Sage 200 On Premise
Create your company database
You can use Sage 200 System Administration to create new SQL databases for your Sage 200 companies.
If you have an existing Sage 200 company database, you add the company in the System
Administration tool. The database must be attached to your SQL server.
For more information, see Upgrading to Sage 200 v2011 on page 1 .
Tip:
We recommend that you practise setting up your Sage 200 system and processing data. To do this you can use the Demonstration company data provided with Sage 200.
Before you can use the demonstration data, you must add the demonstration data as a company in Sage 200 System Administration. A SQL backup for the demonstration data is available on the Sage 200 DVD in the
Demo Environment Data
folder.
To create a new company database
Open:
System Administration.
1. From the Navigation bar, choose
Companies
.
2. Right-click and choose
Add New Company
.
3. Enter your
Company Settings
:
Company Name
Enter the name of the company.
This must be at least one character in length and unique.
Note:
Do not use the word
Configuration
in the company name.
Parent Company
Attachments
If this is a consolidated company, select the name of the parent company.
For more information about consolidated companies see the Sage
200 help.
Enter the path to the Attachments folder for this company. This must be a UNC path.
This is the directory used to store company specific files.
You must use separate attachments directories for different companies.
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4. Enter your
Server Settings
:
Server
Database Name
Enter the name of your SQL server.
You must have the appropriate permissions to access the server.
Enter the name of the database on the server.
5. Choose from one of the following: l
Test
Click this to test the connection to the database.
l
Update
Click this to update an existing Sage 200 database.
l
Create
Click this to create a new Sage 200 database on your SQL server.
If another Sage 200 Admininstration user is also attempting to create or update a database at the same time, you will see the message:
Check with any other Administration users of Sage 200 and try again.
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