Sage 200 Extra 2015 - Fixed Issues
Description

This article contains a list of fixes that are included in Sage 200 Extra 2015.

For further information about any of the issues mentioned in this article, please search for the relevant Known Issue number in the Known Issues Database.

Cause
Resolution

Tip: If you wish to check if a particular Known Issue is fixed, expand each of the sections below and use the Find option in your web browser to check if the Known Issue number is listed in this article.

Service Pack 3

The following Known Issues are planned for resolution in Service Pack 3 for Sage 200 Extra 2015, which centres around addressing issues with Manufacturing. There will also be requests from the Ideas Portal included. Service Pack 3 is currently planned for release on 29 February 2016. Please note that this date, as well as the list below, is subject to change according to the results of the relevant testing procedures. Please check back regularly for updates.

Module

Known Issue No.

Description

Priority (1-4)

Works Orders4356Manually raised Works Orders incorrectly set as 'Allocate/Issue From Completion Warehouse'.

3

Works Orders3891Status shows as Allocated or Issued despite only being partially allocated or partially issued.

3

Works Orders6769Making several amendments to a works order picking list generates a memory exception error.

3

Works Orders6773Performance issue with amending a works order.

Note: This stops the list refreshing when an allocation has been edited but does not change the speed that the form loads with.

3

Bill of Materials4244Cannot make BOM items inactive/available for deletion.

4

Bill of Materials6560Purchase Order from Trial Build uses the average price of the item rather than the price recorded for the supplier on the component stock item.

2

Bill of Materials4845'Stock Allocation does not Support Build' error when trying to confirm build.

4

Stock6191Unable to use 'Find' on the Stock Item List on the description field. No results were returned.

4

Nominal Ledger6723When posting a Non-Vatable Payment into a future period you receive the error: Contract Failure: To Set the Tax code the item must be taxable. This issue is triggered by the ASM > Settings > System Settings > Transaction Settings > Transaction Date Validation setting.

4

Nominal Ledger6742Unable to edit the Nominal narrative when reversing transactions.

4

Nominal Ledger5967Update Waiting Postings slow to run in Sage 200 Extra 2013.

3

Purchase Ledger6586Amending a cheque number when amending suggested payments generates the error 'Index was outside the bounds of the array'.

4

Price Book6190Prices are set to zero in all bands if you untick 'Use Standard', edit the price then use Close rather than Save.

3

Sales Orders6675Stock becomes corrupted after allocating multiple orders at the same time with different fulfilment methods.

3

Sales Orders6251Amending an order where you have previously selected Record Payment with order, then selecting 'Close' on the card payment screen generates an exception.

4

Purchase Orders6781Record Purchase Invoice Error on sage.accounting.persistentpcprojectentry.

3

Project Accounting6702Slow performance when tabbing between fields whilst entering batch timesheets.

3

Project Accounting6793OutOfMemoryException when generating suggested bills on a dataset with a large number of contracts.

3

CRM
Not all records in Sage 200 Extra were included when performing an initial synchronisation even though the integration status shows as 'Success'.

3

Developers6129Extending the PLPostedTran and associated views causes errors in Customer Transaction Enquiry.

4

Developers6717Endsave issue on Sage.MMS.CashBook.CashBookGroupedTransactionsForm.

2

New Functionality

Module

Description

BOM and ManufacturingAdded a new feature to warn users when compatibility warnings are turned off. A warning label has been added to the BOM and Operation maintenance forms.

Service Pack 2

The following Known Issues have been resolved in Service Pack 2 for Sage 200 Extra 2015.

Module

Known Issue No.

Description

Priority (1-4)

Stock5977User and GDI Objects stack on repeatedly opening 'ST - Amend Stock Item Details'.

2

Sales Order Processing6537Setting in Intrastat tab of Sales Order Settings/Purchase Order Settings causes 'Unhandled Exception'.

2

Nominal Ledger6545No information found when running the report for cash flow.

2

Sales Order Processing6569Unable to enter 4-character CV2 value for American Express cards.

2

Nominal Ledger6574Narrative not populated when making taxable payment from cash book account.

2

Stock6593OutOfMemoryException when amending a batch or serial stock item.

2

Nominal Ledger6328Using a journal template and then tabbing through will change all narratives to the title of the journal.

3

Purchase Ledger5611Exception error when adding a Query code to a transactions that exists on a payment routine.

3

Purchase Ledger6460Reversing a Foreign transaction doesnt behave as it should in relation to notional tax.

3

Desktop6500Highlighting Projects on the List View does not filter for enquiries.

