PROCESS DIRECTOR 7.3 Service Pack 4

Release Notes

2 September 2016

This file contains important information about PROCESS DIRECTOR 7.3 Service Pack 4.


Contents

New features and improvements

General functionality

Goods Receipts

Order Confirmations

Web Application

Workflows

Fixes with this release

Accounts Receivable

Customer Orders

Financial Postings

General functionality

Goods Receipts

Master Data Maintenance

Order Confirmations

Payment Approvals

Web Application

Workflows

Support


New features and improvements

  • General functionality

  • Improved Worklist regeneration by recomputing nested sets

    Improved "/eby/pdvi_cmen" customizing table

    "GRID_NO" set as mandatory field in View Model configuration

  • Goods Receipts

  • Activate presets for items generated by "Add PO item" function

  • Order Confirmations

  • Activate presets for items generated by "Add PO item" function

  • Web Application

  • Dynamically increase width of search help form

  • Workflows

  • Reduced number of active actions on documents in workflow

    General functionality

    Improved Worklist regeneration by recomputing nested sets

    Worklist regeneration has now been improved by recomputing nested sets.

    Improved "/eby/pdvi_cmen" customizing table

    The performance in processing the "/eby/pdvi_cmen" customizing table has now been improved.

    "GRID_NO" set as mandatory field in View Model configuration

    The "GRID_NO" field is now set as mandatory in the View Model configuration.

    Goods Receipts

    Activate presets for items generated by "Add PO item" function

    You can now activate presets for the items generated by the "Add PO item" function. (RSPDN4803)

    Order Confirmations

    Activate presets for items generated by "Add PO item" function

    You can now activate presets for the items generated by the "Add PO item" function. (RSPDN4803)

    Web Application

    Dynamically increase width of search help form

    Based on the width of the search result columns, the width of the search help form is now dynamically increased to accommodate all the columns.

    Workflows

    Reduced number of active actions on documents in workflow

    The number of active actions that can be performed on a document that is still in a workflow, has now been reduced.


    Fixes with this release

  • Accounts Receivable

  • Wrong payment advice assigned to Electronic Bank Statement

    Too many messages in document history from bulk actions on electronic bank statements

    Algorithm current due generates short dump in Web Application

  • Customer Orders

  • Support setting flag for internal numbering in BADI for order creation

    Performance issue using partner determination in ADRC table

    Automatic numbering of new line items in sales order document

    Aliases in email notification display incorrect values

  • Financial Postings

  • On posting through posting interface, posting date is taken from application server and not user timezone

    Not possible to specify XLSX as default upload file format

    Link to SAP document not possible

    Incorrect ± sign for tax base amount

    Incorrect order of items after posting via BAPI

    Incorrect handling of cross-company code postings

    "Exchange Rate" field value not passed to BAPI or Posting Interface

  • General functionality

  • Value of "Max. number of hits" field ignored if upper limit is 0

    Unstable behavior of the ALV grid layout

    Not possible to add external data to saved document

    Mapping of external data ignores selected DMI level

    Leading spaces displayed in front of amounts or quantities

    Incorrect superaction context returned when one superaction is fired from another

    Inactive configuration upload function for "Test" and "Education" clients

    Follow-up action inconsistent in EXTDATA_PR, FILEUPLIST, FILEUP_MUL action chains

    Customized PO document list layout not saved

    "Recompute nested set" triggered by empty select option

    "Document type" key not used in message filtering

    "Calculate document counters" flag missing on selection screen while regenerating Worklist

    Bulk approval with automatic posting does not work if check returns warning message

  • Goods Receipts

  • “Perform” function not possible with movement type “102”

  • Master Data Maintenance

  • While creating document with “Update” activity, old vendor data gathered from system

  • Order Confirmations

  • PO item data handling improvements

    Incorrect item status

    Incorrect counter for order confirmations

  • Payment Approvals

  • Incorrect linking between PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable document number and SAP invoice number

    Importing of documents runs even while refreshing Worklist

  • Web Application

  • User check in Web Application is independent of user type

    Old document locked on using Quick Start menu to create new document

    Authority check for Internet users handles empty authorization profile values incorrectly

    Incorrect text handling in delta mechanism

    Algorithm current due generates short dump in Web Application

  • Workflows

  • Wrong short label for /EBY/PDWC_DWEBCYCLE_DESCR data element

    Workflow log is misleading

    Step recipient restriction check ignored on performing "Continue" action

    Performance issue when starting workflows having restricted recipients

    Missing workflow action identifier tool

    Invalid users listed as workflow step recipients

    Adding notes does not work for approvals and rejections by email

    API for starting workflows ignores context attributes parameter

    Accounts Receivable

    Wrong payment advice assigned to Electronic Bank Statement

    Resolved an error whereby determinations led to the wrong payment advice being assigned to an Electronic Bank Statement.

