--- title: Enhance Security in Sage 300 General Ledger description: Sage 300 has an additional layer of security that is available in the general ledger module to allow or disallow users from accessing individual GL accounts. 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For example, confidentiality may need to be maintained for payroll accounts, bank accounts, retained earnings, common and preferred stock.  Limiting the number of users who have access to specific general ledger accounts will also minimize the risk of unauthorized activity. To turn on the GL Security feature, go to GL Setup / Options on the Account tab. Once selected, GL Security has a setting for default access to see ‘All Accounts’ or ‘No Accounts’. ![Sage 300 GL Security](https://www.equationtech.us/hs-fs/hubfs/Sage%20300%20GL%20Security.png?width=434&name=Sage%20300%20GL%20Security.png) After the feature is activated and the default setting saved, log out of Sage 300 and then log back in to see the new icon ‘Account Permissions’ located under GL Accounts. ![Sage 300cloud account permissions](https://www.equationtech.us/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_images/Sage%20300cloud%20account%20permissions.png?width=600&name=Sage%20300cloud%20account%20permissions.png) Open Account Permissions and enter or select a User ID.  The permissions per user can be set by segment or by account.  If the default in GL Options is set to ‘All Accounts’, enter accounts or segments that the user should not be allowed to access.  If the default is set to ‘No Accounts’, enter accounts or segments that the user should be allowed to access.  ![Sage 300 GL Security Segment](https://www.equationtech.us/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_images/Sage%20300%20GL%20Security%20Segment.png?width=600&name=Sage%20300%20GL%20Security%20Segment.png) ![sage 300c GL security-1](https://www.equationtech.us/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_images/sage%20300c%20GL%20security-1.png?width=600&name=sage%20300c%20GL%20security-1.png) Once these new permissions have been saved, the user will simply not see the affected GL accounts at all in any screen, including finders.  If they manually type in a GL account number that they do not have permissions for, an error message will be displayed that the account number is not defined.  ![Sage error account number is not defined](https://www.equationtech.us/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_images/Sage%20error%20account%20number%20is%20not%20defined.png?width=544&name=Sage%20error%20account%20number%20is%20not%20defined.png) The user will not have any access to any GL Batch where these account numbers are included in an entry. The entire batch will be removed from their screen, even if there are entries in the batch with allowed GL accounts.  These settings are effective, not only in the GL, but through all of the other modules as well; and this feature also extends to reporting.  For example, if a user does not have access to certain accounts and then prints a Trial Balance report, the accounts shown on the report will not include those specific GL accounts and will display an ‘out of balance’ trial balance. This is a powerful security feature to protect your General Ledger, but it should be used with caution and planning.  We hope that this guidance will make it easier to manage your GL Security.  Please feel free to [Contact Us](https://www.equationtech.us/contact/) and one of our experienced consultants would be happy to help you understand how to best secure your business data.   ### Related Articles ##### [Sage 300 & Windows 10 End of Life: What You Need to Know](https://www.equationtech.us/sage-accpac-blog/sage-300-windows-10-end-of-life-what-you-need-to-know) There’s been a lot of conversation lately around Windows 10 end of life and what that means for... ##### [From Start-Up to Quarter Billion – How Sage 300 Scaled Success](https://www.equationtech.us/sage-accpac-blog/from-start-up-to-quarter-billion-how-sage-300-scaled-success) We also have a [video version](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssdM9iHt6Wz86A-VDvAER03NdXkAodg9/view?usp=sharing) of this article, where you can hear directly from one of our ERP... ##### [How to Simplify Payroll and Job Costing with Sage 300](https://www.equationtech.us/sage-accpac-blog/how-to-simplify-payroll-and-job-costing-with-sage-300) Getting payroll to play nice with your job costing system is like fitting a square peg into a round... ## Need Help Now? 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