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.
The account class cannot be changed for this account" in Sage 50
Sage 50 blocks an account class change once the account carries transactions, so the setting is effectively locked.
ConversionSage 50 "maximum number of locks" conversion error explained
Sage 50 has run out of internal locks mid-conversion, so the process stops; the file itself is usually fine but too busy or too large.
Sage 50Sage 50 "Error during read of Form File: File is corrupted
Sage 50 cannot read one of the form files attached to your company data, usually because that form file is damaged.
Sage 50Sage 50 "Cannot calculate account balance for a date that is in a closed year
Sage 50 is refusing to report a balance dated before your closed fiscal years, usually because the date or the year settings are wrong.
Sage 50Sage 50 "cannot be removed until transactions for the previous year are cleared
Sage 50 blocks deleting an account that has posted transactions in the prior fiscal year; here is what that means and your options.
Sage 50Payment has been made to this item; it cannot be deleted" in Sage 50
Sage 50 blocks deleting an invoice or item that has a payment applied to it; you must unapply or void the payment first.
Sage 50Opening quantity will leave the inventory value out of range" in Sage 50
Sage 50 is rejecting an item's opening quantity because the resulting inventory value falls outside limits it accepts.
Sage 50Opening quantity will leave the inventory quantity out of range" in Sage 50
Sage 50 is telling you the opening quantity you entered would push an item's on-hand quantity below what the program allows.
Sage 50One or more dates in the report are out of range" in Sage 50
Sage 50 is telling you the report's date filter excludes some transactions it needs, not that your data is corrupt.
Sage 50Once Simply Accounting converts your data to the Pro version" meaning
Simply Accounting upgrades your data file permanently, and the Basic edition can no longer open it after the conversion.
Sage 50Journal entries cannot recur past the end of next year" in Sage 50
Sage 50 blocks recurring journal entries whose schedule runs beyond the end of next year; here is what that means and how to work around it.
Sage 50Do Sage 50 payment terms and customer credit limits convert to QuickBooks?
Yes, both usually carry over, since QuickBooks has matching fields for terms and credit limits on each customer and vendor record.