Sage 200 Professional 2016

Summary

This guide contains a list of fixes that are included in Sage 200 Professional 2016 along with relevant Service Packs.

Description

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Resolution

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Service Pack 2

Area	Known Issue No. (if applicable)	Details
General	6519	Fixed issue where opening a recent item from the desktop activity bar could display an incorrect list or workspace.
	6968	Resolved constraint error when upgrading to Sage 200 Professional 2016 – "Could not create constraint or index".
	6467	Fixed issue where columns that you added in a list view would not be remembered when you exit the application.
Reports	4173	Fixed issue where previewing a report and then exporting it to CSV could produce a blank CSV file.
Workspaces	6663	Fixed issue with workspaces where using arrow keys would cause a script error “OnRowSelect is https://internal-kb.sage.com/solutionmanager”.
	5601	Resolved issue with memory usage related to workspaces.
	7144	Fixed issue where running the Invoice and Credits report from the Purchase Document Enquiry workspace would cause an error.
	7023	Resolved issue in lists where searching using specific formats would not give any results.
Sales Ledger	6494 / 6512	Resolved issue with 'Ready for Invoice Print' and ‘On Hold’ columns in Sales Order List.
	6582	Resolved issue where ‘Order Profit’ was not available for a sales order.
	6005	Fixed issue where entering an online card receipt from the Customer Account Enquiry workspace would not insert the customer details.
	7090	Fixed issue where an error occurs when entering a memo on a customer account which is on hold.
Purchase Ledger	6959	Resolved issue where multiple uses of Generate Payments reduced the window size.
Purchase Ledger	3936	Resolved issue where Transaction Analysis is not available after enabling ‘Allow additional Transactional Analysis’.
Nominal Ledger	6875	Resolved timeout issue where the online VAT return reports an error "Your network connection has been lost. This may be temporary."
Nominal Ledger	5074	Fixed an issue where running a consolidation may not update some nominal account correctly.
Stock	1984	A warning is now displayed during a stock take if existing allocations would result in the quantity entered for an item causing a negative stock level.
	3421	Resolved issue where changing a stock item from a component to a built item would display the error “The stock item does not have a default warehouse for manufacturing”.
	6121	Resolved issue with importing stock items where items in the import file are invalid.
	4031	Fixed issue where inactive stock items would appear during the stock take. Added an option to ‘Exclude Inactive Stock’.
Sales Order Processing	2293	Fixed issue in SQL database where copied orders and orders converted from quotes used the creation date of the original document.
	6157	Fixed issue where converting a pro forma invoice to a sales order would cause an exception, if it contained an inactive stock item.
	6914	Resolved issue where making changes to analysis codes could cause an error when converting a quote to a sales order.
	7113 / 5994	Resolved issue where reports were printed using Microsoft XPS Document Writer instead of the default Windows printer.
	7138	Resolved issue with View Monthly Trading Figures which would omit transactions on certain dates.
	1472	Fixed issue with reconciling a bank account using e-reconciliation, so the statement closing balance is now correct. The statement date cannot be changed from the current system date.
	2018	The stored total value of a customer’s orders in Sales Order Processing could vary from actual figures. This can now be detected and fixed by running ASM > System Utilities > Verify Data > Commercials (Balance Commercials Modules).
Purchase Order Processing	1532 / 3780	Resolved issue where editing a purchase order would change the name of the order taker. This will now remain as the original order taker.
	4559	Fixed issue where the direct delivery address could not be set for an item in a purchase order when a delivery address was omitted from the back-to-back sales order.
	2873	Resolved issue where the supplier quantity/value year to date figures were not being reset by a year end.
	3638	Resolved issue where email notifications for purchase order authorisation were being sent to the wrong person (order taker and order originator).
Bill of Materials	5697	Fixed issue when editing the quantity of batch traceable components gives an error “the precisions will not support the build quantity”.
Bill of Materials	7051	Resolved issue where certain values in Bill of Materials could not be costed.
Project Accounting	3612	This is working as designed. In the Cost Transaction enquiry, you can right click an allocation to view Transaction Detail, and then view the purchase order.
	4714	Resolved issue which would prevent adding selected costs to a bill for a customer using a foreign currency.
	3209	Fixed an issue in the Projects Billing List where the Invoice Date displayed the incorrect date.
System Administration	6069	Resolved issue when testing connection to a database gave an error "The entered database name has already been used".
	7094	Resolved issue where users who were not Windows Administrators couldn’t access System Administration.
	7137	Resolved issue where option to ‘Import/Export Settings’ was not available in System Administration.
Other
Excel Reporting	7116	Fixed an issue where the Financial Data Designer for Excel Reporting would not open.

