Existing Data

If you already have data in an existing Sage or other accounts system, we may be able to help you get it ported to Ice Ledger. This is a chargeable service. In most cases, we can transfer customer, supplier, stock and nominal ledger details from existing systems. Contact support, providing full details of your existing system.

Installation of Ice Ledger

The installation program allows you to perform a standalone / server installation or a network workstation install. Below is a quick simple guide to install a standalone / server copy of Ice Ledger:

For a more detail guide of installing Ice Ledger, see our Quick Start guide.

1. Once you have downloaded the installation program to your hard drive, remember the location of where you downloaded it to, browse to that location and double click on the file.
2. Using your mouse, click on 'Next' to go through the wizard, answering the questions as you go through.
3. Unless, there is a need to change, it is recommended that you accept the defaults for the Destination Folder etc. This will ensure a smoother installation process.
4. Once you get to the 'Ready to Install' screen, you will be presented with a list dependencies that need to be downloaded and installed together with a list of the options you selected.
5. When your ready, click on 'Install', sit back and let the software install. The installation process, including the installation of all the dependencies, can take some time depending on the additional dependencies that are needed, system and internet speed.
6. After the install completes you should see a new icon (Ice Cube) on your desktop titled 'Ice Ledger'.
7. This completes the installation of the software, which just leaves a small amount of configuration to be completed when Ice Ledger accounts system is run for the first time.
8. When you are ready, Double Click on the 'Ice Ledger' icon to begin.
   • If you are performing a Standalone / Server install, you will be presented with a security dialog asking if you want to allow this application to make changes to your system, click 'Yes' to allow the system to complete it's configuration.
   • If you are performing a Workstation install, you will be presented with a dialog requesting you to set the server you wish to connect to and a drive letter that the system will use to create a drive mapping for the backup option, set these options and click 'OK'.
9. Once you see the Login dialog, the configuration is complete and you can proceed to log into the Demo Company using the default account of 'iceledger' as the Login Name and 'iceledger' as the password - these are both case sensitive.