Just thought we share some experience with you. We learned sometime back that the both the Account Reporting functions are data exporting features are quite limited both function and customization. If you want to make a career out trying to get the transaction information you need, then using the Account Reporting tools is the right tool to use.
Seems that PayPal certainly could have done a much better job but, unfortunately, it is what it is. You may have some luck by using the Business Report Portal but, there's still a lot of room for improvement. For example, we would love to see PayPal and Quickbooks actually work together to come with a real working export/import function. Perhaps some day.
Having said that, we learned not to rely on PayPal's Business Reporting functions and simply input all of sales transaction information directly into Quick Book Pro. Yes, it does take a minor effort to do this, but you can't complain about the end results. We can access our customer database and sales transaction info anytime and can run any type of report when we need it. And it makes doing taxes a breeze. We now only use our PayPal Account Reporting for transactions double checks when needed but, that's very rare.
Regards,
skier
