This option uses the more reliable and more accurate and stable IIF import code.Use the Import without review – Import it for me option! IIF files work best using this option! RecommendationsĪ.
Good: The misleading Import Without Review, Import it for me link, which uses the stable code we’ve all been using with IIF files for 20+ years. It’s nonsense!īad:The Import IIF button imports using the new and buggy method. This second and recommended methodis hidden behind a weirdly named link that sounds sort of scary. Newer versions of QuickBooks now offer two ways to import: These are the new default method and the older method, that you may have used with older QuickBooks versions – which continues to work appropriately. However, there are remaining issues you may run into unless you follow these recommendations: Import Options Overview We’ve released updates to our products to compensate for the most debilitating of these errors.
There are also issues where data in the IIF file is ignored and not imported and also where QuickBooks records something completely different than is in the IIF file. As a result, IIF files that used to work won’t anymore – by default. There are many new issues which actually stop QuickBooks from importing normal and valid IIF files – files that have always worked and continue to work in older versions of QuickBooks. Unfortunately, this new error-checking imposes unneeded restrictions and carries with it many omissions and bugs – all unhelpful and some damaging to your data. This imposes many more rules and restrictions in an effort to ensure… something. For some reason – no one seems to know – Intuit significantly changed how QuickBooks 2019 and newer versions import IIF files.īy default, the new import process appears to take the IIF file and attempt to process it through the same code that the COM/SDK uses to validate data for import.