13 November 2017
This file contains important information about ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR 7.6.
New check to detect duplicate payment advice documents
Improved model for handling payments to vendor accounts
Harmonize behavior between search help and drag and drop functions for open items
Display Accounts Receivable item attachments for billing document
Check if open item is assigned multiple times
Using shortcuts to select a value from a collective search help
Posting current (duplicate) document as customer order in SAP
Partner determination validation across sales area
Message handling for duplicate sales orders
Mapping of customer order texts during and after posting
Improved search help for "Item category" field
Improved check customization to prevent inconsistent configuration
Condition handling for Customer Order customizing
Configure synchronization of line items for cross-company code postings
Configuration of message filtering for Fiori
Code uses new goods movement transactions
Skip view check for nodes with populated transaction field
Simplified license model for Accounts Receivable and ZUGFeRD license added
Report to check and modify document status
Report for uploading files in one batch
Redesign search help for determinations
Posting invoice after posting ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document
Performance enhancement of selection screen functions
Notes and text editor improvements
Mechanism to display headers consisting of item data
DAO class selects item data from table view
New "Down Payments" process type to create advance payment requests
Improved search help for determination configuration
GRID converter BAdIs in customizing IMG tree
Generic interface for Fiori applications
Enhance "/EBY/REPETITOR" program to allow document deletion
Enable DAO class to select item data only from a table view
Configure to assign license keys to process types
Configure service URLs for OTP
Configure external data model for uploading data from external files
Bulk checking and posting actions enabled from new item overview list
Adding document-specific information as attachment comment
"/COCKPIT/ANALYZER" removed from code
Posting invoice after posting ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document
Presets for goods receipt line items triggered when document created from purchase order
List of expected deliveries for a vendor
Use email address in purchase order to send external messages
Attachment forwarding from Invoice Blocking/Unblocking
Updated API posting procedure for vendor master data
Updated API posting procedure for customer master data
Support attachments for "Profitcenter Maintenance" process type
Implement simulation posting for vendor master data
Implement simulation posting for customer master data
Implement posting context for vendor master data
Implement posting context for customer master data
Additional parameters for API posting
Use email address in purchase order to send external messages
Option to navigate from line item to main document
Compare order confirmation incoterms with purchase order incoterms
New BAdI to hide payment items in Web Application
Use email address in purchase order to send external messages
Update of material group from master data
View purchase order history of line item
RFC for purchase order history
Performance improvement in delta mechanism and deactivation independent of paging
Display workflow information in header
Adding notes to read-only documents
"Note" tab is always available
Multiplication of number of SAP connections
The online posting functionality has been enhanced such that successfully posted documents are now also cleared.
New check to detect duplicate payment advice documents
A new "/EBY/CL_PDPA_EVT_CHK_DUPLICATE" check is now available that checks if the combination of company code, customer, payment amount, and payment date entered by the user already exists for another payment advice in the database. If yes, an error message about the existence of a potential duplicate document is displayed.
Improved model for handling payments to vendor accounts
An enhanced model is now available that checks the account type, which allows the creation of payment advices or payments to vendor accounts.
Harmonize behavior between search help and drag and drop functions for open items
The drag and drop function has been modified such that it does not propose a value for open items such as the "Payment Amount" field, thereby harmonizing it with the search help function.
Display Accounts Receivable item attachments for billing document
You can now view the Accounts Receivable item attachments for a billing document.
Check if open item is assigned multiple times
The new "/EBY/CL_PDPA_EVT_CHK_ITM_MULTI" check class now checks if an open item has been entered multiple times for the same document. If yes, an error message with the corresponding document number is displayed for each duplicate line item.
Using shortcuts to select a value from a collective search help
The collective search help for customer orders has been enhanced such that by entering a combination of shortcuts when searching for material numbers or partners, you can now select a specific search help value.
Posting current (duplicate) document as customer order in SAP
Using the new "Post current" button in the "Duplicate/Update handling" dialog box, it is now possible to post the current (duplicate) document as a new customer order in SAP.
Partner determination validation across sales area
A new determination parameter validates the "KNVP" table to check for an existing "sold-to" number for the respective sales organization level.
Message handling for duplicate sales orders
The duplicate check handling during the posting of sales documents has been enhanced such that if the "Maximum possible message type of check" parameter has been set to "Warning" and the user cancels the message viewer, the "Duplicate/Update handling" pop-up is displayed. (RSPDN5767)
Mapping of customer order texts during and after posting
For customer orders, a new "Variable mapping of SD texts" customizing option is now available that allows you to configure the mapping of the ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR text IDs to the SAP text IDs.
Improved search help for "Item category" field
The search help for the "Item category" field has now been enhanced such that the material number and sales document type fields are available in the search help. Also, on the item level, the corresponding "Sales Document Type" field is displayed.
Improved check customization to prevent inconsistent configuration
To improve the check customization for customer orders, the new check types now ensure that if several checks, including simulation checks, need to performed for the same action, the simulation checks are performed before the other ones.
