Activities Fields

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Field

Description and Character Limits

*Activity ID

30 characters, alphanumeric

Activity Name

30 characters, alphanumeric

Description

255 characters, alphanumeric

Use Desc. On Sale

1 character. This field is available only for chargeable activities. Any non-blank character signifies that the description should be used on the invoice instead of the item name.

Non-Hourly

1 character. Any non-blank character signifies that the Type of this activity is Non-Hourly. Blank field indicates Hourly. (Won't update information on existing records.)

Non-Chargeable

1 character. Any non-blank character signifies that the Status of this activity is Non-Chargeable. Blank field indicates Chargeable. (Won't update information on existing records.)

Use Rate

1 character, alpha. This field is available only when an activity is hourly and chargeable. Use one of the following letters to indicate which rate to use:

E - Employee Billing Rate

C - Customer Billing Rate

A - Activity Rate

Activity Rate

11 digits, including 4 decimal places. This field is available only for chargeable non-hourly activities, and hourly activities when the Use Activity Rate has been specified.

Income Acct.

5 characters, numeric. Required for chargeable activities. Must match a preexisting account in your MYOB software company file. May (optionally) have a non-numeric separator between the first digit and the last 4 digits, for example, 1-1234.

VAT Code When Sold

3 characters, alphanumeric. Must match a preexisting tax code in the Tax Code List.

Unit of Measure

5 characters, alphanumeric (May be entered for non-hourly activities. Hour is automatically entered for hourly activities.)

Inactive Activity

If the field is blank or the letter N appears in the field, the activity won't be marked; the activity will have an active status.

If the field contains a Y or any non-blank character (other than N), the activity will be marked; the activity will have an inactive status.

For information about updating the status of existing records, see Updating the status of cards, items, activities or accounts.

*This is a required field for importing.