Using the import gateway in SFM

Import Gateway - Transactions

The Shireburn Financial Manager (SFM) provides facilities to allow the importing of accounting data from third-party applications and/or your own work sheets into SFM. The options include the import of Nominal, Sales and Purchase transactions.

Attached are the template and its relevant documentation available for download.

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