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Hi, We just started using Sage 50. Our former bookkeeper used quickbooks. I want to convert the data to Sage for a historical record ( I opened a new company to go forward). My problem is it says in the Wizard that I need to have quickbooks installed…

i have a client on sage business cloud and we want to convert to sage 50. any ideas on how to do it has anyone done it for a client of theirs?

I work with a small charity, and they currently use Sage 50, 2018 version. I am recommending that we move to Sage Accounting (Standard package that allows for multiple users). I understand from going thru Sage university courses and various Sage migration…

What is the best way to convert history from a legacy system to X3. Import templates are excellent for AP, AR, GL, SO, PO, etc. However, these are open balances. What is required to import several years of transactional history? Gosh, this is a good…

We are currently using the on prem version of Sage 50 US Premium accounting, and it is overkill for our small business. However we have been using Sage for over a decade and would not like to manually enter all over our data into a new Sage Cloud Small…

Hello! We recently purchased sage BusinessWorks and would like to convert our previous QuickBooks file into sage BusinessWorks, so we don't lose anything. I talked to support, and they told me I would have to manually enter in every transaction and…

I have 1 1/2 years of accounting data on Sage Online. I want to convert to Sage 50. I've spoke to an adviser and went through the steps to download the transactions. Since there is a full year plus the current year it won't allow the current year…

Hello, I need help please. I have the files from Sage 50 Quantum Accounting 2015 but want to migrate/upgrade (although from a Quantum version it is actually considered a downgrade) to Sage 50 Canadian Edition 2022. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated…

I am using Canada Sage 50 Premium Accounting, if there is no job sites, inventory and services, that means I have no Sales and inventory modules, right? And I have to purchase if I need the modules?

Our Controller is struggling with this and I wanted to poll the community to get her some support. We were acquired (Founder to PE/Employee Owned) and we migrated to GAAP as part of the transaction. We have used Cash Basis for 30+ years, and 10+(?) in…

Hi and thanks for the help! Accountant was using simply accounting 2008. I've read through the advice here, downloaded Sage 2015. It will only let me open the old files in premium or quantrum. I tried both which seems to work, all our files appear intact…

Hello Can you please provide a solid procedure to migrate the data from Peachtree Complete Accounting 2011 to Sage50cloud Professional or Quantum? Thank you.

I have a support ticket in with Sage but have not been able to make any progress with the changeover and I need to make payroll checks. Any suggestions or guidance on the move would be greatly appreciated. I am currently waiting to get the converted data…

Has anyone switched from Sage 50 CA to Sage 50 US?

I updated my Sage 50 server from 2020 to 2021, and converted all but one company just fine. I receive two errors: and The problems are that no one is currently accessing the company I'm trying to convert, and that the Actian PSQL service is indeed…

I keep getting this error message when I try to open clients files "You have opened a company using Remote Data Access. You cannot convert this company file because you are not in single-user mode." However I never use anything but single user mode. What…

Hi, I need to upgrade some Sage 50 2008 (Lancement B) files to Sage 50 Comptabilité Pro 2019. I realised I needed to upgrade to 2015.3 first, before upgrading from 2015.3 to 2019. https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewdocument.do?noCount=true&externalId…

I need to convert a backup from the 2011 version of Sage to the 2020 version and apparently I have to have the 2015 version installed on my computer to do so. Does anyone have a link to download even a trial version of 2015. By the way, I asked this…

Totally disappointed. I have been using this product since the Peachtree days 20+ years. Never had need for all the bells and whistles of the upgrade every year. Last I was using the Sage 50 Complete Accounting 2013 on a computer with Windows 7. Finally…

Hi, I installed the 2020.2 update and converted 2 company files without issue. The 3rd one will not open, however. I had it open right before updating. When I try to open it, I am prompted to convert the file, then an error message pops up saying Sage…

I have a new client who wants to convert Sage 50 CA to the US version of Quickbooks. The Intuit online conversion tool only works for US Sage and no-one at Sage was able to help me. Does anyone know if Sage 50 CA can be converted to Quickbooks CA? …

During the Covid 19 shut down, we have been doing a lot of conversions from BusinessWorks to Sage 50 USA version. If you are looking for a new software solution, please give us a call. We have live demos and we would be happy to help you see if Sage…

Hi folks! I've just taken on a client who's previous bookkeeper was using Sage Accountant's edition (licensed in the previous bookkeeper's personal name) to do my clients books. The bookkeeper has now quit so I'm assuming my client has to buy their own…

I do bookkeeping for just 2 clients and I have Sage Premium at home, but one clients records are in Sage 50 Pro that I use at their office. Is there a way to open the Pro version files in Premium? Both are the 2020 version.

We have to switch from Sage 50 to Quickbooks in order to be compatible with another customer management program. We are happy with Sage 50 but using Quickbooks will save us tons of re-entering data from one program to another. Are there instructions…