The Purge Wizard Process

Purging is the process of removing inactive customers, vendors, employees, jobs, quotes, invoices, purchases, and so on from the records of a company. Purging reduces the size of the files of a company and frees valuable disk space for current and active data.

Below are some tips to follow to ensure that the purge process runs smoothly.

• If you are on a network, make sure no one else is in Sage 50 at the time you want to purge data.
• Close all other applications so that you have sufficient memory resources during the purge process.
• Make sure you have plenty of free disk space available. Your company data can temporarily double in size during the purge process. After the purge process is complete, your data will return (or reduce) to its original size.
• The purge process can take a long time to complete, so we recommend that you begin the process before leaving for the day so it will not interfere with your regular work day.
• If your company data is large, you may want to consider purging the data in sections rather than selecting several options at one time. This allows you to purge in incremental sessions that you control, saving time and memory resources. For example, purge only three months of data at a time. Or, purge transactions first, then records.
• The purge process is not intended to remove or fix corrupt data. If you are experiencing problems with your data or suspect it is corrupt, you must restore a backup of your company data.