
ODBC is a piece of technology that allows apps like Excel to communicate with external databases, such as the one that holds all your Quickbooks data. To get live Quickbooks data into Excel, you'll need to use something called Open Database Connectivity ( ODBC).

If you need a live connection between Excel and Quickbooks, then this is the method you'll need to take. If this is something you want to avoid, then you'll have to use the next method Connecting Excel to Quickbooks

In many cases though, you wont want to have to go through this process of exporting the data and re-doing your work in Excel each time your Quickbooks data updates. If all you need is a quick one-off export from Quickbooks to Excel, then the above will work perfectly.

#IMPORT DATA INTO QUICKBOOKS FROM EXCEL HOW TO#
If you would like to import the rest of your data such as transactions and products, you’ll need to export your data from QuickBooks to spreadsheets, and then map it to our CSV templates.Before we dive into the specifics of how to get your Quickbooks data into Excel, let's briefly look at why Excel is so commonly used in tandem with platforms like Quickbooks. All your customers and suppliers are now in Tally. When all the data has been uploaded you’ll be shown a screen detailing the customers and suppliers that are going to be imported into Tally, to confirm just click Import.
#IMPORT DATA INTO QUICKBOOKS FROM EXCEL FREE#
If you’ve got a lot of customers and suppliers this might take a bit of time, so feel free to go put the kettle on. Click the Choose File button and select the file you just created a moment a go, when you’re ready just hit the Upload button. In Tally click Settings followed by Import Data then Import from QuickBooks. Save the file somewhere easily accessible like your desktop for example.

You’ll then be presented with an option screen tick the boxes for Customers and Suppliers and then click OK. In QuickBooks, click File, Utilities, Export then Lists to IFF Files. If you’re moving to Tally from QuickBooks you’ll be happy to hear that you can import your customer and supplier data all in one go quickly and easily, just follow this quick step-by-step to get started.
