Sage 200 V2013 continues to deliver on the vision of Sage 200 for a connected world by offering customers total choice and flexibility. Sage 200 v2013 offers choice of deployment (Sage 200 on-premise or Sage 200 Online), the ability to pick and mix modules to tailor the solution to your requirements, as well as a number of new features and benefits that deliver on some of the top wish list items from existing users.

New Features 

We are excited to share some of the new features that Sage have advised we can expect.

Sage 200 Workspaces


One of the major changes for Sage 200 V2013 is the way that you will be able to view and manipulate data. New workspaces will replace the existing enquiry screens and list views that you will currently be familiar with.

New Workspaces...

• Will be available via the desktop or through the web client, giving you access to your data at anytime, anywhere, using devices running a web browser (including tablets and mobile).
• Will allow you to configure the default views and enquiry screens to show the information that you require.
• Can be launched from a menu item.
• Allow you to navigate from workspace to workspace, using a selected item.
• Can be configured by the user to meet their individual needs. 

Importing nominal cost centres and departments

Import routines for cost centres and departments will be available alongside your other financials data. The new Import Cost Centres option allows you to create new cost centres in the Nominal Ledger. Likewise, the Import Department Codes allows you to create new departments into the Nominal Ledger. This is going to be a huge benefit when setting up new systems.

Using the same conventions as previous imports, you can set up an XML or CSV file with your new import details. A report is also generated to show you which records have been imported successfully and which ones have failed.

Free Text Credit Notes

In Sage 200 V2013 you will be able to raise Free Text Credit Notes within the Sales Ledger.

Entered in the same way as you would enter a free text invoice, you can use this new feature to enter free text credit notes directly onto a customer’s account.

Short Term Cash Projection

A new Short Term Cash Projection enquiry will help you forecast the amount of cash you will have in your bank accounts after your outstanding transactions have been paid.

This will allow you to view the forecast balance and the list of outstanding transactions within a date range that you can specify. You can create accurate forecasts by choosing specific bank accounts and transactions to be included in the forecast totals. You can even add transactions that you know are coming but have not been entered into your Sage 200 system. The system then allows you to print a Cash Projection Report, or export the information to a Microsoft Excel spread sheet.

Future Years Budgets and Cash Flow Reports

These new features will allow you to enter budget values for your nominal accounts for up to five future years, as well as design your own financial statement layouts based on this budget data. The Maintain Accounting Periods screen has also been amended to display the end dates and status of each period for up to five years in the future.

The import of nominal accounts has been changed too to allow you to import new future budget values.

In addition, the Cash Flow Report allows you to project your cash flow from the present year, to five years in the future, based on your Sage 200 budgets. Values are displayed per accounting period and allow you to see:

• opening balances
• values for each income heading
• total cash receipts value
• the value for each expenditure heading
• total cash paid out
• the closing balance

The new report uses the actual balances for those nominal accounts that have been nominated as bank accounts in the cash flow layout.

(All the above information was received from Sage, and is only a part of the new features and benefits of Sage 200 V2013.)