ARScan Update – Important MYOB Connection Changes

ARScan 3.0 – MYOB Authorisation Update

Overview

MYOB is changing the way third-party applications such as ARScan connect to MYOB AccountRight and MYOB Business.

To meet MYOB’s new security and authorisation requirements, ARScan must be updated to Version 3.0.

This update changes the way ARScan is authorised to access your MYOB company file. The day-to-day operation of ARScan remains largely the same.

Please Note: This update is only required for ARScan installations that connect to an ONLINE MYOB company file. If your MYOB company file is stored locally or on a network/server, this authorisation update is not required.

What is changing?

When you first run ARScan 3.0 and connect to an online MYOB company file, you will see a new MYOB authorisation screen.

ARScan will ask you to:

Sign in to your MYOB account.
Select the MYOB company file you want ARScan to use.
Review the information ARScan requires access to.
Click Connect to authorise ARScan.

Important: The MYOB user completing this process must be an Administrator of the selected MYOB company file. This is a requirement of MYOB’s new authorisation process.

Authorisation Guide

Selecting your MYOB company file

On the new MYOB screen, use the drop-down list to select the company file you want to connect to ARScan.

If you use ARScan with more than one MYOB company file, select the appropriate company file when authorising each ARScan database.

After selecting the company file, click Connect.

What access does ARScan require?

MYOB will display the areas of your company file that ARScan needs permission to access.

Depending on the functions you use in ARScan, these include:

Company information and accounts
Sales, purchases and inventory
Customer and supplier contacts
Employee contacts
Company/subscription information

These permissions allow ARScan to continue performing its existing functions such as downloading items, customers, suppliers and inventory information and updating MYOB from ARScan.

Authorisation complete

After you click Connect, MYOB will briefly redirect you to the Barcode Logic website.

You may see the following page:

You do not need to do anything on this page.

ARScan will automatically continue opening and connect to the company file you selected.

Action Required

Installing ARScan 3.0

You can download and install the ARScan 3.0 update yourself, or Barcode Logic can install the update for you remotely.

Before installing

Please:

Close ARScan on the computer being updated.
Ensure you know your MYOB login details.
Ensure the MYOB user who will authorise ARScan has Administrator access to the MYOB company file.
If you use more than one MYOB company file with ARScan, make sure you know which company file should be selected for each ARScan database.

Option A:

Download and install the update yourself

Click the button below to download the latest ARScan installer.

Once downloaded:

Close ARScan if it is running.
Locate the downloaded ARScan installation file.
Double-click the installer to start the update.
If Windows asks whether you want to allow the application to make changes to your computer, click Yes.
Follow the installation prompts.
When installation is complete, start ARScan normally.
Select your online MYOB company file as usual.
Sign in to MYOB when prompted.
Select the correct company file from the MYOB business list.
Review the permissions and click Connect.
Wait while MYOB completes the authorisation and returns you to ARScan.
ARScan will then open normally.

Do not select a different company file simply because it has a similar name. Make sure you select the MYOB company file normally used with that ARScan installation.

Option B:

Assisted Remote Install

Would you prefer us to install the update?

Barcode Logic can install and configure the ARScan 3.0 update for you remotely.

Please ensure that someone with MYOB Administrator access is available during the update so that the new MYOB authorisation can be completed.

Background & Assistance

Why is this update necessary?

MYOB is introducing new security requirements for applications that connect to MYOB Business and AccountRight.

The new process gives MYOB users clearer control over:

which company file an application can access;
which areas of MYOB the application can access; and
who is permitted to authorise that access.

ARScan 3.0 has been updated to support these new MYOB requirements.

Customers using ARScan with an online MYOB company file should install ARScan 3.0 before the MYOB changes take effect.

Need help?

If you are unsure whether you need the update, do not have MYOB Administrator access, or would prefer Barcode Logic to perform the installation, please contact us before updating.

We are happy to assist with the upgrade and MYOB authorisation process.