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Sage 100 ERP FRx Conversion Utility Assistant Now Available Free

February 17, 2012 by Wayne Schulz

Sage have just posted their Sage 100 ERP FRX Conversion Utility Assistant into their private partner file area. This utility assists users in converting FRX reports to Sage MAS Intelligence 4.5 reports.
Sage MAS Intelligence is Sage’s rebadged (and since acquired) solution from Alchemex. Although marketed as a replacement to the since retired Microsoft FRX Report Writer, SMI is widely viewed as a good Business Intelligence tool and a complex financial report writer.

 

The release of this conversion tool is meant to ease users in migrating their FRX reports to SMI and remove some of the grumbling people have about complexity of SMI.

The documentation explains in a little more detail what role the FRX Conversion Utility Assistant plays:

The FRx Conversion Assistant is a utility that is designed to aid Sage Business Partners and consultants in transitioning customers from Microsoft® FRx 6.7 to Sage MAS 90/200 Intelligence 4.50 (Only available for Sage MAS 90/200 4.50). As with most conversions this utility does not perform an automatic perfect conversion but rather speeds up the recreation process for existing FRx reports within Sage MAS Intelligence (SMI). As Microsoft FRx and Sage MAS Intelligence provide Financial Reporting in a different manner there is often no direct way to directly convert concepts found within Microsoft FRx to SMI as there will be different mechanisms to handle the same concepts within the two applications.

 

System requirements (as noted in the conversion guide accompanying the utility):

 

  • Microsoft FRx 6.7 Service Pack 11 (6.7.11027)
  • Sage ERP MAS 90/200 4.50 ProvideX or MAS 200 SQL 4.50
  • Sage ERP MAS 90/200 Intelligence 4.50 or MAS 200 SQL Intelligence 4.50
  • Active  Manager License
  • Active Report Designer Site License
  • Active Connector Site License

This utility will only work if SMI 4.50 is installed. As Reports from FRx are converted into Report Designer enabled reports within SMI you will need to have obtained a license for the SMI Report Manager and Report Designer components to use this utility. Additionally to cater for consolidated FRx reports, this utility requires an active Connector license to be obtained. If converted reports only draw data from one company then customers can import them against the regular (non‐consolidation) ‘MAS Auto Connect’ connection within SMI.

 

Sage Partners can download the utility from the Partner File Center

Filed Under: Sage MAS Intelligence Tagged With: Conversion, frx, smi, Utility

FRX Replacement WebCast: BizNet Excel Information Suite for Sage ERP MAS 90, 200, 500

December 15, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

Business Reporting and Analytics for Sage MAS 90/200/500

 

 

Are you struggling with finding a suitable replacement for FRx? Why not use what every company already utilizes today – EXCEL! BizNet’s Excel Business Information Suite is the next generation reporting solution and was designed with the assistance of FRx professionals. BizNet’s Reporting solution is pre-built for MAS 90/200/500.

 

  • 100% Excel
  • Fills Top 10 FRx Feature Gaps
  • Real Time Reporting & Business Intelligence
  • Drill to transaction detail
  • Drag and Drop Report Creation
  • Pre-built Connections, Content & Analysis
  • Utilize Single Excel Template for Multiple Report Distribution
  • Fully Deployed in Less Than a Day
  • No additional Hardware

Join us on Wednesday January 18, 2012 at 1pm ET for a one hour free presentation that highlights the BizNet reporting tool. You have an opportunity to see how an FRX report can be converted quickly to BizNet and how subsequent reporting happens entirely within Microsoft Excel.

 

Register for our Free BizNet WebCast – January 18, 2012 – 1pm ET

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: biznet, frx

BizNet Excel Reporting for Sage ERP MAS90 and 200 – October 26, 2011 1pm EDT

September 29, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

DSD Business Systems presents a free demonstration of BizNet Excel Business Information Suite for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200. Struggling with finding a suitable replacement for FRx? Why not use what every company already utilizes today – EXCEL!

  • 100% Excel
  • Fills Top 10 FRx Feature Gaps
  • Real Time Reporting & Business Intelligence
  • Drill to transaction detail
  • Drag and Drop Report Creation
  • Pre-built Connections, Content & Analysis
  • Utilize Single Excel Template for Multiple Report Distribution
  • Fully Deployed in Less Than a Day
  • No additional Hardware

Date: October 26, 2011 10:00 am PDT / 1pm EDT
Register: Free Business Reporting with BizNet for Sage ERP MAS 90/200/500 or View Recorded BizNet Overview

Filed Under: Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: biznet, excel, frx, mas200, reporting, Sage 100 ERP, Sage 500 ERP

FRX Service Pack 11 (R11670) for MAS 90 (Download)

February 3, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

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You may have tried recently to download the latest FRX service pack 11 from Sage. Unfortunately as of January 31, 2011 Sage is no longer able to distribute service packs due to Microsoft (who publishes FRX) discontinuing sales of FRX (support however extends to December 2012).

If you need to download FRX 6.7 Service Pack 11 (aka R11670) you can navigate directly to the Microsoft Knowledgebase via the link below.

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Download FRX Service Packs For MAS 90 and MAS 200:

FRX Service Pack 10
FRX Service Pack 11

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Filed Under: FRX, mas200, Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: fix, frx, mas200, microsoft, patch, Sage 100 ERP, service pack 11, service update

How To Install Sage MAS Intelligence for MAS 90 or MAS 200

August 24, 2010 by Wayne Schulz

The training department at Sage North America have just posted another video regarding the new Sage MAS Intelligence reporting tool.

Sage MAS Intelligence is the replacement for FRX Financial Report Writer which Microsoft is terminating support for at the end of next year. FRX had been the recommended financial report writer. With the decision by Microsoft to eliminate their product – the new recommended reporting tool is Sage MAS Intelligence.

Each user of MAS 90 or MAS 200 will receive a free copy of this program along with one user license. Watch for a notification from Sage in the coming weeks that will alert you to the availability of Sage MAS Intelligence.

Filed Under: Add Ons, MAS 90 Add Ons, mas200, Sage software, Tips and Tricks Tagged With: alchemex, frx, mas intelligence, reporting, sage

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