QBDL error Vendor: Cannot clear the element in the Name field

Make sure that the Vendors in Kennel Connection all have names.  If a name was deleted from a Vendor record in KC, QB is refusing to make the modification.

Click on File, Inventory, Vendors.

Click on the Inventory bubble and make sure the item is attached to the correct Vendor.

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