Import and export trial balance account information
You can import account information balances and transactions from an Excel spreadsheet (XLS or XLSX) or a comma-separated values (CSV) file stored in your local drive or in Onvio Documents.
The account information that you can import includes: account numbers, account descriptions, unadjusted balances, grouping codes, and tax coded assignments.
You can also export account information from Onvio to a spreadsheet, which you can save to your local drive.
Hidden and filtered rows or columns won’t be included in the spreadsheet import.
Start the Import wizard
- Open a project.
- Select theTrial Balancetab.
- SelectImport, thenSpreadsheet
- Complete the following steps of the Import wizard.
Import wizard step 1: Select File
- SelectMy computerorDocuments in Onviofrom theSelect sourcedropdown.
- If you selectMy computer, useBrowseor drag and drop to select a file. If you selectDocuments in Onvio, select a file from your folders.
- SelectNext.
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If you select
My computer
, the file will be stored in Onvio Documents unless you clear the Store the uploaded file in Documents
checkbox.Import wizard step 2: Define Data
- If you're importing a spreadsheet with more than 1 worksheet, choose the worksheet that you want to import from theSelect worksheetoptions.
- SelectEditat the beginning of each column that contains data that you want to import, select theColumn Typethat describes the data, then selectSave.
- Mark theOmitcheckbox in any row that contains incorrect data or a header row.
- Deal with any alerts or warnings that are flagged in theIssuescolumn.
- If you want to map the account codes from your file to existing account codes in Onvio:
- Turn onMap accounts.
- SelectNext.
- If you don't want to map accounts, selectNextto go to step 3 (Choose Tax Codes).
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- If you see alerts or warnings when defining data, you won’t be able to continue until you have resolved them. Hover over an alert or warning to read a description of it.
- Onvio can only import the following characters from your file: letters, numbers, hyphens, dots, and forward slashes.
Import wizard step 3: Choose Tax Codes
- Tax codes will be predicted based on account descriptions. Select the correct tax code for each account.noteTax codes are only predicted for entity types Individual, C Corporation, S Corporation, and Partnership.
- Select a predicted tax code.
- SelectAssign manuallyand select a code that was not predicted.
- electDon't assign tax codeif you don’t want any tax code assigned to the selected account.noteTurn offUse predictive tax codes for tax accountsif you don't want to import tax codes.
- SelectFinish Import.
How to export account information
You can export all the account balance information from the trial balance as a Microsoft Excel file (XLSX).
- Open a project.
- Select theTrial Balancetab.
- SelectExport.
Onvio creates a file for export that includes information for all rows and columns in the Trial Balance grid. Before you export a trial balance, you can add and delete columns in the grid, as needed.