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title: "Sage Accounting South Africa"
slug: "sage-accounting-south-africa"
updated: 2024-09-26T06:16:50Z
published: 2024-09-26T06:16:50Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dataddo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sage Accounting South Africa

**Sage Accounting South Africa** is a cloud-based accounting software designed for small to medium-sized businesses, offering features like invoicing, payroll, and financial reporting. It helps businesses manage their finances efficiently while complying with South African tax regulations.

Refer to our website for [the list of metrics and attributes available in Dataddo](https://www.dataddo.com/connector/sage_accounting_za).

Refer to Sage Accounting's official documentation to see [all available endpoints from the Sage Accounting South Africa API](https://resellers.accounting.sageone.co.za/api/2.0.0).

## Authorize Connection to Sage Accounting South Africa

1. On the **Authorizers** page, click on [Authorize New Service](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new) and select Sage Accounting South Africa.
2. Fill in the following fields:
  1. **Username**: Your Sage Accounting username.
  2. **Password**: Password to your Sage Accounting account.
3. Rename your ***authorizer*** for easier identification and click on **Save**.

## How to Create a Sage Accounting South Africa Data Source

1. On the **Sources** page, click on the [**Create Source**](https://app.dataddo.com/sources/new) button.
2. Select the connector from the list and name your ***data source***.
3. On the **Dataset** step, select your **dataset**.
          **DATADDO TIP**

          

If you're unsure which dataset to select, use the search bar to look for datasets with the desired attributes or metrics.
4. On the **Account** step select your ***authorizer*** from the drop-down menu.
          **Didn't find your authorizer?**

          

Click on **Add new Account** at the bottom of the drop-down and follow the on-screen prompts. You can also go to the **Authorizers** tab and click on [**Add New Service**](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new).
5. On the **Attributes and Metrics** step, select the **metrics and attributes** you want to extract.  

![Create a source using a custom-schema connector.](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Create%20Source%20-%20Custom-Schema%20Connector.png)
6. On the **Metadata** step, select which [**metadata fields**](/docs/metadata-inclusion) such as extraction time to add to your data.
7. On the **Snapshot** step:
  1. Configure your [**sync frequency**](/docs/extraction#extraction-frequency) or click **Show advanced settings** to set the exact synchronization time.
          **DATADDO TIP**

          

To **load historical data**, refer to the [**Data Backfilling**](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling) article.
  2. [Optional] Enable the **Allow Empty Data Extractions** toggle to allow the extraction when no data is available.
8. In the top-right corner, click **Test Data** button to preview extracted data. **Adjust the date range** for specific time frame.
9. Click on **Save** and **congratulations, your new data source is ready!**

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## Troubleshooting

### Data Preview Unavailable

No data preview when you click on **Test Data** might be caused by an issue with your ***source*** configuration. The most common causes are:

- **Date range**: Try a smaller date range. You can load the rest of your data afterward via [manual data load](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling).
- **Insufficient permissions**: Please make sure your authorized account has at least admin-level permissions.

### Metric and Ad Recall Data Don't Match

The **Reach** and **Recall** metrics cannot be summed to get the totals for longer time periods. As these metrics measure the **daily unique users** who view your ad (= reach) or will remember the ad (=ad recall), it is **not possible to get data for a specific time period and/or aggregate the data**.

To avoid this, you can

1. Get **daily** breakdowns: The daily values will match, but not when summed up over a longer time period.
2. Extract data **weekly or monthly**: These weekly/monthly values will match.

Simply create a **new source** and a **new flow** with the particular breakdown (for example, a source and a flow with daily breakdowns/synchronizations).

          
          

Read more about the metrics, and why the data may not be matching [here](https://blog.dataddo.com/why-the-numbers-in-your-bi-tool-dont-always-match-your-source-data?_gl=1*ipsbl8*_ga*MjAwMjE2NTU4NC4xNjUxNzM0NTI4*_ga_NQ4TN4KP4V*MTY1MTc2NzQwMC40LjEuMTY1MTc2Nzg4OS4z).

## Related Articles

Now that you have successfully created a ***data source***, see how you can connect your data to a dashboarding app or a data storage.

**Sending Data to Dashboarding Apps**

- [Simple Data Integration to Dashboards](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/simple-data-integration-to-dashboards)
- [Data Backfilling to Dashboarding Apps](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-dashboarding-apps)

**Sending Data to Data Storages**

- [Batch Ingestion to Data Warehouses](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/ingestion-to-data-warehouses)
- [Data Backfilling to Storages](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-storages)

**Other Resources**

- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/troubleshooting)
- [Extraction Logs](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/extraction-logs)
- [Data Duplication](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-duplication)

Authorizers act as credentials for external services (e.g. Facebook or Google). To enable Dataddo to access and retrieve your data, you need to grant access to accounts that possess admin-level permissions or higher within these services.