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Table Of Contents
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CHAPTER 9- Payroll
9.1- Adding Employees
9.2- Adding Employee Beginning Balances
9.3- Performance Reviews
9.4- Paying a Group of Employees
9.5- Paying an Employee
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CHAPTER 9Payroll
9.1- Adding Employees
9.2- Adding Employee Beginning Balances
9.3- Performance Reviews
9.4- Paying a Group of Employees
9.5- Paying an Employee
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9.1- Adding Employees:
Before you can issue a paycheck to an employee, you must have the employee entered into Sage
50. We looked at the process of setting up payroll and entering the employee defaults back in Chapter 2.
Now, we will look at creating the individual employee records. To do this, select Maintain| Employees/Sales
Reps from the Menu Bar. This invokes the Maintain Employees/Sales Reps window where you can add
new employees and edit employee information.
At the top of the window, enter the ID you want to assign to the employee into the Employee ID:
field. Next type the first name, middle initial, last name, suffix and nickname of the employee into the five
corresponding fields to the right of the Name: label. Then select an option button to indicate the
employees status: Employee, Sales Rep, or Both. If you select Employee, the individual will appear
on employee-related reports and the Payroll Entry window. If you select Sales Rep, they will appear in
the Sales Rep drop-down menu and on Accounts Receivable sales rep reports. Paychecks cannot be
issued to these individuals. Both allows for both aspects at once. To make an employee record inactive
after it has been entered, you can click the Inactive checkbox.
Click the General tab to view the basic employee information. Enter the address of the employee
into the Address: fields. Then enter the City, ST Zip: into the three fields to the right of the label with the
same name. Enter the country of the employee into the Country: field.
Below the address information enter the primary e-mail address of the employee into the E-mail 1
field and enter the secondary e-mail address of the employee into the E-mail 2 field.
At the top of the next column of fields, enter the employees Home phone, Work phone and
Mobile phone numbers into the three fields of the same name. If the employee has received a raise, you
can enter the date of the most recent raise into the Last raise field. Enter the social security number of the
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employee into the Social Security No. field. You can assign the employee an employee type within the
Type: field by entering whatever code you want to use for that purpose into the box provided. The values
you enter into this field can later be used as a report filter, or as a way of selecting a group of employees for
whom you wish to process payroll.
You can also add a photo of an employee, if desired, by clicking the Add photo hyperlink shown in
the area to the right. Sage 50 will then open an Open dialog box where you can browse to and then select
the picture of the employee to use. Simply click the Open button within the dialog box after selecting the
desired photo to add it to the employee record.
Below the photo field, you can click the Employee Beginning Balances button to open the
Employee Beginning Balances window where you can enter employee beginning balances as of the start
date of your company file. Entering these values allows you to produce accurate information within your
payroll and W-2 reporting. After entering these values, click the Save button to save them and then close
the Employee Beginning Balances window. We will examine entering employee beginning balances in
more detail in the lesson titled Adding Employee Beginning Balances later on within this chapter.
At the bottom of this tab, in the Customizable Fields section, you can enter the information into the
fields available. Note that these are the fields that you created within the Employee Defaults window.
Next, continue to enter additional employee data by clicking the Additional Info tab. In the
Emergency contact section, enter emergency contact information for the employee. You can input the
name of the emergency contact into the Name field. Then enter their relationship to the employee into the
Relationship field. You can then enter the emergency contacts primary phone number into the Phone 1
field and their secondary phone number into the Phone 2 field.
In the Demographic Information section, you can enter additional demographic information about
the employee. Enter the employees birth date into the Birth date field. Then select their marital status from
the Marital status drop-down. You can then select a gender from the Gender drop-down. You can then
select an ethnicity from the Ethnic origin drop-down.
In the Employment Details section, enter the employees position into the Job title field. If you use
job codes, you can enter the employees job code into the Job code field. If your company has different
divisions, you can enter the division that this employee works for into the Division field. If you have
different physical locations within your company, you can enter the location of the employee into the
Location field. You can enter the department within the company where the employee works into the
Department field. If the employee has a supervisor, you can select the name of this employees supervisor
from the Supervisor drop-down menu. This list contains the names of all employees and sales reps
entered through the Maintain Employees & Sales Reps window. You can click the e-mail button next to
the Supervisor drop-down to send an e-mail to the employees supervisor, assuming that you entered an
e-mail address for the supervisor into the E-mail 1 field on the General tab when you created the
selected supervisors employee record within the Maintain Employees & Sales Reps window.
In the next column of fields, select the employees employment status from the Employment status
drop-down. Note that these choices are the ones that you created within the Employee Defaults window
on the Employment Status tab. You can click the Customize statuses hyperlink to the right of the dropdown menu to quickly open this windows and display the tab to change the statuses, if needed.
Then enter the date that the employee was hired from the Hired calendar drop-down menu. If the
employee is terminated in the future, you can enter the date of their termination into the Terminated field. If
you rehire a terminated employee, you can enter the date of the rehire into the Rehire field.
You can enter the employees I-9 verification status into the I-9 verification status field. After the
employee is verified, you can enter the date of the verification into the I-9 verification date field.
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Next click the Pay Info tab to enter information about how you pay the employee. Select an option
from the Pay Method drop-down: Salary, Hourly- Hours per Pay Period, or Hourly- Time Ticket Hours.
If needed, you can enter an hourly dollar amount to bill customers for time recorded on time tickets into the
Rate Used to Bill Customer field. If you selected the Hours- Hours per Pay Period choice from the Pay
Method drop-down, then select the frequency with which you pay this employee from the Pay Frequency
drop-down. After that, enter the usual number of hours the employee works in the selected pay period into
the Hours Per Pay Period field.
Next you will set the different pay levels available for this particular employee. Enter all of the
different types of pay and the associated amounts that this employee can earn into the pay type list shown
under either the Hourly Pay Rate or Salary Pay Rate column that appears. Note that for salaried
employees, you enter the amount of pay for each rate for the pay period selected above. Click the Use
Defaults checkbox to clear the check from the box if you do not want to use the standard General Ledger
payroll expense account for the selected employees pay types. If you do that, you would then have to
select a different General Ledger account from the adjacent Account field. After entering the types of pay
and indicating the pay rates, you can check either of the two checkboxes at the bottom of this tab for
Eligible for health insurance and Receives W-2 electronically if they apply to this employee.
Next click the Withholding Information tab to enter the employees withholding information. Use the
list to enter the basic payroll withholding information for the employee. Select the appropriate status of the
employee using the drop-down within the Filing Status column for each of the Payroll Field Names
shown. Enter the number of allowances for this employee into the Allowance column for the Federal,
State, and Local rows. You can also enter any additional withholding amounts if employees elect to have
additional money withheld from their paychecks under the Addl Withholding column. Some state tax
formulas use the Allowances and Addl Withholding fields for tax calculation purposes. Also enter the two
letter abbreviation for the employees state into the State/Locality column for the State row and, if
needed, the Locality row.
At the bottom of the tab, under the W-2 Checkboxes section, you can also check the Employee
has retirement plan such as a Simple IRA, 401(k), 403(b), etc. checkbox if the employee participates in a
401(k) or other retirement plan. Check the checkbox for Statutory Employee if the employee qualifies as a
statutory employee according to the current IRS guidelines. Doing this will place a check into the associated
checkboxes in the employees W-2 form.
You can enter the employees vacation and sick time by clicking the Vacation/Sick Time tab. Here
you can change the specifics of this employees vacation and sick time tracking if they differ from the
settings created within the Employee Defaults window. If you wish to change the values for this employee,
then first uncheck either or both checkboxes for This employee uses the company default settings for
vacation and This employee uses the company default settings for sick time in the Vacation Time
Settings section and the Sick Time Settings section. You can then enter the employees specific vacation
and sick time settings into the area below the checkboxes, as needed.
Click the Employee Fields tab to enter deductions specific to the employee, if needed. For noncalculated payroll deductions, you may have an employee whose payroll deduction amounts differ from the
company-wide ones that you created within the Employee Defaults window. You can enter specific
employee deductions on this tab. To do this, uncheck the Use Defaults field for the desired deduction if
you do not want to use the standard payroll field information for this employee, as defined by the values
within the Employee Defaults window. You can then change the account used to track the tax liability or
the amount to be deducted from the employees paycheck by changing the values within the Account and
Amount columns as needed.
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Click the Company Fields tab to change the default employer-paid payroll taxes, if needed. It is
most unlikely that you will need to make changes on this tab, as you would only need to do so if the settings
need to be different from the values found within the Employee Defaults window. The values shown are
established by the taxes and benefits you entered during the Payroll Settings when you initially created the
payroll for the company file.
Once you have entered all of the necessary employee information, click the Save button within the
toolbar at the top of the Maintain Employees & Sales Reps window to save your changes and leave the
record displayed within the window. Alternately, you can click the Save & New button within the toolbar to
save the employee record and then create a new, blank employee record if you need to continue entering
employee data. When you are finished using this window, click the Close button to close it.
9.2- Adding Employee Beginning Balances:
If you enter your employees beginning balances as of the start date of your company file, you will
ensure that your payroll reports and W-2s print with the correct figures. You can enter a beginning balance
for each employee that you had when you started entering information into Sage 50 and edit it at any time.
These amounts dont affect the General Ledger, but do affect the year-to-date totals for each payroll field.
Therefore, you should enter the beginning balances before posting paychecks. You enter employee
beginning balances for the quarters of the year, assuming you started after the first quarter. Then, for the
current quarter, you enter the amount for each pay period within the current quarter.
To access this information, you can open up the Maintain Employees/Sales Reps window by
selecting Maintain| Employees/Sales Reps from the Menu Bar. On the General tab, click the
Employee Beginning Balances button in order to open the Employee Beginning Balances window.
In this window you select an employee to enter beginning balances for from the Employee ID: field
at the top. Then in the Dates: row, enter the date reflecting the pay period ending date, the quarter ending
date, or the year ending date as needed. In the Payroll Field rows, enter the payroll field amount for each
period ending date. Deductions should be entered as negative amounts. In the Total: field, you will see the
year-to-date total for the payroll field for the selected employee. At the bottom, the Net Check: row reflects
the net pay for the pay period and is calculated automatically. Just click Save when you are done.
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9.3- Performance Reviews:
Note that after you have created an employee record, you can return to the Pay Info tab within the
Maintain Employees & Sales Reps window to enter information regarding job performance evaluations. To
do this, click the Performance Reviews button shown below the pay list on the Pay Info tab.
In the Performance Reviews window that appears, you can enter the date of the review, the name
of the reviewer, as well as any detailed notes and attached files by entering that information into the Date,
Rating, Reviewer, Notes and Attachments columns. You can enter the date of the employees net
performance review by selecting a date from the Next review date drop-down menu.
If you want to add an attachment to a performance review row, click the Add hyperlink under the
Attachments column to open the Attachments dialog box. Here you can click the Add button to open an
Open dialog box where you can browse for and then select a document to associate with the review.
Simply click the Open button within the Open dialog box to add the document reference to the
Attachments dialog box. You can repeat this process to add multiple documents, if needed. When you are
finished, click the OK button within the Attachments dialog box to add the attachments to the review row.
Note that the text displayed within the row will then read View/Edit under the Attachments column.
When you are finished entering performance review information, click the Save button at the
bottom of the Performance Reviews dialog box to save the data and close the window.
9.4- Paying a Group of Employees:
Use the Select for Payroll Entry window to issue paychecks to multiple employees at once. You
can use the filter selection window to select which employees to pay. To print paychecks for a group of
employees, select Tasks| Select for Payroll Entry from the Menu Bar. This will launch the Select
Employees- Filter Selection window. Here you select what types of employees to pay. This includes
selecting specified employees with the same pay frequency and pay types who should be paid on the same
day.
Enter the payroll period ending date if you are paying employees based on time ticket hours. All
unused time ticket hours dated within the time period will be used. You can then filter by selecting one or
more checkboxes in the Include Pay Frequencies: section. You could also filter by selecting either or both
pay methods in the Include Pay Methods: section. You could also filter further in the Include Employees
section by selecting either All or Range from the Employees drop-down. If you select Range, then you
will need to select two employee ids from the From: and To: drop-downs to select all employees that
meet the other criteria and in the range specified. You can further filter by selecting an employee type from
the Type: drop-down. Click OK when you are ready to pay the selected employees. This will bring up the
Select Employees to Pay window.
The second part of paying your employees is to print the paychecks using the Select Employees to
Pay window. You can make any changes to the paychecks for the individuals you selected in the previous
Select Employees- Filter Selection screen. You can exclude individuals from the payroll by clicking the
Pay checkbox on their record to clear it.
In the Check Date: field, enter the date that will print on the paychecks. In the Pay End Date:
field, you enter the date for the end of the payroll. It will take its value from the date you entered into the
Select Employees- Filter Selection window. In the Cash Acct: field, the last account used for a paycheck
will display. You can change this account, if necessary.
Then you can enter the number of hours to pay your hourly employees in the Hours: column. This
field will only be available for your hourly employees. For salaried employees, the salary rate for the
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employee for each pay level will appear. You can change this amount when an employee should be paid a
different salary. If you should not pay an employee, you can click the Pay checkbox to clear it.
Click the Print button in the toolbar at the top to print the selected paychecks.
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9.5- Paying an Employee:
When you want to issue a single paycheck to a single employee, you can enter it into the Payroll
Entry window. You can also use it to enter handwritten payroll checks. To open this window, select Tasks|
Payroll Entry from the Menu Bar.
You select the Employee ID of the employee for whom you are creating the paycheck from the
Employee ID: drop-down. If you plan on printing the check, leave the Check Number: field blank, as you
will be asked to assign the check number during the printing routine. If you dont plan on printing the check,
then enter the number of the paycheck that was issued into the Check Number: field.
