Data Migration – converting Tally 4.5 data to Tally 9 Data

ashwin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:08:34 +0000

The migration of data from Tally 4.5 to Tally 9 is a two stage process. You will first need to migrate the data to Tally 7.2 compatible data using ‘Tally 4.5 to Tally 7.2 Data Migration’ utility. Then migrate the Tally 7.2 data to Tally 9 compatible data using ‘Tally 7.2 to Tally 9 Data Migration’ utility.

Stage 1: Migration data from Tally 4.5 to Tally 7.2

Download the Tally 4.5 data converter:

• Click the Download Now button below

• Right click the following link and click ‘Save Target As’ from the right click option

http://www.tally9.info/download/tally45to72convertor.zip

Run the Convert45to72.exe and extract the files to a folder

Copy the extracted files to the directory where Tally 4.5 is installed

a.	WCVTALLY.EXE
b.	TW45250.DLL
c.	CNVTALLY.DAT

Run the file WCVTALLLY.EXE (the icon will be identical to Tally Icon). (You can also execute this file from command prompt

Click Start > Run > Type ‘C:\\WCVTally.EXE C:\

Company Info screen appears, select the company you want to migrate. You will be asked to confirm conversion, and the Data is converted.

Run Tally 7.2, and select ‘Backup‘ from Company Info screen.

Specify the location of data you just migrated in the ‘Source‘ field, select the company and backup the data

Now select ‘Restore‘ from the Company Info screen of Tally 7.2

Specify the location where the company backup is stored in the ‘Source‘ field and restore the company

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From the Company Info screen of Tally 7.2, select the Company for which data has been converted. The system will prompt for aRewrite. Select ‘Yes’ and proceed.

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The data is now ready to be viewed in Tally 7.2.

Note:

a.	The Conversion utility will run in Black & White only (even if you have a Color Monitor)
b.	If you do not have Tally 7.2, you can download Tally 7.2 installer for free from the Tally Solutions website. Install and use it in Educational mode

Stage 2: Now proceed to migrate data from Tally 7.2 to Tally 9, as mentioned below:

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Install Tally 9

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Now run ‘TallyMigrateData‘ utility from Start > Programs > Tally 9 > TallymigrateData

Note: You can also run the migration utility by double clicking tally72migrate.exe file located in the folder where Tally 9 is installed.

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The utility will launch Tally Data Migration Tool and Tally 9

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Select ‘Migrate Data‘ in the Migration Company screen

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Specify the directory where Tally 7.2 data is located in the ‘Directory‘ field

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Select the company from the List of Companies

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Data Migration utility loads the data of selected company and asks for confirmation

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Select ‘Yes‘ and start the migration of selected company

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The status of migration from Tally 7.2 to Tally9 is shown in the Migration Messages Pane

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When the migration is complete, it displays an information pop-up, “Migration Completed, Check Statistics (press any key)”

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On pressing any key ‘Congratulation‘ message appears confirming the completion of the migration of the data

Note: If any error occurs during migration, the error details are written to ‘migration.err‘ file, which is automatically generated and saved in the folder where Tally 9 is installed.

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The migrated company is by default saved in the Tally 7.2 data folder. The migrated data is prefixed with a ’0′ and appears as a 5 digit number. For example, if the company folder number, before migration was ’0099′, after migration it would be ’00099′.

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Now your migrated data is ready for use in Tally 9

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Data Migration – converting Tally 4.5 data to Tally 9 Data