You can also tell TBR to skip characters between fields, specify the length of each field and the type of field it is.

I was reading another post where your response was:

For the information I believe you are seeking, Appendix G gets into much more detail about "Importing TBR Data". It will tell you about the syntax you should use for your file format as well as what fields are available to import, their default field lengths, values allowed to import etc.

This Appendix is in the TBR "System Reference & Client Profiles" manual.

I do not have this "System Reference & Client Profiles" manual with Appendix G. Where can I get one. The only thing that I have is the Time & Billing Manual which doesn't have an appendix G.

Thanks!!

Hi Holquist,

There are 3 manuals that ship with TBR: Client Receivables, Time&Billing, and System Reference & Client Profiles. The import information is definitely in the System Reference manual.

Importing Time and Disbursement transactions into TBR does not adhere to one specific file format. There is some flexibility in selecting which fields you wish to import, and there are some fields which you can set a default value.

Are you asking for some help in how to do this sort of import? Another question?

When you use the import transactions function in TBR, you select the fields that are contained in the import file. After selecting a data field, there are 3 additional choices. The first (filler length) indicates an offset, or how many characters will be ignored. Typically this will be zero. The second (field type) is uneditable and displays what data type the program expects for this field. The third (field length) allows you to specify the total length of the field. You typically would not want to change this, especially since most data fields have a maximum field length.

After selecting all the fields, there may be some other prompts, asking for default values for unchosen fields.

For more specific information, it would be useful to have the documentation from the manual.

Regards,

Thank you for responding to my post. With my TBR I only received two manuals which was the time & billing and receivables. I did not receive the third manual, System Reference & Client Profiles. How do I go about receiving this. Please let me know. Thank you!

Hello

I think you must be referring to Adagio Time&Billing - not the Time, Billing & Client Receivables for DOS. Sorry for the misunderstanding - you had not specified this.

Similarly, the post you are referring to is speaking of the older DOS version, not Adagio Time&Billing.

Adagio T&B ships with only two manuals. The import information starts in Chapter 4 of the Adagio Time&Billing, page 4-8 to 4-16.

Regards