Enter the date that you want to print on the paychecks in the Date: field. In the Cash Acct: field,
the last account used for a paycheck will display. You can change this account, if necessary. In the Pay
Period Ends: date field, enter the date that the pay period ended. Below in the Salary Amounts/ Hours
Worked section, you will see the hourly rates or salary amounts for the selected employee. In the Account
column, you can set the general ledger account assigned to the row. You can change this, if necessary.
You can enter the amount to pay your salaried employees here, or enter the number of hours worked per
pay level type in the Salary/Hours column. You will also see the employee and employer deductions,
additions, and contributions to the right. You can change the Account: and the Amount: in these fields, if
needed. Then if you need to print the paycheck, just click the Print button on the toolbar.
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ADDING EMPLOYEES:
1. Select Maintain| Employees/Sales Reps from the Menu Bar
2. Enter the ID you want to assign to the employee into the Employee ID: field.
3. Type the first name, middle initial, last name, suffix and nickname of the employee into the five
corresponding fields to the right of the Name: label.
4. Select an option button to indicate the employees status: Employee, Sales Rep, or Both.
5. To make an employee record inactive after it has been entered, click the Inactive checkbox.
6. Click the General tab to view the basic employee information.
7. Enter the address of the employee into the Address: fields.
8. Then enter the City, ST Zip: into the three fields to the right of the label with the same name.
9. Enter the country of the employee into the Country: field.
10. Below the address information enter the primary e-mail address of the employee into the E-mail 1 field
and enter the secondary e-mail address of the employee into the E-mail 2 field.
11. At the top of the next column of fields, enter the employees Home phone, Work phone and Mobile
phone numbers into the three fields of the same name.
12. If the employee has received a raise, enter the date of the most recent raise into the Last raise field.
13. Enter the social security number of the employee into the Social Security No. field.
14. You can assign the employee an employee type within the Type: field by entering whatever code you
want to use for that purpose into the box provided.
15. You can also add a photo of an employee, if desired, by clicking the Add photo hyperlink shown in the
area to the right. Sage 50 will then open an Open dialog box where you can browse to and then select
the picture of the employee to use. Simply click the Open button within the dialog box after selecting
the desired photo to add it to the employee record.
16. Click the Employee Beginning Balances button to open the Employee Beginning Balances window
where you can enter employee beginning balances as of the start date of your company file. After
entering these values, click the Save button to save them and then close this window.
17. In the Customizable Fields section, enter the information into the fields available.
18. Click the Additional Info tab.
19. In the Emergency contact section, enter the name of the emergency contact into the Name field.
20. Enter their relationship to the employee into the Relationship field.
21. Enter the emergency contacts primary phone number into the Phone 1 field and their secondary
phone number into the Phone 2 field.
22. In the Demographic Information section, enter the employees birth date into the Birth date field.
23. Select their marital status from the Marital status drop-down.
24. You can then select a gender from the Gender drop-down.
25. You can then select an ethnicity from the Ethnic origin drop-down.
26. In the Employment Details section, enter the employees position into the Job title field.
27. Enter the employees job code into the Job code field.
28. Enter the division that this employee works for into the Division field.
29. Enter the location of the employee into the Location field.
30. Enter the department within the company where the employee works into the Department field.
31. Select the name of this employees supervisor from the Supervisor drop-down menu.
32. You can click the e-mail button next to the Supervisor drop-down to e-mail the employees supervisor,
if you entered an e-mail address for the supervisor into the E-mail 1 field on the General tab when
you created the supervisors employee record within the Maintain Employees & Sales Reps window.
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33. In the next column of fields, select the employees employment status from the Employment status
drop-down.
34. You can click the Customize statuses hyperlink to the right of the drop-down menu to open the
Employee Defaults window and display the tab to change the statuses, if needed.
35. Enter the date that the employee was hired from the Hired calendar drop-down menu.
36. If the employee is terminated in the future, you can enter the date of their termination into the
Terminated field.
37. If you rehire a terminated employee, you can enter the date of the rehire into the Rehire field.
38. You can enter the employees I-9 verification status into the I-9 verification status field.
39. After the employee is verified, you can enter the date of the verification into the I-9 verification date
field.
40. Click the Pay Info tab to enter information about how you pay the employee.
41. Select an option from the Pay Method drop-down: Salary, Hourly- Hours per Pay Period, or HourlyTime Ticket Hours.
42. If needed, you can enter an hourly dollar amount to bill customers for time recorded on time tickets into
the Rate Used to Bill Customer field.
43. If you selected the Hours- Hours per Pay Period choice from the Pay Method drop-down, then select
the frequency with which you pay this employee from the Pay Frequency drop-down.
44. After that, enter the usual number of hours the employee works in the selected pay period into the
Hours Per Pay Period field.
45. Next you will set the different pay levels available for this particular employee. Enter all of the different
types of pay and the associated amounts that this employee can earn into the pay type list shown under
either the Hourly Pay Rate or Salary Pay Rate column that appears. Note that for salaried
employees, you enter the amount of pay for each rate for the pay period selected above.
46. Click the Use Defaults checkbox to clear the check from the box if you do not want to use the standard
General Ledger payroll expense account for the selected employees pay types. If you do that, you
would then have to select a different General Ledger account from the adjacent Account field.
47. After entering the types of pay and indicating the pay rates, you can check either of the two checkboxes
at the bottom of this tab for Eligible for health insurance and Receives W-2 electronically if they apply
to this employee.
48. Next click the Withholding Information tab to enter the employees withholding information.
49. Select the appropriate status of the employee using the drop-down within the Filing Status column for
each of the Payroll Field Names shown.
50. Enter the number of allowances for this employee into the Allowance column for the Federal, State,
and Local rows.
51. You can also enter any additional withholding amounts if employees elect to have additional money
withheld from their paychecks under the Addl Withholding column.
52. Enter the two letter abbreviation for the employees state into the State/Locality column for the State
row and, if needed, the Locality row.
53. At the bottom of the tab, under the W-2 Checkboxes section, you can also check the Employee has
retirement plan such as a Simple IRA, 401(k), 403(b), etc. checkbox if the employee participates in a
401(k) or other retirement plan.
54. Check the checkbox for Statutory Employee if the employee qualifies as a statutory employee
according to the current IRS guidelines.
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55. You can enter the employees vacation and sick time by clicking the Vacation/Sick Time tab.
56. If you wish to change the values for this employee, then first uncheck either or both checkboxes for
This employee uses the company default settings for vacation and This employee uses the company
default settings for sick time in the Vacation Time Settings section and the Sick Time Settings
section.
57. You can then enter the employees specific vacation and sick time settings into the area below the
checkboxes, as needed.
58. Click the Employee Fields tab to enter deductions specific to the employee, if needed.
59. To enter specific employee deductions on this tab, uncheck the Use Defaults field for the desired
deduction if you do not want to use the standard payroll field information for this employee, as defined
by the values within the Employee Defaults window.
60. You can then change the account used to track the tax liability or the amount to be deducted from the
employees paycheck by changing the values within the Account and Amount columns as needed.
61. Click the Company Fields tab to change the default employer-paid payroll taxes, if needed. It is most
unlikely that you will need to make changes on this tab, as you would only need to do so if the settings
need to be different from the values found within the Employee Defaults window. The values shown
are established by the taxes and benefits you entered during the Payroll Settings when you initially
created the payroll for the company file.
62. Once you have entered all of the necessary employee information, click the Save button within the
toolbar at the top of the Maintain Employees & Sales Reps window to save your changes and leave
the record displayed within the window.
63. Alternately, you can click the Save & New button within the toolbar to save the employee record and
then create a new, blank employee record if you need to continue entering employee data.
64. When you are finished using this window, click the Close button to close it.
ADDING EMPLOYEE BEGINNING BALANCES:
1. Select Maintain| Employees/Sales Reps from the Menu Bar.
2. On the General tab, click the Employee Beginning Balances button in order to bring up the
Employee Beginning Balances window.
3. Select an employee for whom you wish to enter beginning balances from the Employee ID: drop-down.
4. Then in the Dates: row, enter the date reflecting the current pay period ending date, the quarter ending
date, or the year ending date- as needed.
5. In the Payroll Field rows, enter the payroll field amount for each period ending date. Deductions must
be entered as negative numbers.
6. In the Total: field, you will see the year-to-date total for the payroll field for the selected employee.
7. Just click Save when you are done.
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ENTERING PERFORMANCE REVIEWS:
1. Select Maintain| Employees/Sales Reps from the Menu Bar.
2. Click the Performance Reviews button shown below the pay list on the Pay Info tab.
3. In the Performance Reviews window, enter the date of the review, the name of the reviewer, as well as
any detailed notes and attached files by entering that information into the Date, Rating, Reviewer,
Notes and Attachments columns.
4. You can enter the date of the employees net performance review by selecting a date from the Next
review date drop-down menu.
5. If you want to add an attachment to a performance review row, click the Add hyperlink under the
Attachments column to open the Attachments dialog box. Here you can click the Add button to open
an Open dialog box where you can browse for and then select a document to associate with the
review. Simply click the Open button within the Open dialog box to add the document reference to
the Attachments dialog box. You can repeat this process to add multiple documents, if needed.
6. When you are finished, click the OK button within the Attachments dialog box to add the attachments
to the review row. Note that the text displayed within the row will then read View/Edit under the
Attachments column.
7. When you are finished entering performance review information, click the Save button at the bottom of
the Performance Reviews dialog box to save the data and close the window.
PAYING A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES:
1. To pay a group of employees, select Tasks| Select for Payroll Entry from the Menu Bar.
2. Enter the payroll period ending date in the Pay Ending Date: field.
3. You could filter which employees to pay by selecting either or both pay methods in the Include Pay
Methods: section.
4. You could also filter in the Include Employees section by selecting either All or Range from the
Employees drop-down.
5. If you select Range, then you will need to select two employee ids from the From: and To: dropdowns to select all employees that meet the other criteria and in the range specified.
6. You can further filter by selecting an employee type from the Type: drop-down.
7. Click OK when you are ready to pay the selected employees. This will bring up the Select Employees
to Pay window.
8. You can exclude individuals from the payroll by clicking the Pay checkbox on their record to clear it.
9. In the Check Date: field, enter the date that will print on the paychecks.
10. In the Pay End Date: field, you enter the date for the end of the payroll.
11. In the Cash Acct: field, the last account used for a paycheck will display. You can change this account,
if needed.
12. Then you can enter the number of hours to pay your hourly employees in the Hours: column. This field
will only be available for your hourly employees.
13. For salaried employees, the salary rate for the employee for each pay level will appear. You can change
this amount when an employee should be paid a different salary.
14. If you should not pay an employee, you can click the Pay checkbox to clear it.
15. Click the Print button in the toolbar at the top to print the selected paychecks.
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PAYING ONE EMPLOYEE:
1. To open this window, select Tasks| Payroll Entry from the Menu Bar.
2. Select the employee id of the employee to pay from the Employee ID: drop-down.
3. If you plan on printing the check, leave the Check Number: field blank, if not, then enter the number of
the paycheck that was issued here.
4. Enter the date that you want to print on the paychecks in the Date: field.
5. In the Cash Acct: field, the last account used for a paycheck will display. You can change this account,
if necessary.
6. In the Pay Period Ends: date field, enter the date that the pay period ended.
7. Below in the Salary Amounts/ Hours Worked section, you will see the hourly rates or salary amounts
for the selected employee.
8. In the Account column, you can set the General Ledger account assigned to the row. You can change
this, if necessary.
9. You can enter the amount to pay your salaried employees here, or enter the number of hours worked
per pay level type in the Salary/Hours column.
10. You will also see the employee and employer deductions, additions, and contributions to the right. You
can change the Account: and the Amount: in these fields, if needed.
11. Then if you need to print the paycheck, just select the Print button on the toolbar.
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Purpose:
To be able to enter employee information, beginning balances and create a sample paycheck.
Exercises:
1. Start the Sage 50 application.
2. Open the Fakeco, Inc. company file completed through the end of the previous chapters exercise.
3. Select Maintain| Employees/Sales Reps from the Menu Bar.
4. Type brownellc into the Employee ID field.
5. Enter Cathy Brownell into the Name field, using the First and Last name fields.
6. Click the Employee option button that appears next to the employees name.
7. Enter the employees address as follows: 111 Cedar St. Holt MI 48842.
8. Enter a Social Security # of 123456789.
9. Click the Additional Info tab and then enter 04/02/01 into the Hired date field.
10. Click the Withholding Info tab.
11. For the Federal payroll field, enter Married under Filing Status and 1 under Allow.
12. For the State payroll field, enter Married/Jointly under Filing Status,1 under Allow, and MI for the
State/Locality.
13. For the Local payroll field, enter Not Required.
14. Click the Pay Info tab.
15. Select Salary from the Pay Method drop-down.
16. Select Bi-weekly from the Frequency drop-down.
17. Enter 1500.00 in the first Salary Pay Rate field.
18. Click the Save button in the toolbar at the top of the window to save this employees information.
19. Click New in the toolbar at the top of the window to start a new record.
20. Click the General tab.
21. Type whitew into the Employee ID field.
22. Enter William White into the Name field, using the First and Last name fields.
23. Click the Both option button that appears next to the employees name.
24. Enter the employees address as follows: 240 Pinecrest Dr. Mason MI 48934.
25. Enter a Social Security # of 333333333.
26. Click the Additional Info tab and then enter 11/07/00 into the Hired date field.
27. Click the Withholding Info tab.
28. For the Federal payroll field, enter Single under Filing Status.
29. For the State payroll field, enter Single under Filing Status and MI for the State/Locality.
30. For the Local payroll field, enter Not Required.
31. Click the Pay Info tab.
32. Select Hourly- Hours per Pay Period from the Pay Method drop-down.
33. Select Weekly from the Frequency drop-down.
34. Enter 15.00 into the Regular Hourly Pay Rate field.
35. Enter 22.50 into the Overtime Hourly Pay Rate field.
36. Click the Save button in the toolbar at the top of the window to save this employees information.
37. Click New in the toolbar at the top of the window to start a new record.
38. Click the General tab.
39. Click the Employee Beginning Balances button to enter beginning balances for employees.
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Exercises (cont'd.):
40. Select brownellc from the Employee ID drop-down.
41. Enter 1/31/12 into column 1.
42. Underneath the column you just labeled 1/31/11, enter the following values into the fields.
43. Enter 5400.00 into the Gross field.
44. Enter -505.72 into the Fed_Income field.
45. Enter -334.80 into the Soc_Sec field.
46. Enter -78.30 into the Medicare field.
47. Enter -220.46 into the State field.
48. Click the Save button at the top of the window when you are finished.
49. Select whitew from the Employee ID drop-down.
50. Enter 1/31/12 into column 1.
51. Underneath the column you just labeled 1/31/11, enter the following values into the fields.
52. Enter 2400.00 into the Gross field.
53. Enter -270.12 into the Fed_Income field.
54. Enter -148.80 into the Soc_Sec field.
55. Enter -34.80 into the Medicare field.
56. Enter -107.96 into the State field.
57. Click the Save button at the top of the window when you are finished.
58. Click Close to return to the Maintain Employees/Sales Reps screen.
59. The company has just hired a new employee who will work with time ticket hours. Next you will create
the new employee record.