3

Cash Book6564'Unexpected exception has occurred' when posting standing orders and direct debits.

3

Sales Ledger6611Drill down on Transaction Enquiry does not work for Grouped Transactions.

3

Timesheet6506Expense Claim Reporting - incorrect totals on Expense Claim Summary and duplications on others.

4

Report Designer6597Brought Forward Balance not updated for a consolidated company.

2

Developer programme

6572Unable to update an add-on to a later version through System Administration.

N/A


6529Sage 200 2015 and Sage 200 CRM 7.3 - using Form Launcher to launch a scripted form throws 'vbc.exe cannot be found' error.

2


6566Unable to set the .ConfirmationIntentType property on Sage.Accounting.POP.POPFreeTextLine.

2

The following Known Issues are included from Service Pack 1 and will be re-tested as part of the testing for Service Pack 2.
Nominal Ledger5970Unable to import a CSV file containing negative budget values.

2

Desktop6389'Unhandled Exception' error message appears when attempting to add a new feature in Menu Design Mode.

2

Timesheets6469Enter Timesheet Week - Incorrect Cost Rate saved.

2

Analysis Codes6470Issue when editing a newly created analysis code in Sales Order Processing or Purchase Order Processing.

2

Purchase Order Processing5753Possible copy an order without saving any supplier details.

3

Nominal Ledger6318When importing budgets to the Nominal Ledger, a 'success' message is displayed but the details are not imported.

3

Desktop6390Workspace quick filters now display 'part searches'. Previously, the filter would only search on the entire word.

3

Desktop6400User preferences not retained when logging out of Sage 200 Extra.

3

Desktop6424Adding reports to the Home Pages Favourites now makes the report appear in the Summary screen.

3

Nominal Ledger6429Default Cost Centre drop-down list was not displayed on the Consolidation tab of the Nominal Ledger settings.

3

Desktop6443'OR' filter not working correctly in Workspaces

3

Desktop6444Unable to run reports or layouts from Favourites.

3

Sales Ledger6451Save and Allocate button now inactive on the Reverse Transaction form when reversing a receipt or payment.

3

Purchase Order Processing6480Multiple Delivery Dates button missing if Project Account Integration not enabled.

3

Desktop6425Error generated when creating a new folder in Home Page Favourites and adding a report.

4

Stock6455MRP Replenishment Options missing from the Manufacturing tab on the Stock Item screen when using low screen resolution on some low-spec PCs.

4

Desktop6487Non-Taxable Receipt launches Taxable Receipt Form.

4

Sage 200 CRM6432Ergonomic theme not working as expected after upgrading from version 7.1.

0

Developer programme

6401Add-on fails to install when it contains 2 content parts.N/A

As part of Service Pack 2, a Reports Pack will also be released and will include the following fixes to Known Issues.

Known Issue No.

Description

21Returns are no longer included on the report.
154Balance brought forward value being brought forward as 0 if negative in Database.
1765Sales Ledger Email Statement wrongly including Brought Forward Value.
1999Purchase Order layout showing the incorrect requested delivery quantity in certain scenarios.
2123Stock SOP Shortfalls Report.
2571Segmented Address Fields Not Available On Free Text Invoice Layout.
2632Profitability reports including credit notes and Sales Returns.
3141Reprint Text does not display on reprinted purchase orders .
3357Report lists allocated value in base currency for foreign currency accounts.
3567Comment line not meant for picking list print causing picking list to be 2 pages.
3599Statements produced for zero balance accounts.
3906Only the 'email' sales ledger statement can be automatically emailed.
4157Inconsistent behaviour of adding lines onto Layouts.
4507Invalid table specifier error when enable TRAN_PERIOD criteria on nominal day book report.
5590Unhandled exception: Count must be non-negative when amending Nominal Ledger Cheque layout .
5593Unable to edit 'Nominal Ledger Cheque' layouts.
5944Financial Reports always default to Microsoft XPS Document Writer.

New and enhanced features

Drill-down functionality for Sales Ledger summary pages

Service Pack 2 will include work on the Sales Ledger summary pages to allow the customer to drill down further into the details on that page.

New and enhanced reports

The following additional reports will be released with Service Pack 2.

Plain paper layouts

The following reports are formatted with grids and lines, similar to that in Sage 50 Accounts, to allow customers to use plain paper rather than stationery...

