Purge Criteria - Vendors

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When you select all desired options in the Purge wizard and then start the purge process, the wizard analyzes whether individual transaction and maintenance records can be deleted based on a number of criteria. This topic describes the criteria that determine when vendors will not be purged.

A vendor is retained if one of the following is true:

  1. It is active.
  2. The vendor is used on any of the following transactions that have not be purged:
    • purchase orders
    • purchases
    • vendor credit memos
    • payments
    • receipts or vendor refunds
    • time and expense tickets (Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher)
  3. The customer is used on any of the following memorized transactions:
    • purchase orders
    • payments
  4. The vendor is the preferred vendor for any inventory items that have not been purged.
  5. The vendor is the agency to which taxes are payable for a sales tax agency.