Purchases Fields - Item

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Field

Description and Character Limits

*Co./Last Name

Must match a preexisting card in your MYOB software company file. If a company name (no first name), 50 characters, alphanumeric. If a last name, 30 characters, alphanumeric.

Note: To match a preexisting card when the designation chosen for the card is Individual, MYOB AccountEdge requires that you include both the last name and the first name.

First Name

20 characters, alphanumeric.

Addr 1 - Line 1
- Line 2
- Line 3
- Line 4

Total Address field (lines 1 through 4) cannot exceed 255 characters, alphanumeric.

Purchase Order #

8 characters, alphanumeric

Date

10 characters, alphanumeric. Follows date convention of your system. Allows any non-numeric as a separator between months, days and years.

Vendor Invoice #

20 characters, alphanumeric

Ship Via

20 characters, alphanumeric

Already Printed

1 character. Any non-blank character signifies that the invoice and purchase order is already printed or sent.

*Item Number

30 characters, alphanumeric. Must match an preexisting item in your MYOB AccountEdge company file.

Quantity

10 characters, numeric - allows 3 decimal places and decimal point.

Description

255 characters, alphanumeric

Price

11 characters, numeric, including 3 decimal places

Discount

10 characters, numeric, including 2 decimal places

Total

Dollar amount field 15 characters (including dollar signs and negative signs).

Job

5 characters, alphanumeric. Must match preexisting job number in your MYOB AccountEdge company file.

Comment

255 characters, alphanumeric

Journal Memo

255 characters, alphanumeric

Shipping Date

10 characters, alphanumeric. Follows date convention of your system. Allows any non-numeric as a separator between months, days and years.

Tax Code

3 characters, alphanumeric. Must match a preexisting tax code in the Tax Code List.

Tax Amount

15 characters, numeric, including 2 decimal places

Import Duty Amount

15 characters, numeric, including 2 decimal places

Freight Amount

15 characters, numeric, including 2 decimal places

Freight Tax Code

3 characters, alphanumeric. Must match a preexisting tax code in the Tax Code List.

Freight Tax Amount

15 characters, numeric, including 2 decimal places

Freight Import Duty Amount

15 characters, numeric, including 2 decimal places

Purchase Status

1 character. O indicates the purchase is an order, Q indicates the purchase is a quote. Any other character or no character indicates the purchase is a bill.

Currency Code

3 characters, alpha. One code per sale/purchase. Must match a preexisting currency code in the Currency List. Must match customer/vendor currency code.

Exchange Rate

11 digits, including 6 decimal places. If blank, current exchange rate substituted.

Terms - Payment is Due

1 character, numeric. Use one of these codes to indicate when payment is due:

0 - COD

1 - Prepaid

2 - In a Given # of Days

3 - On a Day of the Month

4 - # of days after EOM

5 - Day of Month after EOM

- Discount Days

3 characters, numeric
If you choose code 0, 1, 2 or 4 to indicate when payment is due, use a number of days from 0-999.
If you chose code 3 or 5 to indicate when payment is due, use a date from 1-31. (EOM=31)

- Balance Due Days

3 characters, numeric
If you choose code 0, 1, 2 or 4 to indicate when payment is due, use a number of days from 0-999.
If you chose code 3 or 5 to indicate when payment is due, use a date from 1-31. (EOM=31)

- % Discount

2 characters, numeric before a decimal point and 2 characters, numeric after a decimal point.

Amount Paid

15 characters (including dollar sign, comma and negative sign). If no decimal entered, MYOB AccountEdge appends .00. If more than 2 decimals, MYOB software rounds to the nearest cent.

Category

15 characters, alphanumeric

*This is a required field for importing.


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