QuickBooks Synchronization Improvement for Open Transactions

re: QuickBooks Synchronization Improvement for Open Transactions

Method_Paul — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:09:37 GMT

pdirect -

Thank you for the feedback. Our ambition is certainly keep releasing better and better versions and let you know about what's changed, not confuse you!

Method Integration Engine - this is the part of the syncing process that you actual "see". It's the little brown "m" on your Windows notification area that you can open to see syncing activity with QuickBooks.

Method Listener - This you can't see. It is a separate component installed on your computer that actually listens to QuickBooks changes as they happen and reports them to the Method Integration Engine. You don't really need to know about this....there are rarely updates, and from your perspective......other than it works really well.....you don't really care how it does it.

Method Push - this is another separate component installed on our server that you can't see. It listens to changes in Method and lets the Method Integration Engine know about them as they happen, so that there is a real time sync to QuickBooks from Method. Again, you can't really see it, so as long as your changes keep following into QuickBooks, you don't really care how it does it.

"Sync Engine" - this is something we use sometimes to describe the whole process without getting too geeky (like I did above) explaining all the moving parts.

Easy to Find - we always try put the download link into the blog post for the update, along with instruction (see “How do you get this update?.....” above). But you can always install it again from the QuickBooks > Synchronize tab. Plus, it automatically checks for updates and installs them itself after every 3 times it is closed and reopened.

Paul

re: QuickBooks Synchronization Improvement for Open Transactions

pdirect — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:11:23 GMT

2 suggestions regarding the integration engine:

1. Use consistent language to avoid confusion. Sometimes I see this called integration engine, other times sync engine, other times listener, other times Method Push. I'm confused.

2. Put this is an EASY TO FIND downloadable spot on your website! I have searched and searched, but still can't find it. It would make sense to be in the AppLibrary. I shouldn't have to funnel through the blogs and/or forums in search of the current version of the method integration engine (or whatever it's called).

re: QuickBooks Synchronization Improvement for Open Transactions

Method_Paul — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:55:05 GMT

Hey everyone - a smaller update of the engine went out today, version 1.0.191. Read here what's new:

link.methodintegration.com/MIE191

re: QuickBooks Synchronization Improvement for Open Transactions

Method_Danny — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:09:16 GMT

Hi Laura,

I agree that this is a fantastic feature. I'll actually be sending out an email to all MSP's and users before the end of the day, pointing them towards this blog entry. =)

re: QuickBooks Synchronization Improvement for Open Transactions

l.fischer — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:23:41 GMT

This is great news!

I subscribe to the rss feed, so get these right away. For those who don't subcribe to the feed, it would be great if there was a quick way to e-mail this out, other than copying and pasting. Is that possible?