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Sage 200 Professional 2016 - Fixed Issues

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Summary

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

Description

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.


Resolution

TIP: If you wish to check if a particular Known Issue is fixed, use the Find option in your web browser to check if the Known Issue number is listed in this article.

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.

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."

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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