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MAS90 Gets An Updated Roadmap

Wayne Schulz — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:37:19 +0000

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 has just started a beta in early July.

What’s perhaps the most interesting about this version of the roadmap is the detail that Sage includes on their FRX replacement plans.

Of course Sage has announced previously that Alchemex – rebranded Sage ERP MAS Intelligence – is their Microsoft Excel based business reporting tool that’s slated to replace FRX.

There’s more information in the MAS 90 Roadmap which you can view in full here.

Sage MAS 90/200 Quick Tip from Zip: Excel Sheets Separator

Brett Zimmerman — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:12:04 +0000

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 simplifying your tedious Excel Worksheets Separation work. Excel Sheets Separator can divide an Excel file of multiple work sheets into several new Excel files each containing one of the work sheets of the original one. Excel Sheets Separator 2009.6 Office Tools software developed by Excel-Tool. ($50)

One situation with Sage MAS 90/200 where this could be extremely useful is for Visual Integrator (VI) importing. For example, lets say you receive an Excel file from your Vendor, and it contains 25 Sheets/Workbooks which represent 25 different invoices. To properly import you’d need to manually create 25 individual Excel files. Kind of a pain. But this $50 program helps to really automate the process. And don’t worry if the master Excel file contains a reference or VLOOKUP worksheet that all the other worksheets feed off of. The data in all the newly created Excel files stays in tact.

Posted by Brett A. Zimmerman - www.brettzimmerman.com.

Sage MAS 90/200 FYI from Zip: v4.40 Product Update 2 (PU2)

Brett Zimmerman — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:09:54 +0000

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

Brett Zimmerman — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:39:43 +0000

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

Brett Zimmerman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:29:28 +0000

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 Customizer/Scripts from Steve Malmgren’s 4.40 Webinar a few weeks ago. Don’t believe Sage has posted it yet in the PFC.

Additionally I received a copy of the 4.40 mini-brochure (5 pages) of What’s New in 4.40. Also don’t believe Sage has it posted anywhere yet, but thanks to Wayne Schulz ( http://www.s-consult.com ): http://www.scribd.com/doc/25932616/Sage-MAS-90-and-200-Whats-New-in-4-4

Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.

Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 Payroll Taxes Get Update For 2010

Wayne Schulz — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:18:07 +0000

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 online site (or have your Sage Business Partner do this for you).

Sage typically updates their payroll tax tables several times during the busy year end time. This is because some states are late to report their changes or have not made up their minds about the rate schedules. Therefore be sure you check back at the Sage site to be sure you have the latest tax update.

After installing the tables be sure you verify they’re operating correctly (proper tax taken out) by manually computing a few checks and comparing the taxes per your computation (use the IRS paper guides to compute the tax manually) to what MAS90 or MAS200 computes.

If you are submitting 1099 data electronically or have New Jersey W2 forms to print – be sure to review the 2009 IRD which Sage also just released. It contains patches to enable MAS 90 and MAS 200 to correctly submit under the two previous situations (1099 filing electronically and NJ W2).

MAS90 and MAS200 2010 Payroll Tax Update and MAS90 and MAS200 2009 IRD

Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 – Keyboard and Navigation Shortcuts

Brett Zimmerman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:26:24 +0000

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

Brett Zimmerman — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:24:03 +0000

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 ‘Data File Display and Maintenance’ (DFDM) in an accessible MAS 90 system (your Sage Business Partner may likely need to assist with this), pull up the SY_System file located in ..\MAS90\MAS_SYSTEM\. And flip the flag to N (Field 45 – Broadcast Shutdown).

Posted by Brett Zimmerman of The Fitzgerald Group.

MAS 90 and MAS 200 – Filename extraction in Crystal Reports

Brett Zimmerman — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:29:44 +0000

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

Wayne Schulz — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:06:00 +0000

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 version of MAS 90 and MAS 200 which are a cumulative collection of all the previous updates. The beauty of a service update is you only need to load one (self installing) program to have all prior fixes included on your system.

Based on conversations with Sage, the schedule with which they issues these MAS 90 service updates has now been changed. Previously they used to provide updates for the most current version around the end of every month.

Starting with June 2009 Sage is moving to a quarterly release schedule for their service updates. These fixes will continue to be available from the Sage online support area at no cost, however logging in to obtain them may require an active user code and password.

Please consult your Sage Business Partner prior to loading any service updates or program fixes. Although these fixes may appear minor, in some cases they could “break” custom programming or Extended Solutions that are on your system.

Via: MAS 90 Service Updates Now Quarterly