Sage 50 Software Hints, Tips, Tricks, New Features, Service Patches, Secrets and Improvements: New Opening Balances Entry Tool in Sage 50 2012 (V18)

Place for Sage 50 Lovers

Sage 50 is the most popular Accounting Software Package in UK. It is also popular in many other countries in Asia and Africa (India, Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi, Nigeria) in addition to becoming most used Accounting system Great Britain and Ireland.

Accountants who have used sage 50 love it and they just cant live without it when they join other organisations.

There are many reasons behind so much affection for sage 50. (Formerly sterling and then sage line 50) These are the main factors:

Easy to use, Easy to learn

easy to install and setup

Great Audit trail to track transactions in seconds

User log

Great report designer

Disaster recovery friendly database structure

Addon - compatible

Reasonable security

Upto 10 users can be added

But if you are looking for a hassle free online Cloud Accounting application which support UK statutory requirements then the choice is Kashflow.

Opening balances
A new opening balances wizard guides you through the procedure step by step, accessed
from Tools > Opening Balances.

Sage 50 2012 (Version 18) New Features, Changes & Improvements

Sage 50 2012 New Features Preview Tour

Sage 50 2012 (Version 18) New Features, Changes & Improvements

Improvements in Cache and Locking mechanism
Initial speed tests show no overall difference (possibly a bit slower) on straight speed but the record locking and caching may make day-to-day operations less prone to other users being locked out and support higher levels of concurrency.
The cosmetic screen appearance has been updated to make it more contemporary and various processes modified to give the user more feedback that Sage is actually doing something (rather than having them reboot the machine because nothing is apparently happening and thus corrupting data)
The Help -> About screen now provides far more diagnostic information and they also seem to have sneaked in a remote control option for Sage Support technicians.
Internally there are changes to the way the SDK works in some areas so developers will need to make code changes in various areas including Net Value Discounts (which was absurdly difficult to do previously), Customer Discounts and Invoice Auto Numbering.
The Transaction Post has also been updated to perform more checks on the data such as making sure the specified nominal code is correct for the type of transaction (not a Bank Account if posting an SI for example).
Installation has been streamlined and made more straightforward for network configuration.
There are various UI enhancements including new Quick Search Options and a Quick Print button.
Data checking has been speeded up and offers more selective repair options than the previous blanket “Fix” button.
The existing SData Service will be available to developers in Beta format. Essentially it is a web interface which sits on top of the SDO to enable low volume web based interrogation and update of Sage data. (You would for example only perform an action on a single account rather than a bulk process)

Sage 50 Software Hints, Tips, Tricks, New Features, Service Patches, Secrets and Improvements

Place for Sage 50 Lovers

New Opening Balances Entry Tool in Sage 50 2012 (V18)

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