I would say there really isn't a Sage provided archiving all in one step tool.

You can move branches and estimates around to perhaps an archive named branch (folder) under your All Estimates database tree with manage estimates.  You can also export estimates there as well under manage estimates to your file system, but those estimates remain in the catalog.

You can if given appropriate rights use management console to backup to your file system in a neat zipped format any or all of your databases such as estimates, address book, standard databases and external report databases.  I note the help for that here:

Estimating management console

Perhaps you could create an archived estimates database with management console where you would then import your archived estimates that you had previously exported to your file system or backed up from your active estimates database.  This giving you always access, but not by default - you'd have to change your configuration to read the archived estimates data server.

Thank you very much this is helpful.

Alan

Hi, Alan.  I usually have people export the estimates they want to archive and then delete them from the active list of estimates.  If you have a folder structure or file naming convention that utilizes dates (at least by year) this becomes much easier.  Exporting estimates allows you go back and import only the estimates you need if you have to go back to get the old data. 

You don't want to use the Backup Tool in the Management Console for this process though.  A backup is a snapshot of your databases at the time of the back up.  Restoring the backup will replace all of your current data with the backed up data. There is no way to restore only specific estimates from a back up.

I like this because I can free up space in the active list of estimates

ThanYou Tim

Alan