Sage 500 ERP

B E N E F I T S

• Powerfulutilitiesenablefastandefficientsystemimplementation.

• SetuputilitiesguideyouthroughthesetupprocessinthecorrectsequenceandintegratewithMicrosoftOutlook®.

• Dataimportutilitiesvalidateandimportexistingdatafromavarietyofothersystems.

• MigratedatafromSage100StandardandAdvancedERPwhenupgradingtoSage500ERP

S A G E 5 0 0 E R P S O L U T I O N S

• FinancialsandProjectAccounting

• DistributionandManufacturing

• CRMandE-business

• HumanResourcesandPayroll

• CustomizationandIntegration

• BusinessIntelligence

Implementation Congratulationsonyourdecisiontoinvestinyourcompany’sfuturebyupgradingyoursystemtoaSage500ERP-classapplication.Sage500ERP(formerlySageERPMAS500)providessecure,efficient,andpowerfulimplementationutilitiestoensurethatyou’llhaveeverythingyouneedtobeginoperatingyournewsoftwareimmediately.

AsischaracteristicofallSagesoftwareapplications,theSage500ERPimplementationtoolshavebeencreatedwithmaximumflexibilityforoptimalfunctionality.DataImportManagerputsyouonthefasttracktoconversionandimplementation.Builtwith.NETandMicrosoftSQLServer®technology,thisrobustdatabaseintegrationtoolletsyouuseapowerfulmappingwizardtoimportdatadirectlyfromsourcessuchasMicrosoft®Access®,Excel®,SQLServer,XML,andmore.Ifyouregularlyperformimportsfromacustomsoftwarepackage,DataImportManagerjobscanbescheduledtorunonaregularbasis.Advancedfeaturesallowdeveloperstoaddscriptingforadditionalvalidationsandothercomplextransformations.

DataMigratorandDataPorterbothuseExceltorapidlyenterandvalidateyourlegacydata.Datacopyfacilitatesdataconversionacrosscompaniesthatworkwiththesamerecords.Datacreationprovidestheflexibilityfornewrecordgenerationduringconversionandcompanystructurechanges.

Asintuitiveastheyarepowerful,theimporttoolsofSage500ERPempoweruserstofacilitatetheirownconversionscosteffectivelyandsuccessfully.Sagegivesyouthetoolsyouneedtomanagedatamigrationandconversionwithinsight.WithalittlestrategicplanningandSage500ERP,you’llhaveanintelligentdatafoundationasaspringboardforyourcompany’sfuturesuccess.

Existingdatacanbeimportedinto

Sage500ERPeasilyandaccurately

usingDataImportManager.

Sage 500 ERP I Implementation

Assisted Company Setup (ACS)�• Offersflexibledatasetupoptions

• Accommodatesvariousdataentry,copy,orimportmethods

• Ensuresdataiscreatedincorrectsequence

• Showsthepurposeanduseofeachdataelement

• AssignsstepstoSage500ERPsystemusers

• CreateseachsetupstepasaMicrosoftOutlooktask

• Tracksprogresswithstatusreports

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Copy Utilities • Standardizesdataacrossmultiplecompanies

• Usedonanysizedataset

• Usedprimarilyfordataconversion

• Idealwhererecordsarethesameacrosscompanies

Create Utilities • Generatesnewrecords

• Usedduringconversionorwhencompanystructurechanges

• Allowsuserstoassigndefaultvalues

Data Migrator • Validatesandinsertsdatafromanysystem

• Leveragesprogrammaticinterfacestorapidlyinsertdata

• Createserrorlogwherefailedrecordscanbeeasilyfixedandrerun

• Importsmediumtolargesetsofdata

• ExtractsdatafromSage100StandardandAdvancedERP,convertsittoSage500ERPstandards,andinputsitintoSage500ERP

• IncludesSage100StandardandAdvancedERPhelptoexplaindataandusagedifferences

Data Porter • Importssmalltomedium-sizeddatasets

• Usedfordataconversionordataentry

• Requiresnodatabaseknowledge

• Performsdatavalidationinrealtime

• Easytouse

• Supportedinmostscreens

Data Import Manager • Powerfulmappingwizardsimplifiesimports

• Importtransactionsorentitiesintomostaccounting,inventory,andmanufacturingmodules

• ImportdatafromASCII,Delimited,MicrosoftAccess,Excel,SQLServer,andXMLdatasources

• Scheduleimportjobstoberunonetimeoronaregularbasis

ACSguidesyouthroughtherequiredsetupsteps

andprovidesyouwiththeavailabledatamigration

toolsforeachstep.

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