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The term Store Exchange refers to the transfer of data between your remote stores and Headquarters. Data is sent between stores in a compressed file, referred to as a "mailbag" (compressed to reduce transmission file size and time).
Store Exchange has two components:
Send Files to create and send mailbags to other stores, and
Receive Files to process mailbags that have been received from other stores.
When a remote store is first installed, a mailbag from Headquarters is required to initialize the remote with the company inventory, preferences, and related files. Thereafter, it is recommended that Store Exchange be run daily between each remote store and Headquarters. This ensures that each store can view current item quantities available at other stores, that Headquarters is updated with the daily transactions from each remote store, that company reports are current, and that remote stores receive new data files, including inventory updates, vendor lists, customer lists, and purchase orders from Headquarters.
Daily exchanges also allow Headquarters to keep QuickBooks financial software records current.
Recommended Exchange sequence at Headquarters
Recommended Exchange sequence at remote stores