How to prevent postings to Closed or Complete Jobs in Sage 100

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Purge Job to Job Cost History

Use Job Status Maintenance to prevent posting to Closed or Completed jobs

Open Modules, Job Cost, Setup, Job Cost Options
Click on Additional Tab
Verify that Define Job Statuses Allowed in Entry is checked
Press Accept and close the Job Cost Options window
Open Modules, Job Cost, Setup, Job Status Maintenance
Select Module Code
Select Data Entry type
Deselect the following Job Statuses to Allow
- Complete
- Closed
Press Accept

Prevent users from overriding the prompt “You have entered a job number with a status of Complete. Do you want to proceed?”

1. Modify the user’s Role in Library Master, Main, Role Maintenance

2. Select Role, Security Events tab, open Job Cost

3. Deselect “Allow to Override Status Selections in Job Status Maintenance“, press Accept