Tax Interface Error Log Print

Exploring

This program lets you view and print any errors that may have occurred during the posting of transactions to Avalara or Vertex.

This program is accessed from the Program List of the SYSPRO menu:

  • Program List > General Ledger > Tax > Tax Interface

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Tax Connectors provide a connection for establishing a direct link between SYSPRO and compatible cloud-based tax calculation systems (e.g. Avalara and Vertex).

Tax Connectors manage the export of data to these systems so that quarterly and annual sales tax returns can be produced for state filing purposes.

Vertex solutions are powered by technology that combines pre-built integrations to leading business applications, a global content database supporting major indirect tax types, and flexible deployment options spanning on-premise, cloud or hybrid.

The Vertex platform is desktop software that provides all US and Canadian sales, use and rental tax rates at the component part level, and it also includes a combined rate.

Starting

You can restrict operator access to programs by assigning them to groups and applying access control against the group (configured using the Operator Groups program).

The following configuration options in SYSPRO may affect processing within this program or feature, including whether certain fields and options are accessible.

The Setup Options program lets you configure how SYSPRO behaves across all modules. These settings can affect processing within this program.

Setup Options > Company > General

  • Nationality code

Setup Options > Tax > Company Tax Options

  • Tax system

Setup Options > Tax > Sales and Use Tax

  • Sales and use tax system required
  • Interface type

Solving

If you don't receive tax rate updates directly from the tax integration software and want to view or print any errors that may have occurred during the posting of transactions, then you can access the error log as follows:

  1. Open the Tax Interface Error Log Print program (Program List > General Ledger > Tax > Tax Interface).

  2. Within the Tax Interface Error Log Print Options pane, enter the date range that you want to include in the report.

  3. Optional... Indicate whether you want the report to be sequenced by transaction date or sales order.

  4. Select the Start Processing function.

    The results are displayed within the Tax Interface Error Log Print pane.

  5. Indicate if you want the log file to be deleted or not.

  6. Exit the program.

Using

  • Columns in a list view are sometimes hidden by default. You can reinstate them using the Field Chooser option from the context-sensitive menu (displayed by right-clicking a header column header in the list view). Select and drag the required column to a position in the list view header.

  • Fields on a pane are sometimes removed by default. You can reinstate them using the Field Selector option from the context-sensitive menu (displayed by right-clicking any field in the pane). Select and drag the required fields onto the pane.

    The captions for fields are also sometimes hidden. You can select the Show Captions option from the context-sensitive menu to see a list of them. Click on the relevant caption to reinstate it to the form.

    If the Show Captions option is grayed out, it means no captions are hidden for that form.

  • Press Ctrl+F1 within a list view or form to view a complete list of functions available.

Referencing

This commences processing according to your selections.

This lets you change the currently configured review criteria.

Field Description

Customers

Indicate the customers for which you want to run the report.

Sales orders

Indicate the sales orders for which you want to run the report.

Transaction date

Indicate the date range for which you want to run the report.

Sort sequence

Indicate whether you want the report to be sequenced by transaction date or sales order.
Column Description

Transaction date

This indicates the date on which the transaction was processed.

Transaction time

This indicates the time at which the transaction was processed.

Sales order

This indicates the sales order number for the transaction that failed during the posting of transactions.

Customer

This indicates the customer assigned to the transaction that failed during the posting of transactions.

Line type / Increasing

This indicates the status of the transaction:

  • * = Transaction has started

  • S = Successful

  • F = Failed

  • T = Timed Out

Invoice number

This indicates the invoice number for the transaction that failed during the posting of transactions.

Transaction description

This indicates a detailed description of the error that occurred.

Error Message

This indicates a description of the error that occurred (as per the AdmTaxAuditLog table).