60. Type close into the Employee ID field.
61. Enter Emily Clos into the Name field, using the First and Last name fields.
62. Click the Both option button that appears next to the employees name.
63. Enter the employees address as follows: 333 Edgewood Blvd. Lansing MI 48842.
64. Enter a Social Security # of 444444444.
65. Click the Additional Info tab and then enter 02/01/12 into the Hired date field.
66. Click the Withholding Info tab.
67. For the Federal payroll field, enter Married under Filing Status and 2 under Allow.
68. For the State payroll field, enter Married/Jointly under Filing Status,0 under Allow, and MI for the
State/Locality.
69. For the Local payroll field, enter Not Required.
70. Click the Pay Info tab.
71. Select Hourly- Time Ticket Hours from the Pay Method drop-down.
72. Enter 50.00 into the Rate Used to Bill Customers field.
73. Select Weekly from the Frequency drop-down.
74. Enter 16.00 into the Regular Hourly Pay Rate field.
75. Enter 24.00 into the Overtime Hourly Pay Rate field.
76. Click the Save button in the toolbar at the top of the window to save this employees information.
77. Click the Close button within the toolbar at the top of the Maintain Employees/Sales Reps window.
78. Now enter a paycheck for an employee by selecting Tasks| Payroll Entry from the Menu Bar.
79. Click Close in the message box that appears.
80. Select Payroll Checking Account from the drop-down within the Select a Cash Account dialog box
and then click the OK button to continue.
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Exercises (cont'd.):
81. Select brownellc from the Employee ID drop-down within the Payroll Entry window.
82. Enter 2/16/12 into the Date field.
83. Enter 2/10/12 into the Pay Period Ends field.
84. Enter -171.69 into the Fed_Income field.
85. Enter -62.37 into the Soc_Sec field.
86. Enter -21.53 into the MEDICARE field.
87. Enter -61.50 into the St_Income field.
88. Enter 6.15 into the VAC_Accrue field.
89. Enter 18.46 into the VAC_Remain field.
90. Enter 1.53 into the SICK_Accrue field.
91. Enter 4.62 into the SICK_Remain field.
92. Enter -92.07 into the Soc_Sec_C field.
93. Enter -21.53 into the Medicare_C field.
94. Enter -8.91 into the Fed_Unemp_C field.
95. Enter -40.10 into the St_Unemp_C field.
96. Click the Save button in the toolbar at the top of the Payroll Entry window to save the paycheck.
97. Click the Close button within the Payroll Entry window to close the paycheck.
98. Save this company file for the following exercises within this tutorial. You will need the file and
need to complete the exercises at the end of each of the following chapters in sequential order
to complete all of the exercises within the tutorial.
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10.1- Writing Checks:
You can use the Write Checks window to quickly write checks and then apply the amount to one or
more expense accounts. If the payment that you are making doesnt involve invoices or inventory items,
then this is simply the easiest payment method to use. You can access this window by selecting Tasks|
Write Checks from the Menu Bar.
You can use this window to pay non-invoice bills, or to write checks to vendors that dont have
Vendor IDs. It is basically a simplified version of the Payments window that allows you to enter check
information without having to enter line items distributions.
Enter the Vendor ID of the vendor that is being paid into the Vendor ID field. If you are paying a
vendor without an ID, then leave this field blank and just type the name of the vendor into the Pay to the
Order of field. You can enter the address information for the vendor if they arent in your vendors list under
the Pay to the Order of: field.
If you plan on printing this check, then leave the Check Number field blank. Otherwise, fill-in the
check number of the check that you wrote to the vendor. Enter the date the check was created in the Date:
field. Then, enter the amount of the check into the Dollars: field. Enter the account number from which the
check will draw its funds in the Cash Account field.
Enter the account that you will expense the payment to in the Expense Account field. If you need to
split the expense between multiple accounts, click the Split button. This will open up the Split
Transaction window. In this window, you can split the value of the check between multiple expense
accounts. Click OK in this window to return to the check. You can finish by entering a description of the
payment into the Description field.
You can make payments electronically by selecting the Electronic Payment checkbox in the upperleft corner of the window. You will notice when you do this, that the Check Number: changes to say
Electronic and is grayed-out. When you click the Save button, if you have not yet enrolled in the Sage 50
Bill Pay service, you will be prompted to do so by clicking the Enroll button. If you have already enrolled
but have not yet activated the service, click the Activate button and follow the steps presented to you.
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10.2- Voiding Checks:
You can easily void checks in Sage 50. When you void a check, a new transaction is created with a
check number consisting of the original check number, followed by the letter V. This new entry will reverse
the entries made to the General Ledger by the original check. Both will still appear in reports and the
Account Reconciliation window when you reconcile your accounts.
To void a check, just open the Void Existing Checks window by selecting Tasks| Void Checks
from the Menu Bar. In the Void Existing Checks window, select the check that you wish to void in the list of
checks that appears. Click the Void button. This will then prompt you to decide if you really want to void
the check, click Yes if you do or click No if you dont. Click the Close button when you are done.
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10.3- Reconciling the Bank Accounts (cont'd.):
choice from the Show drop-down menu at the top of the window. Whatever choice you make here will
display those associated transactions that have affected the account balance through the end of the
selected accounting period.
You can use this information to then reconcile the account transactions in Sage 50 with your bank
account statement by marking the transactions shown within the statement as cleared within Sage 50. As
you clear the Sage 50 transactions, the Unreconciled Difference displayed at the bottom of the window will
approach zero. Once you have marked all of your cleared transactions, the difference should be zero.
Note that additional transactions that are not typically recorded in Sage 50 until you receive the bank
statement, such as bank service charges can be added while you are reconciling the account. You can
input bank service fees and interest earned directly into the reconciliation window. To do this, ensure you
click the Expand button in the lower left corner of this window to expand the Interest Earned/Service
Charges section if needed. You can then enter any Service Charges or Interest Earned into the fields of
the same name within this section. Be sure to also enter the Date these transactions occurred as well as
the associated Account used to track their value, such as a bank service fees expense account or an
interest earned income account.
To clear transactions that are displayed within the account transaction list, check the checkbox at
the left of any transaction to mark it as cleared. After a successful reconciliation, these cleared
transactions will be removed from the list when you move to the next accounting period.
Also note that there are some unique buttons in the toolbar at the top of the Account Reconciliation
window. If you click the OK button, you will save your changes and close the Account Reconciliation
window. You can return at any time to finish the reconciliation, if needed.
You can click the Multiple button to open the Clear Transactions dialog box where you can select
a range of transactions to clear. In this dialog box, first select the types of transactions to clear from the
Type drop-down. Then select whether to clear the transactions based on Reference Number or Date
Range. You can then input a range of reference numbers or a date range within which to mark the selected
type of transactions as cleared. Then click the OK button to clear the range of transactions.
You can also click the Clear drop-down to select either (check) All, which will check every
transaction listed and mark it as cleared, or (uncheck) All, which will uncheck every transaction to mark
them all as uncleared.
If you need to enter transactions that affect the account reconciliation, you can click the Add New
button to display a drop-down menu of task window choices that you can open in order to enter additional
transactions. You can select either General Journal Entry, Write Check, Receipt, or Account Register
to open the associated task window where you can enter the additional transactions, if required.
If you are just beginning to use Sage 50, you may need to click the Beginning Transactions gray
arrow button shown in the lower right corner of the Interest Earned/Service Charges section when it is
expanded to open the Beginning Transactions window. In this window, you can enter transactions that
occurred before the Sage 50 company files start date. These transactions will not affect the General Ledger
and they will only be used for account reconciliation.
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10.4- Changing the Accounting Period:
When you have entered all of the transactions for the current accounting period, you can advance to
the next accounting period. The Change Accounting Period window is used to switch between accounting
periods within the two open fiscal years. To display this window, select Tasks| System| Change Accounting
Period from the Menu Bar.
In the Change Accounting Period window, you just click on the accounting period that you want to
go to in the list of available accounting periods to the left side of the window, and then click the OK button
in the toolbar at the top of the window to jump to the selected accounting period. As you move forward it
asks if you want to print any unprinted reports and items. Usually this is a good idea. Note that Sage 50 will
not ask this of you when you are stepping backwards through periods.
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WRITING CHECKS:
1. Select Tasks| Write Checks from the Menu Bar.
2. Enter the vendor id of the vendor that is being paid into the Vendor ID: field.
3. If you are paying a vendor without an id, then leave this field blank and just type the name of the vendor
into the Pay to the Order of: field. You can enter the address information for the vendor (if they arent in
your vendors list) under the Pay to the Order of: field, as well.
4. If you plan on printing this check, then leave the Check Number: field blank. Otherwise, fill-in the check
number of the check that you wrote to the vendor. If you plan to send the payment electronically, select
the Electronic Payment checkbox.
5. Enter the date the check was created in the Date: field.
6. Then, enter the amount of the check into the Dollars: field.
7. Enter the account number from which the check will draw its funds in the Cash Account: field.
8. Enter the account that you will expense the payment to in the Expense Account: field.
9. If you need to split the expense between multiple accounts, click the Split button. This will open up the
Split Transaction window. In this window, you can split the value of the check between multiple
expense accounts. Click OK in this window to return to the check.
10. You can finish by entering a description of the payment into the Description: field.
NOTE: If you are making an electronic payment and you have not yet enrolled in the Sage 50 Bill Pay
service, you will be prompted to do so by clicking the Enroll button. If you have already enrolled but
have not yet activated the service, click the Activate button and follow the steps presented to you. You
MUST enroll in the Bill Pay service to send electronic payments through Sage 50.
VOIDING CHECKS:
1. To void a check, just open the Void Existing Checks window by selecting Tasks| Void Checks from
the Menu Bar.
2. In the Void Existing Checks window, select the check that you wish to void in the list of checks that
appears.
3. Click the Void button.
4. This will then prompt you to decide if you really want to void the check, click Yes if you do, and click
No if you dont.
5. Click the Close button when you are done.
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RECONCILING BANK ACCOUNTS:
1. Select Tasks| Account Reconciliation from the Menu Bar to open the Account Reconciliation
window.
2. Select the ID of the account that you want to reconcile from the Account to Reconcile: drop-down.
3. Enter the statement date from the associated bank statement into the Statement date: field. Note that
you can reconcile information from prior accounting periods without having to leave the current
accounting period by simply selecting the prior period statement date within the desired prior period to
reconcile from the Statement date field.
4. Next enter the accounts balance as of the statement date from your bank statement into the Statement
Ending Balance field.
5. At this point, all the selected accounts transactions are displayed in a single list with deposits and bank
credits shown first. You can change which items are displayed within the transaction list by making a
choice from the Show drop-down menu at the top of the window. Whatever choice you make here will
display those associated transactions that have affected the account balance through the end of the
selected accounting period.
6. You then reconcile the account transactions in Sage 50 with your bank account statement by marking
the transactions shown within the statement as cleared within Sage 50.
7. As you clear the Sage 50 transactions, the Unreconciled Difference displayed at the bottom of the
window will approach zero. Once you have marked all of your cleared transactions, the difference
should be zero.
8. You can input bank service fees and interest earned directly into the reconciliation window to enter
additional transactions that are not typically recorded in Sage 50 until you receive the bank statement.
To do this, ensure you click the Expand button in the lower left corner of this window to expand the
Interest Earned/Service Charges section if needed.
9. You can then enter any Service Charges or Interest Earned into the fields of the same name within
this section. Be sure to enter the Date these transactions occurred and the associated Account used
to track their value, such as a bank service fees expense account or an interest earned income account.
10. To clear transactions that are displayed within the account transaction list, check the checkbox at the
left of any transaction to mark it as cleared. After a successful reconciliation, these cleared
transactions will be removed from the list when you move to the next accounting period.
11. Note the buttons in the toolbar at the top of the Account Reconciliation window. If you click the OK
button, you will save your changes and close the Account Reconciliation window. You can return at
any time to finish the reconciliation, if needed.
12. You can click the Multiple button to open the Clear Transactions dialog box where you can select a
range of transactions to clear. In this dialog box, first select the types of transactions to clear from the
Type drop-down. Then select whether to clear the transactions based on Reference Number or Date
Range. You can then input a range of reference numbers or a date range within which to mark the
selected type of transactions as cleared. Then click the OK button to clear the range of transactions.
13. You can also click the Clear drop-down to select either (check) All, which will check every transaction
listed to mark them as cleared, or (uncheck) All, which will uncheck every transaction to mark them all
as uncleared.
14. If you need to enter transactions that affect the account reconciliation, you can click the Add New
button to display a drop-down menu of task window choices that you can open in order to enter
additional transactions. You can select either General Journal Entry, Write Check, Receipt, or
Account Register to open the associated task window where you can enter the additional transactions.
