Solution Properties
Solution ID:
221924950016048
Last Modified Date:
Wed Mar 08 10:16:34 UTC 2023
Taxonomy Path:
Category//Setup and configuration//Users//Preferences
Author:
LegacyAuthorUS
What are the things that I cannot do while in multiuser or when other windows are open?
Description
Cause
Resolution

Some menus and options are not available while certain windows are open. To close all open windows:

  1. In the Home window, click the View menu
  2. choose Close all other Sage 50 windows.

Some menus and options are not available in multi user mode, even if you log on as sysadmin. To perform tasks that are not available in multi user mode, you need to switch your company back to single user mode.

  1. In the Home window on the File menu, choose Switch to Single User mode.
  2. Click Yes.

In summary, global program setting modifications and actions that affect the company file (backups and verification tools).
Here is a complete list of almost 200 actions that require single user access:

  • Add a link to the web site you use for exchange rates
  • Add or change a logo on your company's forms
  • Add or modify a foreign currency
  • Add or remove a payroll expense group
  • Add or remove a sales tax
  • Add or rename a department
  • Add, change, or remove a company credit card
  • Add, change, or remove a credit card that your company accepts
  • Add, change, or remove a linked account for purchases
  • Add, change, or remove a linked account for sales
  • Add, change, or remove a linked account in a payroll expense group
  • Add, change, or remove a merchant account for credit card sales
  • Add, change, or remove a price list
  • Add, change, or remove an inventory and services linked account
  • Add, change, or remove default messages on invoices, orders, or quotes
  • Add, change, or remove linked accounts for a payroll deduction
  • Add, change, or remove linked accounts for a payroll tax
  • Add, change, or remove linked accounts for a user defined payroll expense
  • Add, change, or remove the linked account for a payroll income
  • Add, change, or remove the linked account for payroll advances
  • Add, change, or remove the linked account for vacation owed
  • Add, change, or remove the linked bank account for a currency - purchases
  • Add, change, or remove the linked bank account for a currency - sales
  • Add, change, or remove the linked bank account for payroll
  • Add, change, or remove the retained earnings linked account
  • Add, change, or remove your business number
  • Add, modify or remove password
  • Add, modify, or remove a shipping company
  • Add, modify, or remove a tax code
  • Add, rename, or remove a module's additional information boxes
  • Add, rename, or remove a user defined payroll expense box
  • Add, rename, or remove an additional information box for transactions
  • Add, rename, or remove an inventory or service item category
  • Allow negative inventory levels
  • Allow transactions dated in the future or the next fiscal year
  • Assign a tax code to multiple records
  • Assign an account to a department
  • Assign or change an employee's payroll expense group
  • Assign or unassign an employee in a job category
  • Assign or unassign an inventory or service item in a category
  • Back up your company
  • Calculate customer early payment discounts before taxes
  • Calculate early payment discounts before taxes for one time vendors
  • Calculate profit on inventory items
  • Change a department's active status
  • Change a form's next form number count
  • Change a sales tax rate
  • Change a user's access rights to product communications from Sage
  • Change a user's security rights
  • Change from accrual to cash basis accounting
  • Change the account used to track duty
  • Change the aging period for customers
  • Change the aging period for vendors
  • Change the date format used on screen or in reports
  • Change the day your company begins its week
  • Change the default tax code for new customers
  • Change the file type you use when emailing forms
  • Change the font settings for reports
  • Change the format you use for long or short dates
  • Change the length of your company's account numbers
  • Change the maximum length of vendor's name in vendor records.
  • Change the name used for projects
  • Change the number range for an account group
  • Change the rate for an employer tax expense
  • Change the term used for Workers' Compensation
  • Change the terminology used for customers and sales
  • Change the terminology used for vendors and purchases
  • Change the way amounts are allocated to projects
  • Change your backup reminder
  • Change your cash accounting date
  • Change your company budget period for accounts
