I’ve just downloaded manager, and am currently assessing a few accounting packages for our business. I’ve noticed a few posts here regarding the ability to import from csv/xls or similar. I’d have to say that this isn’t just a useful feature in a lot of cases once things are set up, but also that not being able to import is a big barrier to even trying the software out - I want to be quickly able to import some data and play around to find out if I like the software or not, and having to manually enter accounts etc. is a pretty big turn-off.
I even took the step of opening a backup file with notepad++ to see if i could just edit the file, and perhaps paste in some values, but it didn’t look so great…
I did read in another post of yours that you had concern about being able to read a variety of formats, which is nice of you, but I honestly think that people are willing to conform to the format you tell them if it makes their life easier. It’s much easier to drag column A into column B or change a heading in excel than to enter 30 account codes manually…
Could I also suggest another option - would it be possible to make the backup files in a format that could be viewed as xml or csv? Then if people are really keen they could just hack their own files (at their own risk, of course).
Anyway - I’m stubborn, so I’m going to just enter a bunch of data manually for now, but its a pretty big hole out of a busy week for a small business owner.