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I have a custom table that includes a Customer dropdown that displays the Customer Full Name on the screen as the select options. I'm trying to do a data import into my custom table based on Customer RecordID but the import says it can't lookup the value based on the ID. Why not? It seems weird that exporting my custom table includes the ...

 Hi Jacob, Following up on Method_Danny's point. When you login to method, it checks if you have ever done a quickbooks sync. If you have not, it takes you to the quickbooks --> synchronization tablink so you can set up a sync. The same logic still fires even if you are coming off a link generated via the api. We are still ...

 Well, I am testing against CRM data which can be manually entered without a QB sync. I have successfully tested getting customer and entity data, adding phone call event, etc. Thanks, Jacob

@Jacob - Method requires QuickBooks though so if you haven't linked this account with a QuickBooks file, how are you testing this?

dave, i have not. this is a default test system and i do not have a QB installation to test with.  while our customers should have this setup, i believe we will not require a QB sync since we are only interested in the crm data. forgive me for saying, but this still seems like a defect. thanks, jacob 

So, I was able to recreate a custom invoice and it now displays the service item information. Two more questions, as of now the first column on the estimate is the description, how can I add the item/part number as the first column, as show in the method website. Also, there is a column called U/M. How can I remove this ...

 Hi Jacob, Have you ever done a quickbooks sync? If not you should follow the steps in the Method Initial Setup Guide. http://www.methodintegration.com/self-service-documentation.aspx After the initial sync this problem should be solved   Dave

[quote user="smohyee"]Is Method perchance clever enough to interpret the entire list of records, and map it to a Method table of my choosing?[/quote] Not at this time - there are no Actions to process XML and trying to use the character function to do this would be difficult.  Your solution should be a web service before Method to ...

 That is awesome. Thanks very much.

Hey Jacob, Just an update....I have managed to reproduce the problem and we are investigating a fix. Dave