Mid-Year Migration - Importing Data

If you are part way through your financial year and don't want to wait until the start of your new financial year to begin using ExpensePlus, we have created an efficient way to import and match your bank transactions retrospectively yourself, or you can choose to use our Data Import Service.

Getting Setup

Follow these 5 simple setup steps.

Importing Data

If you are less than 3 to 4 months into your financial year, you shouldn't find it too difficult to import data yourself. Watch this short video to explore the most efficient process for a mid-year migration.

There are two key steps to importing data:

1. Uploading Bank Transactions

There is no need to modify the downloaded file. Simply upload the file to the bank account it relates to within the Bank Reconcilation screen within ExpensePlus.

2. Reconciling Transactions

Don't try to enter transactions via the usual process flow shown on the dashboard screen. Instead, you can quickly and easily bank match bank transactions from within the bank matching screen.

Once you have uploaded bank transactions, on the 'match transactions' screen, click on the first bank transaction. In the popup that appears, use the top dropdown menu to select the details for the transaction as appropriate.

Income transactions

Retrospective bank matching of income is usually pretty straightforward. For example, with a Named Donation, once you have told ExpensePlus once who a donation transaction is from and which fund/category it should be allocated against, ExpensePlus remembers this for future quick matching.

Expenditure transactions

Retrospective bank matching of expenditure can be more time-intensive, due to the likely variety of transactions but the process is much the same. Select the transactions in date order, enter the description and Payee/Supplier details and allocate to the correct categories.

Frequently Asked Questions? (FAQs)

What about receipts for the transactions imported?

Reconciling transactions by this method will create a record but without the supporting paperwork attached (no invoice or receipt). Read this separate help guide article which covers the options you have for uploading receipts retrospectively.

Can you import my data for me?

Whilst most churches and charities choose to import data themselves for free, we do also offer a data import service. Click here to find out more.

Can't I just download a file from my old software and import that?

Sadly there isn't such an option, for several reasons. The closest option we do offer is our data import service whereby we run upfront checks on the data you supply, then translate it into a format that we can import with adding additional details needed. Then once imported we verify the data.

Can I import more than just the data for my current financial year?

We typically would not recommend that you do this unless you have no other way of creating accounts for your prior financial year (i.e. no proper records have been kept).