Estimating tip highlight it The latest version of Sage Estimating makes it easy to focus on the items that matter most. Simply highlight it! Right-click any cell and select ‘Edit Highlight.’ To make it even easier, add a Tag that will appear when you hover over the item. Once you’ve highlighted the necessary items, you […]
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Pay Tax on Social Security Benefits? If you’re nearing retirement, you may wonder: Will I have to pay taxes on my Social Security benefits? And if so, how much will you have to pay? It depends on your other income. If you owe taxes, you may have to pay tax on 50% to 85% of
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Integration app with 300 built-in tasks How efficient could you become at work with help for the more tedious tasks? MyAssistant — a virtual assistant for Sage 300 CRE, will save you time, increase efficiency and timeliness in reporting, expedite communications with vendors, customers, and employees, and even help improve accountability and profitability! And what
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Don’t underestimate spreadsheet errors! Underestimating a project or losing bids by overestimating can seriously erode profits. Too often these problems are caused by errors in spreadsheets. A PricewaterhouseCoopers study once showed that up to 91 percent of sophisticated spreadsheets contain errors. Another study concludes the error rate is 94%. Regardless, errors are prevalent, so let’s
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Knowing when to expect the elements of Job Costs to be on a report is a key financial strategy. Using the Committed Cost Report – Landscape Form (report 6-1-2-31) below as a guide, the most common elements of many Job Cost reports are explained. Which report? One of the best Job Cost Reports in Sage 100
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Directly write reports in Excel Connect reports directly to the Sage 100 Contractor database Sage 100 Contractor has a robust report designer, but some reports are either too cumbersome or take too long to export from Sage directly to Excel. For that reason, sometimes it is beneficial to connect your reports directly to the Sage
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Your secret sleuth… Did you know that Sage 300 CRE creates a log record for every process you start and end, along with all the steps in between? Although you may be diligent in reading the print journals produced after every data entry and processing task, you may sometimes see the message, “Errors found –
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Export pre-built inquiries Excel Inquiring minds want to know! Meaningful information, at your fingertips – is a common expectation for today’s business software. Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate does this well with an abundance of pre-built inquiries. Inquiries provide instant access to information for users at all levels. From AP/AR personnel to operations and
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Reprinted with permission from Sage Top 5 essentials of a winning Estimating strategy Contractors often think if they bid enough jobs to the same customers, eventually they’ll get their share, but this won’t get you the positive results you want. As with fishing, you must change your estimating and bidding strategies to get the big
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Migrate SQL Estimating Data from one SQL Server to another SQL server (or instance) Getting ready to move to a new server? Need assistance moving your Sage Estimating SQL databases to said new server? We have great news then. Did you know that Sage Estimating now has a built-in feature to backup and restore your
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Affordable Estimating Subscriptions Priced to buy! Sage is now super affordable Estimating subscriptions at a very competitive $149 user/month introductory price point. This new offering comes bundled with the Advanced Reporting module making it the only full feature estimating and reporting package on the market under $200 user/month. Also, Sage is offering eTakeoff Dimension, Bridge, Buyout, and Liberty
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