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shamilt1
March 29, 2023
Question

Mileage tracking eating my data!

  • March 29, 2023
  • 1 reply
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Hope this is in the correct section - apologies not.

Does anyone else using QBSE burn through their mobile data when tracking their mileage? For example my latest trip- 35 minutes (17 miles) used 260mb of my mobile data…! Surely this can’t be right?!!

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    Rea_M
    Level 10
    March 29, 2023

    Hello there, @shamilt1.

     

    I'll share some insights about using the mileage tracking feature in the QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE) app so you can manage your mobile data accordingly.

     

    The QBSE app's auto mileage tracking feature would need to use your mobile data to efficiently record your business mileage. You can learn more about the requirements for the best experience using the QBSE app by checking out this article: System requirements.

     

    Also, you may want to check out this article as your reference to guide you on what to do if you encounter issues tracking your work trips on your mobile devices: Fix mileage tracking issues (The article is for QuickBooks Online, but also applicable for QBSE).

     

    I'm all ears if you have other concerns about the mileage tracking feature in QBSE. You can drop a comment below, and I'll gladly help. Take care always, @shamilt1.

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    shamilt1Author
    March 29, 2023

    I understand that data is needed to track mileage, it’s the amount that needed seems excessive. Only an hour of driving per working day uses over 10gb of mobile data per month. 

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    shamilt1Author
    March 30, 2023

    We recognize the importance of saving data usage when tracking mileage in QuickBooks Self-Employed, @shamilt1.

     

    We can tell that the tracking feature would impact the data on your mobile device as it needs to use data to accurately record your business mileage. However, we're unable to determine exactly how much it will consume.

     

    For future reference, check out these useful modules in case you run into tracking problems:

     

     

    Please let us know if you have other concerns with mileage or QuickBooks. I'm here to help. Keep safe.


    Just for reference, I downloaded a different mileage tracker app to see how much data it used to track the same journey as QBSE. For the same journey of approximately 4 miles, QBSE used 71.6 MB of my data. The other app I downloaded used only 100 kb. This means that QBSE used 716 times as much data to track the same journey!!!


    I guess what I am after is somebody to have a word with the devs about the amount of data used for tracking mileage.

     

     

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