Summary
How to create a customised alert to appear when you create a purchase order for specific suppliers in Sage 50 Accounts v27 and above.
Description
You can create a customised alert to appear when you or your colleagues create a purchase order and select a specific supplier. An effective way to share important information and timely reminders.
Resolution
- Open Sage 50 Accounts then select Suppliers.
- Double-click the supplier record, or select the supplier then choose Edit.
- Select Alerts then press New.
- Select if you want the alert to display as a pop-up message, or be embedded in the window.
- Under Description, enter the message you want to appear for the alert.
- Press Save.
The custom alert is now listed in the Alert tab where you can see its description, when it was created, and its active status.
To amend a custom alert, highlight it, then choose Edit.
When you next create a purchase order and select this supplier, your message appears.

