ERP migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between KeyedIn and Acumatica. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Acumatica.
KeyedIn
Source
Acumatica
Destination
Compatibility
16 of 16
objects map 1:1 between KeyedIn and Acumatica.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
48–72 hours
Overview
KeyedIn serves organizations that run project-centric operations — professional services firms, manufacturers, and project-driven enterprises — with modules for resource management, project financials, time tracking, and manufacturing. Its data model centers on Projects with nested Phases, Tasks, and Resource Allocations, plus a cost/billing engine and manufacturing work-order capability. Acumatica models projects as a first-class entity with task-based Work Breakdown Structures, branch-keyed GL accounts, and manufacturing order management. The two platforms share conceptual ground — Customers, Vendors, GL Accounts, Projects, Time Entries — but the implementation details diverge sharply: Acumatica requires inventory items to exist before manufacturing orders can be created; GL account mapping is branch-specific; cost codes require custom fields; and Project Allocation records in Acumatica represent resource assignments as task-level rows rather than parent-level records. We extract KeyedIn data via its REST export endpoints (batched to handle rate-limiting), transform it to Acumatica's screen-based import format, and load through Acumatica's Import by Scenario tool. Workflows, automations, approval chains, and billing-rule logic are not migrated — those are rebuilt using Acumatica's Screen-based Workflow Designer and Project Template configuration after data lands.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a KeyedIn object lands in Acumatica, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
KeyedIn
Project
Acumatica
Project
1:1KeyedIn Project maps to Acumatica Project with ProjectID, Description, status, start/end dates, and budget preserved. Acumatica requires branch and company assignment; KeyedIn projects lacking branch affiliation are assigned a default branch. Project status values (Active, Completed, On Hold) map to Acumatica Active/Completed/Hold status values.
KeyedIn
Project Phase
Acumatica
Project Task
1:1KeyedIn Phases become top-level Tasks in Acumatica with TaskCD derived from the Phase name and Type='Project Default.' Sub-tasks in KeyedIn map to child Tasks under the phase-level Task. Each task row in Acumatica carries the ProjectID reference, Type, and its own WBSCode.
KeyedIn
Project Task
Acumatica
Project Task (detail row)
1:1KeyedIn Tasks that are not phase-level become child Tasks in Acumatica under the parent phase Task. TaskCD and Description map directly. IsBillable and IsProdiction flags on the KeyedIn task carry forward to the Acumatica Task row. Parent relationships are established through the project-task hierarchy, ensuring each child task references the correct parent phase. Task-level attributes including budget and dates are preserved during the transformation where present in the source record.
KeyedIn
Resource Allocation
Acumatica
Project Task Detail (Resource Assignment)
1:1KeyedIn Resource Allocations — which link a staff member to a project with hours, rate, and cost — become Project Task Detail rows in Acumatica. Each allocation generates one task detail row with EmployeeID, Date, DailyCapacity, BillableRate, and IsBillable. The many-allocations-to-one-employee pattern on a project collapses to one row per employee per task date.
KeyedIn
Customer
Acumatica
Customer
1:1KeyedIn Customer records (name, class, billing address, payment terms, credit limit) map directly to Acumatica Customer with CustomerID derived from the KeyedIn Customer ID or name. ClassID in Acumatica corresponds to the KeyedIn customer class; terms and credit limit carry forward. Customer locations in KeyedIn map to Acumatica Customer Locations (Address tab).
KeyedIn
Vendor
Acumatica
Vendor
1:1KeyedIn Vendor records (name, account number, terms, payment method) map to Acumatica Vendor with VendorID from the KeyedIn vendor identifier. Primary contact name, email, and phone transfer to the Vendor Contact screen. AP account assignment in Acumatica uses the default AP account or a mapped KeyedIn AP account field.
