🟣 Update — Changes to AE/AO
If your practice uses Accountants Enterprise or Accountants Office, you may have heard the news that we are rolling out some changes to how AE/AO works on the back-end. 🛠️ Due to a background service reaching end-of-life and being decommissioned, these functions have been moved over to a new service. What does this mean for me? This will not affect how you use AE/AO in the day-to-day, however outdated versions of the software will no longer function correctly. You will need to ensure AE/AO has been updated to the latest version. For both our Australian and Kiwi customers, the latest version is 5.4.54. If you do need to update, this is available via https://my.myob.com.au (AU) or https://my.myob.co.nz (NZ). Please reach out to MYOB Support if you need assistance with installation. Note: this does not apply to customers using our legacy software such as AO Classic, or System Release. Scott Client Accounting MYOB🟣 CA FAQ — My client has cancelled their MYOB Business or AccountRight file, why can I no longer access it in CA?
If an MYOB Business or AccountRight file configured in AE/AO has been cancelled, you will likely encounter an error when trying to open the Client Accounting tab, similar to the screenshot below: This is because the ledger data is stored in the underlying online file, not within AE/AO itself. You will be unable to open this client in Client Accounting unless it is reconfigured (for example, to an AE or AO Ledger), or the file is temporarily reinstated. To reconfigure, please contact the Client Accounting team via support channels, and we can assist you with this. To reinstate the file, the Owner of the subscription will need to contact our MYOB Business or AccountRight teams. Please note that there may be limitations on whether this can be done, dependent on how long ago it was cancelled. 🟣 Bonus: To help prevent issues like this, we recommend that practices ask clients to notify them if they plan to cancel a file subscription. Scott Client Accounting MYOB🟣 CA FAQ — I have created a new period in AE/AO (MYOB Business file), why do I have an out-of-balance?
If you have a client in AE/AO configured to an MYOB Business file, you may notice that after creating a new workpaper period, there is an out-of-balance in the Balance sheet (even if you have chosen to roll forward in the Trial balance / Workpapers window). This is because Client Accounting does not automatically roll forward the underlying MYOB Business ledger — this will need to be done as a separate step in the file itself. To resolve this, open your browser and navigate to https://app.myob.com/ Open the relevant client file Navigate to Settings > Business settings > Financial year Select Start new financial year Jump back into AE/AO Open the current workpaper period Under the Tasks menu, select Refresh ledger balances This should resolve the out-of-balance, and you're good to go! ☑️ Scott Client Accounting MYOB🟣 CA FAQ — I've set up a new employee, but they can't access Client Accounting
If you have recently set up a new user account for an employee in AE/AO, they may encounter an error referring to "StructureMap Exception Code: 207" when launching the Client Accounting tab for a client. This error message looks scary, but it has a simple solution! 🕵️ They are running into this because Cashbook access has not yet been enabled for the employee. To enable this, do the following: Head over to, and sign into cashbook.myob.com.au (AU) or cashbook.myob.co.nz (NZ) using a different MYOB account (not the affected user's account, but any other account will do) In the drop-down box in the top right corner, click Manage firm users On the list, find the employee that is encountering the error and toggle the button under Access to ON 🟩 That's it! Now the user will just need to close and reopen the client in Client Accounting, and it should load without issue. You can read more about this process here: Error: "Client Accounting could not load Assets. Reason: structure map exception code 207..." when clicking on Client Accounting tab 🟣 Bonus: You can also launch Cashbook via AE/AO directly by clicking the Launch AE/AO ledger button under the Ledger menu in the Workpapers/Trial balance tab. Scott Client Accounting MYOB
