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Error: 'Contact does not exist in Sage'

How to resolve this error on an invoice in AutoEntry that you're trying to publish.

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Written by Oliver Cook
Updated this week

After you publish an invoice, you may see a warning icon on the invoice. When you click it for more information, it says the following:

Contact does not exist in Sage

Contact does not exist in Sage error showing in Purchases folder in AutoEntry,


This error occurs when a supplier account that was previously synced to AutoEntry, but is now deleted in Sage.

To resolve this error:

  1. Unpublish the affected invoices in AutoEntry.

  2. Re-sync the data between Sage and AutoEntry.

    📎NOTE: In some cases, to successfully re-sync the supplier account list, it may be necessary to:

Once these steps are completed, the supplier account deleted in Sage will also be removed from AutoEntry.

Next steps

If the supplier account is still required, create a new supplier account in Sage, then re-sync the data to reflect the update in AutoEntry.

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