Uploading Your Abila data

Launching Validis Connect

Before attempting to upload your accounts using Validis Connect, please ensure the following:

• 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 are able to access the data you wish to upload within the Accounting Package.
• Your Abila package must have a valid license file.
• You know the SQL Server Instance Name, Username, and Password that can access your Abila data.
• You know which version of Abila you wish to upload from (if you have multiple versions installed).
• You know the Name of the Company Database from which you wish to upload data.

To begin the upload process using Validis Connect you need to be logged in to the Validis Portal.

From within the Validis portal choose the Engagement for which you wish 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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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 that you need to acknowledge during the installation.

Once the Validis Connect application installs it will begin connecting 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 Abila

Once installed, the Validis Connect application will automatically launch and will attempt to locate and identify your Abila installation.

By default, Abila demands that the current Windows user has read-write access to the SQL Server that Abila is using so you will not be asked to supply a User ID and Password.

Alternatively, there is an option to select a SQL Server Instance where the company database is stored. When using this option please Enter the SQL Server Instance Name, Username, and Password and press Next.

Once the authentication is successful you will be able to select your Company Database from a list of databases stored on the SQL Server Instance.  If your company does not appear in the list please enter the database name manually and press 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 then compressed, encrypted, and transmitted securely to the Validis central server. 

You can continue with other tasks whilst the extraction takes place.

Do not 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 at this point if you wish.

You can view your upload progress in the Validis Portal (to see the current status you may need to refresh your browser). The status will change from Processing to Completed.