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RECONCILING BANK ACCOUNTS- (CONT'D.):
15. If you are just beginning to use Sage 50, you may need to click the Beginning Transactions gray arrow
button shown in the lower right corner of the Interest Earned/Service Charges section when it is
expanded to open the Beginning Transactions window. In this window, you can enter transactions that
occurred before the Sage 50 company files start date. These transactions will not affect the General
Ledger and they will only be used for account reconciliation.
CHANGING THE ACCOUNTING PERIOD:
1. Select Tasks| System| Change Accounting Period from the Menu Bar, or click the Current Period
button in the toolbar at the top of most Navigation Center windows.
2. In the Change Accounting Period window, you just click on the accounting period that you want to go
to in the list of available accounting periods to the left side of the window.
3. Click the OK button in the toolbar at the top of the window to jump to the selected accounting period.
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Purpose:
To be able to write a sample check.
Exercises:
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Job Tracking
11.1- Setting Up a Job:
In Sage 50, you can set up Jobs for each client. You can then track income and expenses for
specific projects, including payroll hours or amounts. There are advantages to using jobs. You can
purchase items specifically for a job. When you invoice the client, you can bill them for the purchased items
You can also run several types of reports on jobs. While all Sage 50 programs do include Jobs, the
flexibility and additional features like Job Costing are only available in Sage 50 Complete.
To set up a job in Sage 50 Complete, select Maintain| Job Costs| Jobs from the Menu Bar. In
Sage 50 First Accounting and Sage 50 Accounting, select Maintain| Jobs from the Menu Bar. From the
Maintain Jobs window, you can set up the jobs for the customers. Lets look at the fields on the different
tabs in the window.
At the top of the window, start by entering a code for the job into the Job ID: field. Then enter a
description into the Description: field. Then enter the actual start date of the job into the Start Date: field.
You can then enter a projected end date for the job into the Projected End Date: field. After you have
completed the job, be sure to enter the actual end date into the Actual End Date: field for reporting
purposes. You can then use the Job Status: indicator to select the current job status.
On the General tab, enter the supervisor for the job into the Supervisor: field, if applicable. Select
the ID of the customer for whom you are performing the job from the For Customer: field. Enter the job
address information into the fields available.
Enter the job type in the Job Type: field. Job types give you a way to classify jobs that you perform
for reporting purposes. Enter the purchase order number from the customer for the job into the PO
Number: field, if applicable. As you complete the job, you can return to this screen to indicate what
percentage of the job is complete in the % Complete: field. Notice that there is also a button for beginning
balances for the job if you need to enter jobs when initially creating your company file.
Next, enter the custom field values for jobs that you created within the Jobs Defaults window. Then
click the Estimated Exp./Rev. tab to enter the estimated expenses and revenues from this job. You can
then enter any notes for the job into the Notes tab. Click the Save button on the toolbar in this window
when you are done.
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11.2- Creating Custom Fields for Jobs:
If you want to go back and change the custom fields that you use to record job-related information in
Sage 50, you will need to access the Job Defaults. You can access this information by selecting Maintain|
Default Information| Jobs from the Menu Bar. This will allow you to access the Job Defaults window. On
the Custom Fields tab you can set up to five custom fields that you want to track for your jobs that you
perform for your customers. Then click the OK button to save your changes.
11.3- Entering Beginning Balances for a Job:
If you have beginning balance information for your jobs, you can record this. You can enter one
figure for the jobs beginning balance. If you use Sage 50 Complete, you can make the entries by cost code
or job phase. To set up beginning balances for jobs, select Maintain| Job Costs| Jobs from the Menu
Bar. In Sage 50 First Accounting and Sage 50 Accounting, select Maintain| Jobs from the Menu Bar.
This will bring up the Maintain Jobs window. On the General tab, click the Job Beginning Balances
button to display the Job Beginning Balances window. Click the Job Entries for tab to make the detail
entries for a specific job. Enter a job beginning date for the job beginning balance amount. You can enter
multiple balances for each job. Enter an amount for expenses or an amount for revenues. You cant enter
an expense and a revenue on the same line. The total balance for the job will be the net balance between
what you have spent and what you have earned. You will see this information on the Job Balances tab.
When you are finished entering in your beginning balances, click the Save button to save the information.
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11.6- Job Tracking:
As you are invoicing for your services, you can optionally assign these items and services to
different jobs. This will allow you to compare your actual costs to your estimated costs. You can print out
several reports that allow you to track the status of the different jobs. If you want to print out a report
showing the transactions for the different jobs that you have, you can run the Jobs Ledger report. You can
access this by selecting Reports & Forms| Jobs from the Menu Bar. Ensure that the Reports tab has
been selected. Then select the Jobs Ledger from the list of reports. Click the Display button at the top of
the Select a Report or Form window to view the transactions for the different jobs, and the totals for the
jobs.
Notice that there are several different reports that you can create for the jobs that you have. We will
discuss creating and customizing reports in Chapter 14- Reporting.
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SETTING UP A JOB:
1. To set up a job in Sage 50 Complete, select Maintain| Job Costs| Jobs from the Menu Bar. In Sage
50 First Accounting and Sage 50 Accounting, select Maintain| Jobs from the Menu Bar.
2. At the top of the window, start by entering a code for the job into the Job ID: field.
3. Enter a job description into the Description: field.
4. Enter the actual start date of the job into the Start Date: field.
5. Enter a projected end date for the job into the Projected End Date: field.
6. After you have completed the job, be sure to enter the actual end date into the Actual End Date: field
for reporting purposes.
7. Use the Job Status: indicator to select the current job status.
8. On the General tab, enter the supervisor for the job into the Supervisor: field, if applicable.
9. Select the ID of the customer for whom you are performing the job from the For Customer: field.
10. Enter the job address information into the fields available.
11. Enter the job type in the Job Type: field.
12. Enter the purchase order number from the customer for the job into the PO Number: field, if applicable.
13. As you complete the job, you can return to this screen to indicate what percentage of the job is complete
in the % Complete: field.
14. There is also a button for beginning balances for the job if you need to enter jobs when initially creating
your company file.
15. Enter the values for the job into the custom fields that you created for the jobs you perform when you set
up the Job Defaults.
16. Next, click the Estimated Exp./Rev. tab to enter the estimated expenses and revenues from this job.
17. You can then enter any notes for the job into the Notes tab.
18. Click the Save button on the toolbar in this window when you are done.
CREATING CUSTOM FIELDS FOR JOBS:
1. Select Maintain| Default Information| Jobs from the Menu Bar to open the Job Defaults window.
2. On the Custom Fields tab you can set up to five custom fields that you want to track for your jobs that
you perform for your customers.
3. Click the OK button when you are finished to save your changes.
ENTERING BEGINNING BALANCES FOR A JOB:
1. To set up a job in Sage 50 Complete, select Maintain| Job Costs| Jobs from the Menu Bar. If you are
using Sage 50 First Accounting or Sage 50 Accounting, select Maintain| Jobs instead.
2. On the General tab, click the Job Beginning Balances button to display the Job Beginning Balances
window.
3. Click the Job Entries for tab to make the detail entries for a specific job.
4. Enter a job beginning date for the job beginning balance amount in the Date field.
5. Enter an amount for expenses or an amount for revenues under either the Expenses or Revenues
field.
6. When you are finished entering in your beginning balances, click the Save button to save the
information.
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MAKING PURCHASES FOR A JOB:
1. Select Tasks| Purchases/Receive Inventory from the Menu Bar.
2. Enter the information as usual, but in the line items section, be sure to assign each amount that you
want to be reimbursed for to the customer job that you incurred the expense for. You cannot do this for
stock items.
3. Click the Save button to save the purchase information.
Note: You can use the Payments window to record cash purchases you make for a customer job, as well.
INVOICING FOR JOB PURCHASES:
Select Tasks| Sales/ Invoicing from the Menu Bar.
Enter the customer that you incurred the expenses for.
Click the Apply Tickets/Expenses button.
Click on the tab that has the expenses that you wish to be reimbursed for.
Click the Use checkbox to select the item amounts to be reimbursed for.
If you want to markup the items by an amount or a percentage, click the WriteUp button to select the
items that you want to mark up or down by a percentage, and also the amount or percentage needed.
7. Click the OK button to apply the amounts to the invoice. You can also manually adjust the amounts
directly in the invoice if you want.
8. Click Save to save the invoice.
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1. As you are invoicing for your services, assign these items and services to different jobs. This will allow
you to compare your actual costs to your estimated costs.
2. You can run the Jobs Ledger report by selecting Reports| Jobs from the Menu Bar.
3. Then select the Jobs Ledger from the list of reports on the right.
4. Click the Display button at the top of the Select a Report or Form window to view the transactions for
the different jobs, and the totals for the jobs.
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Purpose:
To be able to create a job for a customer.
Exercises:
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CHAPTER 14Reporting
14.1- The Cash Manager
14.2- The Collection Manager
14.3- The Payment Manager
14.4- The Financial Manager
14.5- Find on Report
14.6- Previewing and Printing Preset Reports
14.7- Report Groups
14.8- Modifying Reports
14.9- Exporting Reports to Excel
14.10- Importing and Exporting Data
14.11- Exporting Reports to PDF
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14.1- The Cash Manager:
The Cash Manager is available only in Sage 50 Accounting or higher. In order to open it, select
Analysis| Cash Flow Manager from the Menu Bar.
This report shows the projected cash flow status for your company for a selected time frame. At the
top of the Cash Flow Manager, you can use the Time frame drop-down to choose a time frame period over
which you wish to view the cash flow forecast. You can then see cash flows shown in the Starting Cash,
Expected Incoming Cash and Expected Outgoing Cash tabs below the Time frame drop-down. You
can click on these tabs to view the cash information shown within the rows on the tab.
On the Starting Cash, Expected Incoming Cash and Expected Outgoing Cash tabs, you can
choose to include or exclude selected accounts by clicking the Include checkbox for any accounts shown.
You can click the Detail hyperlink that appears in some rows to view the account register and the
transactions that constitute the balance shown within the row.
To add an adjustment row for what-if scenario modeling to any of these three tabs, you can simply
click into the topmost row on the desired tab, and then enter the information for the adjustment entry into the
blank row. Be sure to check the Include checkbox for any adjustment rows that you create in order to add
the amount you enter to the cash flow forecast shown below the tabs. You should also remember to click
the Save button that appears at the top of the window to save your adjustment rows. Otherwise, they may
be removed when you close the Cash Flow Manger window.
You can also reset a row that you have altered within a tab by selecting the row and then clicking
the Reset drop-down button within the toolbar at the top of the window. From the drop-down menu that
appears, you can select either Reset Row to Original or Reset All Rows to Original. If you select the
Reset Row to Original command you will reset only the selected row. You can choose the other command
to reset all rows, if desired.
The actual cash flow information is displayed at the very bottom of the window in both the Expected
Cash Flow Totals cash summary for the period as well as the bar graph showing the cash balance for the
days or months within the selected time frame. You can check the Balance, Incoming, and Outgoing
checkboxes above the bar graph to show those amounts within the graph.
If you wish to export the Cash Flow Manager to an Excel workbook, you can do that as well. This will
export the Cash Flow Summary, as well as the information found on each tab into separate worksheets
within a workbook. To do this, click the Excel button in the toolbar at the top of the Cash Flow Manager
window to open the Copy to Excel dialog box. Set any desired options that you want within the dialog box
that appears, and then click the OK button to launch Excel and export the data.
You can print the information within the Cash Flow Manager by clicking the Print drop-down button
within the toolbar at the top of the window. From the drop-down menu that appears, you can select what
items you wish to print. You can choose to print either the Selected tab, All tabs, or the Summary and
graph within this window. When you are finished using the Cash Flow Manager, click the Close button to
close the window.
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14.2- The Collection Manager:
The Collection Manager is available only in Sage 50 Accounting or higher. This manager assists you
in tracking and collecting your receivables from customers. You can view the Collection Manager by
selecting Analysis| Collection Manager from the Menu Bar. The Collection Manager provides you with
both a numeric bracket and graphic analysis of your accounts receivable.
In the secondary toolbar that appears at the top of the window, you can click the Graph option next
to the Display choice to view the information as a graph. To the right of that, use the drop-down to select
the graph style. You can select either Pie, Bar, or Column. To the right of that you can use the Show
drop-down to select to show all aging, a prior month comparison, or a prior year comparison. You can use
the As of Date calendar selector to choose as of which date to display aging.
If you prefer a numeric display of this data, you can select the Numeric option at the left of the
secondary toolbar at the top of the Collection Manager window to display the information as numeric aging
brackets. You can then use the Show and As of Date drop-downs to select the date range of data to
display within the Collection Manager.
In the primary toolbar at the top of the Collection Manager, you can click the Bracket button to view
the information within the aging brackets shown. You can then use the Days Past Due drop-down that
appears within the secondary toolbar to select which aging bracket you wish to view. The aging brackets
that you can select are 0-30, 31-60, 61-90, Over 90 days, and Total.
When viewing the information within a selected bracket, you can view the associated customer
information for a row within the bracket by first clicking on the row that contains the desired receivable and
then clicking the Source button within the primary toolbar at the top of the window. That will then display
the selected customers information with any receivables that they have due within the selected bracket.
You can select a desired receivable from this list and then click the Detail button within the primary toolbar
at the top of the window to open the source receivable in a new window. You can then close this window
when you have finished examining it.
You can also use this window to send collection letters to customers within the selected aging
brackets. To do this, first select the desired aging bracket within the Collection Manager. Then click the
Letter checkbox at the far right end of any customers to whom you wish to send a collection letter. Once
you have selected the customers, click the Letter button in the primary toolbar at the top of the window. In
the Print Forms: Collection Letters dialog box that appears, click the Select Form button to open another
dialog box where you can select the collection letter to print. Then click the OK button to return to the
Print Forms: Collection Letters dialog box. You can then click the Print Preview button at the right side of
the dialog box to preview the letters, or click the Print button at the right side of the dialog box to
immediately print the letters.
