• You have exceeded the maximum lanpaks, when accessing through third party applications.

    With the release of Sage 300 2022 which was launched in August 2021 Integration Access Pack (IAP) is no longer supported, and applications that used IAP licenses now using lanpak licensing.

    It has been found that third party applications connecting to Sage 300 may experience connection failures resulting in lanpak.bin maximum licenses being exceeded.

    When application opens a session the connection holds a lanpak license…

  • Tracking Employee Sick Time

    Different Provinces in Canada and different States in the US have their own regulations on sick time compensation. Different employers may also offer different Sick Time/Pay to their employees through use various methods but are within the regulations in each employee’s jurisdiction.                                                                                             

    A couple of commonly used methods are referenced below:

    • Lump Sum method – the employee gets a lump sum at the beginning and not…
  • Do you know there are three Sage related items under Windows Start menu for Sage 2023?

    For Sage 2023, there are now three Sage 300 related menus (Sage 300, Sage 300 Admin Utilities, and Sage 300 Support Utilities) under Windows Start menu. 

      

    In Sage 300 Admin Utilities menu, there are some new items (Data Activation, License Manager, and Current Users). Please see below screenshot.  

    Users can now use these utilities without the need to open Sage 300.  

    Hope these information help. 

  • What is Compensatory/Banked Time?

    Compensatory/Banked time is a practice that employers can use to track additional hours that an employee worked instead of compensating as overtime pay. Compensatory/Banked time can be setup as an accrual in Sage 300 to track these hours worked. Since there is no calculating method or an increment amount or percentage, some standard setup options for an accrual code are not available. The employees accrue compensatory…

  • Where to Specify the Component Item Description for Bill of Materials

    When you click the Components Button in Order Entry for a line item that consists of a Bill of Materials (BOM) the Component Description displayed is the BOM Master Item Description.

    This is a setup issue for the BOM.. Go to I/C Items - Bill of Materials.. Select your Master Item

    Double-Click on the Component Item to bring up the I/C Component's Bills of Material screen.

    If this description is Blank, then in…

  • Do you know there are different types of O/E Orders in Sage 300?

    Do you know there are different types of O/E Orders in Sage 300?  

    There are four different types of O/E Orders you can do:

    • Active
    • Future
    • Standing
    • Quote

    For Active type of O/E Order, it can contain items on backorder or may be on hold. If the order is not on hold, you can post and print the an invoice for shipped goods. 

    For Future type of O/E Order, Day End Processing automatically activates future orders on the order…

  • Basic understanding of Pennsylvania Local Taxes in Sage 300 (Setup, Calculating and Reporting)

    Setup:

    There are many Pennsylvania local taxes that are supported and they are stored in a Repository table that is updated by the Sage 300 tax updates. These local taxes must be setup and added before they can be available to be added to any employee. When setting up an employee with Pennsylvania local tax, usually a Resident (R) and Non-Resident (NR) tax code is required. These usually references the Home (R) and Work…

  • Where do I find install files for Microsoft Native Client 11, now that Sage 300 2023 does not include Native client.

    Sage 300 2023 only includes Microsoft ODBC Driver Version 18, native client is only available on previous version media.

    For example to find native client, mount Sage 300 2022 media iso.

    Native client will be available in below for x86 and x64 version

    <Iso Mount drive>\Sage 300 ERP\ISSetupPrerequisites\{63A88B12-4E66-43FC-8869-2360D32FB05D}

    <Iso Mount drive>\Sage 300 ERP\ISSetupPrerequisites\{125AB5F8-0156-4A9F…

  • Printing and eFiling of 1099 Forms Now Goes Through Aatrix

    As of the December 2022, the printing and eFiling of 1099s and 1096s from Accounts Payable will go through Aatrix. The printing of the forms will continue to be free but the eFiling part will require a fee that will be charged by Aatrix. The Sage 300 versions that will have this feature include:

    • Sage 300 2023.1
    • Sage 300 2022.4
    • Sage 300 2021.7 

    I listed the forms that Sage 300 supports in another Blog but with this new…

  • Application Error in Sage.CA.SBS.ERP.Sage300.ExportReport.exe causes worker process crash.

    We have identified an intermittent issue with worker process crash, resulting in failure in web screens. The event viewer shows an application error with Sage.CA.SBS.ERP.Sage300.ExportReport.exe.

    This issue has not been replicated in support as a result a debug process has been created to help identify the issue.  Please see KB 118436 to apply debug.

    Debug will create report trace in online\web folder

  • What is I/C Day End Processing?

    There are two ways for the program to cost inventory in the Costing tab in I/C Options in I/C Setup:

    - Cost Items During Posting 
    - Cost Items During Day End Processing

    The first option above allows the program to update cost during each time you post an inventory transaction and the second option allows you to update costs when you run Day End Processing.  

    Users can perform Day End Processing in Inventory Control, using the…

  • Sage 300 ERP - 50% Training Promo - Feb to Mar 2023

    Spring into learning with Sage University, and save 50%

    Promotion details:

    ·       Save 50% on Sage 300 ERP anytime learning courses

    ·       Promotion is valid from February 1 to  March 31, 2023, and Ts & Cs apply

    ·        To enroll in any of the Sage 300 ERP courses, visit www.sageu.com/Sage300

    ·       Use coupon code Spring2350 at checkout to receive your 50% discount

    New to Sage University?

