Estimates to Quotes Fields (QuickBooks Conversion)

Note: If you are using Sage 50 Premium Accounting or lower, Sage 50 will convert your Estimates into Quotes. These Quotes can be converted to Sales Orders or Sales Invoices.

The following table outlines which QuickBooks data items are converted to Sage 50 and which are not.

QB Field

Sage 50 Field

Comments

Customer;Job

Customer ID

This field will be shortened to 20 characters when the Customer field in QuickBooks is converted. The Job portion of the field will be used to create a Job ID.

Class

Not converted

Template

Not converted

Estimate Active

Not converted

Due Date

Good Thru:

Bill To

Bill To:

Line 1 will be converted into the Customer name. For Address Lines 1 and 2, Sage 50 will convert the first 30 characters. Only the first 20 characters of the City field will be converted, while the first 12 characters of the Zip Code will be converted. Finally, Sage 50 will convert the first 15 characters of the Country field.

Ship To:

Ship To:

Line 1 will be converted into the Customer name. For Address Lines 1 and 2, Sage 50 will convert the first 30 characters. Only the first 20 characters of the City field will be converted, while the first 12 characters of the Zip Code will be converted. Finally, Sage 50 will convert the first 15 characters of the Country field.

Date:

Date

Estimate No.

Quote No.

Sage 50 will append a two-digit number to any duplicate Estimate Numbers.

Project Job

This field will map to the line items in Sage 50.

Drop Ship

Not converted

P.O. Number

Customer PO

Sage 50 will convert the LAST 20 characters of the PO Number.

Ship Via

Not converted. Defaults to ‘None’ in Sage 50.

Terms

Terms

Rep

Sales Rep

Account Number

Not converted

FOB

Not converted

Other 1

Not converted

Other 2

Not converted

Contract #

Not converted

Custom Fields (all)

Not converted

A/R Account

Item

Item

Description

Description

Sage 50 will convert only the first 160 characters.

Qty.

Quantity

Other 1

Not converted

Other 2

Not converted

U/M

U/M

Not converted.

G/L Account

Cost

Unit Price

Amount

Amount

Prev Billed Amt

Not converted

Job

Converted directly when a job is associated with an Estimate via the customer; job field in QuickBooks. The job, when available, will be converted to every line item on the Sage 50 Quote.

Markup

Not converted

Total

Total

Tax (code)

Tax

Tax converts as either 1-regular or 2-exempt in Sage 50. All taxable tax types in QuickBooks will convert to 1-regular and all exempt tax types will convert to 2-exempt.

Color

Not converted

Material

Not converted

Customer Message

Note

Converts to a Customer Note. It is set to print “After Line Items.”

Tax (code)

Sales Tax (ID)

Tax (amount)

Sales Tax (amount)

Freight

Not converted

Total

Quote Total

Calculated field

To be emailed

Not Converted

Customer Tax Code

Not Converted

Memo

Note

Memo is converted to an Internal Note in Sage 50. Only the first 2000 characters will be converted.