Do open Sage 50 sales orders and purchase orders migrate to QuickBooks?
Yes: open Sage 50 sales orders and purchase orders can migrate as open orders in QuickBooks, but statuses and partial shipments depend on the file.
Yes, they can. Open sales orders and purchase orders in Sage 50 can be converted so they land in QuickBooks as open, unfulfilled orders, ready for invoicing or receiving. They are non-posting documents in both programs, so they shape workflow rather than balances. Where results vary is in the detail: statuses, partial shipments, and links between documents. That part depends on the individual file.
Which details carry over?
The core fields are what a conversion maps first: customer or vendor, items, quantities, prices, and dates. Those are what make an order usable on the other side. Statuses are the variable part.
An order that is half shipped in Sage may arrive showing the remaining quantity, or the original quantity, depending on the mapping. Rather than assume, our engineers check the pattern in your file and confirm it before the conversion runs. That is one reason we scope every Sage 50 to QuickBooks conversion per file instead of by rule of thumb.
Do open statuses survive the move?
A fully open order usually converts as fully open. Partially fulfilled orders are the harder case, because the two programs record progress differently. In practice, the remaining quantity is what should carry, so the order in QuickBooks reflects only what is still owed. Whether that mapping suits your file depends on how orders were entered and updated in Sage.
Fully invoiced orders are history rather than open items. Whether history migrates at all is a scope decision you make up front, separate from the open-order question.
Does the destination edition matter?
Yes, and it is worth deciding early. Not every QuickBooks Desktop edition supports sales orders, so some open sales orders need a different document type or manual handling on arrival. QuickBooks Online works differently again: it has no sales order document, so open sales orders there are typically converted to estimates instead. Purchase orders are more broadly supported, though availability can depend on the plan. We flag any edition limits before the work starts.
What needs manual entry?
The short list is links, notes, and anything left out of scope. A purchase order tied to a sales order in Sage can lose that link, since the programs connect documents differently. Custom status labels and free-form notes may not have a matching field in QuickBooks.
One more thing to watch: because open orders are non-posting, some conversion paths skip them unless you ask. If yours are skipped, each one has to be re-keyed by hand, which is worth avoiding on a busy order book.
A practical next step
Start with a free evaluation. We review your file, count the open orders on both sides, confirm how statuses and partial quantities will land, and put it all in a written quote. You will know which orders arrive open, which need re-entry, and what the job involves before anything moves.