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Upgrading from Sidebar Fills to Direct Fills

Learn how and why to upgrade your spreadsheet to Direct Fills

Written by Heather Phillips
Updated in the last 15 minutes

Why the upgrade?

We want to offer the most reliable and automatic way to fill your bank data into spreadsheets and Direct Fills is it. This upgrade will ensure that all your available bank data makes it into your spreadsheet without you having to click a button or even think about it. After the account refreshes, the data fills. No more separate steps for "refresh and fill."

Keep in mind that some accounts cannot refresh automatically, which will require you to refresh on the Console, but after the refresh, the data will just fill, automagically. πŸͺ„

How to upgrade

  1. Visit the Tiller Console at https://my.tiller.com

  2. Click on your spreadsheet's name

  3. If it's a Sidebar Fills sheet you'll see a banner indicating that you can upgrade it to Direct Fills

  4. Click "Upgrade" to get started and then confirm the upgrade.

  5. If necessary, click "Authorize Sheets" to grant the proper permission for the Direct Fills. Click here to read more on these permissions if you have questions.

  6. If your spreadsheet is compatible, it will be upgraded to Direct Fills after the Authorize Sheets step. Data will begin filling on the next refresh cycle.

The upgrade process does not trigger a fill so if you have transactions that have not yet filled into your spreadsheet at the time of your upgrade they will fill on the next account refresh cycle. You can fill your data one last time using Tiller Money Feeds before upgrading.

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Incompatible spreadsheets

Your spreadsheet may not be compatible if it's hasn't undergone a necessary migration.

If you see a message that your spreadsheet is not incompatible with Direct Fills and can't be upgraded yet follow these steps:

  1. Open your Google Sheet

  2. Launch the Tiller Money Feeds add-on from the Extensions menu

  3. You should see a "Maintenance in progress" message in the sidebar

  4. Allow the maintenance to complete

  5. Try upgrading to Direct Fills again

If you get an error related to the maintenance, reach out to our support team via the chat tool on the Tiller Console at https://my.tiller.com.

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