If you use QuickBooks Desktop to manage your business, you should know the fact that your QuickBooks Data can fall into errors even because of minor negligence. You need to keep your data away from possible data damages. In this article, we have provided top data damage errors in QuickBooks Desktop.
Data Damage basically refers to a situation when QuickBooks couldn’t read your company file correctly. You can face data damage errors in QuickBooks Desktop because of some internal and external factors both. Most of the data damage errors that include LVL errors in QBWin.log can easily be resolved by repairing QuickBooks Desktop.
Different Types Of Data Damage
- List Damage – lists (Chart of accounts, items, customers, vendors, employees, etc.).
- Transaction Damage – one or more transactions.
- Link Damage – links between transactions or the transactions themselves.
Note: Such damages can be a bit hard to identify. You may have to open the transaction to check the broken parts. The data damage errors may also occur when your reports are not matching up. - Structural Damage – table/s or the header of the table.
In the following table, we have provided top data damage errors in QuickBooks Desktop along with their corresponding data damage type and the transactions.
| Title/Link | Damage Type | Transactions/Modules affected |
| Error -6000, -301: An error occurred when QuickBooks tried to access the company file | Structural | Networking |
| Error -6150, -1006 | Structural | N/A |
| Error: QBWin.log: LVL_SEVERE_ERROR–GetDecryptedCreditCardNumber The decryption has failed | List | Encrypted Data in QB (CC, SSN, Accounts) |
| QBWin.log: Verify list. Duplicate name encountered | List | Lists |
| QBWin.log: LVL_ERROR–Error: Verify item history target quantity on order mismatch error | Transaction | Sales Orders |
| QBWin.log: Orphan payee found in Online cache | List | Online Services |
| QBWin.log: LVL_ERROR – Error: Verify Item History: Build txn target bad pending state. Item = nnnnn | List | Items, Inventory Adjustments, Builds |
| QBWin.log: LVL_ERROR — Error: Verify Online Account Information: Invalid Customer ID number | List | Online Banking, Customers |
| QBWin.log: LVL_ERROR-error: Verify Account List Item ###: View out of sequence | List | Chart of Accounts |
| QBWin.log: LVL_Error–Error: Verify Item: Invalid tax agency | List | Items |
| QBWin.log: Verify Target: Invalid Open Balance | Transaction | Any transaction |
To get rid of common QuickBooks Data Damage errors can be resolved by using the QuickBooks File Doctor Tool. However, this just provides some basic solutions for your data damage errors. If you could not resolve the error, you need to Verify & Rebuild Utility to resolve the issues.
However, if you are facing some other errors not mentioned in the above table, you need to get connected with our QuickBooks Data Services team. For this, you need to dial the toll-free number +1800-324-6955 and you will be provided instant support for your issues.