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14.3- The Payment Manager:
The Payment Manager is available only in Sage 50 Accounting or higher. This manager assists you
in tracking and paying your payables from vendors. You can view the Payment Manager by selecting
Analysis| Payment Manager from the Menu Bar. The Payment Manager provides you with both a
numeric bracket and graphic analysis of your accounts payable.
In the secondary toolbar that appears at the top of the window, you can click the Graph options
next to the Display choice to view the information as a graph. To the right of that drop-down, you can
select the graph style. You can select either Pie, Bar, or Column. To the right of that you can use the
Show drop-down to select to show all aging, a prior month comparison, or a prior year comparison. You
can use the As of Date calendar selector to choose as of which date to display aging.
If you prefer a numeric display of this data, you can select the Numeric option at the left of the
secondary toolbar at the top of the Payment Manager window to display the information as numeric aging
brackets. You can then use the Show and As of Date drop-downs to select the date range of data to
display within the Payment Manager.
In the primary toolbar at the top of the Payment Manager, you can click the Bracket button to view
the information within the aging brackets shown. You can then use the Days Past Due drop-down that
appears within the secondary toolbar to select which aging bracket you wish to view. The aging brackets
that you can select are 0-30, 31-60, 61-90, Over 90 days, and Total.
When viewing the information within a selected bracket, you can view the associated vendor
information for a row within the bracket by first clicking on the row that contains the desired payable and
then clicking the Vendor button within the primary toolbar at the top of the window. That will then display
the selected vendors information with any payables that they have due within the selected bracket. You can
select a desired payable from this list and then click the Detail button within the primary toolbar at the top
of the window to open the selected payable in a new window. You can then close this window when you
have finished examining it.
You can also use this window to pay vendors within the selected aging brackets. To do this, first
select the desired aging bracket within the Payment Manager. Then click the Pay checkbox at the far right
end of any vendors to whom you wish to remit a payment. Note that the Amount to Pay field within the
secondary toolbar at the top of the window will display the total amount of all selected vendor payments
within this bracket. Once you have selected the vendors, click the Check button in the primary toolbar at
the top of the window. In the Print Forms: Disbursement Checks dialog box that appears, you can click the
Select Form button to open another dialog box where you can select the type of checks to print, if needed.
Then click the OK button to return to the Print Forms Collection Letters dialog box. You can then enter
the first check number to print into the First check number text box. Then select the correct account
against which these checks will be drawn from the Cash Account drop-down menu. You can then click the
Print Preview button at the right side of the dialog box to preview the checks, or click the Print button at
the right side of the dialog box to immediately print the checks.
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14.4- The Financial Manager:
The Financial Manager provides a brief, overall financial picture of how your business is performing.
You can open the Financial Manager if using Sage 50 Accounting or higher by selecting Analysis|
Financial Manager from the Menu Bar.
You can click the Numeric button in the primary toolbar at the top of the Financial Manager window
to view a numeric table of either a set of business-summary data or account balances at a specified point in
time. If you prefer, you can click the S.Sheet button to view a grid of sequential column dates that display
rows of either business-summary data or account balances projected for the end of each column of
sequential periods for comparison purposes.
Note that within either view, you can choose whether to display the Business Summary or Key
Balances within your company file by simply selecting the desired choice within the secondary toolbar at
the top of the window.
You can use the Date field at the right end of the secondary toolbar at the top of the window to
select the date as of which to view the financial information. The value defaults to the system date as long
as the system date falls within the currently selected accounting period. When you change the date, the
system refreshes the Financial Manager data displayed. You can also refresh the financial data by selecting
the Refresh button at the top of the window.
You can print the information shown within the Financial Manager window by clicking the Print
button within the primary toolbar at the top of the window.
14.5- Find on Report:
The Find on Report window makes it even easier to find information on reports and financial
statements. You can use this feature when previewing a report or financial statement by clicking the Find
button in the toolbar at the top of the preview window to open the Find on Report dialog box.
Within this dialog box, type the term you want to find within the selected report preview into the Find
what text box. You can then set the search settings in the Search Options area at the bottom of the dialog
box. You can set the direction of the search by selecting either the Search forward or Search backward
option button. To the right of that, you can check any or all three checkboxes to add those parameters to
your search. The checkbox options are Match case, Use wildcards, and Find complete words only.
Once you have made your selections, click the Find Next button to find the next occurrence of the term
that you entered within the report. The term will appear selected and bolded within the report preview. You
can then continue to click the Find Next button to find any other occurrences of the term within the report
until you reach the end of the report. You can then click the Cancel or Close button within the dialog box
when you have finished finding the desired term within the report preview.
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14.6- Previewing and Printing Preset Reports:
Sage 50 installs several preset reports which you can use to analyze information entered into the
Sage 50 application. The reports are grouped into various categories, but they can all be accessed in the
Select a Report or Form window.
If you select the Reports & Forms command in the Menu Bar, you will see the report categories
shown within the second section down from the top within the drop-down menu. Selecting any one of these
categories will open the Select a Report or Form window. Ensure that the tab in the upper left corner of
this window is set to show Reports. The report categories are also displayed in the list at the left side of
the Select a Report or Form window. The category which you selected in order to open this dialog box will
be the initially selected report category.
The reports within the selected category will be displayed in a listing of each reports name and a
description of its function at the right side of the dialog box.
To preview one of the reports, select the report that you want to preview from the list at the right side
of the window and then click the Display button in the toolbar at the top of the window. This will display the
report data in a report preview window. You can then click the Print button within the preview window that
appears to print the data after changing any report settings and verifying that it is displaying the data you
wish to print. If desired, you can also skip the report preview process entirely by just clicking the Print
button located within the toolbar at the top of the Select a Report or Form window.
14.7- Report Groups:
You can group related reports together and print the entire group of reports simultaneously in Sage
50 by first creating report groups. Report groups can include reports from any report category in Sage 50.
To create a report group, click the Group button in the Select a Report or Form windows toolbar.
This will bring up the Report Groups dialog box where you create report groups. All of the reports within
Sage 50 are initially shown within the Report Index: column at the left side of the dialog box, but you can
narrow the display to a list of all the reports for a selected category by using the Report Index drop-down
to specify a category, if desired.
Next, select a report from the Report Index list at the left and click the Add button to move the
report to the list at the right. Repeat this process until you have added all of the reports that you want for the
group to contain to the list at the right side of the dialog box.
If you accidentally add a report that you want to remove from the group, select the report from the list
at the right side of the dialog box and then click the Remove button.
Once all of the reports that you want to place into the group are shown in the list at the right, you can
save the report group. To do this, click the Save button in the toolbar of the Report Groups dialog box.
This will launch the Save As dialog box, where you can type a name for the report group into the Group
Name text box and then type a description of the report group into the Group Description text box. When
you are finished, click the Save button within the Save As dialog box to save the group. Then close the
Report Groups dialog box when you are finished.
When you want to print the reports within a report group in the future, just select Reports & Forms|
Report Groups from the Menu Bar to open the Select a Report or Form window. Then select the report
group folder that you want to print from the list on the right, and click the Print button in the toolbar at the
top of the window to print the reports within the selected report group. You can also click the report group
folder icon to view the individual reports within the group, if desired. You can then select and print or display
these reports independently, if desired.
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14.8- Modifying Reports:
You can modify the reports that are provided with Sage 50 to create your own custom reports. To
modify a report, select the report that you want to use as a basis for your custom report within the Select a
Report or Form window. Then click the Options button within the window to open the reports modification
window. The report modification options are shown within the Modify Report window that appears.
In the Filters section, you will see the filters that are in place for the report. Here you can change
the criteria used to filter the report data. The available options will change based on what data is used for
the report. To add a new filter, click on the name of the field within the Filters list by which you wish to filter
the data within the report. Then set any available options for the selected field in the adjacent area to the
right. You should then see your filter appear within the listing of report filters at the bottom of this section. To
remove a report filter, you simply set the value of the selected field within the filter field list back to its default
value of All. If you wish to remove all of the filters from a report, you can also click the Clear All Filters
button within the Filters area to clear all filters from the report.
In the Dates section, use the drop-down menu that appears to select a date range of data to use
for the report. You can also use the From and To drop-down menus to create custom date range if you
prefer. Note that some reports, such as the Customer List do not use a date range for their values.
Next, in the Sorting and Summary section, use the drop-down available to select your reports
sorting options and summary options. Not all reports will have summary options available.
Click the Columns hyperlink to display the Columns tab for your report in Sage 50. Here you can
check the Show checkbox for the columns, or fields, that you want to show within the report. As you show
additional columns, they will be added to the end of the columns within the report. If you look in the Col #
column, you will see their order from left to right displayed as a numeric, ascending ranking starting with
column number 1 appearing the far left. If you want to change the order the columns will appear within the
report, you can click on the one that you want to change the position of, and either click the Move Up or
Move Down button in this tab to change its column number.
If you opened the Columns tab, you can simply click the Fonts tab within the same dialog box to
view font information for your report. Alternately, you can click the Fonts hyperlink within the Modify
Report window to display the Fonts tab. On the Fonts tab you can click the A button for any available
font style shown to open a Font dialog box where you can set the font style as you would like for each
report section shown. Click the OK button when you are done to apply your changes to the font.
Click the OK button when you are done modifying the report to view the report layout. You can
change the width of the columns by clicking and dragging on the blue double-pointed arrows between the
column headings to set their width. When you are done, click the Save button to save your report. Give it a
new name, and click the Save button within the dialog box to save it. It will then appear within the selected
category in Select a Report or Form window. All customized reports have an icon of a blue wrench appear
next to them within the Select a Report or Form window to distinguish them from preset reports.
14.9- Exporting Reports to Excel:
Any report in Sage 50 can be exported to Excel in order to do further analysis on the data. If you
need to do this, select the report that you want to export to Excel within the Select a Report or Form
window. Then click the Send To button in the toolbar at the top of the Select a Report or Form window.
Click the Excel button in the button drop-down menu. At this point, set any report options as desired and
then click the OK button. In the next dialog box that appears, select the option to either send it to an
existing Excel spreadsheet or to a new one. Then click OK to export it.
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14.10- Importing and Exporting Data:
One way to import and export data within Sage 50 is to export a .CSV file (Comma Separated
Value) that can be opened in Excel or one of many other spreadsheet-style programs compatible with .CSV
files. In order to do this, you must access the Select Import/Export window by selecting File| Select
Import/Export from the Menu Bar. Once the window appears, select the file you would like to export and
click the Export button.
Once you have clicked the Export button, you can use the Filter and Fields tabs to select
options for the report as usual. On the Options tab, you click the gray arrow button in the upper-left corner
to specify a name and location for the file to be created. To ensure you will be able to import the data later,
you should leave the file name as whatever Sage 50 makes it. In the Export Options section, you can
select or deselect options as necessary to create the data file as you would like it. When you are finished,
click OK. When Sage 50 is finished exporting the report, it will return to the Select Import/Export window
and will not display the report. If you want to see it, you will need to open it on your own.
After you have exported the report as a .CSV file, you may want to change some of the data or send
it to an accountant to check and/or change the data. Once this has been done, you can import the changes
back into Sage 50! However, before you attempt to import data into your company file, you should
understand and have experience with data transfer as it is complicated and can cause your company file to
become corrupted if not done properly.
To import a .CSV file you have exported and changed, again you must have the Select
Import/Export window open. Once it is, select the type of file to import and click the Import button. Once
you do this, you will see the Fields tab where you can select which fields you want to import. Be sure your
selections here match the selections you made when you exported the file, or your data may become
corrupt. Then, on the Options tab, you can click the gray arrow button in the upper-left corner to select the
correct file location. Then, if you clicked the Include Headings checkbox when you exported the data, be
sure to select the First Row Contains Headings checkbox in the Import Options section of this tab. When
you are ready, click OK. You will be notified that you should create a backup before attempting to import
data. If you do want to create a backup, click No when Sage 50 asks if you want to continue. Then, create
your backup and repeat the steps you just took to import the file. If you do not want to create a backup first,
simply click Yes.
14.11- Exporting Reports to PDF:
You can create and save an Adobe PDF version of a Sage 50 report or financial statement. The
advantage of the PDF version is that you can easily attach it to an e-mail message for delivery to a
customer and the report will appear exactly as it does when you display or print it in Sage 50 with all
formatting, including page breaks, intact.
To do this, select the report that you want to export to PDF in the Select a Report or Form window.
Then click the Send To button in the windows toolbar and then click the PDF button. The options
window of the selected report will then appear, allowing you to set any desired filters for the reports, choose
which fields of information to display, and set the display of the fonts in the report. Set the options as you
would like and then click the OK button to continue.
In the Save As dialog box which appears, use the Save in: drop-down to select into which folder
on your computer system you wish to save the PDF file. You can then type a name for the file into the File
name: text box. Click Save when you are ready to save the PDF file.
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14.12- Modifying Task Window Screen Templates:
You can modify the screen entry templates for the task windows in Sage 50. You can select from
different predefined templates, or you can create your own. For example, you could remove fields that you
dont use from the invoice task form to speed up data entry.
If you look on the toolbar of a task window like the Sales/Invoicing window, youll see a Layout
button. If you click it, you can switch between some predefined templates, or you can create your own. If
you click the Customize (form type) Layout command from the Layout buttons drop-down list of choices,
youll be presented with a template of the task window that you can modify. To make a new template, click
the New button in the toolbar at the top of the window to create a new template. Then enter a name for the
new template into the Template name field. You can also enter a description of the template into the
Description field.
Then you simply check or uncheck the checkboxes for the fields shown in order to include or
remove them from the display within both the Entry Screen and the Printed Form versions of the selected
form template. When you have decided what fields will appear in the template, click the Save button to
save the template with the name that you entered.
14.13- Modifying Forms:
You can also modify the templates of the printed forms used by the task windows in Sage 50 or you
can create your own. All of the printed forms, including invoices, payroll checks, and mailing labels can be
modified to fit your needs. In order to modify one of the printed form templates first open the Select a
Report or Form window.
