• Transaction Data Import

    I'm installing Sage 50 Premium in a Convenience Store which has a POS system. This POS system generates a plethora of reports & data, all of which is available in Excel format. The daily sales report it generates would be the feedstock for the SAGE invoicing…
  • Part 2 of 2: Sage 50 CA Data Conversion Tips

    General TIP on installs and data conversions: Sage 50 CA requires full Windows access rights for update installations and data conversions. Even if Sage 50 CA is a cloud-connected software, it's still a classic desktop installation which is designed…
  • Reducing or removing Sage 50 CA customer data in event of a CCPA request

    Are you a business with customers who may be residents of California? Changing regulations may impact you. On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect. The CCPA aims to protect the personal information of all California…
  • Simply Accounting Cannot Connect to Connection Manager

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    Please I cannot start my Simply Accounting Set up. It keep telling me cannot connect to Connection Manager. What should I do. Will Need an URGENT ASSISTANCE
  • What's next for the Sage 50 CA and AutoEntry integration?

    Back in June 2019, the entry of invoices and receipts across databases in Sage 50 CA got easier with the announced integration with AutoEntry. Read more about how to get started with that here. Now we have big news! Sage has acquired AutoEntry. This…
  • Customizing Sage 50 CA Intelligence Reports from a template in 4 steps!

    In this follow up, we'll look at how to customize, modify and save an existing report template (the sales analysis report) so it can be reused. Sage 50 Intelligence Reporting Standard enables you to modify an existing report, note that the modifying of…
  • How to set up and use Sage Intelligence Reporting in Sage 50 CA?

    First thing to check is your edition of Sage 50 CA, is it Pro? If so, then you only have 7 years + the current year of financial data for reporting available. The Premium and Quantum editions allow for a history of 100 years of data. Side note: Our…
  • Be Sage, Choose Sage: Learn about the Audit Trail

    The original blockchain technology for tracking who did what and when. Why does it matter if your accounting software uses an audit trail or not? Did you know that if you are ever up for auditing by an official, an audit trail is what legitimizes your…
  • 6 Steps for moving data or connecting Sage Accounting to Sage 50 CA

    Looking to expand your small business or just want additional features to enable you to do things like mobile invoicing? See the below for details on how to migrate, move or integrate your Sage Accounting data with Sage 50 CA software. STEP 1: Already…
  • Part 1: Introduction to O365's Advanced Threat Protection features

    Are you using Sage 50 Cloud with the Office 365 integration? Do you manage threat protection for your organization? If so, then perhaps you're assuming that you're fully protected from spam and malware. MS Office 365 does have Advanced Threat Protection…
  • Sage Drive 101: Top 3 tips & tricks for Success!

    Sage Drive is a syncing feature. What does that mean? The transactions you save to your Sage 50 are instantly saved to your hard drive, but the syncing to the cloud copy might take a minute or so--longer if you have slow internet. Top tips and tricks…
  • Top 12 Questions &Answers for Peak Season 2018

    Get those T4s submitted! While hustling did you get stuck due to a missing update or T4 printing issue? Here's the top 12 resources most used for the month of January 2018. Please see this blog for a list of useful articles on Sage 50's Common Questions…
  • QuickTips! How to Change the Company Name in Sage 50

    Activated the software with the wrong name? To change it in the installed software there are two locations. Changing the Company Name the Software is Registered With To update the license, from the main screen of the program, go to the Help menu…
  • Ransomware and Backup Management

    Our Sage Colleague Kim Crabtree over at the Sage BusinessWorks Support team put together this informative blog called " Why is it critical that you back up your data nightly? ". We've adapted it for Sage 50 CA. Thanks Kim! Why is it so important to…
  • Sharing data file simultaneously

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    FormerMember
    Hello, how can my client share thier "sage 50 pro" data file with me (I have the accountant edition of sage 50), so i can work on thier file remotely? And simultaneously? Also, is there a link and/or video that discusses the information to show the client…
  • ODBC Connection Access Denied (Password error)

    Since we installed the latest upgrade for Sage 50 to Version 2018.0, we are unable to connect to the simply database with our third party software using a ODBC Connection. Over the past 10 years I have always managed to make the appropriate adjustments…
  • What to do about Sage 50 "stopped working messages"

    A team of us have been keeping close tabs on scenarios where users install Sage 50 2018.0 and function fine until they need to update Windows and it fails. Typically we see the errors related to KBs 18047 and or 61504 stating: "Sage 50 has stopped working…
  • How to restore your Sage 50 backup file

    Where can you go to retrieve an Automatic Backup? Anytime a Sage 50 CA database conversion or new year creation takes place the program prompts users to backup. KB 10087 explains that this automatic backup feature has its' default location set to : …
  • MySQL means boosted speed & security in Sage 50!

    It took a three-round process of elimination to find the database that could meet the software functionality and vision that Sage 50 had in mind. The reason why Sage 50 originally switched to using MySQL as its database standard was because MySQL "was…
  • Retour à une date de session antérieure

    Bonjour, Je suis dans ma première année financière. J'ai inscrit dans SAGE le 31 août comme date de fin d'année alors que cela aurait dû être le 31 juillet. Ma date de session est le 31 août. J'ai fait des écritures en août dont les paies. Que dois…
  • Needing to correct an error made in previous year after entering 2 months of data in our new year

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    We have completed our year end, moved our systems forward, entered about 2 1/2 months of data into our new year. After this we found we had an error at the end of our previous year that has to be corrected. We went back and corrected the error in the…
  • Is it possible to import employee pay into Sage using the SDK?

    Is it possible to use the SDK to import employee pay into Sage? I'm thinking it would need to be able to create paychecks but if anyone knows of a better way for employee pay please let me know. I know you can import employees but I want to take all their…
  • SDKInstanceManager OpenDatabase always returns false and has no error messages

    Hi, I'm trying to work through the C# sample project in the Sage 50 Accounting SDK (Simply) but for some reason I can't get the opendatabase connection to let me access the database. I have set up my user in the Sage app and I know my username and password…
  • How to find log in credentials for Sage 50 database

    I am trying to go through some of the code examples in the SDK, obviously one of the first functions that runs is the database connection function. I have tried sysadmin with various passwords but I can never successfully connect to the database to try…
  • Microsoft Updates, Service Changes and how they affect Sage 50CA

    Anyone who has recently upgraded their operating system has probably noticed security changes. Something to consider is that Windows has specific operating system editions used for business or the home environment. Data Collection and Windows Settings…