An excellent question! We actually did ask SPS to do that, and they did. Then we migrated the data, then re-installed, and then we converted the data. After all of that, we were not able to go into any data entry screens. We kept getting a message that Job Cost was not setup. The client is not even licensed for Job Cost and it has never been installed or activated. There is an article about this in the KnowledgeBase that points the finger at third party enhancements, so we uninstalled Sage and started again from scratch. This time we were sure to test all of the data entry screens using the ABX test company. All was good at that point. Then we had SPS reinstall MAPADOC and we did the migration, second re-install, and data conversion again. Same result. You can guess where this is going. SPS insists that their installation couldn't possibly produce the result we are seeing and that it must be a problem inherent to the Sage data we are bringing over. Sage points to the KB article and tells us that it is a problem with a third party enhancement.
Now the only way we can determine who is correct is to migrate and convert the data BEFORE any third party enhancements are installed. To do that, we need to get around the fact that we cannot migrate if MAPADOC is NOT installed. So it's kind of a catch-22. If we could migrate without MAPADOC installed and still get the Job Cost error on all of our data entry screens, we could go back to Sage and show them that no third party enhancements are at play. If we don't get any errors after migrating and converting without MAPADOC installed, we could go to SPS and show them that the system works fine until the point where they install MAPADOC.
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Raymond Westcott
MBSG
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-20-2020 14:05
From: Kevin Moyes
Subject: Sage 100cloud Premium Upgrade with MAPADOC
Why not install MAPADOC on the new system before the migration? (Then reinstall after the system migration).
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Kevin Moyes
Technical Systems Analyst
Munjal White Consulting Co.
Toronto ON
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