General Consultant Discussion

Is there going to be Certification help on Sunday as there was last year?

Is it needed?

Some of us will be around but I haven't seen any new requirements.

I am going to need lots of help...Sage has me needing to test in every possible thing. Most of which I don't do, but have to certify...sheesh.

Maybe we can take 20 minutes in one of the sessions and the group can yell out the answers???

I suspect we can make some kind of arrangements to assist.

@DebThomas make sure you know what tests you need to take.

@RobertWood Sage is signing me up for every test know to 4.5. All of which have to be completed by Feb 26. Believe me, I'll have a list. Most of what they want to test me on, we don't actually do. So most of it is blah blah blah to me. Such as Server Configurations...cripes, I leave that to the IT guys. Sigh. So help is definitely needed.

Deb this is exactly what we did last year on that Sunday

Wayne, that's what i thought and I was hoping for that again this Sunday. Sage informed me last year that I didn't need to test because I was ""certified"". Now they are threatening decertification. It's the normal confusion that seems to pervade Sage with regard to the certifications for my company. They honestly have no idea what to do with us/me as we focus on the rear end of the software - distribution and manufacturing. They know how to test for installations and accounting, but I don't work that part...it's been an issue for 10 years now. I survive only with help...which I was hoping to find this coming Sunday. That's why I scheduled my departure Sunday evening in hopes we'd be doing the certification dance that day.

The problem is Sage doesn't know what any of us need.

My point is that on a Sunday if you are not clear on what you need you will be SOL. Sage isn't open and I don't know.

Ah, gotcha @WayneSchulz , Celina Oliver has created the assessment registrations for the things I need to pass. So far on the list are: Sage SQL Fundamentals Certification Assessment, Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 v4.5 Partner Recertification Assessment, and Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 Installation Assessment. Also, provided the Anytime learning course links. However, I think I'll also be getting the Financial/Distribution stuff today from her. The previous are all Technical assessments. @RobertWood - isn't it the truth. If they only understood what they have in the consultants and resellers...but sadly that isn't much different than many of the clients with whom I work. If they'd listen to their staff a bit more, they might not need my operations input...of course, that's a two edge sword in itself.

Looks like some of us will be around on Sunday. They really aren't that difficult if you have someone searching the curriculum. To me, the most difficult part is trying to determine just what exactly, they are asking...

How does one get the information in a downloaded format? Anytime learning doesn't really allow learning while traveling without internet access.

I can email you a bunch of the docs. I only see your 90minds email address. Is there a better one?

absolutely - deb@thomasassociatesconsulting.com Yes, yes, I know - world's longest email address! :)

Hey @WayneSchulz is there a way I can upload the curriculum somewhere for this group?

You can attach it to a thread like this one.

Yeah, but there's a lot of stuff..... This is only Core....

And this is CRM...

And Distribution...

And finally, SQL

Oops, and installation....

Here are screen shots of a couple of my assessment tests.

@DebThomas In many cases the anytime learning courses have a link to click to download the pdf manuals. You have to look at the courses closely and you may find at the bottom there's a link to documentation.