User Guide

New Sage Accpac Intelligence
What's New in Version 5.6 3
New Security Authorizations for US and Canadian Payroll
The Security Groups form in Administrative Services provides the following
security authorizations for US and Canadian Payroll:
• Employee Security Setup
• Selection List Maintenance
• Transfer Employee Timecard.
These changes support the new Employee Level Security features added
to US and Canadian Payroll in this version.
Discontinued Support for IBM DB2
Sage Accpac ERP version 5.6 does not support IBM DB2 databases. As an
alternative to DB2, Sage is offering assistance to our customers to migrate
data to MS SQL. For details about this offer, check the information at the
following URL:
http://www.sageaccpac.com/products/systemrequirements
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New Sage Accpac Intelligence
Sage Accpac 5.6 ships with a new business intelligence program, Sage
Accpac Intelligence (SAI).
SAI lets financial managers easily create reports and analyze Sage Accpac
data using the familiar Microsoft Excel application. It includes the following
components:
• Report Viewer (provides basic editing functions that let you filter
data, change parameters, and drill down from existing reports and
templates).
• Report Manager (lets you use Sage Accpac data containers to create
and edit reports, and set security and permissions for the reports).
• Connector (lets you connect to unlimited ODBC data sources, such as
CRM or additional ERP companies).
• Analysis (lets you create OLAP cubes for rapid analysis of your Sage
Accpac data in Microsoft Excel).
Note: No 30-day licenses are available for Sage Accpac
Intelligence. One Report Manager license for one user is free with
Sage Accpac ERP. However, you must have a permanent license to
use the Analysis and Connector programs.