Sage 100 ERP

What Happens If I Don’t Upgrade My Sage 100 Payroll?

November 6, 2019 by Wayne Schulz Leave a Comment

Earlier this week Sage sent the following notice to Sage 100 users who had not yet upgrade from legacy ( Sage 100 2017 or earlier ) Payroll to the new Sage 100 Payroll 2.0.

Sage users who remain on legacy Sage 100 Payroll ( unsupported version 2017 or earlier) may encounter the following issues:

No payroll programming changes to meet new tax requirements ( Warning: Not all tax changes can be accomplished by manually updating tax tables )
No tax table updates ( During 2018 Oregon implemented a statewide transit tax effective July 2018 ( image above ) which required affected users to move to the current payroll as Sage did not upgrade the legacy program for these changes and there was no easy way to change the tax tables to capture the new tax)
Tax tables in legacy Payroll may still be updated manually but some tax changes will require program changes ( see first item above )
No further IRD ( Interim Release Download ) which updates Payroll for tax reporting changes – this increases the likelihood that you will be typing out your W-2s instead of printing them through Sage eFiling.
Users on legacy Sage 100 Payroll ( version 2017 or lower ) will be unable to upgrade to any higher version of Sage since the current releases ( 2018+ ) all require the latest Payroll update
No support for 2020 W-4 changes ( W4 changes explained here – pdf )

Given that payroll requires a high degree of accuracy to remain compliant I strongly advise you to remain current on the latest Sage 100 Payroll release. If you are using Sage 100 version 2017 ( or earlier ) Payroll then you should plan to upgrade before year-end.

Sage Thrive On 2020 Locations Unveiled for North America

November 5, 2019 by Wayne Schulz Leave a Comment

Sage North America has unveiled the location of their two upcoming partner kick-off Thrive On events to be held in January 2020.

Both kick-offs will feature a full agenda ( 8 am to 5 pm ) including a lunch and partner mixer.

Expect to learn more about Sage’s plans for 2020 as well as a healthy dose of inspirational sales and marketing information.

Please note these are partner only events.

Thrive On 2020 North America Locations

The first Thrive On will be in Costa Mesa, CA on January 7, 2020. The venue is:

Hilton Costa Mesa
3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

From California, Thrive On moves to Houston Tx on January 9, 2020. The venue in Texas is:

Hotel Alessandra
1070 Dallas Street
Houston, TX 77002

Thrive On 2020 Agenda

AGENDA OVERVIEW — January 7 and 9, 2020
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Registration and breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.Sage Executive Opening
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.FY19/FY20 Sage Vision, Strategy, Goals, and Mission
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Sage Innovation
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.IDC Thought Leadership
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.Market Intelligence
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.Sales Enablement
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.Partner Recognition
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Afternoon break
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.Leadership Fireside Chats
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Sage Foundation
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Closing
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Partner Mixer

Admission to both events is free to Sage partners. While the event website doesn’t specify the products to be discussed it appears that this event is applicable to all of Sage’s product lines.

For more information visit the Sage Thrive On 2020 registration page.

Where Is Sage 100 4.5 PU 8?

October 18, 2019 by Wayne Schulz Leave a Comment

If you are updating from an older version of Sage 100 ( formerly MAS 90 or MAS 200 ) then you may have learned that upgrades from older releases are only supported from version 4.50 Product Update 8 ( PU 8 ) or higher.

This means if you want to migrate from an early version such as MAS 90 3.x you will need to:

Upgrade to at least MAS 90 3.71
Then upgrade to at least Sage 100 v4.50 PU 8 ( download )
From here you can upgrade directly to the latest Sage 100 release

Thankfully, this will migrate all of your existing data without any re-keying.

If you are not on a Sage maintenance plan you must re-instate on a current Sage 100cloud subscription. This will allow you access to the latest relase of Sage which continues to run on your existing servers provided they meet the supported platform requirements ( check what hardware and OS are supported here ).

Here is a concise guide to all the new features added to Sage 100 and Sage 100cloud – Sage 100 Customer Upgrade Guide 2019.

Sage 100cloud 2020 Due March 2020

October 10, 2019 by Wayne Schulz

Sage has begun sharing plans for their next release of Sage 100 and Sage 100cloud.

Based on a public presentation at a local user group, this release, version 2020, apparently will release on or about March 18, 2020 ( subject to the normal caveats that this date could change without notice ).

This slide appeared on a shared photo taken during a keynote delivered by Sage Principal Architect Elliott Pritchard.

In the same presentation, the following list of enhancements expected for 2020+ was shared with the group.

Customer Name Expansion
Address Expansion
A/P Reverse Entire Check Run
Multiple PO on a Single Invoice
Lot/Serial Expiration Dates
Customizer Enhancements

As always, planned enhancements to the next release of Sage 100cloud are tentative until the final version is released.

Based on the slide deck we should expect four Sage 100cloud releases in 2020

March 2020 – Sage 100cloud 2020
June 2020 – MOL ( ? ) update
September 2020 – Sage 100cloud 2020.1
December 2020 – Sage 100cloud 2020.2

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30 Ways to Fix Sage 100 “Data is not selected for report printing”

October 8, 2019 by Wayne Schulz

If you are working in Sage 100 or Sage 100cloud and encounter the message “Data is not selected for report printing” while trying to print a form or a report then you should look at this Sage knowledgebase article.

This comprehensive article lists 30 different reasons for the “Data is not selected” message as well as links to specific knowledge articles which can help you resolve any problems.

In some cases you may be recieving the message because there truly is no dataa to print ( if , say, your Sales Order has the “print picking sheet” box UN-checked ).

However, there are some other reasons that Sage outlines where you can also run into this issue unexpectedly and the steps to take to resolve the problem and get your Sage 100 form or report printing as expected.

Some issues that this article covers include:

Report settings have been filtered such that there are no eligible records
Corrupted, damaged, or missing SY_ReportEngine.pvc file
Report Settings for one Sage 100 user have changed
Previously known issue that has been patched in latest updates
Return of Goods Entry print box not checked
Data Corruption
Blank Records in the Masterfile that need to be deleted
E-mail PDF Delivery Option is not selected for vendor
Print Invoices checkbox not checked in AR or SO Invoice Defaults
Damaged User profile
“Default Special Items to Drop Ship” selected in SO Options
Using MultiBin and there are items not distributed to bins
Line items on Sales Order are Backordered or Quantity Ordered is zero (0)
SO_SalesOrderPrint.m4t data file may be corrupted
SY_ReportOption.m4t file contains corrupted values after upgrading to version 2015
Bank Reconciliation and Accounts Payable module not Integrated
E-mail was not selected for customer in Paperless setup
History files have been removed due to Years to Retain options
Need to Rebuild Sort Files for Work Order module
Module code was incorrectly entered
Prospect does not have a Customer ID
Reported issue which Sage Engineering is Currently Reviewing

For a full list of the issues related to this printing message please visit the Sage knowledgebase here – Error: “Data is not selected for Report Printing”

Thrive On 2020 North America Locations

Thrive On 2020 Agenda

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