Sage 300

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Sage 300 is the name for the mid-market line of enterprise management and accounting applications (formerly Sage ACCPAC), primarily serving small and medium-sized businesses. Since 2004, Sage 300 is developed by Sage.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012, Sage renamed ACCPAC to Sage 300.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Features

Sage 300 is a Windows based range of ERP software, running on Microsoft SQL. This can run under a Windows environment<ref>Accounting Software 411 – Sage Accpac ERP Software Profile</ref> and has an option of being hosted by Sage. Sage 300 is a modular system with the following core suite of modules. The full list of modules developed in the Sage 300 API is also available.

Financials suite

• General ledger
• Bank services
• Tax services
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Multi-company

Operations suite

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• Purchase orders
• (Sales) Order Entry

Payroll

• US and Canadian payroll<ref name="fas">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Core options

• Multi-currency
• Project and job costing
• Transaction analysis and optional fields

It is multi-user, multi-currency, and multi-language. It is available in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).

History

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Accpac Plus screenshot

The original product, EasyBusiness Systems, was developed for the CP/M operating system<ref name="ss">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in 1976 by Don Thomson, Ted Comfoltey, Keith Wales, and Norm Francis of Basic Software Group<ref name="BTerrell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and distributed by Information Unlimited Software. This was ported to MS-DOS and the IBM-PC in 1983.<ref name="BTerrell" /><ref name="IW">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Computer Associates acquired Information Unlimited Software in 1983<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and ran it as an independent business unit.<ref name="Bookkeepers" /><ref name=K2 /> Easy Business Systems added payroll processing in 1984 and supported multiuser networking at this time.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1987, it implemented a multi-window interface to allow moving between different modules.<ref name="Bookkeepers">Template:Cite journal</ref> Easy Business Systems was renamed Accpac Plus in 1987 with the release of version 5.<ref name="IW2">Template:Cite journal</ref> Accpac became popular in Canada with support of Canadian public accounting firms that would sell and support the software.<ref name=K2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The name Accpac is an acronym for 'A Complete and Comprehensive Program for Accounting Control'.<ref name="AC1">Template:Cite book</ref>

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Accpac for Windows v3 desktop

The first Windows version, CA-Accpac/2000, popularly known as ACCPAC for Windows, was developed in the early 1990s and released in October 1994.<ref name=computerworld1994 /><ref name="IW3">Template:Cite journal</ref> The Windows version marked the move to client/server and was developed with all new code in COBOL with Computer Associates development tools (these components were redeveloped in 2001 in Accpac Advantage Series with a core business layer developed in C and a user interface layer developed in Visual Basic).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In October 1996 ACCPAC for Windows 2.0 was released.<ref name=version2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In August 2001, the company presented ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.0, its first web-based version.<ref name=itweb>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The web interface was rebuilt in Sage 300 2016 for cross browser support, running on IIS with ASP.Net,<ref name="Web Screens">Template:Cite book</ref> a web API was added in the 2017.<ref name="New2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="WebAPI">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Sage 300 web desktop

Sage 300 initially ran on Btrieve Databases<ref name="SmithSQL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and then supported a variety of database backends.<ref name=CTS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since Sage 300 2016 only the MS SQL database is supported.<ref name="SmithSQL" />

Sage Software acquired Accpac from Computer Associates in 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sage renamed it Sage Accpac ERP in 2006,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> then Sage ERP Accpac in 2009. Sage dropped the Accpac name in 2012 when it was renamed to Sage 300 ERP.<ref name="History">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Branding, editions and versions

Branding	Edition	Internal Version	Owner	Year	Databases
Sage 300 2024	Standard/Advanced/Premium	7.1	Sage Group	2023	MS SQL<ref name="Install 71">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2023	Standard/Advanced/Premium	7.0	Sage Group	2022	MS SQL<ref name="Install 70">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2022	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.9	Sage Group	2021	MS SQL<ref name="Install 69">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2021	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.8	Sage Group	2020	MS SQL<ref name="Install 68">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2020	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.7	Sage Group	2019	MS SQL<ref name="Install 67">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2019	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.6	Sage Group	2018	MS SQL<ref name="Install 66">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2018	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.5	Sage Group	2017	MS SQL<ref name="Install 65">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2017	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.4	Sage Group	2016	MS SQL<ref name="Install 64">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2016	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.3	Sage Group	2015	MS SQL<ref name="Install 63">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 2014	Standard/Advanced/Premium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Sage Group|| 2013|| Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle <ref name="Install 62">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage 300 ERP 2012	Standard/Advanced/Premium	6.1<ref name="Branding Version" />	Sage Group	2012	Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle <ref name="Install 61">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage ERP Accpac 6.0	100/200/500	6.0<ref name="Branding Version" />	Sage Group	2010	Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle <ref name="Install 60">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage Accpac ERP 5.6	100/200/500	5.6<ref name="Branding Version" />	Sage Group	2009	Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, Oracle <ref name="Install 56">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage Accpac ERP 5.5	100/200/500	5.5<ref name="Branding Version" />	Sage Group	2008	Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle <ref name="SM Admin 55">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage Accpac ERP 5.4	100/200/500	5.4	Sage Group	2006	Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle <ref name="SM Admin 54">Template:Cite book</ref>
Sage Accpac ERP 5.3	100/200/500	5.3<ref name="Accpac5.3">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Sage Group	2004	Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle <ref name="Install 53">Template:Cite book</ref>
Accpac Advantage Series 5.3	Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise	5.3<ref name="Accpac5.3" />	Accpac International	citation	CitationClass=web }} Alt URL</ref> ||
Accpac Advantage Series 5.2	Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise	5.2<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Accpac International	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
Accpac Advantage Series 5.1	Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise	5.1<ref name="Accpac 5.1">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Accpac International
Accpac Advantage Series 5.0	Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise	5.0<ref name="Accpac 5">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Accpac International	2001
Accpac Corporate Series 4.2	Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive	4.2<ref name="Accpac 4.2">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Accpac International	2000	Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL<ref name="SM Admin 42">Template:Cite book</ref>
Accpac Corporate Series 4.1	Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive	4.1<ref name="Accpac 4.1">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Accpac International	1999	Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL <ref name="SM Admin 41">Template:Cite book</ref>
Accpac Corporate Series 4.0	Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive	4.0<ref name="Accpac 4">Template:Cite news</ref>	Accpac International		Btrieve 6.15 Workstation Engine / Pervasive.SQL 7.0
Accpac for Windows 3.0	Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive	3.0<ref name="Accpac 3">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Accpac International
Accpac for Windows 2.0	Plus	2.0	Accpac International	1996<ref name=version2 />	Btrieve (16 and 32 Bit)<ref name="V2.0">Template:Cite news</ref>
CA-Accpac/2000		1.0	Computer associates	1994<ref name=computerworld1994>Template:Cite journal</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Comparison of accounting software
• Sage Group

References

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External links

• The Sage 300 ERP Web Site