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Prevent postings before a specific date

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Summary

This guide explains how to use the Lock Date feature in Sage 50 Accounts to stop transactions being posted before a certain date, for example, to close down a previous month or year.

Description

How it works

Once you set a lock date, if anyone tries to post a transaction dated prior to that lock date, the warning message 'Your transaction date is set before the current lock date' appears.

 NOTE: This message doesn't appear if you're importing transactions from outside of the software. 

  • If you're logged in as manager you can override the warning and post to the locked period.
  • Users with lock date access can also override the lock date and post to the locked period.
  • Users with no lock date access can't post to the locked period. They can still create invoices, sales orders and purchase orders with a date before the lock date, but they can't update or post the items.

Resolution

Set a lock date

  1. Click Settings then click Lock Date.
  2. Select the Lock posting before check box, enter the required date then click OK.

It's as simple as that. If you want to control access to the Lock Date feature, for more information, read on.

Configure a user's lock date access - Sage 50cloud Accounts v27 and above

  1. Open Sage 50cloud Accounts and log in as Manager or an administrator.
  2. Click Settings, point to User Management then click Users.
  3. Select the required user from the list then click Edit.
  4. Click Level of Access then expand the Settings menu.
  5. To allow access to override the lock date,  ensure the Lock date settings check box is selected. Alternatively, to remove access, clear the check box.
  6. Click Finish, click Save, then click Close.


Configure a user's lock date access - Sage 50cloud Accounts v26 and below

  1. Open Sage 50cloud Accounts and log in as Manager.
  2. Click Settings then click Access Rights.
  3. Select the required user from the list then click Edit.
  4. Expand the Settings menu.
  5. To allow access to override the lock date, ensure the Lock date settings check box is selected. Alternatively, to remove access, clear the check box.
  6. Click OK then click Close.



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