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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


From an integration perspective, MYOB AccountRight Live is a completely different product than MYOB AccountRight v19 (Classic). The Classic version provides access to the MYOB data via and ODBC Driver where as the Live version provides access via an API.
From an integration perspective, MYOB AccountRight Live is a completely different product than MYOB AccountRight v19 (Classic). The Classic version provides access to the MYOB data via and ODBC Driver where as the Live version provides access via an API.  


The impact is that when updating the data file connection to point to the MYOB AccountRight Live data file you must also select the new connection type being MYOB AccountRight Live as opposed to MYOB AccountRight Classic.
As they are different the normal upgrade process of pointing to the new data file would not work so we developed functionality to convert captured data from the classic format to the live format
 
The other impact is that the existing version of BudgetLink may not be compatible with the latest version MYOB AccountRight Live and so you may need to Upgrade BudgetLink before you can connect to the new MYOB data file


== How to Upgrade to MYOB AccountRight Live from MYOB AccountRight Classic ==
== How to Upgrade to MYOB AccountRight Live from MYOB AccountRight Classic ==

Revision as of 04:56, 24 August 2017

Overview

From an integration perspective, MYOB AccountRight Live is a completely different product than MYOB AccountRight v19 (Classic). The Classic version provides access to the MYOB data via and ODBC Driver where as the Live version provides access via an API.

As they are different the normal upgrade process of pointing to the new data file would not work so we developed functionality to convert captured data from the classic format to the live format

How to Upgrade to MYOB AccountRight Live from MYOB AccountRight Classic

See Changing how BudgetLink connects to your data file

  1. At 'Data File Type' change the selection from 'MYOB AccountRight or prior to MYOB AccountRight Live;

Note

The existing data file connection stores all budgets and settings relating to that data file. If you delete that connection it all associated budgets and settings will get deleted also. Make sure that you only edit the existing connection rather than deleting and adding a new one

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