Sage 500

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could help to advise best practices on how to allocate inventory to orders if we are using Sage 500? I gathered in a different thread, that Sage 500 can't do this. So how do people accomplish this, and is it possible…

I need to add a new "Item", does anyone know where that set up is located at in Sage 500?

Because the Planned Work Order numbers change daily in the system and do not stay constant until the Work Order is actualized, we are loosing a key index to sort and analyze data. Does anyone know how to force the Planned Work Order numbers from cycling…

Did you know that Sage 500 supports any currency? Simply to go Multicurrency > Maintenance > Set Up Currencies to create your currency. Head over to our article on how to set up multicurrency to find out more!

Vendor Name set up in Vendor Maintenance only partially populating on printed check

Is it possible to still get additional Lanpak licenses for Sage 500? We are in the process of replacing it but we have a solid year left and need to add seats in the interim.

Is there a way to set all users preferences to show dataporter? Is this an option? UPDATE tsmUser SET ShowDataPorterOnToolbar = 1

We have an issue with a product line, and we can't seem to correct it. On 90% of our routings for manufactured products, when we do a Labor Entry it calculates Overhead and Fixed costs using the pieces per hour and work center rates. One one product…

We're breaking out a few of our product lines, and we can't find any screen in Sage that will allow us to change the Raw materials GL account code when a labor entry is made. We've checked the Item Class, MF Item Class, and Maintain Inventory GL screens…

We would like to be able to create a pick list even when a customer is on Credit Hold - I know the system prevents this from happening but I am looking for a work around.

I would like to set up a minimum sales quantity in Sage 500 for customers, however, for different customers, I would like the minimum to vary. What is the best way to accomplish this?

We have a string of issues lately with users accidently hitting the red X in the toolbar which is for deleting the Setting from the dropdown. Is there a security right to disable that button for a group? Thank you

I know it's possible to do but can't recall where in SAGE 500 I am able to edit a Bank Account. I recently created a few bank accounts in SAGE 500 ERP. Realized I could be more brief with the account name and went to edit them however the Bank Account…

Hello, since upgrading to 2021 version we've noticed some reports and some GL Register screens are printing in Portrait and not Landscape and so are cutting off the data. This doesn't happen 100% of the time, and is different when uses log into different…

I have recently started a new job as A/R Manger where we are on Sage 500 - ERP 2018 Product Update 6 Desktop Enterprise Edition. One of the first limitations I came across was the ability to upload a journal entry that crosses multiple periods. Is this…

MAS 500 system upgraded from version 2018 to 2021 (v 8.10.2.0). After the upgrade, AP stopped emailing EFT deposit statement, generated error message below when used SMTP (smtp.office365.com:587) mail server first time. If Exchange > Outlook.Office365…

Is there a way to lock locations from being allocated to a production work order?

Hi, I'm one of the admins to support Sage 500 on the back-end side for our Accounting Department, one of our accounting guys has Sage 500 on both the Virtual Machine and a regular desktop, he kept getting the error attached. How error was replicated…

I have a situation where I am having trouble finding a solution. Please, see below: I have one salesperson that I want to give promotional pricing to, but not other salespeople who pull out of the same warehouse Is there any way that I can possibly…

We have some users using Sage 500 locally, we just did an Office update to 2019. Now the export does not work in the Explore view. Options are greyed out.. Is there a setting in Sage needs to be updated?

I've used other versions of Sage, but I'm new to Sage 500. Is there a keyboard shortcut to advance tabs when you're in Accounts Payable > Process Vouchers > Enter Vouchers? I'd like to be able to use a shortcut to move from the header tab to the detail…

In our current configuration, it is not possible to bin transfer allocated material. Is it possible to change something to allow bin transfers of allocated material? If so, what? Thanks, Steve Riggins Rotomaster USA

I need to map a sales tax class to an inventory item in "maintain item code tax mapping". We use Avalara and if I don't map, the sales tax class is blank when it communicates with Avalara. I can create a new sales tax class in common information/maintenance…

Does Sage allow you to allocate OH inventory to only be shipped for a specific customer?

Where does one set the GL Account Used when an invoice is received and a tax amount is entered? Example: Create a new "Enter Receipt of Invoice" batch. Select the invoice. Under the "Sales Tax" tab, enter a tax amount. The tax class of "Nontaxable…