The company from which transactions are exported.
In SAP Business One, transactions can be copied from one company to another. The company to which transactions are exported is called the "target company".
Source Company
- The active company, from which Database Transactions can be transferred directly or via export/import to another company.
- Technical details:
- With Direct copy (Quick Copy) uses the current database as the source (Menu path: Administration → Systeminitialisation → Implementation Centre → Implementation Tasks → Data Management → Copy Data Between Companies).
- With Export/Import is a file exported from the source company (e.g. sales/Purchase receiptsand imported into the target company.
- Requirement Master record numbers (G/L accounts, business partners) must be identical in both companies.
Target Company:
- The company to which data is copied.
- Special features:
- If account segmentation is activated in the source company but deactivated in the target company, segmentation will be automatically activated in the target company (and vice versa).
A notice: The description in the knowledge base emphasises the Consistency of master data as a critical factor for successful transfers.
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