In MYOB AccountEdge, a record is an organized collection of information about an individual piece of accounting data. For example, information about a single sale or purchase is stored as one record.
When importing sales, purchases and journal entries, a blank line must be entered between each record; that is, there must be a line between each sale, purchase or journal entry. The blank line marks the end of the record when it is imported into an MYOB company file. (Importing data into MYOB AccountEdge)
If no blank line is entered to separate each record, all of your records could be imported as one long record instead of as individual records.
Importing from an MYOB company file
If you're importing information that was exported from another MYOB software company file, a blank line was entered between records in the file during the export process.
Importing from another software program
If you're importing information that was exported from another software program, be sure the file has a blank line between each type of record. If the file you want to import doesn't have a blank line between each record, you may want to open the file using a text editor (such as SimpleText or Microsoft Word) or a word processing or spreadsheet program and insert the blank line. You can create a blank line by inserting an Enter or Return between each record.
An example
The following illustration shows an import file with no blank lines between the records. In this case, all of the sales will be imported as only one sale.
The following illustration shows the same import file with blank lines inserted between the records. Each sale will be viewed separately and four sales will be imported.
