Export Suppliers and Contractors to MYOB

Overview

Learn which MYOB AccountRight Live permissions are required to export supplier and contractor data to MYOB, as well as the information that exports.

In MYOB AccountRight Live, your access is controlled by privileges that are organised in groups with minimum access levels assigned to them, such as Read Only or Read & Write.

For example, for all data that you transfer between Simpro Premium and MYOB, you need to have a minimum access level of Read Only for the Accounts privilege, which is included in the Accounts group.

A screenshot of the privilege and access levels available in the purple MYOB interface.

All names used in MYOB are case-sensitive when linking to Simpro Premium, which means that all names in Simpro Premium and MYOB must match exactly before transferring any data to prevent duplication.

In order to view content or perform actions referred to in this article you need to have the appropriate permissions enabled in your security group. Go to System A screenshot of a schedule icon with a grey calendar icon and an arrow. > Setup > Security Groups and access your security group to update your permissions. The relevant security group tab and specific permissions for this article can be found here:

Accounting Link

Before performing the steps detailed below, ensure that this part of your build is set up correctly. The relevant steps to set up the features and workflows detailed in this article can be found here:

How to Set Up the MYOB Accounting Link

To transfer supplier and contractor data from Simpro Premium to MYOB, you need to access privileges in the following groups in MYOB:

Accounts A minimum access level of Read Only for the Accounts privilege.
Lists A minimum access level of Read & Write for the Tax Codes privilege.
Cards A minimum access level of Read & Write for the Supplier Cards privilege.

Your suppliers and contractors have the following information exported from Simpro Premium into MYOB:

Supplier Name

This populates the Company field in MYOB, allowing 50 characters.

Individual cards allow 20 characters for First Name, and 30 characters for Last Name.
ABN

This populates the A.B.N field in MYOB, allowing 11 numeric characters.

ABN numbers must be formatted as “XX XXX XXX XXX”, for example, “12 345 678 900”

Street Address This populates the Address 1 or 2 (Ship to) field in MYOB, depending on your Simpro Premium MYOB setup, allowing 255 characters for the Address, City, State and Country fields and 10 for the post code.
Postal / Billing Address This populates the Address 1 or 2 (Bill to) field in MYOB, depending on your Simpro Premium MYOB setup, allowing 255 characters for the Address, City, State and Country fields and 10 for the post code.
Work Phone This populates the Phone 1 field in MYOB, allowing 21 characters.
Fax This populates the Fax field in MYOB, allowing 21 characters.
Email This populates the Email field in MYOB, allowing 255 characters.
Payment Terms This populates the Buying Details field in MYOB.
Account Name This populates the Account Name field in MYOB, allowing 32 characters.
BSB and Account Number

This populates the BSBClosed NZ: Bank Code numbers may only have numeric values. and Account NumberClosed (NZ: Accounts) Bank account numbers may only have numeric values and must be formatted as XX-XXXX-XXXXXXX-XX, for example, 12-3456-1234567-89. fields in MYOB, allowing 6 numeric characters for the BSB numbers and 9 numeric characters for Account Numbers.

Don't include special characters in the banking details for suppliers, as this will cause the export to fail.

Learn more in How to Create Suppliers and How to Create Contractors.