"This data has been updated to a new file format and is now incompatible with this version of Simply Accounting"

By | July 21, 2015

GUMU™  for Sage 50 CAD (Simply Accounting) to Sage 300 ERP is a Sage certified Migration solution. Greytrix is a pioneer in providing Migration services at its Sage Migration Center and catering end-user business requirements.We at Greytrix are focused to help the end –user in successfully implementing the new Sage 300 ERP system through our various successful migration and integration solutions.

New Stuff: 
Restore your Sage 300 ERP Company Database backup in Sage 300 ERP
Today in this blog we will see that how to resolve the error message encountered while restoring the backup into simply accounting.
When you tried to restore the backup of Sage 50 CAD (Simply accounting) say for e.g. You tried to restore the data of Sage 50 CAD 2011 into Sage 50 CAD 2014 that time it will pop up an error message stating that “This data has been updated to a new file format and is now incompatible with this version of Simply Accounting”. The reason why this is happening is because the Sage 50 CAD (Simply Accounting) has the latest product  updates installed.
To solve this error you need to get the latest Sage 50 CAD product updates. Follow the below steps to get the latest product updates:
Open Sage 50 CAD (Simply Accounting) –> Help –> “Check for Product Updates…” (Refer below screen shot)
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To get the “Check for Product Updates…” option you need to turn on the Automatic updates option. Follow the below steps to turn on the Automatic updates option:
1. In the Home window, on the Setup menu, select User Preferences and then Options…
2. Select Automatically Download Product Updates and Prompt User to Install Them. This option is turned on by default. (Refer below screenshot).
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3. Click on OK.
However we can upgrade the Sage 50 CAD backup and solve the error “This data has been updated to a new file format and is now incompatible with this version of Simply Accounting”.
For more information on the data migration, drop us a mail at erpmig@greytrix.com