Can I migrate only selective modules or data instead of everything?
Yes, Zoho Books allows selective migration. You can choose to migrate:
Only master data (like customers, vendors, items)
Only financial data from a specific date range
Only current year data with opening balances
Only invoices and payments without historical records
This is ideal for businesses that:
Don’t need full history
Want a clean start
Already have clean, recent data
You’ll still need to reconcile balances manually for the skipped periods.
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