Then select the Forms tab within the Select a Report or Form window and select the type of form
to customize within the Form Types list. Below that, select the name of the specific form to customize from
the listing shown. Then click the Customize button that appears in the lower right corner of the window to
open the design editor for the selected form.
The design editor window allows you to add, remove and change data fields, text fields and other
shapes and images within the printed version of a form. Before you begin adding new items to your form,
however, you should examine the options within this window. If you click the Options button at the top of
the window you will open the Form Design Options dialog box. Within this dialog box you will see a set of
checkboxes on the Display tab that you can check or uncheck to turn features on or off. If you click the
Grid/Copies tab, you will see options for how you would like the object placement grid to be displayed and
measured onscreen, as well as how many copies of the form you would like to print each time you print a
record using this form. When you have selected the desired options for the form, click the OK button.
Down the left side of the design editor window, you will see a toolbar that contains buttons you can
use to insert objects into your form. To insert a new object into the form, first click the Add button shown in
the toolbar within the design editor and then select the type of object that you wish to add to the form from
the side menu of choices that appears. Next, if needed, answer any prompts that appear in order to insert
an object of the selected type. Finally, click and drag over the area in the form where you want the object to
appear.
To modify an object within the form, click the desired object in order to select it and then click the
Properties button within the toolbar that appears within the design editor window. Notice that when an
object within the form has been selected, it will display small squares at each of the corners and midpoints
of the object. Depending on the type of object you select, the properties and options available to change will
vary. Set any properties of the selected object as desired within the tabs of the Properties dialog box that
appears and then click the OK button in the dialog box to apply your changes to the selected object.
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14.13- Modifying Forms (cont'd.):
You can delete an object within the form by first selecting the object that you wish to delete and then
clicking the Delete button within the toolbar that appears at the left side of the form editor window.
You can also select multiple objects within a form. This can be useful in order to move a set of
selected objects without displacing their relation to each other. You can also use this feature to align and
resize multiple selected objects within a form. To select multiple form objects, click on the first object to
select it. Then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while you then continue to click on any other
objects that you would like to select as part of the group. When you have finished, release the Shift key on
your keyboard. If you need to deselect a selection of objects, or deselect a selected object, simply click into
the blank area within the form.
Once you have multiple objects selected, you can align the objects by a selected side. To do this,
click the Line Up button within the toolbar at the left side of the form design window and then choose to
which side of the selected objects the selected objects should be aligned from the side menu that appears.
You can also resize selected objects to make them the same height, width, or same size. To do this,
select the objects to resize and then click the Resize button in the toolbar at the left side of the form design
window. Then choose the resizing option that you prefer from the side menu of choices that appears.
To change the type of paper you want to use when printing the form, click the drop-down next to the
Print button in the toolbar at the top of the design editor window and then select the Setup command
from the drop-down menu.
In the Page Setup dialog box that then appears, you will find several preset page sizes and
layouts. While the form editing window can be used to make forms look however you want, ensure that you
do not place content in your form outside of the printable area of the form. For example, if your printer does
not have a continuous feed option, do not select a continuous page style.
When you are finished customizing your form, click the Save button. In the Save As dialog box
that appears, enter a name for the custom form into the Form Name field. You can then enter a description
of the form into the Form Description field. Then click the Save button within the dialog box to save the
custom form.
If you do not want to save your changes to a form that you have customized, click the Close button
within the design editor window and click No when Sage 50 asks if you want to save your changes.
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USING THE CASH MANAGER:
1. If using Sage 50 Accounting or higher, select Analysis| Cash Flow Manager from the Menu Bar.
2. At the top of the Cash Flow Manager, use the Time frame drop-down to choose a time frame period
over which you wish to view the cash flow forecast.
3. You can then see cash flows shown in the Starting Cash, Expected Incoming Cash and Expected
Outgoing Cash tabs below the Time frame drop-down. You can click on these tabs to view the cash
information shown within the rows on the tab.
4. On the Starting Cash, Expected Incoming Cash and Expected Outgoing Cash tabs, you can choose
to include or exclude selected accounts by clicking the Include checkbox for any accounts shown.
5. You can click the Detail hyperlink that appears in some rows to view the account register and the
transactions that constitute the balance shown within the row.
6. To add an adjustment row for what-if scenario modeling to any of these three tabs, you can simply
click into the topmost row on the desired tab, and then enter the information for the adjustment entry into
the blank row. Be sure to check the Include checkbox for any adjustment rows that you create in order
to add the amount you enter to the cash flow forecast shown below the tabs.
7. Remember to click the Save button that appears at the top of the window to save your adjustment
rows. Otherwise, they may be removed when you close the Cash Flow Manger window.
8. You can reset a row that you have altered within a tab by selecting the row and then clicking the Reset
drop-down button within the toolbar at the top of the window. From the drop-down menu that appears,
you can select either Reset Row to Original or Reset All Rows to Original. If you select the Reset
Row to Original command you will reset only the selected row. You can choose the other command to
reset all rows, if desired.
9. The actual cash flow information is displayed at the very bottom of the window in both the Expected
Cash Flow Totals cash summary for the period as well as the bar graph showing the cash balance for
the days or months within the selected time frame. You can check the Balance, Incoming, and
Outgoing checkboxes above the bar graph to show those amounts within the graph.
10. If you wish to export the Cash Flow Manager to an Excel workbook, click the Excel button in the
toolbar at the top of the Cash Flow Manager window to open the Copy to Excel dialog box.
11. Set any desired options that you want within the dialog box that appears, and then click the OK button
to launch Excel and export the data.
12. You can print the information within the Cash Flow Manager by clicking the Print drop-down button
within the toolbar at the top of the window. From the drop-down menu that appears, you can select what
items you wish to print. You can choose to print either the Selected tab, All tabs, or the Summary
and graph within this window.
13. When you are finished using the Cash Flow Manager, click the Close button to close the window.
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USING THE COLLECTION MANAGER:
1. If using Sage 50 Accounting or higher, select Analysis| Collection Manager from the Menu Bar.
2. In the secondary toolbar that appears at the top of the window, you can click the Graph option next to
the Display choice to view the information as a graph.
3. To the right of that, use the drop-down to select the graph style. You can select either Pie, Bar, or
Column.
4. To the right of that you can use the Show drop-down to select to show all aging, a prior month
comparison, or a prior year comparison.
5. You can use the As of Date calendar selector to choose as of which date to display aging.
6. If you prefer a numeric display of this data, you can select the Numeric option at the left of the
secondary toolbar at the top of the Collection Manager window to display the information as numeric
aging brackets.
7. You can then use the Show and As of Date drop-downs to select the date range of data to display
within the Collection Manager.
8. In the primary toolbar at the top of the Collection Manager, you can click the Bracket button to view the
information within the aging brackets shown.
9. You can then use the Days Past Due drop-down that appears within the secondary toolbar to select
which aging bracket you wish to view. The aging brackets that you can select are 0-30, 31-60, 6190, Over 90 days, and Total.
10. When viewing the information within a selected bracket, you can view the associated customer
information for a row within the bracket by first clicking on the row that contains the desired receivable
and then clicking the Source button within the primary toolbar at the top of the window. That will then
display the selected customers information with any receivables that they have due within the selected
bracket.
11. You can select a desired receivable from this list and then click the Detail button within the primary
toolbar at the top of the window to open the source receivable in a new window. You can then close this
window when you have finished examining it.
12. To send collection letters to customers within selected aging brackets, first select the desired aging
bracket within the Collection Manager.
13. Then click the Letter checkbox at the far right end of any customers to whom you wish to send a
collection letter.
14. Once you have selected the customers, click the Letter button in the primary toolbar at the top of the
window.
15. In the Print Forms: Collection Letters dialog box that appears, click the Select Form button to open
another dialog box where you can select the collection letter to print.
16. Then click the OK button to return to the Print Forms: Collection Letters dialog box.
17. You can then click the Print Preview button at the right side of the dialog box to preview the letters, or
click the Print button at the right side of the dialog box to immediately print the letters.
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USING THE PAYMENT MANAGER:
1. If using Sage 50 Accounting or higher, select Analysis| Payment Manager from the Menu Bar.
2. In the secondary toolbar that appears at the top of the window, you can click the Graph option next to
the Display choice to view the information as a graph.
3. To the right of that, use the drop-down to select the graph style. You can select either Pie, Bar, or
Column.
4. To the right of that you can use the Show drop-down to select to show all aging, a prior month
comparison, or a prior year comparison.
5. You can use the As of Date calendar selector to choose as of which date to display aging.
6. If you prefer a numeric display of this data, you can select the Numeric option at the left of the
secondary toolbar at the top of the Payment Manager window to display the information as numeric
aging brackets.
7. You can then use the Show and As of Date drop-downs to select the date range of data to display
within the Payment Manager.
8. In the primary toolbar at the top of the Payment Manager, you can click the Bracket button to view the
information within the aging brackets shown.
9. You can then use the Days Past Due drop-down that appears within the secondary toolbar to select
which aging bracket you wish to view. The aging brackets that you can select are 0-30, 31-60, 6190, Over 90 days, and Total.
10. When viewing the information within a selected bracket, you can view the associated vendor information
for a row within the bracket by first clicking on the row that contains the desired payable and then
clicking the Vendor button within the primary toolbar at the top of the window. That will then display the
selected vendors information with any payables that they have due within the selected bracket.
11. You can select a desired payable from this list and then click the Detail button within the primary
toolbar at the top of the window to open the selected payable in a new window.
12. You can then close this window when you have finished examining it.
13. To pay vendors within selected aging brackets, first select the desired aging bracket within the Payment
Manager.
14. Then click the Pay checkbox at the far right end of any vendors to whom you wish to remit a payment.
Note that the Amount to Pay field within the secondary toolbar at the top of the window will display the
total amount of all selected vendor payments within this bracket.
15. Once you have selected the vendors, click the Check button in the primary toolbar at the top of the
window.
16. In the Print Forms: Disbursement Checks dialog box that appears, you can click the Select Form
button to open another dialog box where you can select the type of checks to print, if needed.
17. Then click the OK button to return to the Print Forms: Disbursement Checks dialog box.
18. You can then enter the first check number to print into the First check number text box.
19. Then select the correct account against which these checks will be drawn from the Cash Account
drop-down menu.
20. You can then click the Print Preview button at the right side of the dialog box to preview the checks, or
click the Print button at the right side of the dialog box to immediately print the checks.
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USING THE FINANCIAL MANAGER:
1. You can open the Financial Manager if using Sage 50 Accounting or higher by selecting Analysis|
Financial Manager from the Menu Bar.
2. You can click the Numeric button in the primary toolbar at the top of the Financial Manager window to
view a numeric table of either a set of business-summary data or account balances at a specified point
in time.
3. If you prefer, you can click the S.Sheet button to view a grid of sequential column dates that display
rows of either business-summary data or account balances projected for the end of each column of
sequential periods for comparison purposes.
4. Note that within either view, you can choose whether to display the Business Summary or Key
Balances within your company file by simply selecting the desired choice within the secondary toolbar
at the top of the window.
5. You can use the Date field at the right end of the secondary toolbar at the top of the window to select
the date as of which to view the financial information. The value defaults to the system date as long as
the system date falls within the currently selected accounting period. When you change the date, the
system refreshes the Financial Manager data displayed.
6. You can also refresh the financial data by selecting the Refresh button at the top of the window.
7. You can print the information shown within the Financial Manager window by clicking the Print button
within the primary toolbar at the top of the window.
USING THE FIND ON REPORT FEATURE :
1. To use this feature when previewing a report or financial statement, click the Find button in the toolbar
at the top of the preview window to open the Find on Report dialog box.
2. Within this dialog box, type the term you want to find within the selected report preview into the Find
what text box.
3. You can then set the search settings in the Search Options area at the bottom of the dialog box.
4. You can set the direction of the search by selecting either the Search forward or Search backward
option button.
5. To the right of that, you can check any or all three checkboxes to add those parameters to your search.
The checkbox options are Match case, Use wildcards, and Find complete words only.
6. Once you have made your selections, click the Find Next button to find the next occurrence of the term
that you entered within the report.
7. The term will appear selected and bolded within the report preview.
8. You can then continue to click the Find Next button to find any other occurrences of the term within the
report until you reach the end of the report.
9. You can then click the Cancel or Close button within the dialog box when you have finished finding
the desired term within the report preview.
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PREVIEWING AND PRINTING REPORTS IN THE SELECT A REPORT OR FORM WINDOW:
1. Select Reports & Forms from the Menu Bar.
2. Select the desired report category from the drop-down menu of choices that appears.
3. This will open the Select a Report or Form window and display the choices of reports within the
selected report category. The report category will appear at the left side of the window and the listing of
reports within the selected category will appear at the right side of the window.
4. Click on a report name shown in the Report List at the right side of the screen to select it.
5. To preview the selected report, click the Display button in the toolbar at the top of the Select a Report
or Form window.
6. To print a selected report, click the Print button in the toolbar at the top of the Select a Report or
Form window. You can also print a report from the report preview by clicking the Print button in the
toolbar at the top of the report preview window.
CREATING A REPORT GROUP:
Select Reports & Forms| Report Groups from the Menu Bar.
To create a report group, click the Group button in the Select a Report or Form windows toolbar.
This will bring up the Report Groups dialog box where you create report groups.
All of the reports within Sage 50 are initially shown within the Report Index: column at the left side of
the dialog box, but you can narrow the display to a list of all the reports for a selected category by using
the Report Index drop-down to specify a category, if desired.
5. Select a report from the Report Index list at the left and click the Add button to move the report to the
list at the right.
6. Repeat this process until you have added all of the reports that you want for the group to contain to the
list at the right side of the dialog box.
7. If you accidentally add a report that you want to remove from the group, select the report from the list at
the right side of the dialog box and then click the Remove button.
