Default Export to QuickBooks Settings

If you are syncing SME with QuickBooks, choose which forms in SME export to QuickBooks by default.

Default Export on Invoices – If checked, new invoices in SME will export to QuickBooks. This option is usually checked.

Default Export on Payments – If checked, payment entered in SME will export to QuickBooks. This option is usually checked.

Default Export New Customer - If checked, new customers entered in SME will export to QuickBooks. This option is usually checked.

Default Export New Vendor - If checked, new vendors entered in SME will export to QuickBooks. This options is usually checked.

Default Export New Proposals - If checked, new proposals entered in SME will export to QuickBooks as an estimate.

Export Options for Purchase Orders

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Check one of the next two options for how SME exports purchase orders to QuickBooks:

Default Export for New POs – If checked, purchase orders created in SME will export to QuickBooks as a purchase order.

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Default Export Bills for New POs – If checked, when material is received on POs in SME, SME will export a bill to QuickBooks what you owe the vendor for the part received. This is usually checked.

Related SQLink Setup

1. Open SQLink.
2. Click File > Setup.
3. Click Edit at the bottom.
4. Check Include SMP Items on Purchase Order. If the inventory item on the purchase order is not in QuickBooks, then it uses the SMP Item.
5. Locate the Purchase Orders Options section.
6. If you checked Default Export For New Purchase Orders in SME, make sure you have Export Purchase Orders Only in SQLink.
7. If you checked Default Export Bills for New Purchase Order in SME, make sure you have Export Bills Only in SQLink.
8. Export Purchase Orders & Bills – check here if you chose to default purchase orders and bills for SME purchase orders. This is uncommon.
9. Click Save at the bottom.

NOTE- If you put an inventory item on a PO and change the description on the PO Item, the PO Item description will transfer to the QB Bill instead of the Inventory Item description.

Export Options for Subcontractors

When you add a service item to an order and add a subcontractor to the service, SME can either export a bill for the subcontractor in QuickBooks for the cost of the service item, or export a PO in QuickBooks for the subcontractor.

Choose one of the following three options :

1 - Send Bill for Subcontractor Cost when you invoice the order
- In SME, check Default Export Subcontractor Bills on Invoice.
- In SQLink, click File > Setup > Invoice/Proposal Options tab, check Export Bills for Subcontractor
When the order is invoiced and the invoice is synced to QuickBooks, the bill is generated in QuickBooks. A bill will also be generated if you create a new itemized invoice in SME, a bill will be generated in QuickBooks. (image below)

2 - Send PO for Subcontractor Cost when you invoice the order
- In SME, check Default Export Subcontractor POs on Invoice.
- In SQLink, click File > Setup > Invoice/Proposal Options tab, check Export Purchase Orders for Subcontractor
This option is used by companies that have subcontractors on many service orders. Rather than generating separate bills for every order, they export purchase orders to QuickBooks. In QuickBooks, they can then add the purchase orders to one bill to pay subcontractor. The PO will be generated when you sync the invoice for the service order to QuickBooks.

3 - Send Bill for Subcontractor Cost when you close the order If you prefer to send the subcontractor bill to QuickBooks when you close the order instead of sending over with the invoice, then make sure you check the following:
- In SME, Setup module > Order, check Default Export Bills for Closed
- In SQLink, click File > Setup, check Export Bills for Closed Orders (circled in image below on the left)

Subcontractors on Labor Items

If you don't add subcontractors to service items, but instead you schedule your subcontractors using the Labor Editor/Dispatch, you can still send Bills or POs for their cost. Make sure you do the following setup in SQLink.
1. Open SQLink.
2. Click File > Setup
3. Click the Invoice/Proposal Options tab.
4. Click Edit at the bottom
5. Check Include Labor Records on Subcontractor Bills and POs
6. Click Save.

Export Options for Inventory Items

Inventory is managed in one of two ways when SME is syncing with QuickBooks:

· As SME Only Inventory – Items are maintained in SME and inventory Cost of Goods, Inventory Asset, and Sales Income accounts are passed through SMP_Item. (After your initial sync with QuickBooks, you will see SMP_Item in your QuickBooks Item List. Set the income, sales, and COGS account on the SMP_Item)

· As SME and QuickBooks Inventory – inventory items are synced and are maintained in both applications. Invoicing for material in SME decreases stock in QuickBooks. Creating Purchase Orders for material in SME increase stock in QuickBooks. Manually changing stock numbers will have to be done in both SME using Inventory Quantity Reconciliation and also in QuickBooks.

Default Export for New Inventory – Check here if you are tracking inventory items in SME and QuickBooks. New Inventory items added in SME will be exported to QuickBooks.

As Inventory Item – Check here if you chose to export new inventory items to QuickBooks. If not checked, the item will export to QuickBooks as a non-inventory item.

The image below shows how the inventory item name and description fields sync to QuickBooks.

Individual inventory items can be setup up with accounts other than those set as defaults in SQLink.
1. Open SME.
2. Go to the Inventory module > Inventory.
3. Click Search to find the inventory item.
4. Click the Link Options tab

5.Select the Cost of Goods Account, Inventory Asset Account, and Income Account you want this inventory item to sync to in QuickBooks with.
6. Click Save.

Related SQLink Setup

If you checked Default Export for New Inventory, the default inventory Cost of Goods, Inventory Asset, and Sales Income accounts in SQLink are used as the defaults for any new inventory items entered in SME. (circled in image below)

You can choose accounts for individual inventory items on the Link Options tab as shown on the image above.

If you want to change the defaults, you can follow the steps below.
1. Open SQLink.
2. Click File > Setup.
3. Click the Classes and Accounts Options tab.
4. Click Edit at the bottom.
5. Locate the Accounts section. (circled above)
6. Select the following accounts you want inventory to be the default accounts for items exporting to QuickBooks:

• Default Inventory Asset Account
• Default COGS Account
• Default Sales Income Account

7. Click Save.