to sell in different quantities for the item (Sage 50 Quantum Accounting).

Up to 8 characters

Amount

Y

Y

Numeric (Real) - Amount for a line of distribution. A positive amount denotes a debit, while a negative amount denotes a credit.

Inventory Account

N

<N/A>

Alphanumeric - Inventory account number for a line of distribution retrieved from the Inventory item list during the import process. This field is used for exporting only.

Inv Acnt Date Cleared in Bank Rec

N

N

Date - If the transaction used an inventory account and was cleared in bank reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Cost of Sales Account

N

<N/A>

Alphanumeric - Cost of sales account number for a line of distribution retrieved from the Inventory item list during the import process. This field is used for exporting only.

COS Acnt Date Cleared in Bank Rec

N

N

Date - If the cost of sales account for a given line-item distribution was cleared in account reconciliation, then this is the date it cleared. Otherwise, leave blank or exclude this field. Must be in ##/##/## (month/day/yr) format.

Cost of Sales Amount

N

<N/A>

Numeric (Real) - Cost of sales amount for a line of distribution calculated during the import process. This field is used for exporting only.

Job ID

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Job ID for a line of distribution.

Note: When importing any combination of jobs, phases, or cost codes, you must separate the items with commas and enclose the entire string with quotes. For example: "jobid,phase,costcode" (Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher).

Up to 20 characters

Sales Tax Agency

Y

Y

Alphanumeric - Sales taxagency for a line of distribution.

Transaction Period

N

<N/A>

Numeric (Whole) – Period number for the transaction. Used in conjunction with the transaction number to identify where a transaction (which is composed of several lines of distribution) begins and ends.

Transaction Number

N

<N/A>

Numeric (Whole) - Transaction number for the transaction. Used in conjunction with the period number to identify where a transaction (which is composed of several lines of distribution) begins and ends.

Receipt Number

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Receipt number for the transaction.

Up to 20 characters

Return Authorization

Y

N

Alphanumeric - Used to include the return authorization code number on the credit memo.

Up to 20 characters

Credit Memo

Y

N

Boolean - Whether or not the transaction is a credit memo, valid choices are [True], [False], or [Blank], where Blank=False.

Progress Billing Invoice

Y

N

Boolean - Whether or not the transaction is a progress billing invoice, valid choices are [True], [False], or [Blank], where Blank=False.

Retain Percent

Y

N

Numeric (whole) - Valid values are 0-100.

Voided by Transaction

Y

Y

This field holds the reference number of the transaction that voided the record.

Recur Number

Y

Y

This field identifies the recurring entry and the group it belongs to. 0 value indicates it is not a recurring entry. Recurring entry values are >0.

Recur Frequency

Y

Y

This field identifies how often the entry recurs. Valid numbers are:

0=Does not recur

1=Weekly

2=Bi-weekly

3=Monthly

4=Per period

5=Quarterly

6=Yearly

7=Every four weeks

8=Twice a year