Getting Started > Initial Decisions > What sort of data do I need to enter?
What
Sort of Data Do I Need to Enter? (Getting Started)
How
Do I...
In computer terminology, the information you enter, compute, and track
is called data. In Sage 50, your data takes two basic forms:
- Maintenance data--information
about your customers, vendors, employees, inventory items,
and jobs
- Task data--the
daily transactions of your business (invoices, receipts, purchases, payments,
paychecks, and so
on.)
When you convert from a manual system to Sage 50, much of the initial
work is gathering and entering your Maintenance data. You need to also
enter some Task data: all outstanding invoices and purchases,
and payroll data if you want to track it.
What do you want to do next?