QB Issue Resolution:

Only the QuickBooks Administrator can do this.

You can export part or all of your company lists to another QuickBooks company. For example, if you work with two different QuickBooks companies, you might want to export a list of vendors you created in the first company to the second company.

Important: This procedure does not export transactions.

To do this task

  1. Make a backup copy of the QuickBooks company that will receive the list information.
  2. Open the company that contains the lists you want to transfer.
  3. Go to the File menu, click Utilities, click Export, and then click Lists to IIF Files.
  4. In the window that appears, select the lists that you want QuickBooks to include in the export file.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Enter a filename for the export file.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Open the QuickBooks company that will receive the list information.

    To quickly find and open the file, go to the File menu and click Open Previous Company.

  9. Go to the File menu, choose Import, and then click IIF Files.
  10. Select the export file you just created and click Open.

QuickBooks adds the list information in the export file to the company file. For example, if “Bartel Insurance” is on the Vendor list in the export file, QuickBooks adds “Bartel Insurance” to the Vendor list in the company file.

When the two files happen to have identical list entries, QuickBooks updates the information for those entries in the company file. For example, if the export file lists the address of “Bartel Insurance” as “4565 Hermosa Ave” and the company file lists the address as “20300 Commerce,” QuickBooks changes the address in the company file to “4565 Hermosa Ave.” When the two files have many duplicate entries, make sure that the export file contains the most current information