Sage 100

Although I understand there may be some instances where this isn't practical/desired - shouldn't Sage 100 have been enhanced at some point to at least offer an option to automatically map UDF fields created in a data entry file through to history files? At a minimum, field(s) created in data entry files - Sales Order Entry, SO or AR Invoice Entry, AP invoice entry, etc should automatically create the UDFs needed in other tables and map through to history as well as work tables. Why not have a prompt during UDF creation ""Do you want to automatically create UDF in all relevant tables?

Yes!

Or have check boxes to select which relevant tables you want the UDFs in.

That would be a great enhancement.

Ummm, let us know when you post on the idea website so we can all vote and get our hopes up. Then in five years, we come up with a great idea (again). Rinse, repeat. It truly is an outside the box thought. Regrettably, (as Erica said many many moons ago) Sage will find it too hard to do.

I don't see signs that Sage is poised to put money into their NA Sage 100 product. Other than bolt-ons and quick wins (change the color of this button) I think are looking at a product that is feature complete.

Agreed, @WayneSchulz. Plus, I think slowly, as with AP Automation, Sage will have a for-fee online component of most modules that outperforms (and makes obsolete) the installed one.

Yes!

@WayneSchulz , at MOTM, I had a brief conversation with Steve Malmgren and expressed my ""dream"" for a way to automatically map UDFs through to history like you've described. He sounded like he'd never heard this idea before.

Enough said

Watch out for the ""deer in the headlights"" when driving Sage ""M7"" expressway.

This feature is available in other competing ERP software packages.

Save that taunt for MOTM!!!!