1. (note if you have a version of Brass Jacks Bookkeeper later than 26 the please skip steps 1 & 2)
  2. Make sure Brass Jacks Bookkeeper 26 is installed
  3. Upgrade to Brass Jacks Bookkeeper 26 (make sure installation is done with Windows Admin account)
  4. Install the Brass Jacks Bookkeeper Quickbooks Importer (make sure installation is done with Windows Admin account)
  5. Run Brass Jacks Bookkeeper (make sure to run Brass Jacks Bookkeeper with Windows Admin account)
  6. Create a new company which will be the company that the Quickbooks company data will be imported to.
    1. Use the Standard option in the Brass Jacks Bookkeeper Company setup
    2. Don’t set opening balances for bank accounts of chart of accounts
    3. Select accounting type of cash or accrual
    4. Set the Next Year End Date
    5. No need to enter company address or contact information as this will get overwritten with the comparable date from Quickbooks
    6. No need to setup detail about bank accounts as this will get imported
    7. At the end of the setup, you can choose to import Quickbooks data (if not done at this time, you can select File from the menu and then Import and then select Import Quickbooks data)
  7. In the Quickbooks Import screen:
    1. Select option to "Prepare Integration Database"
    2. Brass Jacks Bookkeeper will close
  8. Start Quickbooks
    1. Insure you are ** not ** running Quickbooks with a Windows Admin account
    2. Open the company you want to import
  9. Run the Brass Jacks Bookkeeper Quickbooks Importer
    1. Insure you are ** not ** running Brass Jacks Bookkeeper Quickbooks Importer with a Windows Admin account
    2. Click Connect for the Quickbooks company
      1. Quickbooks will prompt to allow access for QODBC Driver from FlexQuarters
      2. Select options to allow access
    3. The company open in Quickbooks will show in the Quickbooks Company field in the Brass Jacks Bookkeeper Quickbooks Importer
    4. Click Connect for the Brass Jacks Bookkeeper company
      1. The company that was setup to import the Quickbooks data to may get selected automatically. If not, click the dropdown to select the correct target company.
    5. Select the data you want to import (or just leave all selected).
    6. Click the Start button
    7. The import process will begin. Depending on the size of the Quickbooks database being imported, this may take 5 minutes or more (for larger databases this could take a lot longer – 20 minutes or more is not uncommon). The imported transaction count should be incrementing regularly (though an increment may take a minute to show)
    8. Once the import is complete, a prompt will appear saying the import process has finished.
    9. *** Ignore any errors from the QODBC driver.
    10. Once complete, click Close
  10. Run Brass Jacks Bookkeeper (make sure Brass Jacks Bookkeeper is run with Windows Admin account)
    1. Select File from the menu, then click Import, then Import Quickbooks data.
    2. Click Complete Import
      1. Once integration is complete, Brass Jacks Bookkeeper will close
  11. Run Brass Jacks Bookkeeper (make sure Brass Jacks Bookkeeper is run with Windows Admin account)
    1. Select the imported company to open
    2. Perform Post Integration tasks (see above)
    3. Perform validation