Manually testing a connection to MYOB AccountRight Live

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Overview

Testing the connection to MYOB AccountRight Live using your web browser

Before ODBClink (or any 3rd party software) can connect to your data file, the MYOB API needs to be up and running.

If your MYOB AccountRight live data file is hosted locally (on your local machine) or on your own server, you can test to see if the API is working by using your web browser.

Note that this does not apply if your data file is located in the Cloud (MYOB's Server) or for MYOB AccountRight Classic data files.

Manually testing a connection to MYOB AccountRight live on your local machine

To test a connection to MYOB AccountRight live using your web browser, follow these steps.

  1. Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc.);
  2. Navigate to http://localhost:8080/AccountRight/. A list of data files should appear similar to the image on the right;
  3. Click on one of the hyperlinked data file that appears;
  4. Log in to your data file using the correct user name and password;
  5. Click a few of the hyperlinks to ensure data appears.

Notes

  • This approach can also be used on a server if you are physically logged into the server. This should prove if the API is up and running on that server. Although, the API may still be blocked from external connections by other computers.

Manually testing a connection to MYOB AccountRight live on your server

  1. Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc.);
  2. Navigate to http://machinename:8080/AccountRight/ (where machinenameis the actual name of the server);
  3. Click on one of the hyperlinked data file that appears;
  4. Log in to your data file using the correct user name and password;
  5. Click a few of the hyperlinks to see if data appears.

Notes

  • If you can connect to the data file while logged into the server, but not when using the server URL, this implies network issues such as firewall, etc. preventing connections from external devices.

What to do if the manual test fails

If the manual test fails (e.g. does not produce or show any data), we recommend you reinstall the MYOB AccountRight Live API. See Installing the MYOB AccountRight Live API for more information.

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