Appendix: Understanding Text Files


Understanding Text Files

When you export from accounting software, data is placed into a text file in which individual items of data are separated by tabs. For example, suppose you have a spreadsheet file with a row for each customer and columns for name, address, city, state, and zip code. When you export the data, each line is converted into a paragraph and each column is converted into a text field separated by tabs. The name, address, and other entries are contained in this paragraph, separated by tabs.

When you import from a file, you tell Set Up which field of text in the file
corresponds to which kind of data in Big Business. For example, you tell Set Up to find the customer zip code in the zip code field of each paragraph in the file. (3113)








Related:

  Chapter 13 Setup Details

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