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Sage 50 Accounts training: Sage Accounts Report Designer v2009 course description

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer is a two-day course. Our price is £250.00 (Sage's RRP is £535.00). Book today to save with us.Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer

» Overview: Unlock the full power of Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer and fully customise your reports and layouts.

» What do I learn?

Become an expert at amending and creating reports/layouts, adding totals, filters and also ranges for more specific analysis.

» By the end of this course you will:

  • Know how to create new reports using the report wizard, amend fixed reports, select variables, sort information and amend the page layout
  • Be able to insert calculations into a report and change the presentation of information
  • Know how to improve presentation by adding sub-totals and grand totals
  • Understand how to add filters to a report to select specific information
  • Be able to split debits and credits and produce meaningful transaction totals
  • Know how to add ranges to a report
  • Be familiar with selection filters, advanced filters and advanced criteria
  • Know how to create overdue account letters and sales promotions using specific criteria and expressions
  • Know how to amend an existing invoice layout or create one from scratch

Create your own high-impact layouts that incorporate data from Sage 50 Accounts. This will ensure you can easily present vital information in ways that meet specific requirements. Also learn how to amend existing stationery layouts to fit in with your own business needs.

Who should attend? users of Sage 50 Accounts v2007(v13) and onwards (for those on Sage Line 50 v12 or below we suggest our onsite training).

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Course Centre Start date Duration Total places Available places Book
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignReading10/08/20102 days123
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignN.London11/08/20102 days124
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignBristol16/08/20102 days107
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignCroydon01/09/20102 days1211
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignManchester07/09/20102 days121
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignBristol16/09/20102 days108
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignNewcastle22/09/20102 days126
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignBirmingham23/09/20102 days126
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignN.London27/09/20102 days127
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignGlasgow28/09/20102 days128
Sage 50 Accounts Report DesignLeeds30/09/20102 days127

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer is a two-day course. Our price is £250.00 (Sage's RRP is £535.00).

You can book your course in several ways:

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  • *for all courses except Instant Accounts, which is £215 and Payroll Year End, which is £190.


Detailed course content

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Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 1 - Introduction To Report Design and Amending Existing Reports

  • 5 Key Ideas Behind Report Design
  • Amending Existing Reports
  • Saving Reports

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 2 - Creating a New Report - Manually

  • Creating a New Report
  • The Design Screen
  • Assigning Styles

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 3 - Creating a New Report - Using the Wizard

  • Using the Design Wizard
  • Multiple Sorts

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 4 - Expressions and Snippets

  • Wrapping Text
  • Adding an Expression
  • Saving Snippets
  • Formatting Numeric Variables

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 5 - Grouping and Totalling Data

  • Adding Groups
  • Adding Subtotals
  • The 'Keep Together' Function

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 6 - Grouping Data Using the Wizard

  • Audit Header, Split and Usage Tables
  • Adding Groups and Totals Using the Wizard
  • Totalling an Expression
  • Suppressing Duplicates

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 7 - Using Report Filters

  • Creating Filters

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 8 - Editing Group Functions

  • Character Breaks
  • Producing a Trial Balance
  • Filtering Zero Values

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 9 - Adding Criteria

  • Understanding Criteria
  • Setting Criteria
  • Printing Criteria on the Report
  • Adding a New Report Header
  • User Defined Criteria

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 10 - Applying Multiple Sub-totals

  • Shortening Large Filters
  • Adding Totals for Sales and Purchase Invoices
  • Dealing with Unwanted Sections
  • Count Function

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 11 - Conditional Properties

  • Conditional Formatting
  • Advanced Conditional Formatting

Session 12 - Joining Tables

  • Understanding Tables
  • Adding Tables
  • Performing A Join
  • Adding Data From The New Table

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 13 - Layouts and Letters

  • Customising Invoices
  • Choosing the Correct Address Variables
  • Statement Layouts
  • Bar Code Labels
  • Creating Letters
  • Inserting Pictures

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 14 - Secure Email & Batch Reporting

  • E-Mailing Reports
  • Secure PDF
  • Batch Reporting

Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer course session 15 - Introduction to ODBC

  • What is ODBC?
  • What does it do?


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