Transfer products from Actinic to Sage

[chris ashdown]

I am moving to Sage line 50

Looking at either Link or upgrade to V7 at present using Business V6

If i export from Actinic I get the file enclosed below

Can any one tell me what colums i need to delete to be able to enter the products data into sage line 50 ver 11 and make it all work as I am using Components and Attributes

It seems very strange that Actinic does not provide clear instructions (yes I have looked at Knowledge base and link download) but i would have thought most people are buying Actinic first and then at a latter date buying a accounting software, so why is there not a feature that transfers automatically the product data from actinic into acceptable data for importing into both Sage and Quickbook

Any help gratefully received

[Nadeem]

Hi Chris

With importing product from Actinic to sage, you going to need to import it as a flat file. From reading the Sage help file, i think you can only do the following:

"Product Code"
"Description"
"Stock Category Number"
"Sale Price"

If you have a look into the Sage Help file and look for "CSV File Structures (Product Records)", you will see a grid of what you should be able to import.

Sage does not use "Components and Attributes" only product, so each choice would be a product.

Kind Regards

[chris ashdown]

if sage it is unable to accept componants and attributes as you say then how then would i be able to upgrade my site from Sage to actinic once i have added the products by manual insertion to sage so that the site was shown as it is at present with both componants and attributes?

[Nadeem]

Hi Chris,

Like i had written before, You can only import products into Sage using a flat file.

With clients who have choices and components and they are using Actinic Link, they have a hidden associated products. So in the main product permutation, the different choices are associated to a hidden product. Therefore a choice is a product.

Kind Regards