Business Objects Interface documentation for anyone in need 1

[DC505]

Hi,

After days of searching and contacting people and attempting to get the information from my reseller I have found some resources for the Business Objects Interface that is quite helpful. Use the link

http://www.sagesoftware.com/education/webinar/MAS90ObjectInterface.pdf

This is the course documentation for the BOI class it seems and is very very helpful. Hope this helps people.

-Adam

 

[carolamrt]

Oh thank you SO MUCH! Now if you can just find something similar for VI that would be super.

I grabbed this really fast before Sage found it and deleted it.

I share your frustration and just don't get why a big company like Sage would withhold information on how to use the product in order to sell classes.

 

[DC505]

I fully agree, I really wish I knew why they make it so difficult. Oh well with enough searching at least I was able to find it and I am glad it can help people.

-Adam

 

[BigLouie]

Actually the documentation has been out there and easy to find. Don't know why you are posting here and not on Sage Talk and not working with your reseller or just calling Sage.

As for VI it is not a module where you just install and start using. You go to class to learn. Plus there is a manual and is the Sage support web page. I know a lot about VI because I have 1) gone to class 2) read the manual 3) gone to conferences and taken the VI classes offered.

 

[SiriusBlackOp]

In My Personal Opinion:

The reason it’s so difficult is because MAS is built on Mid-1990s technology and they have, until very recently, almost completely neglected to update it. MAS is an old dead horse that Sage rode the heck out of and put away wet each night. At some point they woke up to find the horse about dead and now they are trying desperately to breathe new life into it by finally giving it a somewhat modern overhaul.

VI is nothing but a stop-gap, band-aid solution to the real problem of integration. It, along with the promise of a full set of BOI objects, is the carrot Sage is dangling to keep its customers around long enough to bring MAS into early 21st century computing. You shouldn’t have to attend classes and conferences to be able to insert/update a PO record. Having integration objects, documentation and some coding examples should be enough.

My personal feeling on this matter is that people should stay away from VI unless there is an immediate/imperative need and the current set of completed BOIs is not enough… and even then I would recommend at least toying with the idea of moving to another modern accounting package.

Even after the BOIs are complete and the underlying data structure is rewritten, it still has an interface that is neither attractive nor intuitive.

There are better products in today’s software market.


The only good thing I have to say about MAS, is that its data structure (seemingly) is quite nicely designed to maintain historical data.

 

[DC505]

Hi,

I share your thoughts on MAS 90 and for Biglouie:

I have spent a lot of time asking as many people as I could about where to find the documentation and nobody could tell me. I spoke to my reseller who gave me the keys right away but then couldn't find the documentation even after calling Sage. I went to call Sage and they required a per support call contract rather then the support contract we had with our reseller who couldn't find the documentation. I honestly tried all of those routes and ended up having to find it myself. If it is out there and easy to find, then I must have missed it and if you know where please by all means post. I am just glad that I can help others and I did post this also on the Sage Forums.

-Adam