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MAS90 Gets An Updated Roadmap
Yesterday Sage revised their MAS 90 and MAS 200 roadmap to provide an update on expected future releases. The major new items were relatively minor. The Q4 product update for 2010 will now be a payroll only update. The MAS 200 SQL product is announced as being on track for end of year release and [...]
Sage MAS 90/200 Quick Tip from Zip: Excel Sheets Separator
This is a neat little tool: Excel Sheets Separator - “Are you still bothered by the cumbersome job of splitting multi-worksheet Excel files into single-worksheet ones? You may have created one too many sheets in Excel, and now you want to move the sheets to separate Excel files. Excel Sheets Separator is your right choice in [...]
Sage MAS 90/200 FYI from Zip: v4.40 Product Update 2 (PU2)
Product Update 2 (PU2) for Sage MAS 90/200 v4.40 is expected mid-July or shortly thereafter. http://www.s-consult.com/2010/06/24/whats-new-in-mas-90-4-4-product-update-2/ Posted by Brett Zimmerman.
Sage MAS 90/200 Quick Tip from Zip: Crystal, blank date
If you ever need the ability to enable criteria on a Crystal Report, for dates that equal ‘blank’, a simple formula like this will do the trick: {date field} = Date (0000, 00, 00) Posted by Brett Zimmerman.
Sage MAS 90/200 – 4.40 info
Here’s the recording of Sage’s “Something for Everyone in Sage MAS 90/200 4.40″ webinar from last week. http://sage.edgeboss.net/wmedia/sage/channel_marketing/ff_something_for_everyone_in_mas90_44_012210.wvx Regarding Partner Certification for 4.40, it needs to be completed by August 1, 2010. Sage MAS 90/200 v4.4 Recertification – http://sageu.com/ns_acs/bp/cert/mas90certs.html I also received a copy of the .M4X file of what I assume contains the demo [...]
Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 Payroll Taxes Get Update For 2010
Sage Software just updated their payroll tax tables for the 2010 payroll law changes. This table, available via download only, can be used on any MAS90 or MAS 200 system that is at level 3.71 or higher. In order to download the tables (none are send by disk) you’ll need to access the Sage Software [...]
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 – Keyboard and Navigation Shortcuts
Select the Help menu at top of the MAS 90 screen, then Help Topics. Click on the Contents tab, then click Navigating Through the Software. Then on the right, click Keyboard and Button Navigation. Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 – “Shutdown All” feature
Be aware of a possible issue with the “Shutdown All” feature in Sage MAS 90/200. When it is used it may actually stay set in the SY_System file, so when a user tries to get back in, they can’t: They’ll enter their login info, the Business Desktop/Launcher will appear briefly, and then immediately will shut down. Resolution: From [...]
MAS 90 and MAS 200 – Filename extraction in Crystal Reports
In addition to using the “File Path and Name” Special Field in Crystal Reports, have you ever wished you could just show the Filename? You can with this formula: Mid (Filename ,InstrRev (Filename,”\”) + 1 ) http://tinyurl.com/y8u8gtk Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.
MAS90 Service Updates Now Issued Quarterly
If you’ve ever experienced a bug with a software program then you’ve probably been directed to try curing the issue with a patch or service update. That’s usually the first thing that is recommended by any technical support person when they try to diagnose a software issue. Sage issues service updates for the most current [...]