8. Once all of the reports that you want to place into the group are shown in the list at the right, you can
save the report group. To do this, click the Save button in the toolbar of the Report Groups dialog
box.
9. In the Save As dialog box that appears, type a name for the report group into the Group Name text
box and then type a description of the report group into the Group Description text box.
10. When you are finished, click the Save button within the Save As dialog box to save the group.
11. Close the Report Groups dialog box when you are finished.
12. When you want to print the reports within a report group in the future, select Reports & Forms| Report
Groups from the Menu Bar to open the Select a Report or Form window.
13. Then select the report group folder that you want to print from the list on the right, and click the Print
button in the toolbar at the top of the window to print the reports within the selected report group.
14. You can also click the report group folder icon to view the individual reports within the group, if desired.
15. You can then select and print or display these reports independently, if desired.
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MODIFYING REPORTS:
1. Select the report that you want to use as a basis for your custom report within the Select a Report or
Form window.
2. Click the Options button within the toolbar of the window to open the reports modification window.
3. In the Filters section, you will see the filters that are in place for the report.
4. To add a new filter, click on the name of the field within the Filters list by which you wish to filter the
data within the report.
5. Then set any available options for the selected field in the adjacent area to the right.
6. You should then see your filter appear within the listing of report filters at the bottom of this section.
7. To remove a report filter, you simply set the value of the selected field within the filter field list back to its
default value of All.
8. If you wish to remove all of the filters from a report, you can also click the Clear All Filters button within
the Filters area to clear all filters from the report.
9. In the Dates section, use the drop-down menu that appears to select a date range of data to use for
the report.
10. You can also use the From and To drop-down menus to create custom date range if you prefer.
11. Note that some reports, such as the Customer List do not use a date range for their values.
12. In the Sorting and Summary section, use the drop-down available to select your reports sorting
options and summary options. Not all reports will have summary options available.
13. Click the Columns hyperlink to display the Columns tab for your report.
14. Check the Show checkbox for the columns, or fields, that you want to show within the report.
15. As you show additional columns, they will be added to the end of the columns within the report. If you
look in the Col # column, you will see their order from left to right displayed as a numeric, ascending
ranking starting with column number 1 appearing the far left.
16. To change the order that columns will appear within the report, you can click on the one that you want to
change the position of, and either click the Move Up or Move Down button in this tab to change its
column number.
17. If you opened the Columns tab, you can simply click the Fonts tab within the same dialog box to view
font information for your report. Alternately, you can click the Fonts hyperlink within the Modify Report
window to display the Fonts tab.
18. On the Fonts tab you can click the A button for any available font style shown to open a Font dialog
box where you can set the font style as you would like for each report section shown.
19. Click the OK button when you are done to apply your changes to the font.
20. Click the OK button when you are done modifying the report to view the report layout.
21. You can change the width of the columns by clicking and dragging on the blue double-pointed arrows
between the column headings to set their width.
22. When you are done, click the Save button to save your report.
23. Give it a new name, and click the Save button within the dialog box to save it.
24. It will then appear within the selected category in Select a Report or Form window. All customized
reports have an icon of a blue wrench appear next to them within the Select a Report or Form window
to distinguish them from preset reports.
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EXPORTING REPORTS TO EXCEL:
Select the report that you want to export to Excel in the Select a Report or Form window.
Click the Send To button in the Select a Report or Form windows toolbar.
From the drop-down listing of buttons which appears, click the Excel button.
The options window of the selected report will then appear, allowing you to set any desired filters for the
reports, choose which fields of information to display, and set the display of the fonts in the report. Set
the options as you would like and then click the OK button to continue.
5. In the next dialog box which appears, you select the option to either send it to an existing Excel
spreadsheet or to a new one.
6. Click the OK button to export it.
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EXPORTING REPORTS TO PDF:
Select the report that you want to export to PDF in the Select a Report or Form window.
Click the Send To button in the Select a Report or Form windows toolbar.
From the drop-down listing of buttons which appears, click the PDF button.
The options window of the selected report will then appear, allowing you to set any desired filters for the
reports, choose which fields of information to display, and set the display of the fonts in the report. Set
the options as you would like and then click OK to continue.
5. In the Save As dialog box which appears, use the Save in: drop-down to select into which folder on
your computer system you wish to save the PDF file.
6. You can then type a name for the file into the File name: text box.
7. Click Save when you are ready to save the PDF file.
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MODIFYING FORMS:
1. To modify one of the printed form templates first open the Select a Report or Form window.
2. Select the Forms tab within the Select a Report or Form window and then select the type of form to
customize within the Form Types list.
3. Below that, select the name of the specific form to customize from the listing shown.
4. Then click the Customize button that appears in the lower right corner of the window to open the
design editor for the selected form.
5. Click the Options button at the top of the window to open the Form Design Options dialog box.
6. Within this dialog box you will see a set of checkboxes on the Display tab that you can check or
uncheck to turn features on or off.
7. If you click the Grid/Copies tab, you will see options for how you would like the object placement grid to
be displayed and measured onscreen, as well as how many copies of the form you would like to print
each time you print a record using this form.
8. When you have selected the desired options for the form, click the OK button.
9. To insert a new object into the form, click the Add button shown in the toolbar at the left side of the
design editor and then select the type of object that you wish to add to the form from the side menu of
choices that appears.
10. Next, if needed, answer any prompts that appear in order to insert an object of the selected type.
11. Finally, click and drag over the area in the form where you want the object to appear.
12. To modify an object within the form, click the desired object in order to select it and then click the
Properties button within the toolbar that appears within the design editor window.
13. Set any properties of the selected object as desired within the tabs of the Properties dialog box that
appears and then click the OK button in the dialog box to apply your changes to the selected object.
14. You can delete an object within the form by first selecting the object that you wish to delete and then
clicking the Delete button within the toolbar that appears at the left side of the form editor window.
15. To select multiple form objects, click on the first object to select it.
16. Then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while you then continue to click on any other objects
that you would like to select as part of the group.
17. When you have finished, release the Shift key on your keyboard.
18. If you need to deselect a selection of objects, or deselect a selected object, simply click into the blank
area within the form.
19. To align multiple selected objects, click the Line Up button within the toolbar at the left side of the form
design window and then choose to which side of the selected objects the selected objects should be
aligned from the side menu that appears.
20. To resize multiple selected objects, click the Resize button in the toolbar at the left side of the form
design window and then choose the desired resizing option from the side menu of choices that appears.
21. To change the type of paper you want to use when printing the form, click the drop-down next to the
Print button in the toolbar at the top of the design editor window and then select the Setup command
from the drop-down menu.
22. In the Page Setup dialog box that then appears, you will find several preset page sizes and layouts.
Select your desired page setup options, and then click the OK button to save them.
23. When you are finished customizing your form, click the Save button.
24. In the Save As dialog box that appears, enter a name for the custom form into the Form Name field.
25. You can then enter a description of the form into the Form Description field.
26. Then click the Save button within the dialog box to save the custom form.
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16.1- Events:
Events are the first of the three types of action items that Sage 50 provides with its Accounting and
Complete Accounting applications. You can use these features to help you set up alerts for events that
occur within Sage 50 and for events that occur for your business contacts. To view the action items, select
Tasks| Action Items from the Menu Bar to open the Action Items window. There are three tabs within
this window: Alerts, To Do, and Events. At the top of the window is a Date: field. You can enter a
specific date to view here. Depending on what you select in the Show: box, this will list events and to
do items as of and including the date you select. If you want to see future events, select a future date. If
you click either the Events or To Do tab, the Show: field at the top of the window becomes active. Use
the Show: drop-down to list all To Do items and events, completed To Do items and events, or
uncompleted To Do items and events. These will then display those types of items in the To Do and
Events tabs in conjunction with the Date that you entered.
If you click the Events tab, you will see the two type of events that can be shown in Sage 50:
system-generated events and Activities. System-generated events are events created by Sage 50
when certain types of transactions occur. You can set up ones that would be generated every time you
created an invoice, for example. The Activities are events that you create for company contacts (vendors,
employees, and customers). You could use this to note important vendor meeting dates, or employees
birthdays.
To create an activity, click the Event button in the Action Items windows toolbar. This will bring
up the Create Event window. Here you select the type of contact that you are creating the event for in the
Type: field. Then select a specific ID from the ID: field for the Type: you chose. Enter the date that you
want the event to be created on, if it is something other than the current system date in the Date: field.
Then select or enter the event type in the Event Type: section. Enter a note about the event in the Note:
field. If you want it to display in the Action Items window, select the checkbox for Display in Action Items
and enter the number of days before or after the event that you want the event to appear. Check the
Completed on checkbox and enter the date that you expect the event to be finished in the Completed on
date field.
If you want the event to automatically recur, then click the Recur button on the toolbar in this
window. This will bring up the Create Recurring Event window. Here you select the number of times to
have the event recur, and the frequency of the recurrence in the When to Recur: drop-down field. Click
OK to set the recurrence and Cancel to cancel the recurrence. Click Save in the Create Event window
to save the event.
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16.1- Events (cont'd.):
Back in the Action Items window, you can also set the system-generated events. To set the
system-generated events, click the Options button in the Action Items window. This will bring up the
Action Items and Event Log Options window. Here you see three tabs: Activities, Transactions, and
Start Up. If you click the Activities tab, you can select which Activities you want displayed on the
Events tab on the Action Items window. These are the activities that you create. Check the ones that you
want to display by clicking in the Display in Action Items column for the Activity type you select, and then
entering in the number of days before or after the event that you want it to display under the # of Days
column, and then selecting either before the event date or after the event date from the last drop-down
choice.
You can also set up System-generated events for the Transactions your company makes by
clicking that tab. Here you will see the transaction types that you can create events for. Check any that you
want to create events for by clicking the checkbox under the Create Event column for the transaction type.
Then, if you want the event to display in the Action Items window, click the checkbox under the Display in
Action Items column. Then enter the number of days before or after the event that you want it to display
under the # of Days column, and then select either before the event date or after the event date from
the last drop-down choice.
If you click the Start Up tab, you will be able to select or de-select the Display Action Items each
time a new company is opened checkbox.
When you are done setting your system-generated events, click the OK button.
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16.2- To Do Items:
Click the To Do tab in the Action Items window. Here you can set up a list of tasks that you need
to complete. These are tasks not associated with a particular customer, vendor, or employee. You can only
enter To Do items here. When an item is complete, just click the Done checkbox for the To Do item.
This will fill-in the date that you clicked the Done checkbox in the Completed column.
To enter a To Do item, select a blank line in the list. Then enter the date in the Date column, and
a brief note about the item in the Notes column. To Do items will stay in the list even after they are
complete. When you want to delete them, select the To Do item to delete, and press the Delete button in
the toolbar of the Action Items window. Note that you can also set recurrence for a To Do item, so that if
it is a regularly recurring task, you wont have to enter it in every time.
16.3- Alerts:
If you click the Alerts tab, you can see any alerts for your company. Alerts notify you when certain
activities or events that you specify occur within Sage 50. You can send e-mail messages that notify people
of the alert. You can also view your alerts on the Alerts tab. Alerts stay active until the list of conditions that
created the alert are satisfied.
To set up alerts and their conditions, click the Alert button at the top of the Action Items window.
This will bring up the Set Company Alerts window. To create a new alert, select a blank line in the Alert
Conditions list. Click the E-mail checkbox if you want to send an e-mail out to alert others about this alert.
If you do this, type the e-mail address of the person that you want to send the e-mail to in the To: field of
the Email Information section. You can also fill-in the Cc: and Bcc: fields for copies to others. To enter
multiple addresses, separate them with a semicolon (;). Click the Standard Message checkbox to deliver
the standard message information of the Alert Condition. Click the E-mail Note: checkbox and then type
in the message that you want them to see when they get this alert. It could be a comment or instructions.
After setting up the e-mail conditions, enter the area of your company that the alert relates to back in
the alert condition row under the Apply To column. You can select either customer, vendor, employee,
inventory item, or G/L Account. Select what to include in the alert condition using the From and To
columns. This can be a range of items. Next, select the type of information that the alert is going to monitor
under the Type column. The choices will vary here by the type of alert you selected. Select a condition
and amount for the alert to monitor for in the Condition and Amount fields.
When you are done setting up alerts, click the OK button in the toolbar of the Set Company Alerts
window to save the alerts.
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ACTIONSAction Items
CREATING ACTIVITY EVENTS:
Select Tasks| Action Items from the Menu Bar.
Click the Events tab.
Click the Event button in the Action Items windows toolbar.
This will bring up the Create Event window.
Here you select the type of contact that you are creating the event for in the Type: field.
Then select a specific ID from the ID: field for the Type: you chose.
Enter the date that you want the event to be created on, if it is something other than the current system
date in the Date: field.
8. Then select or enter the event type in the Event Type: section.
9. Enter a note about the event in the Note: field.
10. If you want it to display in the Action Items window, select the checkbox for Display in Action Items
and enter the number of days before or after the event that you want the event to appear.
11. Check the Completed on checkbox and enter the date that you expect the event to be finished in the
Completed on date field.
12. If you want the event to automatically recur, then click the Recur button on the toolbar in this window.
This will bring up the Create Recurring Event window.
13. Here you select the number of times to have the event recur, and the frequency of the recurrence in the
When to Recur: drop-down field.
14. Click OK to set the recurrence and Cancel to cancel the recurrence.
15. Click Save in the Create Event window to save the event.
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VIEWING ACTIVITY ITEMS:
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CREATING ALERTS:
Select Tasks| Action Items from the Menu Bar and click the Alerts tab in the Action Items window.
Click the Alert button in the Action Items window to launch the Set Company Alerts window.
To create a new alert, select a blank line in the Alert Conditions list.
Click the E-mail checkbox if you want to send an e-mail out to alert others about this alert.
If you do this, type the e-mail address of the person that you want to send the e-mail to in the To: field
of the Email Information section.
6. You can also fill-in the Cc: and Bcc: fields for copies to others. To enter multiple addresses, separate
them with a semicolon (;).
