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  • 1.  Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-01-2021 14:40
    I apologize if this is a silly question. Customer is wanting to integrate a Non-Sage100 solution. The Non-Sage100 company is asking for me to send them the Sage100 API documentation. Is there even such a thing and if not, what can I send instead? Is there a good answer to their request?. Boy, do I feel like a dinosaur right now :)

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    Kenny Daniel
    TechnoClarity, Inc.
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  • 2.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-01-2021 15:02
    Sage U's BOI class and the help files are all I know of:
    https://help-sage100.na.sage.com/2020/FLOR/index.htm

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    Kevin Moyes
    Technical Systems Analyst
    Munjal White Consulting Co.
    Toronto ON
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  • 3.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-01-2021 16:25
    Edited by Doug Higgs 02-01-2021 16:25
    If a company that is not a Sage 100 partner is trying to write an integration to Sage 100 using the BOI, they are going to struggle.  It doesn't matter how great a programmer they are, if they don't know the business rules in Sage 100, it will be an uphill battle, and they will surely need a lot of your help.

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    Doug Higgs
    Midwest Commerce Solutions, Inc
    (312) 315-0960
    Assistant to the Traveling Secretary
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  • 4.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-01-2021 19:38
    In a good percentage of the cases, the third-party oversold their ability to integrate with Sage. The customer didn't check references. Now it's "phase two" and the third-party is asked to make the integration they promised. 

    Cue the complaints about Sage and how archaic it is and no other accounting system that this third-party has ever worked with ( both of them ) fails to offer an API that a novice could understand.

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    Wayne Schulz - Schulz Consulting - 860-516-8990
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  • 5.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-01-2021 20:09
    Let's face it - if "Lemon Laws" applied to software, none of the existing publishers would be in business...

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    Phil McIntosh
    President
    Friendly Systems, Inc.
    Asheville NC
    678.273.4010 ext 5
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  • 6.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-02-2021 12:55
    Wayne your summation is on target.  It's the software's fault that we don't know how to deliver what we promised without even investigating fully!

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    alan niergarth
    Velosio LLC
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  • 7.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-02-2021 13:13


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    Kevin Moyes
    Technical Systems Analyst
    Munjal White Consulting Co.
    Toronto ON
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  • 8.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-02-2021 18:41
    Thank you all. Customer has been warned and I've offered to put them in touch with a master developer. If they still choose to proceed, well, there is only so much one can do.

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    Kenny Daniel
    TechnoClarity, Inc.
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  • 9.  RE: Sage100 API's

    Posted 02-03-2021 08:46
    I give customers ( who ask ) a three minute explanation about what I typically see when third-party ( inexperienced ) ISVs suggest that they can integrate to Sage 100. That the integration means completely different things depending on whether you are the ISV or the customer. Almost all customers expect that they are going to get full detail full integration and most ISVs deliver far ( often far far ) less.

    This is especially prevalent with ( a) CRM and ( b ) eCommerce

    EXPECT
    1. We are going to give you and Excel/CSV file and it's on you to import it
    2. We are going to use Visual Integrator and it's on you to run the integration as desired
    3. We are fully integrated with push one button feeds 
    In most instances I advise the customer to expect #1 unless they have evidence supporting otherwise​

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    Wayne Schulz - Schulz Consulting - 860-516-8990
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