    Too many messages in document history from bulk actions on electronic bank statements

    Resolved an error whereby bulk actions on electronic bank statements created too many messages in the document history. (RSPDN5071)

    Algorithm current due generates short dump in Web Application

    Resolved an error whereby in an accounts receivable document, when you used the algorithm current due in the Web Application, a short dump was generated in the background. (RSPDN5324)

    Customer Orders

    Support setting flag for internal numbering in BADI for order creation

    Resolved an issue whereby the setting of a flag for internal numbering in the BADI for order creation was not supported. (RSPDN4839)

    Performance issue using partner determination in ADRC table

    Resolved an error whereby using partner determination caused performance issues when the selection was done in the ADRC table that did not have an active index. (RSPDN4824)

    Automatic numbering of new line items in sales order document

    Resolved an error whereby when the sales order document type was initial, the default value of an increment of 10 was always used for numbering the new lines, even if there were numbers already assigned to them. (RSPDN5236)

    Aliases in email notification display incorrect values

    Resolved an issue whereby in email notifications, leading spaces were displayed in front of alias amounts and quantities, which then resulted in incorrect values being displayed. (RSPDN5217)

    Financial Postings

    On posting through posting interface, posting date is taken from application server and not user timezone

    Resolved an error whereby when posting an invoice through the posting interface, instead of the user's local timezone parameters, the system date was set to the posting date field. (RSPDN4939)

    Not possible to specify XLSX as default upload file format

    Resolved an issue whereby it was not possible to specify XLSX as the default upload file format. (RSPDN4861)

    Link to SAP document not possible

    Fixed an error whereby the menu function “Link to SAP document” was deactivated in the detail screen. (RSPDN1677)

    Incorrect ± sign for tax base amount

    Fixed an error whereby the plus/minus sign was not set correctly for the “Tax Base Amount” field. (RSPDN3586)

    Incorrect order of items after posting via BAPI

    Resolved an error whereby after posting via the BAPI, the order of items was incorrect. (RSPDN4752)

    Incorrect handling of cross-company code postings

    Resolved an issue whereby the company code values on the line item level were ignored during cross-company code postings that used the posting interface method. (RSPDN5155)

    "Exchange Rate" field value not passed to BAPI or Posting Interface

    Resolved an error whereby the value in the "Exchange Rate" field for FI and FIC documents was not passed to the BAPI and Posting Interface correctly. (RSPDN4991)

    General functionality

    Value of "Max. number of hits" field ignored if upper limit is 0

    Resolved an error whereby if in the “Basic data” of a Worklist node, the "Upper limit of hits" field had a value of 0, the value of the "Max. number of hits" field was ignored. (RSPDN5159)

    Unstable behavior of the ALV grid layout

    Resolved an issue whereby if the ALV grid had some user layout applied, unstable behavior could occur when a field state was turned on and off at the same time (for example, the columns could have an incorrect order). (RSPDN5056)

    Not possible to add external data to saved document

    Resolved an error whereby it was not possible to store any external data that was added after the document had already been created. (RSPDN4975)

    Mapping of external data ignores selected DMI level

    Resolved an error whereby if there was more than one internal DMI level for an external data level, the mapping performed ignored the selected internal DMI level. (RSPDN4976)

    Leading spaces displayed in front of amounts or quantities

    Resolved an error whereby leading spaces were displayed in front of amounts or quantities. (RSPDN5199)

    Incorrect superaction context returned when one superaction is fired from another

    Resolved an error whereby in cases where one superaction was fired from another one, an incorrect superaction context was returned, or it was missing altogether. (RSPDN4857)

    Inactive configuration upload function for "Test" and "Education" clients

    Resolved an error whereby if a client role was set to T (Test) or E (Education), the configuration upload function was inactive. (RSPDN5444)

    Follow-up action inconsistent in EXTDATA_PR, FILEUPLIST, FILEUP_MUL action chains

    Resolved an error whereby the follow-up actions in the EXTDATA_PR, FILEUPLIST, and FILEUP_MUL action chains were inconsistent. (RSPDN4960)

    Customized PO document list layout not saved

    Resolved an issue whereby in a purchase order overview list, a customized layout of the fields was not saved if the user jumped to a related goods receipt after restarting PROCESS DIRECTOR, and then navigated back to the purchase order overview list.

