About company administrators

If you have been set up as an administrator for a company, you have access rights to the entire Sage 100 Contractor application while you are logged into the company.

Important! To maintain security, we highly recommend that each company administrator has a strong password. Be sure to write it down and keep it in a safe place.

Following is a list of actions only company administrators can perform:

• Create security groups in 7-2-1 Security Groups.
• Grant access rights to security groups for windows and items within windows such as text boxes, lists, and grid columns in 7-2-1 Security Groups.
• Grant job-level security to specific users in 7-2-2 User List.
• Use the F7 key to display the Field Properties dialog box to set the individual security properties for a text box, list, check box, or grid column, as well as set security for certain menu commands from the main menus. You can also customize the window, set defaults in specific fields, and set system user prompts.
• Create user names and passwords, and assign user names to security groups in 7-3-1 User List.
• Create new companies in 7-1 Create New Company.
• Make and save changes to the General Ledger in 1-8 General Ledger Setup.
• Archive the accounting at the fiscal year-end in 1-6 Period/Fiscal Year Management.
• Close payroll at the calendar year-end, which starts on 5-4-5 Close Payroll Year.
• Restrict posting to specific accounting posting periods, for example, 4-2 Payable Invoices/Credits and other windows.