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RoxyAtButtery
Experienced Cover User
5 years ago
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Accountright Payroll crashes

Hi. MYOB Accountright crashes pretty much once per payroll fortnight for us. It crashes when we attempt to record the transaction. We have a fairly large payroll so it causes quite a lot of stress hop...
  • Melisa_D's avatar
    Melisa_D
    5 years ago

    Hi RoxyAtButtery, 

     

    Sorry to hear about the issues you're experiencing. Can I please confirm how many employees you are processing at a time when the error occurs ?

     

    To troubleshoot I would suggest attempting the following:

    • If your file is online can you please check out the file and process the payroll, does the software crash when it is checked out ?
    • Can you please clear your AccountRight cache, does the software still crash after clearing the cache ?

    You can definitely attach the Diagnostic log of the file if it still crashes to this post, the following forum post has instructions on how to retrieve the Diagnostic log. 

RoxyAtButtery's avatar
RoxyAtButtery
Experienced Cover User
Hi Melisa_D We have about 85 staff members per payroll. I have not actually cleared any MYOB caches before. Have done that now in case it helps. We will certainly look at checking out the file to process payroll but as it prevents others from working it won't be our first option. I have attached the error log from the user concerned for yesterday in case it sheds any light for you. I just attempted to check the file out to test how that would work for us and received the attached warning. Noone else was logged in at the time - could you please advise what the warning means and how to resolve it? Cheers, Roxy.
Melisa_D's avatar
Melisa_D
Former Staff
5 years ago

Hi RoxyAtButtery, 

 

AccountRight does have a hidden user called System. This particular user completes some of the system based tasks and functions,for example when you close your financial year the system user will be used to record the end of the financial year transaction (Current year earnings to Retained earnings). Generally, this particular user will be logged out automatically after completing the necessary task. In some cases, it can remain logged in, If all users have been logged out you can go ahead and select the 'Check out' button. 

 

As an additional troubleshooting step, I would suggest attempting to record payroll for 40 staff members at once while online, does this work ? 

 

Please let me know how you go with the troubleshooting steps. 

  • RoxyAtButtery's avatar
    RoxyAtButtery
    Experienced Cover User
    5 years ago
    Hi Melisa_D, Our next payroll run is on Tuesday next week so we have a bit of time to decide on our approach. I just tested how long it takes to check out our file - 30 minutes at 5.30pm at a download speed of 25Mb/S. Presumably it will take longer during the day when we have other staff using the internet. Our more likely work around solution will be to process payroll in batches. Neither solution makes us very happy. Were there any clues in the log file? Cheers, Roxy.
    • Melisa_D's avatar
      Melisa_D
      Former Staff
      5 years ago

      Hi RoxyAtButtery, 

       

      At the time of the error log I found that there was a System.InsufficientMemoryException error. This can sometimes appear if there is not enough memory to complete the process, there may be many tasks happening at the time of using the software. I would suggest getting your IT to look into our speed and performance tips article on ways to improve the performance of the software on your computer. 

      • gavin12345's avatar
        gavin12345
        Ultimate User
        5 years ago

        Hi Melisa_D 

         

        I would suggest you get MYOB developers to address this longstanding problem with how AR2019 uses memory, rather than ask client's IT to look into it. Errors such as this and System.OutOfMemoryException are far too common with MYOB and on most systems clients only have this issue when using AR2019 - and not when using other properly designed software.

         

        Regards

        Gavin