Sage 100 has a feature that made its debut appearance when Sage 100 2021 was released.

This feature allows a Sage 100 administrator to define default form codes for companies by Role or by User. Let’s look at how Default Form Maintenance works.

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To access this new task, go to Library Master > Setup > Default Form Maintenance.

Use the “spyglass” to select a company

Use the “spyglass” to select a company, or use the flashlight to select an existing setting.

Choose either Role or a specific User for which you want to define default Form Codes

Select either a Role or a specific User for which you want to define default Form Codes. You cannot choose both Role and User to define a setting.

Listed documents

For any of the listed documents, click the Form Code drop-down to select the Default Form for that Role (or User.)

Click the Form Code drop-down to select the Default Form for that Role (or User.)

You may opt to Lock the form setting to prevent users from changing the specified default.

Lock the form setting

If you do not have a customized form code, you may also define which Template the STANDARD form code will use – who doesn’t have the Pre-Printed Laser setting for STANDARD and really needs column headings and field labels???

Define which Template the STANDARD form code will use

The Template of a STANDARD form code can also be locked to prevent users from modifying the setting.

Locking the settings can prevent users from accidentally creating Form Codes, which in the past could easily be created by typing directly into the Form Code field. (This might be a little difficult to see, but the Form Code field is greyed out because it has been locked, and it cannot be modified, or another form code selected.)

Form Code field is greyed out because it has been locked

You may deploy Default Form settings for a single user or for ALL users. If you choose to create form settings for ALL users, you can copy Default Form settings from those defined for another Role or another User. The settings must be configured within the same company – you cannot copy Form settings from one company to another.

Create form settings for ALL users, you can copy Default Form settings

Copy Form

In what order is a Default Form Code selected? The form code/template is determined by the following hierarchy:

  1. Default values selected for a company and specific user
  2. Default values selected for a company and specific role
  3. Default values selected for a company and the ALL USERS settings
  4. The default code for the form

Specifying default Form Codes can be quite useful. If nothing else, it can prevent users from accidentally creating rogue form codes which can cause confusion for other users trying to print correct forms.

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