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Set up Credit Limit on SIMS
Go to SFM > Current Year > Sales > Client Maintenance > Client Details tab. Set up the Credit Days for each Client by filling in the Credit section. Fill in the Days, Limit and Term, then press Post. Go to SIMS > Admin > Groups Rights, select the ...How to set up Mail User Settings in SIMS
Go to Admin > Local Settings. In the General tab, select 'SBS Mail' from the Email Client dropdown and click the green tick Save button. Restart SIMS. The Mail options are now visible in the Admin menu. Click on Mail User Settings, followed by ...How to print a Management Profit and Loss Report
To create a Management Profit and Loss report in SFM: Go to Current Year or Previous Year > Nominal > Chart of Accounts Reports > Management Reports, and click on the report type required. Once you have chosen your report type, a printer window will ...How to print a Trial Balance Report in SFM
To create a Trial Balance report in SFM: Go to Current Year or Previous Year > Nominal > Chart of Accounts Reports > Trial Balance Reports, and click on the report type required. Once you have chosen your desired report type, a printer window will ...How to create a Supplier Account in SFM
To create a Supplier account on SFM: Go to Current Year > Purchases > Supplier Maintenance. Press on the plus (+) sign on the top left of the screen. This will take you to the Supplier Details tab. In the Details sub-tab, input the details for the ...
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How do I process an End Of Year in SFM?
Overview SFM allows posting into two financial years simultaneously. This means that users do not need to finalise 2021 before starting to post entries into 2022. The end of year procedure will move the “Current Year” data into the "Previous Year". ...Do I need to Process an End-of-Year in SIMS?
SIMS does not require an end of year procedures to be run. However, SIMS controls users to only allow posting of transactions, such as sales invoices, cash sales, adjustments and purchases, within a range of dates referred to as the Posting Period. ...How to run the SIMS Archive process
The SIMS Archive function reduces the size of the data store in Live by splitting the same data set in a different database, within the same company. This process improves the SIMS performance as it compacts the Live data set. Users can then access ...How to create a new Control Account in SFM? (Bank Account, Cash Account, Stock Control, etc)
Create the Account in your Chart of Accounts as seen below. Please make sure you use the code depending on your Heading and Sub-Heading digits. After creating the account, you need to specify the account as a System Control Account. Go to Support > ...Import Gateway - Transactions
The Shireburn Financial Manager (SFM) provides facilities to allow the importing of accounting data from third-party applications and/or your own work sheets into SFM. The options include the import of Nominal, Sales and Purchase transactions. ...