What's new in Sage BusinessWorks 2025

Listing of new features available in Sage BusinessWorks 2025.

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General Ledger

• New Report: Income Statement by Month. View monthly income statements side by side for a fiscal or calendar year in a columnar format. Find this under GL, Reports, Income Statement, Comparative, Income Statement by Month

Cash Management

• New Feature: Find and Find Next buttons added to the bank reconciliation screen.  Search the reconciliation screen for exact matches in any field using the Find or Find Next button
  
• New Feature: Filter to include voided checks on the Positive Pay report.  Include, exclude, or view only voided checks using the new filter option. Find this under CM, Reports, Positive Pay report
  

Accounts Payable

• Security Update: Only Manager accounts or users with appropriate rights can view Social Security and Federal ID numbers. This ensures that sensitive information remains protected and accessible only to authorized personnel

Inventory Control

• Enhancement: Purchase Order Date displays in Purchase Order Inquiry. The system now shows Purchase Order Date in the Inquiry screen for quick order timing visibility
  

Payroll

• Security Update: Secure Emailed Direct Deposit Advices. Payroll direct deposit advices are now password-protected.  NOTE: Employees must enter the last four digits of their Social Security number to open the PDF 
• Change in functionality: A warning message appears when attempting to change the Federal ID in Maintain Payroll Parameters
  
  

System Manager

• New Feature: Automatic Backup Scheduler. Schedule backups when users are out of the program—daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. Close all Sage BusinessWorks sessions during scheduled System database backups. We recommend backing up company data daily. If a backup fails, a message will appear on your screen. It saves log files in the same directory as your backup files. Find this under File, Backup Scheduler
   NOTE: To use the Backup Scheduler, users must maintain an active support agreement. Keep the computer powered on during scheduled backup times. Ensure the administrator stays logged into Windows to allow the task to run successfully 
• New Feature: Product code is viewable in Help.  Locate your product code in Help, About or on the server in the Sage\BWProg\BWServer.ini file. This helps when moving a network version to a new server or location without contacting support
  
  
• Enhancement: Larger Database Update Screen. Expanded the database update screen to provide a larger viewing area. Added Select and Deselect buttons to streamline item selection and improve user control