Just a comment: if you load a dump from v2012 then you create an exactly replica of the source data - i.e. you create a copy of the original v2012 data no matter what version you use to run the dbload. There is no such thing as loading v2012 into v2014... you are simply loading a copy of the v2012 data and the end result is v2012 data.

I guess I don't understand your comment so let me ask another way...if I dump data from v2012, I get v2012 data.  I understand that.  If I then load it into v2014, will the resulting company in v2014 work properly? I ask because where I came from (Sage PRO) you could NOT do this with reliable results in the target company.

I guess I don't understand your comment so let me ask another way...if I dump data from v2012, I get v2012 data.  I understand that.  If I then load it into v2014, will the resulting company in v2014 work properly? I ask because where I came from (Sage PRO) you could NOT do this with reliable results in the target company.

When you run v2014 using v2012 data the system will want to upgrade the data to v2014.

In Sage 300 you can do this - once you open the company you will have to upgrade the data to 2014. All batches need to be posted in your 2012 data or else you will not be able to upgrade.

Thank you for the clarification.  And the note about the GL batches having to be posted.

Not GL.  Subledger.

Sorry...Multi-tasking while replying - thinking about a GL problem.  Thank you for the comment

I finally got around to doing this upgrade and *this* was a key element in getting it done - first time around, I had batches in AR that I hadn't posted.  I reread the thread and this was a big help.