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Contents Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 Data Bridge Introduction... 1 TSBridge Installation... 2 Offline Posting Process... 3 Offline Interface Mapping... 3 First Time Posting... 4 Regular Offline Posting... 4 Re-posting... 6 i
Introduction Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 Data Bridge is an independent application that assists transfer of data from Shoper 9 and Tally.ERP 9 in an offline interface setup. It is a controlled data import tool at the Tally.ERP 9 site. The DataBridge has to be installed on a system in the same network that has Tally.ERP 9 installed and configured for offline interface. This application posts Shoper 9 data to Tally.ERP 9 and prepares the response file from Tally.ERP 9 data, this response needs to be manually transferred to Shoper 9. Shoper 9 will generate the next file for posting only if the response file for the last posting is received. Uploading the same file more than once will not have any impact; it will not create any duplicate vouchers in Tally.ERP 9. 1
TSBridge Installation TSBridgeSetup.EXE is available in the Shoper 9 CD or can be downloaded from Tally website. 1. Double-click the TSBridgeSetup.EXE in the installation source The Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 DataBridge - InstallShield Wizard is launched. 2. Click Next The Choose Destination Location window is displayed. Figure 1. DataBridge InstallShield 3. Enter the folder path where you want to install TSBridge. Alternatively, click Browse and choose a location 4. Click Next The Installation Completed screen is displayed on successful completion. 5. Click Finish Installing TSBridge will create Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 Data Bridge desktop shortcut icon and a windows start menu option to be accessed from Start > Programs Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 Data Bridge. 2
Offline Posting Process To use Data Bridge for posting Shoper 9 data to Tally.ERP 9, the interface requirements have to be defined by a mapping. Offline Interface Mapping Go to Setup > General > Tally Interface Mapping The Tally Synchronisation Manager window is displayed. Figure 2. Tally Synchronisation Manager 1. Click Add 2. Enter the map name in the given field 3. Click Ok 4. The Interface mapping options are displayed, enter Tally.ERP 9 details and select required options 5. Select the Offline Posting This will create an offline interface. 6. Click Save Settings A file with Shoper 9 master details is created in the Shoper 9 Out folder. The posting file, i.e., the file containing data to be posted to Tally.ERP 9 has the naming convention TallyInterfacePostinfo-20090703150719.STI. TallyInterfacePostinfo represents Tally Interface Posting Information and the numeric gives the date and time of file creation. The file extension.sti is a unique standard used for posting and response files in Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 Interface. 3
First Time Posting 1. Transfer the.sti file from the Shoper 9 Out folder to TSBridge In folder Ensure that Tally.ERP 9 is running and company to which data has to be posted is open. 2. Double-click Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 Data Bridge desktop shortcut. The Tally Shoper Data Bridge window is displayed. Figure 3. Tally Shoper Data Bridge 3. Enter the IP Address of the System where Tally.ERP 9 is running in Server IP field. 4. Enter the port where Tally.ERP 9 is listening in Port No. field 5. Select the required company in the Company field 6. Click Ok The Shoper Tally Interface Status window is displayed and a confirmation message is shown after completion. 7. Click OK Tally.ERP 9 creates a response file for the posted data in TSBridge Out folder. 8. Transfer the response (.STI) file from TSBridge Out folder to the Shoper 9 In folder Initial posting will enables TSBridge to identify the Tally.ERP 9 company that needs to be used. Following postings will not require selecting the company. Regular Offline Posting To create data file to post to Tally.ERP 9, 1. Start Shoper 9 POS 2. Go to Housekeeping > Data Export Masters > Post Transactions to Tally 4
The Tally Posting Manager window is displayed. 3. Select the map name 4. Click Post Figure 4. Tally Posting Manager Shoper 9 reads the response file received from Tally.ERP 9 and updates the last posting status. The next posing data is extracted and a file is created in Shoper 9 Out folder. The Shoper Tally Interface Status window is displayed. Figure 5. Tally Interface Posting A message is shown after completion. 5. Click OK 6. Transfer the data file created in the Shoper 9 Out folder to the TSBridge In folder 7. Double-click Shoper 9 Tally.ERP 9 Data Bridge desktop shortcut 5
The Shoper Tally Interface Status window is displayed. Figure 6. Tally Interface Posting Completed Tally.ERP 9 reads the file and accepts the data. A confirmation message is shown after completion. 8. Click OK Tally.ERP 9 creates a response file for the posted data in TSBridge Out folder. 9. Transfer the file to the Shoper 9 In folder Re-posting In Offline posting the loss of either the data file or the response file will lead to failure in posting of data. Shoper 9 will not post data without response file, Tally.ERP 9 accepts data only in successive file numbers, and this will lead to no further exchange of data. To counter this problem, the option to reset the last posting information has been provided in Shoper 9. Using this option, you can reset the posting information in Shoper 9 and create a new request file to be posted in Tally.ERP 9. To reset the posting information in Shoper 9, Go to Setup > General > Tally Interface Utilities > Offline Re-posting The Reset Offline Information window is displayed. 1. Select the offline mapping for which the posting information has to be reset 2. Click Ok A confirmation message is displayed after the process is completed. 3. Click Ok 6
To resend the master information, Go to Setup > General > Tally Interface Mapping 1. In the Tally Synchronisation Manager window is displayed. 2. Select the map name and click Edit. The window expands to display the mapping options. 3. Retain the mapping configuration 4. Click Save Settings The posting file (.STI) containing information of masters is created in Shoper 9 Out folder. 7