  • Change your company fiscal year end date
  • Change your industry type
  • Change your inventory costing method
  • Check the integrity of your company data
  • Clear a tax report
  • Clear account reconciliation data
  • Clear direct deposit data
  • Clear financial history
  • Clear imported online statements
  • Clear inventory tracking data
  • Clear lookup data for deposit slips
  • Clear lookup data for invoices
  • Clear lookup data for other payments
  • Clear lookup data for remittances
  • Clear lookup data for time slips
  • Clear notes (daily business manager)
  • Clear paycheque details
  • Clear user passwords
  • Compact your database
  • Create a consolidated company
  • Create an accountant's copy
  • Customize columns in a transaction window
  • Edit your company name or contact information
  • Edit your default message for emailed forms
  • Enter historical deductions, pensionable earnings, and paycheques for employees
  • Export records
  • Import a file formatted for Sage 50 Accounting
  • Import a transaction from another Sage 50 Accounting user
  • Import entries from your accountant
  • Import or export a price list
  • Importing records from MYOB
  • Importing records from QuickBooks
  • Importing records from Quicken
  • Include or exclude a sales tax from the tax report
  • Include paid invoices on customer statements
  • Linking a remittance vendor to a payroll remittance
  • Merge accounts
  • Merge customers
  • Merge vendors
  • Merging records
  • Modify a sales tax
  • Modify your home currency
  • Open a new copy of your company
  • Open an accountant's copy
  • Prevent transactions before a specific date
  • Refreshing the information onscreen
  • Remove a user
  • Rename a payroll income or deduction
  • Rename or remove an additional information box for projects
  • Rename the provincial payroll tax
  • Sage 50 accounting transaction manager
  • Save a copy of your company
  • Select a user's preferred language
  • Set up a payroll deduction
  • Set up a payroll entitlement
  • Set up a payroll income
  • Set up an inventory location
  • Set up Interest charges for late customer payments
  • Set up or remove a job category
  • Set up schedule for backups
  • Set up the automatic clearing of data
  • Set up user defined expenses for payroll
  • Set up users for the first time
  • Setup guide: Add, modify, or remove a record
  • Setup guide: Entering opening balances
  • Show or hide account numbers on transactions or reports
  • Show or hide pages and icon windows
  • Show or hide the time and billing feature
  • Sort inventory and service items by number or description
  • Start new calendar year
  • Track duty for imported items
  • Turn on departments
  • Turn on foreign currency transactions
  • Turn on or off batch printing for a form
  • Turn on or off bilingual data entry
  • Turn on or off Budgeting for revenue and expense accounts
  • Turn on or off Compacting data before making a backup
  • Turn on or off Inventory and service item categories
  • Turn on or off Line item discounts
  • Turn on or off Multiple locations for inventory items
  • Turn on or off Orders for customers or vendors
  • Turn on or off Packing slips for shipments
  • Turn on or off Payroll expense groups
  • Turn on or off Print or email reminders for a form
  • Turn on or off Printing company address on a form
  • Turn on or off Projects for your company
  • Turn on or off Quotes for customers or vendors
  • Turn on or off Reminders to update a foreign currency
  • Turn on or off Shipment tracking
  • Turn on or off the duplicate number checker for a form
  • Turn on or off the number sequence checker for a form
  • Turn on or off tracking Québec tips
  • Turn on or off use of cheque numbers for source codes on reports
  • Turn on or off verify backup file after back up completion
  • Turn on or off warnings for partially allocated project transactions
  • Update a consolidated company
  • Update the exchange rate for a foreign currency
  • Update the prices on a price list
  • Use the company file check and repair tool
  • Use the exchange rate or an item's foreign price to determine invoice prices
  • Use the Tab Key to Enter Project Allocations on Transactions
  • Change next cheque No in cheque settings under setup, reports and forms, cheques
  • (Quantum) Add or change a security role
  • (Quantum) Assign or unassign a security role to a user
  • (Quantum) Change the access rights to reports
  • (Quantum) Suppress messages in multi user mode when form number changes
  • (Quantum) Turn on or off fast posting
  • (Quantum) Turn on or off form number change notifications
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