Use the System Administration desktop

Choose File to do either of the following.

• Options

  Use Disk Cleanup to free up disk space. This deletes any console changes stored in your profile. To delete files, click Delete Files.

  This is a Microsoft Management Console The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) hosts the System Administration application (or 'snap-in'), and displays it as a console. function. For more information, see the Microsoft Management Console help.

• Exit

  To close System Administration, click Exit.

Choose Action to perform certain tasks.

Actions vary depending on what you are currently working on; e.g. if you are working with Companies, you can add companies or update companies from the Action menu.

Common actions across all areas of the system are:

• New Window from Here

  Opens the selected area in a new window.

• Refresh

  Refreshes the window.

• Export List

  Exports the text in the work area to a text (.txt) or a CSV Comma Separated Value (CSV) file format. Sage 200 can import and export data in the CSV file format. file.

• Help

  Open this help window. To use the help, see Use help.

Choose View to make changes to the System Administration view.

You can:

• Add/Remove Columns

  You can select the columns to show within the work area from a list of available columns.

• Customize

  You can choose which items to show in the System Administration window. These items fall within:

• MMC

  These items relate to the Microsoft Management Console.

• Snap-in

  These items are System Administration features.

This is a Microsoft Management Console The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) hosts the System Administration application (or 'snap-in'), and displays it as a console. function. For more information, see the Microsoft Management Console help.

Choose Window to manage the window views in System Administration.

Go back or forward to areas you've viewed.

Move up one level in the navigation area.

This appears when you select a lower level entry on the navigation area.

Show/Hide Console Tree.

You can hide the navigation area if you want to make more space for the work area.

Console Tree is the Microsoft Management Console The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) hosts the System Administration application (or 'snap-in'), and displays it as a console. term for the navigation area on the left.

Export List.

You can export the list within the work area to a text (.txt) or a CSV Comma Separated Value (CSV) file format. Sage 200 can import and export data in the CSV file format. file.

Open the help window.

Choose Licence to view information about your Sage 200 subscription, for example, which modules you can use.

Choose Companies to set up and manage companies.

Choose Users to set up and manage users.

Choose Roles to set up and manage each role A role describes the areas in which users will work normally, e.g. purchase clerk. Roles provide users with access to system features..

Choose Features to set up and manage each feature A feature is a name for an action that you can perform in Sage 200; e.g. Enter New Supplier Account, describes the action of adding a supplier account within Sage 200 Purchase Ledger..

Choose Logging to set up the default logging level.

Choose Add-Ons to add third-party software into your system.

Choose Active Users to view users on the system.

Choose Messaging to set up purchase order authorisation notification messages.

Choose Core Components to manage the core component A package that describes the core modules of the Sage 200 suite; e.g. Accounting, Manufacturing. installations on your computer.

Choose Information Management to manage the display of Sage 200 information within each workspace An area on your Sage 200 desktop which can contain several panels of information from Sage 200 modules..