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April 22, 2021
Question

There is an invalid reference to a parent "" in the Customers list. QuickBooks error message: Invalid argument. The specified record does not exist in the list.

  • April 22, 2021
  • 7 replies
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Hi

 

We have a third party application that is added as an integrated application to QuickBooks desktop. This third party application connects to QB and provides the feature of adding customer to QB company file. We are able to add the customer succesfully if no parent name mentioned. But when we try to add to an existing parent customer, it throws the error "There is an invalid reference to a parent "" in the Customers list. QuickBooks error message: Invalid argument. The specified record does not exist in the list.". We are certain that the parent exists in the QB company file. 

We are able to sucessfully create an entry under the same parent by passsing XML through SDKTestPlus.

Also we are able to create the customer manually in QB without any issues. But the same XML fails with the integrated application. Any help would be really appreciated.

 

thanks

praveena

 

7 replies

Level 9
April 22, 2021

Hello @pprabhakaran,

 

As much as I'd love to offer help and share how you can get rid of the error message, we've got a separate team who can better address this in no time. With this, I'd recommend contacting the Technical Support of your third-part application.

 

With their tools, one of their specialists can pull up your account they've got on file and explain how the app integration works. They can also help you update how your customers' list is from the app to QuickBooks.

 

Also, our Community Help Articles related to your sales and customers allow you to browse for references while working with us. In this reference, you're able to read through the steps commonly used to review your business transactions.

 

If there's anything else that I can help you with aside from how you can manage the list of your customers, please let me know by leaving any comments below. I'll be here to lend a hand.

April 22, 2021

Which is the separate team that you mentioned in this reply? Could you give more info.

Level 9
April 22, 2021

Hi pprabhakaran, 

 

My colleague referred to your Third-Party Customer Care Team where you can reach out to and help you with the mapping and syncing of information to QuickBooks. You can also use our Apps Center to look for the app and check their contact information from there. 

 

As always, you can check out our Community Help Article for future reference in handling your customer lists and transactions. 

 

Feel free to mention me in your reply if you need anything else. Take care!