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Sage 50
Sage 50 (US Peachtree and Canadian Simply Accounting) conversions, editions, and downgrades. 36 guides and 425 answers on this topic.
Sage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerSage 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.
AnswerConversionWill 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.
AnswerConversionCan I convert Sage 50 to QuickBooks Enterprise?
Yes, Sage 50 converts to QuickBooks Enterprise the same way it does to Pro or Premier, and Enterprise is often the better fit for large files.
AnswerSage 50Sage 50 "Cannot get journal entry details for Historical year" explained
Sage 50 cannot open the line detail of a journal entry because it sits in a closed fiscal year whose detail has been archived or is unavailable.