POP Purchase Order (Single)
POP Return (Single)
Purchase Ledger Remittance Advice
Sales Ledger Debtors Letter 1
Sales Ledger Debtors Letter 2
Sales Ledger Debtors Letter 3
Sales Ledger Debtors Letter 4
SOP Despatch Note (Single)
SOP Invoice (Single)
SOP Pro-forma (Single)
SOP Sales Order (Single)

The following reports are already available in Sage 200 Standard / Education Online and will be included as part of the Service Pack 2 release.

Stock Control Sales By Product (Detailed)
Stock Control Sales By Product (Summary)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Customer (Detailed)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Customer (Summary)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Customer By Product Group (Detailed)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Customer By Product Group (Summary)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Product Group (Detailed)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Product Group (Summary)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Product Group By Customer (Detailed)
Stock Control Sales By Product By Product Group By Customer (Summary)
Stock Control Monthly Product Sales
Stock Control Monthly Product Sales By Customer
Stock Control Monthly Product Sales By Customer By Product Group
Stock Control Monthly Product Sales By Product Group By Customer
Stock Control Monthly Product Sales By Product Group

The following reports are available to download individually, but these will be wrapped up as part of the Service Pack for better usability.

Nominal Ledger Transactions with Sales or Purchase Ledger Second Reference
Purchase Ledger Accounts with No Transactions
Purchase Ledger Top 5 Suppliers
Sales Ledger Accounts with No Transactions
Sales Ledger Age of Transaction
Sales Ledger Top 5 Customers
SOP Picking List with Additional Charges
SOP Stock Shortfalls With Purchase Ledger Criteria
Stock Control No Transaction History
Stock Control Stock Valuation By Product Group

Service Pack 1

The following Known Issues have been resolved specifically in Service Pack 1 for Sage 200 Extra 2015.

As part of the Sage 200 Extra 2015 release, a wave of retesting focussing on issues found in previous versions of Sage 200 Extra was carried out. As a result of this testing program, we're pleased to advise that a number of issues can no longer be replicated in Sage 200 Extra 2015. In other areas, the redesign of Sage 200 Extra 2015 may mean that a previous issue is no longer relevant.

ModuleIssue Tracking System Reference
(where applicable)
Description
Nominal Ledger5970Users were unable to import a CSV file with negative budget values.
6318When importing nominal ledger budgets, a 'success’ message was displayed but the details were not imported.
6429The Default Cost Centre drop-down list was not displayed on the Consolidation tab of the Nominal Ledger settings.
Desktop6389An ‘Unhandled Exception’ error message appears when trying to add a new feature in Menu Design mode.
6390Updated the Workspace quick filters to display part searches. Previously, the filter would only search on the entire word (for example, typing AB would only find a customer with the name AB, it wouldn’t find Abbey etc).
6400User preferences not retained when a user logs out of Sage 200.
6424Adding reports to the Home Page Favourites now makes the report appear in the Summary screen.
6425Creating a new folder in Home Page Favourites and adding the report generates an error.
6443Error in Workspaces where the ‘OR’ filter did not work correctly. In previous versions the OR filter was working like an AND. As a result, no details were being returned by the filter.
6444Unable to run reports or layouts from favourites.
6487Non Taxable Receipt launches Taxable Receipt Form.
Purchase Orders5753Could copy an order without saving any supplier details.
6480Multiple Delivery Dates button missing if Project Account Integration not enabled.
Sales Ledger6451Save and Allocate button on the Sales Ledger reverse transaction form is now read-only when reversing receipt or payment. This was active in the release version of 2015.
Stock6455MRP Replenishment Options missing from the Manufacturing tab on the Stock Item screen when using low screen resolution on some low-spec laptops and PCs.
Timesheets6469Enter Timesheet Week - Incorrect Cost rate saved.
Analysis Codes6470Issue when editing a newly created analysis code in Sales Order Processing or Purchase Order Processing.
Sage 200 CRM6432Ergonomic UI not working as expected after upgrade from 7.1.
Developers6401Addon fails to install when contains 2 content parts.

The Known Issues below can no longer be replicated in Sage 200 Extra 2015.