7. Click the Standard Message checkbox to deliver the standard Alert Condition message.
8. Click the E-mail Note: checkbox and then type in the message that you want them to see when they
get this alert. It could be a comment or instructions.
9. Enter the area of your company that the alert relates to back in the alert condition row under the Apply
To column. You can select either customer, vendor, employee, inventory item, or G/L Account.
10. Select what to include in the alert condition using the From and To columns.
11. Next, select the type of information that the alert is going to monitor under the Type column. The
choices will vary here by the type of alert you selected.
12. Select a condition and amount for the alert to monitor for in the Condition and Amount fields.
13. When you are done setting up alerts, click the OK button in the toolbar of the Set Company Alerts
window to save the alerts.
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Purpose:
To be able to create an event, a to do item, and an alert.
Exercises:
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17.1- Changing Global Options
17.2- Changing The System Date
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17.1- Changing Global Options:
You can view and change the default options that affect all Sage 50 companies by selecting
Options| Global from the Menu Bar to open the Maintain Global Options window. The tabs here are:
Accounting, General, Sage Partners and Spelling.
The Accounting tab contains the accounting category options that you can set: Decimal Entry,
Number of Decimal Places, Hide General Ledger Accounts, and Other Options.
Under the Decimal Entry section, select either Automatic or Manual decimal entry. If you choose
Manual decimal entry, set the number of digits of decimal display within the types of fields listed in the
Number of Decimal Places section.
Under the Hide General Ledger Accounts section, click the checkbox next to the types of forms
within which you want to hide the display of general ledger accounts.
Under the Other Options section, select any other options for Sage 50 that you want to set.
The General tab, contains general options that you can set for your Sage 50 companies. These
are: Improve Performance, Line Item Entry Display, Smart Data Entry, and Color Scheme.
Under the Improve Performance section you can select Do not print total page length of reports in
report headers, Do not show quantity on hand in inventory item lookup lists, Update the Business Status
and Navigation Centers only when the Refresh button is clicked, and Update reports automatically when
records are saved.
Under the Line Item Entry Display section you select either 1 Line or 2 Line.
Under the Smart Data Entry section you can select Automatic Field Completion or Drop-down
list displays automatically. These should both be checked for ease in using the program. You can also
choose to have Sage 50 Automatically create IDs on maintenance windows by checking that option, if you
desire.
The Color Scheme of the program can be changed by selecting a different color scheme option
button within that section. You can also check the Reset all one time messages checkbox to reset all the
one time pop up messages in Sage 50 to show again.
On the Sage Partners tab you select the level of security for programs that access Sage 50s data
by selecting the desired option button.
On the Spelling tab you can select when you want Sage 50 to check for spelling errors. In the
Spell Check section, you can select to Check spelling as you type and/or Check spelling on save or
close.
Within the Spell Check Options section, you can set the speed and accuracy of the spell check by
selecting the desired rate within the Suggestion speed and accuracy option. Within the Running options,
check or uncheck any of the spelling options that you wish to enforce or ignore.
Once you have the global options set as your would like within Sage 50, you can just click the OK
button to close the Maintain Global Options dialog box.
17.2- Changing the System Date:
You can easily change the system date in Sage 50 by selecting Options| Change System Date
from the Menu Bar. This will open the Change System Date dialog box, where you select a new system
date. Just click the OK button when you are done to set the new system date.
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ACTIONSOptions
CHANGING GLOBAL OPTIONS:
1. Select Options| Global from the Menu Bar to open the Maintain Global Options window. The tabs
shown here are: Accounting, General, Sage Partners and Spelling.
2. The Accounting tab contains the accounting category options that you can set: Decimal Entry,
Number of Decimal Places, Hide General Ledger Accounts, and Other Options.
3. Under the Decimal Entry section, select either Automatic or Manual decimal entry.
4. If you choose Manual decimal entry, set the number of digits of decimal display within the types of
fields listed in the Number of Decimal Places section.
5. Under the Hide General Ledger Accounts section, click the checkbox next to the types of forms within
which you want to hide the display of general ledger accounts.
6. Under the Other Options section, select any other options for Sage 50 that you want to set.
7. The General tab, contains general options that you can set for your Sage 50 companies. These are:
Improve Performance, Line Item Entry Display, Smart Data Entry, and Color Scheme.
8. Under the Improve Performance section you can select Do not print total page length of reports in
report headers, Do not show quantity on hand in inventory item lookup lists, Update the Business
Status and Navigation Centers only when the Refresh button is clicked, and Update reports
automatically when records are saved.
9. Under the Line Item Entry Display section you select either 1 Line or 2 Line.
10. Under the Smart Data Entry section you can select Automatic Field Completion or Drop-down list
displays automatically. These should both be checked for ease in using the program.
11. You can also choose to have Sage 50 Automatically create IDs on maintenance windows by checking
that option, if you desire.
12. The Color Scheme of the program can be changed by selecting a different color scheme option button
within that section.
13. You can also check the Reset all one time messages checkbox to reset all the one time pop up
messages in Sage 50 to show again.
14. On the Sage Partners tab you select the level of security for programs that access Sage 50s data by
selecting the desired option button.
15. On the Spelling tab you can select when you want Sage 50 to check for spelling errors.
16. In the Spell Check section, you can select to Check spelling as you type and/or Check spelling on
save or close.
17. Within the Spell Check Options section, you can set the speed and accuracy of the spell check by
selecting the desired rate within the Suggestion speed and accuracy option.
18. Within the Running options, check or uncheck any of the spelling options that you wish to enforce or
ignore.
19. Once you have the global options set as your would like within Sage 50, you can just click the OK
button to close the Maintain Global Options dialog box.
CHANGING THE SYSTEM DATE:
1. Select Options| Change System Date from the Menu Bar to open the Change System Date dialog
box.
2. Select the desired system date from the calendar drop-down menu that appears within this window.
3. Click the OK button when you are done to set the new system date.
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Purpose:
To be able to change the system date.
Exercises:
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Description:
Asset Accounts
Used to track both current assets (assets that youre likely to convert into cash within one year)
and fixed assets (loans you made to others, equipment, buildings).
Liability Accounts
Used to track both current liabilities (scheduled to be paid within the year), and long-term
liabilities (loans you have to pay back over more than one year).
Equity Accounts
Used to track owners equity, including capital investment, draws, and retained earnings.
Sage 50 has two account types for tracking the value of your short-term and long-term assets. The
Other Current Assets account type tracks assets that are likely to be converted into cash or used up within
one year. Examples of other current assets might include amounts for treasury bills, certificates of deposit,
prepaid expenses such as amounts already paid for services your business has yet to receive, prepaid
deposits which will be returned to you at a later date, reimbursable expenses, and notes receivable if due
within one year. Other examples of current assets are accounts receivable, bank accounts, and cash. Sage
50 provides three types of current asset accounts for you to use as you create the asset accounts for your
company: Cash, which tracks each bank account, as well as petty cash; Accounts Receivable, which
tracks money owed to your business; and Other Current Assets to track current assets that are going to be
converted to cash or used up within a year but are neither accounts receivable nor cash.
A Fixed Assets account tracks assets your business owns that are NOT likely to be converted into
cash within a year. A fixed asset is usually something necessary for the operation of your business, like
vehicles, computers, and office equipment. These will also tend to be assets that have a considerable
value, which you use up over a period of several years in a process known as depreciation.
18.2- Creating an Other Current Assets Account:
You set up your accounts in the Maintain Chart of Accounts window, which you can access by
selecting Maintain| Chart of Accounts from the Menu Bar. In this window you will need to assign the
account an account ID, a description, and select the Other Current Assets account type.
Take a Prepaid Rent account as an example. Suppose your landlord requires a six month
prepayment of the rent for your building. Also assume that you are spending $1000 per month on rent. You
wouldnt want to write a check for $6000 and just apply it to the Rent expense account, as that skews
when the expense was actually incurred in your balance sheet. Instead, you would want to track the amount
paid to cover the next six month of rent in an Other Current Assets account, from which you will deduct the
amount of the rent as it is then expensed over the next six months.
First off, you would need to create an Other Current Assets account called something like Prepaid
Rent in the Maintain Chart of Accounts window. Then you would write the check to the landlord for the
next six months of rent. However, instead of just attributing the amount of the check to the Rent expense
account, you want to show that it is actually increasing the value of the Prepaid Rent account. You are
essentially trading a decrease to the Cash or Checking asset account for an increase to the Prepaid
Rent asset account.
This will then set the opening balance for the Prepaid Rent account. All you have to do then is
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Another type of asset account that you can create is the Fixed Assets account type. Fixed assets
are assets that contribute value to your company for a period greater than a year. Generally speaking, if you
wont be converting the asset into cash in the next year, it is a fixed asset. Furniture, some office equipment,
automobiles, and land could all be examples of fixed assets.
You can create a Fixed Assets account in the Maintain Chart of Accounts window by selecting
Maintain| Chart of Accounts from the Menu Bar. Enter an account id number and then type a description
for the account into the Description field. Make sure that you select the Account Type of Fixed Assets
from the Account Type: drop-down. Then click Save button in the Maintain Chart of Accounts window to
save the account.
The value of a fixed asset is usually the original cost of the asset assuming it is purchased after the
Sage 50 start date. If you are purchasing a fixed asset after you have started to use Sage 50, you will need
to tell Sage 50 exactly where you received the money to purchase, and thus create the balance of, the
Fixed Asset. This money will usually come from a Long Term Liability like a loan, from one of your cash
accounts, or both. You can enter another General Journal Entry to give the asset its value.
18.5- Accumulated Depreciation:
When the value of fixed assets decline, that is called depreciation. We will now look at tracking
depreciation for our fixed assets. There are many ways to track depreciation, and this is just one suggested
method. If you are currently tracking your asset depreciation in other ways, you can rest assured that you
can continue using your own method.
Fixed assets are not for immediate sale, but they do have a value. Since they last for a long time,
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CHAPTER 19Help
19.1- Using the Contents
19.2-Using the Index
19.3- Using the Search Feature
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19.1- Using the Contents:
When you want help on a topic or subject in Sage 50, the best place to go is the Help menu. There
are a variety of help topics available. In this lesson, we will look at using the Contents within the Sage 50
Help window. To open this window, select Help| Help from the Menu Bar. In the Sage 50 Help window,
note that at the left side of this window are three tabs: Contents, Index, and Search.
If you click the Contents tab, you will see the Sage 50 manual in an electronic format. Each large
purple book is a chapter of the help manual. Click the + sign next to the chapters shown to view the
different sub-chapters and pages. The pages are the files within each chapter. Click on these page icons to
have them display their content in the window to the right. To print a topic that is showing in the window at
the right of the Sage 50 Help window, just click the Print button in the toolbar at the top of the window.
19.2- Using the Index:
You can also look up information by topic within the Sage 50 Help window. If you click the Index
tab within this window, you can enter the first few letters of the word that you are trying to find information
about into the Type in the keyword to find: text box. The window below the text box will then display any
associated information for the keyword that it finds. Double-click on a topic in the list shown to have it
appear in the window to the right. To print a topic that is showing in the window at the right of the Sage 50
Help window, just click the Print button in the toolbar at the top of the window.
19.3- Using the Search Feature:
You can also look up information by doing a full-text search for the word or words that you are
looking for within all of the text contained within all of the help files. To do this, click the Search tab within
the Sage 50 Help window. Then type the words to search for into the Type in the keyword to find: text
box. Then click the List Topics button to display the help topics that have the most occurrences of the
word or words that you typed within them. These help files will display in a list below the search box.
Double-click on an item within the list to have it display in the window to the right. To print a topic that is
showing in the window at the right of the Sage 50 Help window, just click the Print button in the toolbar at
the top of the window.
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ACTIONSHelp
USING THE CONTENTS:
1. Select Help| Help from the Menu Bar.
2. In the Sage 50 Help window, click the Contents tab to see the Sage 50 manual in an electronic
format.
3. Each large purple book is a chapter of the help manual. Click the + sign next to the chapters shown
to view the different sub-chapters and pages.
4. The pages are the files within each chapter. Click on these page icons to have them display their
content in the window to the right.
5. To print a topic that is showing in the window at the right of the Sage 50 Help window, just click the
Print button in the toolbar at the top of the window.
USING THE INDEX:
1. Select Help| Help from the Menu Bar.
2. In the Sage 50 Help window, click the Index tab.
3. Enter the first few letters of the word that you are trying to find information about into the Type in the
keyword to find: text box.
4. The window below the text box will then display any associated information for the keyword that it finds.
5. Double-click on a topic in the list shown to have it appear in the window to the right.
6. To print a topic that is showing in the window at the right of the Sage 50 Help window, just click the
Print button in the toolbar at the top of the window.
USING THE SEARCH FEATURE:
Select Help| Help from the Menu Bar.
In the Sage 50 Help window, click the Search tab within the Sage 50 Help window.
Then type the words to search for into the Type in the keyword to find: text box.
Then click the List Topics button to display the help topics that have the most occurrences of the word
or words that you typed within them. These help files will display in a list below the search box.
5. Double-click on an item within the list to have it display in the window to the right.
6. To print a topic that is showing in the window at the right of the Sage 50 Help window, just click the
Print button in the toolbar at the top of the window.
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Purpose:
To be able to use the help files within Sage 50.
Exercises:
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Function Keys
Key
Cut
Ctrl + X
F1
Copy
Ctrl + C
F5
Paste
Ctrl + V
Delete record
Ctrl + E
F10
Clear
Del
F7
Ctrl + F4
Find
Ctrl + F
Alt + F4
Find next
Ctrl + D
Ctrl + F6
Previous Record
Ctrl + Alt + P
Next Record
Ctrl + Alt + N
Shift + Ctrl +
F6
New Company
Ctrl + N
Open Company
Ctrl + O
Backup Company
Ctrl + B
Restore Company
Ctrl + R
Ctrl + P
Print Preview
Ctrl + W
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