MAS200 SQL 4.5 Users: Say Hello To Sage Common Payroll
Sage was dodgy when we grilled them questioned them last year at the annual Sage Insights 2010 reseller conference about the plans for payroll in the upcoming Sage MAS 200 SQL 4.5 re-write. The concerns then (and now) are that non-framework modules (namely Payroll, Job Cost, Work Order, and MRP) will NOT integrate to the [...]
Sage support for FRX continues through December 2012
According to a recent email alert from Sage the planned final day of FRX support is December 31, 2012. FRX is a financial statement report writer included with all new purchases of Sage MAS 90 and 200. Typical uses of FRX include consolidating multiple companies as well as creating a greater variety of financial statements [...]
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 [...]
What is SaaS?
There’s a confusing array of acronyms that are thrown around to describe cloud computing. Everything from SaaS (Software as a Service) to PaaS (Platform as a Service). Do you know what each of these mean? Is running a version of MAS90 on a remote hosted Citrix box true Saas? Does it even matter? The real [...]
Add country names to MAS90 forms
If you’ve ever tried to add the country name to a MAS90 or MAS200 graphical form then you know how frustrating it can be. Early versions of MAS90 (and MAS200 also) required that you attempt to link in the master file containing the country code name (MAS90 and MAS200 data layouts here). One of the [...]
Sage UK affirms 9 months earnings expectations
Sage UK have released their 9 month earnings statement and are indicating that earnings are expected to be in line with management expectations. Sage Earnings Meet Expectations According to the company press release: Results for the nine months to 30 June 2009 were consistent with management expectations. Market conditions in the quarter ended 30 June [...]
Does the MIS Group demise spell the end of the Super VAR?
On July 6, 2009 many in the Sage community were shocked to learn that Dallas Texas based MIS Group had not only disclosed that they were disbanding but on the same day of the announcement they turned their phone systems into auto attendant mode advising their customers to call Sage for support. Sage’s Business Partner [...]
Suggest a MAS90 feature online
Suggest a feature for MAS90 , MAS 200 or MAS 500 now live Thanks to Dawn Anastasi for passing along the tip that Sage’s new Ideascope suggestion box is now live on the web. You can use Ideascope as a way to communicate product suggestions directly to Sage. While the concept of “suggest a feature” [...]
How to move Paperless Office documents in Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.3+
Just last week I had a client who migrated from Sage MAS 90 to Sage Extended Enterprise (EES) for MAS 90. This upgrade involve installed the EES disks to an entirely new location on their server as well as importing all their old data. Since they had been using the Paperless Office feature of MAS [...]
MAS90 Installation Guides Online
Installing MAS90 or MAS200? Sometimes (despite our reluctance to do so) referring to the help manual can be – well – helpful. Sage publishes a fairly comprehensive set of user guides which provide installation tips for MAS 90 and MAS 200 versions 3.70 to 4.30. MAS90 What’s New Guide Beginning with version 4.0 Sage also [...]
