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.
An I/O error has occurred in the export file" in Sage 50
Sage 50 cannot read or write the file it is exporting to, usually because the destination is unavailable, full, or damaged.
ConversionWill open Sage 50 sales orders and purchase orders convert to QuickBooks?
Yes: open Sage 50 sales orders and purchase orders usually can be converted as open QuickBooks orders, with details depending on your file and edition.
Sage 50Sage 50: You have entered an invalid User ID or Password
Sage 50 cannot match what you typed against the user list stored inside the company file, and a wrong password is only one cause.
Sage 50Sage 50: "You have changed the account's number, making its assigned account class invalid
Sage 50 is saying the account number you entered falls in a range that belongs to a different account class than the one assigned to that account.
Sage 50Sage 50: "You cannot use a foreign currency with a linked control account
Sage 50 blocks foreign currency on accounts it posts to automatically, such as A/R and A/P; the linked account must stay in home currency.
Sage 50Sage 50: "You cannot change the number or currency of an account
Sage 50 blocks edits to an account's number or currency once any transaction has touched the account; here is why, and what you can do about it.
Sage 50Sage 50: "You cannot change the number of a linked account
Sage 50 refuses to renumber the account because a module is set to post to it automatically; the link has to be moved before the number can change.
Sage 50Sage 50: "This file may be in use, or you might not have sufficient access rights
Sage 50 cannot open the company file because Windows is blocking access, usually a leftover lock or a folder permission problem, not your Sage login.
Sage 50Sage 50: "The session date cannot be set into the new fiscal year
Sage 50 is blocking the move into your new fiscal year because the Retained Earnings account it closes the year into is missing or mislinked.
Sage 50Sage 50: "The file that you have selected does not exist
Sage 50 cannot find a company file at the location you picked, usually because the file was moved, renamed, or the path is stale.
Sage 50Sage 50: "The consolidated parent company name cannot be the same
Sage 50 blocks the name because the consolidated parent must be distinct from every real company in the consolidation, including the parent itself.
Sage 50Sage 50: "Some or all of the transactions cannot be imported
Sage 50 refused some or every row in your transaction import, which usually means bad dates, unknown IDs, or unbalanced entries, not a broken program.