QuickBooks
Target Chaining Errors
Before you finish this sentence, somebody’s information will be lost in a QuickBooks file or related information.
Let’s start with target-chaining errors that are becoming more common as file size grow.
by: john bowling
Overview of QuickBooks Target Chaining
When rebuilding QuickBooks, during the “getting all transactions” phase, Quickbooks is loading all targets (line items) into RAM. We’re not sure what order they are loaded, but it always seems to be all normal targets, then source targets are loaded first. When QuickBooks can’t use enough RAM, either from limited cache or 32bit RAM limit imposed by QuickBooks (about 3.4 GB), numerous targets can NOT load.
When QuickBooks rebuild gets to the transactions that cause these errors, it believes that these transactions have no source.
QuickBooks labels this issue as target chaining; transaction 1 points to a source-target 2 “that doesn’t exist.” The chain is broken, which results in an error.
To “correct” this issue, QuickBooks create a new source for this transaction 1 equal to the amount of the actual source that caused the issue.
This scenario applies to Invoices and Credit memos as well. We do not know if any other transactions are susceptible to this issue at this point.
EXAMPLE
A bill exists for $100, with two lines being $50 each.
The header table stores the reference for this bill with a transaction id 1. It points to the source line of 2. The source points to target id 3, and 3 points to 4. This is what we call a “chain.”
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