Core Modules
Desktop and User Interface
ModuleIssue Tracking System Reference
(where applicable)
Description

136Screen position information is retained which can cause problems on dual screen computers.
421Issue with Right-click when using Find functionality.
1610Journal transactions on the transaction audit trail list view are shown multiple times.
2125When viewing the Nominal Ledger in List View, the Balance column is left-justified, when it has previously been right-justified.
3341Duplicate Transactions are seen on audit trail list view after updating waiting postings.
5505Clicking Menu whilst on a web workspace brings up incorrect webpage.
Workspaces3923Sorts & filters not retained when Sage 200 Extra is closed and re-opened.
Web Workspaces5612'An internal server error has occurred' error appears when trying to run a web workspace (dbo.STKWorkspaceStockItem).
5622Error message when reprinting invoice from Customer Current Transaction Enquiry Workspace.
5663Period toolbar filter in Nominal Ledger Workspace displays an 'Internal Server Error'.
5873'An internal server error has occurred' filtering columns on Nominal Current Transaction Enquiry.
5896Access to spool content not working correctly for Spool workspace.
System Administration

366Memory leak when changing company.
2396Change company option slow.
3616User Permission and Spooler files lost on upgrade.
4980User numbers can exceed 999, affecting URN numbers.
5128SQL 2012 can cause the next User ID to jump beyond 1000.
5506An error occurs in System Administration if you update a non-retail database on a system with retail installed.
6159Update to Sage 200 Extra 2013 R2 fails due to an attempt to write to PipelineData in WorksOrders.
ASM935System displays an unexpected exception error when running balance ledgers for commercials after upgrade.
3341Duplicate Transactions on audit trail list view after updating a waiting posting.
6217Period exchange rates do not always work on invoicing.
Cash Book935Bank record reports fail to with warning, 'Cannot set the value of the Field (.FormatStringDashes)...'.
4896Short term cash projection gives error ‘Cannot Set The Value Of The Field (.AccountNumber)’.
Nominal Ledger4359Cannot run Trial Balance Prior Year report for all prior year periods.
5970Cannot import negative budget values on first attempt.
Sales Ledger495Accounts are being omitted from the transaction listing when selecting criteria by transaction type.
1765Sales Ledger Email Statement wrongly includes the Brought Forward Value.
3593Turnover figures change when data is purged.
6062RCSL Report incorrectly shows the words ‘Tax Registration Code’.
6161Slow performance when importing transactions into Sage 200 Extra Online.
Purchase Ledger1540Negative discount on suggested payments causes ‘the value must be zero or greater than zero’ error message to be displayed.
5374The Export to CSV functionality for the Purchase Ledger Trading Report (Summary) returns a blank report.
Purchase Order Processing4688The cost centre/dept default nominal account (in Purchase Order Processing settings), are ignored when posting standard cost variances.
6201Error displayed when receiving goods for a purchase order with items that have a large text description.
Sales Order Processing567Error displayed when trying to delete comment line on Amend Sales Order if it is part-invoiced.
1767SOP Permissions stop the ‘negative stock’ warning from appearing on rapid order entries.
5877'System.OutOfMemoryException' error when processing within the SOP – Confirm Goods Despatch’ form.
6239‘System Out Of Memory’ error displayed when there is a large traceable history.
Stock3942FIFO Fulfilment ignored when bin priority fulfilment is set the same across all bins.
5037System.OutOfMemory error displayed when processing an internal return that has a stock items with a large number of serial numbers.
6036User stuck in loop when writing off stock when it doesn’t have a write off category.
6182An error message ‘The Full Allocation Quantity Cannot Be issued’, displayed when trying to issue a full allocation.
Project Accounting4601Unable to enter project details on expenses when re-enabling the Post Expenses to Projects functionality.
6255Timesheets not being posted to projects if authorisation is switched off.
6164Creating a draft bill can cause duplicated selected costs and errors in some circumstances.
6167Selected costs disappear from a bill and cannot be selected under some circumstances.
Bill of Materials4341'This report could not be found in the list of available reports' message appears when printing BOM AFD reports.
Report Designer

2003Exception error displayed when editing reports based on Sales Analysis Values in Report Designer Extensions.
3845Settings to access printer are not valid.
4043Report Designer 2010 scans all files on the Root of the C drive when opening.
4341'This report could not be found in the list of available reports' error displayed when printing BOM AFD reports.
6068Memory not released when printing from spooler, eventually causing ‘Out of Memory’ errors.
6398'Sage200Desktop.exe has stopped working' message displayed when emailing reports and layouts.
Manufacturing

4685Changing the Total Selling Price on the QTY breaks grid doesn't update the Totals tab.
5616When using a BOM, any additional information is not retained.
6188Cancelling the confirm batch/serial numbers component screen still takes the stock out.
Sage 200 CRM

