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ACT 2012 and Sage 50 Accounting Integration

I have this week started to use a lovely new PC, and so have had to install all my software from scratch.  Having used ACT! 2011 previously with the Sage and Accounts linked in the ‘old’ way I thought I would now take the plunge and add the new Accounting Integration facilities to my Sage 2012 and ACT! 2012.

Setting up Accounting Integration in ACT

Unfortunately I fell at the first hurdle in ACT!  The new system links with SData from Sage, and ACT could not see my Sage data in order to link the software.  Researching the problem further it turned out that the problem was caused by the way we originally set up our Sage link to the data on our network.  This would not be a problem for single user Sage on one PC.

When we first linked to our data on the server Sage best practice was to use mapped drive letters to refer to where the data was stored.

k:\siliconbullet\Sage Data\Company000\accdata

In more recent versions of Sage 50, you are now advised to use UNC  (universal naming convention) file paths

\\servername\share name\siliconbullet\Sage Data\Company000\accdata

By changing the way the data is referred to in the COMPANY file (give us a call if you need help in doing this – the file can be saved in different places depending on the operating system you use) the SData Settings in Sage 50 could then find my data, so that ACT could then connect to it.

Sage 50 SData Settings

If you are in Sage 50 2012 you can find out what sort of file path your data is using by going to Help >About and in the Program details area the data directory will be displayed in one of the two ways listed above.

To find out more about the options for linking your two pieces of software then please get in touch.

2012
02/14
CATEGORY
Sage
Sage 50
Sage ACT!
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Sage Instant Accounts installation advice

Are you using the correct version of Instant Accounts V2011 (17)?

Watch out if you are installing the latest version of Instant Accounts; there are a couple of known issues you should be aware of to ensure you are working with the correctly updated version.

Also, if you are using the software already it is worth checking which version you are actively using.

When you first install from the CD, you might find you are working with a version which needs updating. The CD I installed was bought in April, and was version 17.0.12.196 , and this is 3 updates out of date.

The problem is if you then ask Sage Instant to check for updates, no updates are found. This error is already known and logged by Sage Support. Also if you go to the Sage Accounts Downloads and Updates page only Update 3 is available for Instant Accounts, and this will not install on version 17.0312.196 – you need Updates 1 and 2 first.

The answer is install the Sage 50 Accounts 2011 updates then install the Sage Instant Accounts update 3.  Sage 50 and Instant Accounts are basically the same product behind the scenes but Instant has the extra bells and whistles turned off , hence the Sage 50 Updates will bring your software up to the correct level to allow the Sage Instant Update 3 to be installed.

You should finally end up with Version 17.0.15.208 – at the time of writing, 5th November 2011, this is the most up to date version and the one you should be working with.

If you have bought Sage Instant recently then Updates 1 and 2 install automatically when you first run the software, but if your copy has been gathering dust waiting for you to have time to install it then you will need to follow the process I have described.

So – if you use Sage Instant Accounts, go to Help and About in the software and see if you are working with the most up to date version.

2011
11/05
CATEGORY
Sage
Sage Instant Accounts
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