Launching Validis Connect
- You have read THIS article
- The Validis Connect Pre-requisites for user permissions are in place on your machine
- You are online and connected to the internet.
- You have a working Accounting Package and you can access the data you wish to upload within the Accounting Package.
- You know the Company Name you'd like to upload data from.
You may need to ask your IT department for some of the above information.
To begin the upload process using Validis Connect you need to be logged in to the Validis portal.
From within the Validis portal, you can choose the Engagement for which you would like to upload data.
Once the appropriate engagement is selected, select Upload.
If enabled, please select either Collateral or Full as the Upload Scope.
Choose the Accounting Package from the drop-down menu. You can type in the search bar to locate the Accounting Package quicker.
When the correct Accounting Package is selected click the Continue button.
Click Download on the Download Validis Connect window.
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Click here if you are using Firefox
Click here if you are using Microsoft Edge/Explorer
This will start the download of the Validis Connect setup application. Your browser will show the download progress. Depending on your desktop setup you may encounter some security warnings you need to acknowledge during the installation.
Once the Validis Connect application is installed, it will connect to your Accounting Package. The Validis Connect package is quite small and will be automatically removed from your desktop once the upload process has been completed.
Validis Connect for Sage 50 US (Peachtree)
Once installed, the Validis Connect application will automatically launch and attempt to locate and identify your Sage 50 US (Peachtree) installation.
Validis Connect will automatically determine which Sage 50 US (Peachtree) Companies are available for extraction in your installation.
Select the Company you wish to upload from the drop-down list and click Next.
The Validis Connect data extraction process will begin and progress will be displayed on the screen. Depending on the size of your database and the number of entries it contains this process may take a few minutes. Once all data has been extracted the data is compressed, encrypted, and transmitted securely to the Validiscentral server.
You can continue with other tasks while the extraction takes place.
Please don't close the Validis Connect window or interrupt the extraction process.
When the upload completes the success message is presented.
Click Close to exit Validis Connect. At this point, there is nothing more to do. Your Engagement Manager or Client Manager will be notified by email that you have submitted a new upload.
Your uploaded data is now being queued for processing in the Validis central system. You can switch off your desktop and disconnect from the network if you wish.
You can view the progress of your upload in the Validis Portal (to see the current status you may need to refresh your browser). The status will change from Processing to Completed.