Service Pack 1

Area	Known Issue No. (if applicable)	Details
Desktop Lists	6555	Searching for a certain values on list views no longer causes an exception.
Cash Book	1973	This issue is no longer applicable as the bank reconciliation form was re-designed in 2016.
	6075	Bank account balances no longer appear on list views when users don’t have access to the cashbook module.
Nominal Ledger	641	Transactions that have the same URN specified in the import file are now allocated a single URN when imported into Sage 200.
		You can now view large numbers of transactions on the Transaction Audit trail list view. Previously the list view would time out.
	7044	Importing nominal transactions does not create duplicate transactions. Previously importing nominal transactions and running ‘Update waiting postings’ at the same time could result in duplicated transactions.
	7049	Cancelling ‘Update waiting postings’ does not create duplicate transactions. Previously cancelling ‘Update waiting postings’ could create duplicate transactions.
Sales Ledger	3030	You can now produce an EC sales lists, regardless of the length of the path for the Attachments folder. This previously this generated an exception if the path was longer than 46 characters.
Price Book	6870	Importing new stock prices for stock items linked to the STD price band now correctly produces an error on the error log. Previously the stock item prices were not updated but no entry was placed in the log.
Sales Order Processing	5898 / 6247	You can now select a traceable number when despatching a stock item, when the fulfilment method has been changed on a SOP order. Previously if the fulfilment method was change from ‘Direct to customer’ or ‘From supplier via stock’ to ‘From Stock’, then a batch/serial number could not be selected.
Purchase Order Processing	5434	This is working as designed. When creating an authorisation rule, specifying ‘Anyone’ means any Sage 200 user and therefore may include users who are not assigned to a particular company. The help has been updated to clarify this issue.
Stock	2267	Importing stock items with a ‘Supplier minimum order quantity’ set in the CSV file, but not a ‘Supplier usual order quantity’, now reports correctly in the error log. Previously this generated an exception.
	3027	You can now see detailed stock movement for an item when a bin name has been changed. Previously the detailed stock movement history was not shown.
	3745	You can now see the details of all movements when viewing batch/serial numbers, even when goods have been returned. Two additional radio buttons allow viewing of ‘Receipts’ and ‘Issues’ details separately. Previously you could only see the details of the most recent movement.
	5424	You can now archive stock history with very large numbers of transactions. Previously this generated an ‘Out of memory’ error with very large databases.
Project Accounting	6285	Using the close ‘X’ in the top right corner of the ‘Generate Suggested Bills’ screen now correctly clears the temporary bills.
Project Accounting	6844	You can now record a project return when the returned item will take the stock level above the maximum for the warehouse. Previously this generated an exception error.
WTE	4278	The project item title is now displayed on web timesheets and expenses, rather the project item code.
Bill of Materials	3938	BOM records that have been built or retired can now be deleted.
Manufacturing
Planning	6294	The default tags on the Planning settings form are now saved and persisted correctly.
Works Orders	7009	Operation notes are now fully copied to a works order. Previously, only the first 4000 characters were copied.
BI
Business Intelligence	6102	You can use the ‘Send to Excel’ option from lists in Sage 200 when BI is enabled.
Other
Sage Payments	6927	The error message generated when a user without access to Sage Payments tries to update a supplier account, has been improved.
Sage Payments	6940	A supplier account that has ‘Failed to submit’ can now be re-submitted and authorised.
Excel Reporting	6939	You can now view the Stock transactions report in Excel with large amounts of data. The report has been split into two parts, which can be run separately. Previously this generated an error.
Report Designer		You can now print free text invoices using the Opayo layout. Previously this generated an error.
Report Designer	3643	The correct email address is now selected when the ‘Doc Type for Role’ is set on the criteria for a layout in Report Designer. Previously the email address for the default contact was incorrectly added to documents.
System Administration	7039	Domains with multiple sites can now connect to System Administrator. Previously a ‘You are not a Sage 200 Administrator’ error was generated.
General	136	Forms now display correctly when Sage 200 is opened on a PC with dual monitors, which is then switched to a single monitor. Previously forms would not display after switching to a single monitor.

Release

Area	Known Issue No. (if applicable)	Details
Project Accounting	6633	No longer shown the journal number when posting a cost adjustment.
	6776	Manage Finalising Transaction - Costs Criteria Not Working.
	6777	Manage Finalising Transactions not always using the correct date.
Cash Book	4689	Bank reconciliation screen not refreshing.
	1973	Column sorts on bank reconciliation screen locking column and can affect selected entries.
	6640	You can click on and overtype the Account Balance.
	6826	Saving Draft reconciliations in Cash Book can effect Closing Balance.
	458	Incorrect sort on receipt or payment column in Cash book e-reconciliation.
Report Designer	5800	BIC/Swift Number on Cash Book Account not Available in Report Designer.
Sales Ledger	6639	Pressing Transaction Enquiry button without a typed Account Code causes exception.
Sage Payments	6729	Error on activate test account when setting up new Opayo vendor configuration.
Sales Order Processing	7305	Users able to change cost price of item used on Sales Orders, despite not having permission.
Sales Order Processing	7530	Converting a quotation to a sales order generates an Unhandled Exception error.
Works Order Processing	7008	Works Order Display issue - Form does not perform restore down correctly.

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Sage 200 Professional 2016 - Fixed Issues

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Service Pack 2

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