    "Recompute nested set" triggered by empty select option

    Resolved an error whereby in case all the documents of a Worklist node are locked, the "recompute nested set" method is triggered by an empty select option. (RSPDN4974)

    "Document type" key not used in message filtering

    Resolved an error whereby the "Document type" key was not being used when filtering messages.

    "Calculate document counters" flag missing on selection screen while regenerating Worklist

    Fixed an issue whereby the "Calculate document counters" flag was missing on the selection screen while regenerating a Worklist. (RSPDN4865)

    Bulk approval with automatic posting does not work if check returns warning message

    Resolved an error whereby bulk WORK CYCLE approval with automatic posting was not working when warning messages were returned from checks. (RSPDN5347)

    Goods Receipts

    “Perform” function not possible with movement type “102”

    Resolved an error whereby the “Perform” function could not hand over the “102” movement type to the “MIGO” transaction, on either the header or item level. (RSPDN5191)

    Master Data Maintenance

    While creating document with “Update” activity, old vendor data gathered from system

    Resolved an issue whereby while creating a document with the “Update” activity, old vendor data was gathered from the system. (RSPDN4743)

    Order Confirmations

    PO item data handling improvements

    Improvements have been made to the handling of PO item data.

    Incorrect item status

    Fixed an issue whereby the wrong status was displayed for line items after editing a line item.

    Incorrect counter for order confirmations

    Resolved an error whereby the counter for order confirmations was incorrect when the posting was performed right after a simulation. (RSPDN4799)

    Payment Approvals

    Incorrect linking between PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable document number and SAP invoice number

    Fixed an error whereby the invoice document number was incorrectly assigned to the PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable document number in the Payment Approval line item. (RSPDN3860)

    Importing of documents runs even while refreshing Worklist

    The importing of payment approvals runs even while refreshing the Worklist.

    Web Application

    User check in Web Application is independent of user type

    Resolved an issue whereby if for the same user ID, both an internet and SAP user existed, the workflow assignment check in the Web Application could be performed on the incorrect one. (EMEIC2738)

    Old document locked on using Quick Start menu to create new document

    Resolved an issue whereby if a user was in the document detail view of a document and used the Quick Start menu to create another document, the previously opened document got locked. (RSPDN4979)

    Authority check for Internet users handles empty authorization profile values incorrectly

    Resolved an issue whereby the authority check for Internet users handled empty values in the authorization profile incorrectly, which resulted in the users having no authorization, instead of being authorized for all possible values. (RSPDN5213)

    Incorrect text handling in delta mechanism

    Resolved an error whereby sometimes for Purchase Order item conditions in Order Confirmations, the Web Application delta mechanism tried to access non-existent text sublevels and failed.

    Algorithm current due generates short dump in Web Application

    Resolved an error whereby in an accounts receivable document, when you used the algorithm current due in the Web Application, a short dump was generated in the background. (RSPDN5324)

    Workflows

    Wrong short label for /EBY/PDWC_DWEBCYCLE_DESCR data element

    Fixed an error whereby the /EBY/PDWC_DWEBCYCLE_DESCR data element had an incorrect short label. (RSPDN4935)

    Workflow log is misleading

    Fixed an error whereby the workflow log was misleading in that it appeared as though both the initiator and approver had approved the workflow. (RSPDN4797)

    Step recipient restriction check ignored on performing "Continue" action

    Resolved an error whereby the step recipient restriction check was ignored on performing the "Continue" action. (RSPDN5069)

    Performance issue when starting workflows having restricted recipients

    Resolved an issue whereby if a workflow step was set up with the recipient restriction check, it resulted in a large number of recipients being returned for that step. In turn, this resulted in low performance during the start of a workflow. (RSPDN4875)

    Missing workflow action identifier tool

    Resolved an error whereby workflow action chains had no tool to identify which action (recall, approve, start, continue, forward, query, answer) had been called. (RSPDN4809)

    Invalid users listed as workflow step recipients

    Resolved an error whereby invalid users were listed as workflow step recipients. (RSPDN4733)

    Adding notes does not work for approvals and rejections by email

    Resolved an error whereby if adding a note was not mandatory for a workflow step, you could not add a note to the corresponding document while approving or rejecting that workflow step from the email link for it. (RSPDN005006)

    API for starting workflows ignores context attributes parameter

    Resolved an error whereby the API for starting a workflow ignored the context attributes parameter. (RSPDN4833)


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