KeyedIn
GL Account
Acumatica
Account (GL)
1:1KeyedIn GL accounts map to Acumatica Accounts, but Acumatica requires branch-keyed subaccount assignments. We map the KeyedIn account segment to the AccountCD in Acumatica and derive Subaccount from a branch-mapping table (provided during discovery). Unmapped or inactive KeyedIn accounts are flagged for manual branch assignment before the migration commits.
KeyedIn
Cost Center
Acumatica
Custom Field (UsrCostCenter)
1:1KeyedIn Cost Centers have no direct Acumatica equivalent — they are organizational segments rather than GL accounts. We create a custom text or pick-list field (UsrCostCenter__c) on the Project and Task entities in Acumatica and populate it with KeyedIn cost center values. Cost-center-to-branch mapping is surfaced during discovery so the right branch assignment can override the custom field where appropriate.
KeyedIn
Time Entry
Acumatica
Time Entry
1:1KeyedIn Time Entries (employee, date, hours, project, task, description, billable flag) map to Acumatica Time Entries with EmployeeID resolved by email match to Acumatica Employees, ProjectID and TaskCD from the project migration, Date and TimeSpent preserved exactly, and Billable flag transferred. Timecard summary in Acumatica carries the approval status from KeyedIn if available.
KeyedIn
Expense Report
Acumatica
Expense Claim
1:1KeyedIn Expense Reports and their line items (amount, category, project, task, date) migrate to Acumatica Expense Claims linked to the Project and Task. KeyedIn expense categories map to Acumatica Expense Codes via a value-mapping table. Receipt attachments from KeyedIn are re-uploaded as Files linked to the Expense Claim in Acumatica.
KeyedIn
Inventory Item
Acumatica
Inventory Item
1:1KeyedIn Inventory Items (item ID, description, unit of measure, cost, price, inventory warehouse) map directly to Acumatica Inventory Items. InventoryID is derived from the KeyedIn item identifier; UOM, LastCost, and ItemClass map. Items must land in Acumatica before any associated Manufacturing Order or Sales Order can reference them — we sequence this accordingly.
KeyedIn
Bills of Materials
Acumatica
Bill of Materials
1:1KeyedIn BOMs (parent item, component items, quantities, operation steps) map to Acumatica Bills of Materials. Components reference the migrated Inventory Items by their new Acumatica InventoryID — a mapping table links old KeyedIn item IDs to new ones. BOM revision levels in KeyedIn become revision codes in Acumatica BOMs.
KeyedIn
Manufacturing Order
Acumatica
Manufacturing Order
1:1KeyedIn Manufacturing Orders (MO ID, item, quantity, status, warehouse, operation dates) migrate to Acumatica Manufacturing Orders. Acumatica requires the manufactured Item to exist as an Inventory Item first — the inventory item migration runs as a prerequisite step. MO status (Open, Completed, Cancelled) maps to Acumatica Manufacturing Order statuses, and material issues/labor bookings are preserved as Operation Detail rows.
KeyedIn
Purchase Order
Acumatica
Purchase Order
1:1KeyedIn Purchase Orders (vendor, date, terms, line items with item/quantity/price) map to Acumatica Purchase Orders. VendorID, VendorRef, and terms carry forward. Line items reference the migrated Inventory Items and map vendor-specific unit costs. Open POs in KeyedIn land as Released POs in Acumatica; closed POs are migrated as Completed records for historical reporting.
KeyedIn
Vendor Credit
Acumatica
Vendor Invoice (adjustment)
1:1KeyedIn Vendor Credits (credit memo issued by a vendor) map to Acumatica Vendor Refunds or AP Adjustments linked to the Vendor. The credit amount and description carry forward; GL lines are generated against the AP account. Credit applications to specific AP invoices are represented as payment applications in Acumatica if the original AP invoice was also migrated.
