Sage 50 and QuickBooks Desktop are premier accounting softwares in today’s world. Converting your accounting data from Saga 50 to QuickBooks Desktop is hassle-free. To convert Sage 50 to QuickBooks Desktop, you can use the QuickBooks Conversion Tool. This tool can help you move your data from Sage 50 to QuickBooks Desktop hassle-free. Before we proceed with the conversion process, ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for using the conversion tool.
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Steps to Convert from Sage 50 to QuickBooks Desktop
Step 1: Install QuickBooks Desktop
The steps required for the process of conversion are:
• Install QuickBooks desktop on the same system on which you installed Sage 50 software.
• Ensure that the Sage 50 and QuickBooks desktop data are saved on the hard drive.
Step 2: Setting up Sage 50 on the same system
To setup Sage 50 application, follow the below-mentioned procedure:
• Open Sage 50 and select the file that you want to convert.
• Select ‘maintain’ from the ‘main’ menu.
• Now, select ‘users’ and proceed to ‘setup security.’
• You now need to click on the ‘data access’ tab.
• Now click on the ‘following login information’ option.
• Click on ‘change’ and set a ‘password’ for the transfer.
Step 3: Download the conversion tool
• Download the QuickBooks Conversion tool.
• Right-click on the downloaded QuickBooks conversion tool icon and select ‘properties.’
• Select your windows operating system from ‘Run this program compatibility,’ and click on ‘OK.’
• Again, Right-click on QuickBooks conversiontoolsetup.exe and choose run as admin.
• Once installed, run the tool.
Step 4: Start converting the data
• Click on ‘browse’ in the conversion tool.
• Locate and select the Sage 50 company file to convert.
• Enter your Sage 50 password that you created earlier
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Select the QuickBooks desktop version to which you convert the Sage data.
• Enter the name of the company file.
• Again, select ‘browse’ and select the destination where you want to save the converted data to
• Click on ‘Next.’
• Now, click on ‘convert file’ to start the conversion process.
• QuickBooks application certificate window requests access to the company file.
• Click on ‘Allow the application’ and select ‘Yes.’
• You need to click on ‘continue.’
• The conversion process might take some time. Please wait for it to conclude.
Step 5: Verify the data after Converting
Once the conversion process has been completed, review the data in QuickBooks and make sure that all is fine.
· Also, Review the transfer log:
· Access ‘File Explorer’ from the ‘start’ menu.
· Now move to C:\USERS\[Your Windows User Name]\My Documents\Intuit\QuickBooks.
· Review the failed transaction log file in the folder. It will indicate whether the data was converted successfully.
The process of conversion and review is over.
We hope that this article assisted you in converting your data from Sage 50 to QuickBooks Desktop. For further queries, feel free to contact our Technical support team at 1-800-761-1787.
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