Connecting to Sage 50 UK

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Sage 50 UK and configure any necessary connection properties. You can create a connection profile by clicking Get Data and selecting From Sage 50 UK on the CData ribbon.

Advanced Configurations

You can also configure add-in capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced add-in configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Configuring a Connection Profile

You can configure access control in a connection profile by defining the operations allowed against Sage 50 UK data and store the profile in the workbook to make the workbook easy to share. See Managing Connections for more configuration options for connection profiles.

Connecting from Excel

The add-in adds controls to the Excel ribbon, standard Excel formulas, and VBA classes for writing macros.

Sage 50 UK Version Support

The add-in models data in Sage 50 UK 2012 and above as relational tables. Note that for v28 and later, you must install the Sdata adapter prior to using Sage 50 UK driver. See the Sage 50 UK documentation for more information.

See Also

• See Using the Excel Add-In to work with Sage 50 UK data from the CData ribbon.
• By Writing Parameterized Queries in the From Sage 50 UK dialog, you can easily create a dynamic spreadsheet based on an underlying SQL SELECT query. Cell values provide the query's input parameters.
• Use the CData Excel Functions to execute multiple queries from the same sheet or to use cells and ranges to manipulate Sage 50 UK data.
• See Using the Excel Add-In (VBA) to write macros that can automate any of the capabilities available on the ribbon.