    Let us guide you through…

  • Want to Know the Activities of Your Users in Sage 300?

    A new User Activity report has been released with 2023 Product Update 1. This user activities report is located under Administrative Reports. The logging will begin when the option Enable User Activity logs is selected in Database Setup in your System Database. The current design does not include user activities when logged into Sage from Web Screens. Here are more details about this new report:

     

    User activities recorded…

  • Differences between Non-Stock items and Non-Inventory items

    What is a Non-Stock Item?

    Services or specially ordered items which are not normally kept in inventory are considered non-stock items. Kitting items are also non-stock items.

    Note: Non-stock items must use the user-specified costing method (determined by the account set you specify).

    In order to setup non-stock items, uncheck “Stock Item” option in I/C items.

    There is a setting “Allow Receipt of Non-Stock…

  • Good news for PJC Web Screens users with Sage 2023 Product Update 1!

    With Product Update 1 for Sage 2023, users can now setup Account Sets, create Charges transactions, update Retainage and revise estimates in Sage 300 cloud web screens. Users can also post Revise Estimates transaction(s) easier by using a Post Transactions screen in Project and Job Costing.

    New Project and Job Costing web screens. This release includes the following new web screen for Project and Job Costing:

    • Account…
  • How to reverse posted job-related transactions?

    There are two types of job-related transactions. One is done within the Project and Job Costing module ( in PJC transactions folder).  The other one is done outside of PJC module and it’s a job-related transaction.

     Now we are going to talk about these two types of transactions, then, we’ll show you how to reverse them from PJC.

    1. Let’s do a PJC Costs transaction in PJC Transactions folder. Users can use…
  • How to create an import file for Number Changers

    In a previous blog, I discussed about number changers and talked about the different types of changes and which modules have number changers. What can one do if he/she has over 100 or 1000 changes to be entered? The program only allows one change to be entered at a time, so the best option is to import the changes. There are 5 types of formats supported but the most popular 2 formats used are Excel (.xls) and Comma Separated…

  • What are Number Changers?

    As the name states, it is a program for changing numbers. Quite often, one may not thoroughly think over what style of numbers or a specific number to use for many different areas when setting up a database. Later, one may realize that the wrong format or length was selected for a certain number. What can be done? If such a decision was made in Sage 300 for one of the following modules, there may be a number changer program…

  • How Sage 300 Subscription/Entitlement licensing functions.

    In 2017 an initiative was introduced to Sage 300 to move licensing from perpetual to subscription. This process required customer sales records to now have a Sage300c subscription, this license is know as Sage 300 cloud.

    The term Sage 300 cloud is not a hosted nor a cloud enabled Sage 300 product, the term is a Sales and Marketing term that relates to licensing.

    Subscription licensing is activated on the most recent release…

  • How to setup Microsoft Graph for send mail with Office365

    To use Microsoft Graph on Office 365, requires setup in Office 365 to allow Azure permissions for API.

    • Login to office.com as Administrator
    • Open Admin Center

    • In Admin center Select Azure Active Directory

    • Select Azure Active Directory
    • App Registrations
      • Select New registration
      • Enter in Name for example Sage 300 Email

    • At this point the overview will show Application (Client) ID and Directory (tenant) ID.

     

  • What is entitlement.

    In 2017 and initiative was introduced to Sage 300 to move licensing from perpetual to subscription. This process required customer sales records to now have a Sage300c subscription, this license is know as Sage 300 cloud.

    The term Sage 300 cloud is not a hosted or cloud enabled Sage 300 product, the term is a Sales and Marketing term that relates to licensing.

    Subscription licensing from a Sales perspective is activated…

  • Two server setup that separates web server and application requires change in services rights.

    By default Web screen install assigns Local system to Sage.CNA.WindowsService, In a two server setup a custom user account is required.

    Sage.CNA.WindowsService which handles web screen printer functions, requires logon as account to be assigned as a Windows service account. By default Web Screens us Local System account, this account does not have rights to connect to shared data location.

    Windows service account should…

  • How to Add Additional Sample Sage Intelligence Reports

    When Sage Intelligence is installed and activated, there are some pre-installed Sample Reports. 

    These reports are configured against using Sage’s Sample Data (Saminc and Samltd) as a guideline..

     

    Did you know that there are Additional Sample Reports available?  The answer is, YES there are additional reports. Here is how to find and install them.

     

    • In Report Manager, from the Tools Menu, select Additional Reports…
  • Sage 300 2022 Activating Licenses (Editions Matter)

    Sage 300 2022 Activating Licenses (Editions Matter)

    In this blog, we will cover the best way of installing and activating your Sage 300 licenses.

    A very important tip before getting started is checking your details.

    When issued your license details, they will look like the below screenshot. (All details in this blog are made up for examples sake only.)

      

    As we can see in the System Manager it clearly states the edition…

  • Is 2022 PU1 required prior to installing 2022 PU2?

    2022 PU1 is not a prerequisite when installing PU2 from an install point of view. PU2 will install successfully without PU1 installed. PUs are normally cumulative, so installing the latest PU for that version of Sage 300 should contain material from all the prior PUs. From an install practice point of view, I would recommend installing PU1 prior to installing PU2, especially for version 2022. Then run regacc.exe manually…