2634Unable to save any files as documents from CRM Task Launcher on Vista.
4956Square brackets in integration name causes validation errors when creating new companies.
5127"ERP Integration Name" Field Allows Invalid Name Length.
5556Uploaded Shipping Addresses do not synchronise with Sage 200 Extra.
6375DeleteLog issue - Delete a person from ERP and CRM causes sync to fail.
6381Incorrect results showing on RTDV results in Sage 200 Accounts Data tab.
Other
Business Intelligence5000Request for more control over the production of the BI Schedule Task log files.
6102Send to Excel does not work with Excel 2013 when BI is enabled.
Sage 50 Payroll4042Save as PDF option lost when installing Sage 50 Payroll 2011.
6334Attempting to post a nominal link to payroll v21.00.183 displays an error.
Import Bacpac5790'Import bacpac failed’ error when creating new company from downloaded bacpac.
SEOS5807Some system generated backups are not visible within SEOS.
5876An MSP error occurs when creating a new customer within SEOS without specifying a Sage Account ID.
Installer6010Better handling of errors in Active Directory.

Sage 200 Extra 2015 - Release Version

ModuleIssue Tracking System Reference
(where applicable)
Description

System Administrator




5997 & 5998We have improved the speed of the company database upgrade process.
This affects any database that:
  • uses Analysis codes
  • has large numbers of SOP, POP or Stock records, or
  • has large numbers of BOMs or BOM Lines.

6054

Users were unable to create the MMSUser account on Windows 2012 Essentials when it was integrated with Office 365.
Previously the user would see the error message:

‘Cannot add login name_mmsuser to server password validation failed, the password does not meet the requirement of the password filter dll’.

Core 200

Nominal Ledger1392

Tax type and tax code fields were not displayed on nominal journal templates.

Previously, a user would have to set up the template and then enter these details once the template had been recalled prior to processing.

Stock Control5093Under certain circumstances, Amend Stock Item Product Group stopped working if outstanding works orders existed.
In some cases, an ‘out of memory’ error appeared.
5424Removing large amounts of stock history records caused on ‘out of memory’ error.
Project Accounting5476Users saw the error message; ‘Failed to run SQL script SchemaMigration’ when accessing Project Accounting settings, using the View Project Accounting Settings screen or when saving a project.
5945Bills were not generated as part of the Suggested Billing functionality. This issue affected some project item types of ‘stock item’, depending on how the item was set to allow costs and revenue.
Period End5532Users saw an exception error when trying to drill-down on a value on the Current Periods Totals screen within the VAT Analysis option.
This occurred for users who had previously migrated data from Sage 50 Accounts.
Purchase Order Processing5541In some circumstances, a unique reference number (URN) was used if a free text line was analysed to a project. This resulted in a URN that had no postings in the Nominal Ledger.
6053Saving a record with a long description on the Confirm Goods Received screen generated a ‘Sage Data Access Error – Cannot set the value of the field’ error.
Sales Order Processing6066Users trying to print a quotation for quotations that had been entered via the CRM Form Launcher would see an error message ‘Value does not fall within the expected range’.
6239Customers, using traceability, received an ‘Out of Memory’ error when processing large amounts of stock after the stock levels had been adjusted.
Sales Ledger5666Users saw Out of Memory errors or No Network Connection errors when performing consecutive transaction enquiries.
Nominal Ledger5924The details of a held journal were lost when creating another held journal from a template.
Bill of Materials5767Overtyping the stock code on Record Built Items could move a quantity into stock for an incorrect item.
5780Users sometimes received an exception error in the following scenario:
Creating a purchase order within Trial Kitting when the supplier had exceeded their credit limit.
5904The Reverse (BOM) Build process took a specific quantity of a finished item out of stock and added the stock back in to the components.
Manufacturing

Works Order Processing4551Traceable Enquiry functionality did not work after changing the product group on a stock item.
6122Cost of sales postings were incorrect when components were issued to a works order which was completed before the components were invoiced.
6188Traceable components were not discarded correctly if the build was cancelled on the Confirm batch/Serial Numbers for Components form.
Estimating5393Components held against operations were not converted when estimates were converted to a BOM.
Bill of Materials6086Cancelling a BOM build for batch/serial items did not allow any changes to the build, unless the screen was closed and reopened.
6096The Build Session created a reserved temporary batch/serial number in BOM and an error message appeared, preventing the user from entering a value in the Quantity field.
6172Cost of sales adjustment postings were sometimes posted to the wrong nominal ledger account when building through sub-assemblies.
Other

Process Maps5564Enquiry buttons within process maps were not working.
Workspaces5601An exception error occurred if the user opened multiple workspaces. We have reduced the amount of system memory required to open multiple workspaces.
Excel Integration6004Refreshing data within Excel Integration was not good. We have made performance improvements in this area.



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