Sage Conversion Questions
Sage Conversion Questions
Short, direct answers to the questions we're asked most about Sage to QuickBooks conversions and Sage 50 Quantum downgrades.
You are currently locked out of this company" in Sage 50
Sage 50 thinks another user, or a stale lock file left behind, still has the company open, so it refuses you access.
Sage 50Will Sage 50 sales rep assignments and territories convert to QuickBooks?
It depends on the file and the QuickBooks edition, but rep assignments can usually be carried over or rebuilt; territories need a different approach.
Sage 50Unable to set the file includes headers flag" in Sage 50
Sage 50 cannot update an internal setting in your company file, usually because the file is damaged or locked.
Sage 50This proposal is damaged or no longer approved and cannot be billed" in Sage 50
Sage 50 is refusing to bill a proposal because its approval status is broken or the record itself is damaged, not because of anything you did.
Sage 50This error may also occur if you have opened an archived company" Sage 50
Sage 50 is telling you the company file is read-only, usually an archive or a Sage Drive view, so changes cannot be saved.
ConversionThe conversion cannot find an accounts payable account in your DacEasy chart of accounts
The conversion tool looked for a DacEasy accounts payable account and could not match one, so it stopped before converting your data.
ConversionThe company you are trying to convert is unreadable or corrupt" Sage 50 error
The conversion tool cannot read your Sage 50 company file, usually because the file is damaged or incomplete rather than truly lost.
Sage 50Sage 50: "You cannot add or remove assembly components if any transactions have been
Sage 50 locks an assembly's component list once any transaction has used it, and this page explains why and what you can still do.
Sage 50Sage 50 message: "You cannot change the beginning balance if it was entered for a closed
Sage 50 is blocking an edit to a beginning balance because that balance belongs to a fiscal year you already closed.
ConversionSage 50 error: "cannot convert a Quote" with job Billing Method not equal to Percent of
Sage 50 blocks converting a quote when a line item points to a job whose billing method is not Percent of Proposal or No Progress Billing.
Sage 50Sage 50 cannot open the shared folder that contains this company
Sage 50 cannot reach the network folder holding the company file, usually a sharing, permissions, or drive-mapping problem rather than data damage.
Sage 50Sage 50 "The Vendor ID cannot be changed for an entire series if the series includes a
Sage 50 blocks a vendor ID change across a transaction series when a paid invoice is in it, to protect payment history.