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Setting your Adept Company Code in Lightyear

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Written by Jessica Callaly

Adept Accountancy Software Settings

To connect Lightyear requires a 2 letter Company Code so your bill data can be exported to Adept.
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From the Navigation Pane, head over to Settings > Accounting Software > select Adept > Accountancy Settings.
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In the next pop up screen, select Edit next to Software Settings

Company Code

  1. Enter your Adept company’s 2 letter Company Code on this screen​

Do you use cost centers?

  1. Yes - This will enable you the option to upload Cost Centers if you are using these in Adept

  2. No - If you do not require Cost Centers, you can simply select No

Automatically apply categories on line item

  1. Yes - save time by coding it in Lightyear, and we'll remember the next time we extract the line item what you last coded the supplier lines.

  2. No - keeps these blank and code them individually

Automatically apply Chart of Accounts on a line item level?

  1. Yes - Save time by coding it in Lightyear, and we’ll remember the next time we extract the line item what you’ve coded the supplier lines to.

  2. No - keeps these blank for you to code individually.

Group line item data?

  1. Yes - Invoices will be exported with grouped data per the Accounts used.

  2. No - Invoices will be exported with normal line item data

For the full article on this, click here.
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Then click Confirm to complete your settings.
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Adept Suppliers

These are your Suppliers within Adept and are used so Lightyear knows which supplier to associate with purchases. To Add a Supplier, you'll be asked for a Supplier Name and a Card ID.
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You can also Upload CSV File a list of your Suppliers. Ensure you have a list of your active Suppliers to keep your data clean. Check your csv file is set in the following format:

  1. Column 1 - Supplier Name, Column 2 - Card ID

  2. Column 1 - Supplier Name

  3. Column 1 - Card ID

These will now be made available when you code your document data in Lightyear. You can edit any of the Supplier Cards by clicking on the Green pencil
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Chart of Accounts

You can Upload CSV File a list of your GL Codes. Ensure you have a list of your active Accounts to keep your data clean. Check they are set in the following format:

  1. Column 1 - Code, Column 2 - Description

These will now be made available when you code your document data in Lightyear.

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