The Rebuild option
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NOTE: If you use Remote Data Access to access your data, we recommend that you use Rebuild at your main data site. Do not use the rebuild option to create a new company by backing up and restoring a current company. This is because each company in Sage Accounts has a unique ID in the background. If you copy the company and rebuild, both companies have the same ID and may cause issues when using SData and Remote Data Access.

The data files you can remove using Rebuild

When you open the Rebuild option, all of the following data files are automatically selected to be retained, but can be removed as required:

Files to keepEffect within Sage AccountsAlso Removes
Keep my Customer recordsIf you select to keep your customer records, when you open the Customers module, all of the records remain. The transactions related to these records only remain if you also select to keep transactions.If you clear this check box, the Keep my Transactions check box is automatically cleared.

The Keep my Project Transactions check box is also automatically cleared.

The Keep my matched Sage Pay Customers is also automatically cleared.

Keep my Supplier recordsIf you select to keep your supplier records, when you open the Suppliers module, all of the records remain. The transactions related to these records only remain if you also select to keep transactions.If you clear this check box, the Keep my Transactions check box is automatically cleared.

The Keep my Project Transactions check box is also automatically cleared.

Keep my Nominal Account recordsIf you select to keep your nominal accounts, when you open the Nominal or Bank modules, all of the records remain. The transactions related to these records only remain if you also select to keep transactions.If you clear this check box, the Keep my Transactions and Keep my Chart Of Accounts check boxes are automatically cleared.

The Keep my Project Transactions check box is also automatically cleared.

Keep my TransactionsIf you select to keep your transactions, when you open Transactions, all of the records remain.The Keep my Project Transactions check box is automatically cleared.
Keep my Chart Of Accounts

If you select to keep your Chart of Accounts, when you open Nominal codes then click Chart of accounts, all of the layouts remain.

If you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.
Keep my InvoicesIf you select to keep your invoices, when you open the Invoicing module, all of the records remain. This does not affect the sales invoice or sales credit transactions created when you posted the invoice or credit.If you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.
Keep my Stock recordsIf you select to keep your stock records, when you open the Products module, all of the records remain. The transactions on these records only remain if you also select to retain stock transactions.If you clear this check box, the Keep my Stock Transactions check box is automatically cleared.
Keep my Stock TransactionsIf you select to keep your stock transactions, all of the stock history remains on the Product Records.The Keep my Project Transactions check box is automatically cleared.

Keep my Sales Orders

Sage 50 Accounts Professional only

If you select to keep your sales orders, when you open the Sales orders module, all of the records remain. This does not affect the invoices created when you dispatched the sales order.If you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.

Keep my Purchase Orders

Sage 50 Accounts Professional only

If you select to keep your purchase orders, when you open the Purchase orders module, all of the records remain. This does not affect any supplier invoices created when you updated the purchase order.The Keep my Project Transactions check box is also automatically cleared.

Keep my Project Records

If you select to keep your project records, when you open the Projects module all of the record remain.If you clear this check box the Keep my Transactions and Keep my Project Transactions check boxes are also automatically cleared.
Keep my Project TransactionsIf you select to keep your project transactions the activity remains on all of your projectsIf you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.
Keep my AssetsIf you select to keep assets, when you open the Fixed Assets module, all of the asset information remains.If you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.
Keep my Diary EventsIf you select to keep your diary events, when you open the Diary module, all of the events remain.If you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.
Keep my Deletion LogIf you select to keep your deletion log, when you run the Cleared Audit Trail Reports, all of the removed transactions appear on this report.If you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.

Keep my matched Sage Pay Customers

If you select to keep your matched Sage Pay customers, when you download transactions through Sage Pay it retains the matched email addresses.If you clear this check box, no other check boxes are automatically cleared.

To rebuild your data

 NOTE: The Rebuild option is not reversible, therefore you must take at least one backup of your data before proceeding. For more information about how to backup your data, please refer to this article.

If required, you should also print essential reports, such as:
  • Aged Debtors analysis (Detailed)
  • Aged Creditors analysis (Detailed)
  • Bank report - Reconciled and unreconciled
  • Audit Trail Detailed
  • Trial Balance - For the final period
  • Profit and Loss
  • Balance Sheet
  1. Click File then click Maintenance and confirm Yes to close any open windows.
  2. Click Rebuild.
  3. From the list of Files to keep, clear the check boxes for any data files that you want to remove.

     TIP: For further information about retaining or removing data files, please refer to the previous section.

  4. Click OK.
  5. Click Yes.

     NOTE: If you select to remove transactions, you must enter your new financial year start date, click OK then click Yes.

  6. Click OK then Close.

You have now successfully rebuilt your data files, to undo this process you must restore the backup you took before rebuilding.
 
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