SME Administration Guides

Installing SME

• Installing SME
• Making a connection to your SME database
• Setting up a client computer to run SME (Preferred method)
• Setting Up SME Client Users
• Local installation of the SME executable (Not the preferred method)
• Set up of initial company data connection
• New Company To create a new company file using new connection
• SME on Remote Desktop or RDP
• SME Hosted Server
• SME Server Move

Updating SME

• Updating SME 7.2
• Exclusive Access
• Updating SME
• Upgrading - SME 7.1 to 7.2
• Upgrading - SME 7.0 to 7.1
• Upgrading - SME 6.3 - 7.0

Backing up SME

• SME Backups Best Practices
• Backing up your SME database using MS SQL Management Studio

Installing Add On Products for SME

• SME Web Services Installation Guide
• Barcode for SME Installation Instructions
• Tech Service for Android on SME Installation Instructions
• Automated Email Installation
• Web Services Update
• SME POS Setup

SME Hosted/ Remote

• Remote Desktop Settings

Utilities

• Custom Tabs and Fields
• Custom Email Bodies
• Merge Database
• Recreating Inventory Detail Utility
• End of Year Utilities

Importing into SME
see: SME Import Export Process

• Before Importing - About UID
• Importing Customers
• Importing Contacts for Customers
• Importing Inventory Items
• Importing Leads
• Importing contacts into Constant Contact

FAQ for Administrators

• SQL Server Best Practices
• SQLink Connection issues
• FAQ - Connection Issues
• Drop down fields not working
• Licensing Issues
• Out of Seats when you are not out
• Regional Settings
• Steps to create a new user profile
• SKA Error 4 message when opening SME
• Live Spelling - Reset Dictionary
• End of Year Utilities
• Email Settings
• Recreating Inventory Detail Utility
• SME and SQL Express
• Named Piped Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server
• Location Settings
• FTP Error Reports
• Repair Full Text Search
• SME and Excel - Extracting Data in Meaningful ways