Copy Account Categories Between Microsoft Dynamics GP Companies

When implementing Microsoft Dynamics GP for a new client, they usually have very similar setup between companies. While you can use the Professional Services Tools Library tool Company Copy, you sometimes need to replicate data which was configured after this function had been used.

I’ve previously posted scripts to copy segments and financial calendars; today’s script will copy Account Categories to a new company ensuring you have the categories in both companies:

/*
Created by Ian Grieve of azurecurve | Ramblings of an IT Professional (http://www.azurecurve.co.uk)
This code is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Int).
*/
-- update account description in Account Category Master (GL00102) where exists
UPDATE
	#AccountCategories
SET
	ACCATDSC = #SourceAccountCategories.ACCATDSC
FROM
	GL00102 AS #Accountcategories
INNER JOIN
	TEST../GL00102 AS #SourceAccountCategories
		ON
			#SourceAccountCategories.ACCATNUM = #AccountCategories.ACCATNUM
GO

-- insert new data into Account Category Master (GL00102)
INSERT INTO GL00102
	(ACCATNUM,ACCATDSC)
--VALUES
	(SELECT ACCATNUM,ACCATDSC FROM TEST..GL00102 WHERE ACCATNUM NOT IN (SELECT ACCATNUM FROM GL00102))
GO

Ensure you have a good backup before running the script and validate the data afterwards.