subject: Sap Business One Supporting Outdated Version Consulting [print this page] Here in the United States Business One began its expansion around the year of 2005 where we had 2005A version. There was legitimate suffix A as certain international releases were packages separately as 2005B (for nations with Unicode as well as Brazil)
In 2007 2007A/B releases were issued and we would like to mention reasonable improvement.
Currently (May of 2012) these versions are no longer supported directly by SAP
But if we are still on 2007A / 2005A how could we get our system supported? Lets come through popular questions and answers:
Q. Our question is simple as our old server is about to crush again. We are on 2005A and we would like to redeploy our DB server on new hardware
A. There are nuances as there are two concepts: DB/Application server as well as license server. Business One license was coded against computer motherboard MAC and it is difficult to reissue the license
Q. In 2006 we got tough time but now our business is back in good shape. We would like to go ahead and upgrade. Is 8.82 the current release?
A. It is as it is current for May 2012. However there is a problem if you do not have active annual contract with SAP. Talk to your consulting firm for the options to get reenrolled. Or feel free to call us if you have no idea about original consulting organization
Q. Can we upgrade all the way from 2005A to 8.82?
A. Depending on the patch level you should expect two steps
Q. Our consulting firm left SB1 business line and now we are orphan customer.
A. There should be plenty of consulting firms out there and near to you ready to pick you and help
Q. Well good to hear that news. However all they say that they are not familiar with our old version 2005A
A. User interface is in its inheritance and pretty similar comparing to 8.8X. Table structure is also. So if you have SDK customization or Crystal Reporting there should be a way to upgrade
Q. We are on Business One and we are multinational corporation. Every week we are getting cold calls where telemarketer offers us to switch to another ERP platform (Oracle, Net Suite or Sage)
A. The strong point of B1 is its internationalization. This application is available in American English (1099 and similar US regulations are covered) plus China (hieroglyphs and Unicode). Also we think that you would recognize the importance of Brazilian market with its challenges such as SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping system in Brazilian Portuguese)
Q. We are on B1 platform as mid-size distribution firm in the area of Istra/Dedovsk Moscow region Russia (Novorizhskoye shosse). We are wholesalers and sending trucks to Auchan, Kopeika and others. The problem is that tax agency doesnt accept our balance statement. Do you have comments here?
A. Yes we do. SAP B1 is ERP system where user interface is available in Russian. Such localization requirements as account 20 (main production) as well as tax agency forms might be not supported at this time
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