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Data Service Manager

Posted: 11 Jul 2018, 13:20
by jdcsmurfted
Hi Everyone,

I work in a small office and we use Sage for two companies that operate from the office. In the last few months Sage has been unworkable, crashing running very slow etc. After some sage support it looks like it could be a network problem, which I agree with as the host PC (PCFOUR) is sometimes unavailable on the network list. So we've now moved the data onto my computer and changed the directory addresses for everyone. I also have amended the Sage Data Service so it connects to the server address they gave me and the other computers to look here. But everytime I x the box it disconnects the data service - is this supposed to happen, I expected to be able to leave it running in the background?

thanks in advance for your advice

Re: Data Service Manager

Posted: 11 Jul 2018, 14:00
by brucedenney
You should not need to amend the Sage Data service, it determines where the DataService is from the UNC pathname you provide it when you set up the workstations.

"everytime I x the box it disconnects the data service" ??? What do you mean when you say you X the box? What box?

The data service should be running in background, if you run services.msc (from the run prompt) you should see it running there.

As long as the PC that is acting as the server for the sage data is switched on, even if you are logged off, the data service should be running in background and all other users should be able to access Sage.

Re: Data Service Manager

Posted: 12 Jul 2018, 08:25
by jdcsmurfted
Hi Bruce,

Thanks for the reply, the x in the top right hand corner, when I close the box down. When I open it again it shows disconnected and I have to click connect again. Although when I just looked at services it did show it running.

Re: Data Service Manager

Posted: 16 Jul 2018, 10:27
by brucedenney
The X in the top right box of what application?

Are you saying when you close Sage the service stops working?

Can you do a screenshot?