Setup: Upgrade path to AccountRight

I am surprised the conversion is offered from right to essentials but not the other way around, is this a sign the future company focus is essentials.  I assume not and its an oversight as essentials is basic.

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Hi davidb75

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Guys

The conversion from MYOB Essentials to MYOB Accounts Right, this is becoming a major issue for our clients who want to move.

This is a revenue loss for MYOB too - many clients who want to move from MYOB essentials to MYOB Accounts Right are horrified to hear there is no file conversion migration path avaliable - this then inevitably leads to the client also then exploring alternative softwares if they have to go through the whole rekey data in a new data file exercise....

So when does the development team estimate a tool will be avaliable as this is a major major weakness in the MYOB suite and objectively if we are advising clients on migration then this path is very onerous for clients with data in MYOB Essentials.

Thanks

Partha

Hi SBA

Thank you for your feedback in regards to migration tools available. 

I've merged your idea with this similar one already included on the MYOB Essentials Idea Exchange.

I support this idea 100%.  I cannot believe any one would develop a system that does not allow for migration between differing levels of licenses. I want to upgrade from essentials to account right so our workshop system can intergrate with MYOB. 

This is an essential service that I would have expected to already exist. There is no real motivation to upgrade if upgrading is so difficult and the fact that it will be diffcult makes me less likely to want to sign up with MYOB (we are currently trialing and deciding between MYOB and XERO).

I,m in a dilema I am in the throws of changing bookkeepers who uses receipt bank and has suggested we export my MYOB essentials file to either Xero or another version of MYOB to be able to use Receipt Bank.  Also my new distributor uses Xero and now handles my invoicing so needs to tie in with his accounting.  Does anyone know if it is possible to export my file without having to do it manually and if any other MYOB software can use receipt bank (you take photos and upload to receipt bank which recons to your bank account - saves manual entries - trying to save on bookkeeping fees and bookkeeper time! thanks very much

So many of my small business customers start out with MYOB Essentials as a good basic online bookkeeping solution, but as they grow they require more functionality. They then wish to upgrade to AccountRight products, but there is no way of transferring balances, supplier card files, customer card files, employee, customer and supplier history etc. between the two and it has to be done manually and great cost and is very time consuming. This opens the door for them to then say to me "Well if i have to start a new file from scratch with MYOB, I might as well look around at other software alternatives as well". Not good for MYOB I wouldn't think. PLEASE DEVELOP A DATA MIGRATION FROM ESSENTIALS TO ACCOUNTRIGHT!

I would really like to see a migration function for Essentials to AccountRight.

You should be able to tranfer data from Essentials to accountright. You are making an upgrade which costs more and you have to loose all your data.