Migrating Data from Tally 7.2 to Tally.ERP 9

To use Tally.ERP 9, you need to migrate your data from Tally 7.2 to the new Tally.ERP 9. You need the Tally.ERP 9 Data Migration Tool (Tally72migration.exe) to migrate your data.

To migrate data from Tally 7.2 to Tally.ERP 9

1. Download the tool Tally72migration.exe from Tally website and save it in the Tally.ERP 9 installation folder.

2. Run Tally.ERP 9 Data Migration Tool. Tally.ERP 9 will also open in a separate window. You will see the message Ready for Migration in the Migration Messages panel.

3. Select Migrate Data , and s pecify the data path.

4. Select the company from the List of Companies .

5. Press Enter . A message Continue Migration? appears.

6. Click Yes to continue data migration. The Migration Information screen displays the Types of Masters and Types of Vouchers that need to be migrated from Tally 7.2.

7. Click Yes when the message Migrate? appears.

During data migration, the calculator panel displays the number of masters and vouchers migrated to Tally.ERP 9. The screen appears as shown below:

On completing migration, a message appears.

8. Press any key. A message appears as shown below:

Note: Errors that occur during migration appear in red in the Migration Messages panel. If an error occurs during migration, rewrite the data by pressing Ctrl+Alt+R from the migration tool, and then start migration of data to Tally.ERP 9.

The migrated company data in the Tally.ERP 9 installation folder gets renamed with an additional zero. The company folder appears as shown below:

On migrating the company data from Tally 7.2 to Tally.ERP 9, a warning message appears as shown below:

9. Press Enter to convert your data.

Additional information

After the migration of data from Tally 7.2 to Tally.ERP 9, the following two log files are created in the folder containing the tally72migration.exe