Convert client data from Engagement or Trial Balance CS on SaaS or Virtual Office
- Download and install the Creative Solutions Accounting Conversion Utility on the local workstation:
- Sign in toEngagement Manager.
- SelectSetup
, then Downloads. - SelectCreative Solutions Accounting.TheCSA to Engagement Manager conversion Setup.msifile is downloaded to your local machine.
- Double-clickSetup.msito install the Engagement Manager conversion program toC:\Program Files (x86)\Thomson Reuters\Engagement Manager.
- Using File Explorer, go to the local C: drive of the workstation and add a folder namedWINCSI.
- Add two new subfolders within WINCSI:CSADataandCSASys.
- Log in to SaaS and open Microsoft Word orExcel.
- In Word or Excel, selectFile, thenOpen.
- SelectBrowseandAll Files (*.*)from the dropdown list.
- ExpandComputerto navigate to files in SaaS or on your local computer.
- Copy the CSA System Data files:
- Go toY:\CSASys
- Select thecsa.sysfile.
- HoldCtrland select thewsw.sysfile.
- PressCtrl+Cto copy the files.
- Go toC$ V:\WINCSI\CSASys.noteThis is how SaaS displays theC:\WINCSI\CSADatafolder you created earlier.
- PressCtrl+Vto pastecsa.sysandwsw.sysfiles to this folder.
- Copy the CSA client list file:
- Go toY:\CSAData.
- Select theCltList.wswfile.
- PressCtrl+Cto copy the file.
- Go toC$ V:\WINCSI\CSAData
- PressCtrl+Vto paste the client list file to this folder.
- Copy a CSA client folder:
- Go toY:\CSAData.
- Select a single client’s folder.
- PressCtrl+Cto copy the file(s).
- Go toC$ V:\WINCSI\CSAData.
- PressCtrl+Vto paste the client's folder into this location.
- Run the Creative Solutions Accounting Conversion Utility.noteThe Conversion Guide for Trial Balance CS and Engagement CS to Engagement Manager sets out the steps to run the utility.