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.
Sage 50 message: "The sales and the receivable invoice names cannot be the same.
Sage 50 is telling you two invoice templates or two customers share a name it needs to keep unique, so it refuses to save.
Sage 50Sage 50 error: "database transaction could not be undone
Sage 50 hit a database error mid-write and could not roll the change back, which usually points to a damaged company data file.
Sage 50Sage 50 error: "cannot save changes to this account because its number has been changed
Sage 50 is refusing to save an account edit because the account number it has on file no longer matches the one you are using.
Sage 50Sage 50 "one or more accounts have already been linked" error explained
Sage 50 is refusing a transaction because an account in it is already tied to another linked account elsewhere in the file.
Sage 50Sage 50 "General Ledger accounts out of balance with the Inventory Ledger
Sage 50 is telling you your inventory subledger no longer agrees with the GL, usually after a posting error or data damage.
Sage 50Restored security file is either damaged or is not from a backup for this company
Sage 50 is rejecting the security portion of your restore because it does not match the company or is corrupt.
ConversionOnce your data is prepared to be used in Simply Accounting Online" meaning
This warning means your company file is about to be converted for the online edition and will no longer open in the Windows desktop program.
Sage 50Once your data has been upgraded, you cannot open your data in Simply Accounting Basic
Simply Accounting is warning that the upgrade to Pro is permanent, and your file will no longer open in the Basic edition.
ConversionIf some accounts are not in use" Simply Accounting conversion error
The converter found inactive accounts it cannot carry over, so it wants them removed in an older Simply Accounting version first.
Sage 50Error writing to export file; export has been terminated" in Sage 50
Sage 50 could not finish writing the exported data to disk, so it stopped the export partway through rather than produce a bad file.
ConversionDo Sage 50 equity and retained earnings accounts map correctly in a QuickBooks conversion?
Yes, equity and retained earnings accounts carry over, but they must be verified against the trial balance after conversion.
Sage 50Cannot change the value of inventory where no inventory is available" in Sage 50
Sage 50 is refusing an edit because the item's quantity on hand is zero or negative, so no value adjustment is possible.