KeyedIn
Sales Order
Acumatica
Sales Order
1:1KeyedIn Sales Orders (customer, date, line items, warehouse) map to Acumatica Sales Orders with OrderNbr, CustomerID, and OrderDate preserved. Line items use the migrated Inventory Items; unit price and discount map from KeyedIn. Open orders land as Pending or On Hold in Acumatica pending warehouse confirmation.
| KeyedIn | Acumatica | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Project1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Project Phase | Project Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Project Task | Project Task (detail row)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Resource Allocation | Project Task Detail (Resource Assignment)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Customer | Customer1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Vendor | Vendor1:1 | Fully supported | |
| GL Account | Account (GL)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Cost Center | Custom Field (UsrCostCenter)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Time Entry | Time Entry1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Expense Report | Expense Claim1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Inventory Item | Inventory Item1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Bills of Materials | Bill of Materials1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Manufacturing Order | Manufacturing Order1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Purchase Order | Purchase Order1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Vendor Credit | Vendor Invoice (adjustment)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Sales Order | Sales Order1:1 | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
KeyedIn gotchas
Deliverables vs Task Plan Milestone duplication
Financial data stored separately from tasks
Custom field schema varies per tenant
No publicly documented bulk export or API
Acumatica gotchas
API user licenses cap concurrent sessions and request throughput
Multi-tenant filtering requires CompanyID awareness
Custom fields require separate discovery before field mapping
Notes and attachments use a separate linked table structure
Implementation timelines frequently run 3–9 months end-to-end
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and requirements gathering
We inventory every KeyedIn entity you want migrated — Projects, Phases, Tasks, Resource Allocations, Customers, Vendors, GL Accounts, Cost Centers, Time Entries, Expense Reports, Inventory Items, BOMs, Manufacturing Orders, Purchase Orders, and Sales Orders — and assess the export mechanism for each. We identify multi-branch Acumatica configuration, map KeyedIn cost centers to Acumatica branches and subaccounts, and flag manufacturing order dependencies on inventory items. The output is a migration plan with object priority order, a GL mapping table, a branch/company assignment map, and a list of custom fields to pre-create in Acumatica's Customization Project editor.
Set up Acumatica schema and custom fields
Your Acumatica administrator (or our team) creates the branch structure, GL account subaccounts, and custom fields — notably UsrCostCenter__c on Project and Task — before data arrives. Custom fields in Acumatica are prefixed Usr and created via the Customization Project editor (SiteMap > Customization Projects > New Project > Custom Fields). We deliver a custom-field creation checklist so the schema is ready before the first import run. We also pre-create Inventory Items so that Manufacturing Orders can reference them without referential integrity errors.
Export and transform KeyedIn data
We export KeyedIn data using batched REST API calls with intelligent rate-limit handling (exponential backoff, offset pagination). The export runs in parallel across independent entities (Customers, Vendors, GL Accounts first; then Projects and tasks; then allocations and time entries; then manufacturing and orders). Each batch is validated against the mapping table and transformed to the CSV format expected by Acumatica's Import by Scenario tool. KeyedIn's N:N resource-to-project allocations are exploded into one row per employee per task date for Acumatica's Task Detail structure.
Sample migration with field-level diff
A representative sample — typically 100–300 records per major entity — migrates to Acumatica first. We generate a field-level diff showing every source value versus the destination value for each mapped field. You verify GL account mapping, branch assignments, resource-to-employee resolution, cost-center custom field population, and manufacturing order item references. Any mapping errors surface here before the full run. Approval-chain logic, workflows, and billing rules are not included in this step — those require Acumatica configuration.
Full migration with delta pickup and rollback
The full dataset migrates with a 24–48 hour delta pickup window that captures any records created or modified in KeyedIn during the cutover. Every operation is written to an audit log (entity, record ID, operation type, timestamp, user). If reconciliation finds unexpected gaps, one-click rollback reverts the Acumatica environment to the pre-migration snapshot. After rollback or confirmation, the KeyedIn read-access integration is disconnected and Acumatica becomes the source of record. We deliver a reconciliation report and a field-level validation summary.
Platform deep dives
KeyedIn
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Acumatica
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard ERP migration. 1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across KeyedIn and Acumatica.
Object compatibility
1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
KeyedIn: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
KeyedIn doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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