Condition handling for Customer Order customizing
If the line item fields in a ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document have the decimal data type assigned to them, they can now be used as values for the condition type.
Configure synchronization of line items for cross-company code postings
Cross-company code postings can now be distinguished from standard postings. Also, for cross-company code postings, the items from the cross-company code document are imported into the ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document.
Configuration of message filtering for Fiori
You can now define entries in message handling to filter the messages that are sent to the Fiori interface.
Code uses new goods movement transactions
The code now uses the new goods movement transactions.
Skip view check for nodes with populated transaction field
For all the nodes that have the transaction field populated with a value, the view check is now skipped.
Simplified license model for Accounts Receivable and ZUGFeRD license added
The license key handling for Accounts Receivable has been simplified in that only the Payment Advice license key needs to be entered. Also, an activation license key has been added for the ZUGFeRD solutions.
Report to check and modify document status
Using the new "/EBY/PDBO_DOC_STATUS_UPDATE" report, it is now possible to check and modify the status, substatus, and workflow status of any ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document.
Report for uploading files in one batch
A new "/EBY/PDBO_MASS_FILE_PROCESSING" report is now available that uploads a list of files in one batch and posts them. This new report can be run as a background process.
Redesign search help for determinations
Instead of the class description, a new default value is now displayed that can be redefined with a configuration parameter.
Posting invoice after posting ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document
A preset that can be used for any ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document type is now available. This preset checks for a corresponding Accounts Payable document and its status. If that document is in workflow, an attempt to approve it as the current user is triggered. If it is not in workflow and has not yet been posted, the posting action is triggered.
Performance enhancement of selection screen functions
The performance of the selection screen functions has now been enhanced.
Notes and text editor improvements
The layout of the notes editor can now be configured by using an ALV or SAP text container. Also, the text editor has been improved such that users can now select the language key.
Mechanism to display headers consisting of item data
A new mechanism is now available that allows you to display headers consisting of any document item data.
DAO class selects item data from table view
The DAO class now selects item data from a table view, instead of from single tables. Also, by hiding the header grid, it is now possible to display the item data in the main grid.
New "Down Payments" process type to create advance payment requests
A new process type, "Down Payments", is now available that allows users to create requests for advance payments. When a corresponding invoice is later posted and paid, the paid down payment amount gets deducted from the invoice amount, and only the remaining amount then needs to
be paid to the vendor.
This process type works with the Accounts Payable license.
Improved search help for determination configuration
In the transaction for configuration determinations, the search help for determinations in a document type has been improved to display the logic that is applicable to only that corresponding document type.
GRID converter BAdIs in customizing IMG tree
You can now activate, deactivate, or add GRID converter BAdI implementations from the general customizing IMG tree.
Generic interface for Fiori applications
A generic API is now available to handle requests from the Fiori applications to ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR, and vice versa.
Enhance "/EBY/REPETITOR" program to allow document deletion
The "/EBY/REPETITOR" program has been enhanced in that it now allows you to delete documents in bulk. Also, the new "Document batch size" parameter allows you to specify the number of documents that will be processed in one run.
Enable DAO class to select item data only from a table view
The DAO class now selects the item data from a table view instead of from single tables. By hiding the header grid it is now also possible to display the item data in the main grid.
Configure to assign license keys to process types
You can now configure to assign a license key for a process type. This enables you to reuse an existing license key for a new process type, as well as to define and use a global license key.
Configure service URLs for OTP
Using the new "/EBY/PDOTP_VWSCC" transaction, you can now activate OTP to handle the display of images, as well as configure the URLs for the verification, deletion, and auto-learning services that are used by OTP.
Configure external data model for uploading data from external files
You can now configure the external data model to allow users to upload data from external files, without modifying the default system settings.
The code now uses the new MM BAPIs (BAPI_PO_GETDETAIL1).
Bulk checking and posting actions enabled from new item overview list
Bulk checking and posting of documents is now possible from the new item overview list.
Adding document-specific information as attachment comment
It is now possible to configure document-specific field values to be automatically added as attachment comments.
"/COCKPIT/ANALYZER" removed from code
The "/COCKPIT/ANALYZER" package has been removed from the code.
Posting invoice after posting ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document
A preset that can be used for any ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR document type is now available. This preset checks for a corresponding Accounts Payable document and its status. If that document is in workflow, an attempt to approve it as the current user is triggered. If it is not in workflow and has not yet been posted, the posting action is triggered.
Presets for goods receipt line items triggered when document created from purchase order
Now, when a goods receipt is created from a posted purchase order document, the line item fields in the goods receipt are populated with the values specified in the preset settings.
List of expected deliveries for a vendor
The search help for purchase orders has been enhanced to match the SAP standard. It is now possible to base the search for a vendor on the list of expected deliveries for that vendor.
Using the new "/EBY/PDOTP_VMSCC " transaction, you can now configure which message types should be attached to the log, as well as which OCR messages should be displayed.
Use email address in purchase order to send external messages
The email address in a purchase order can also be used now to send external messages.
Attachment forwarding from Invoice Blocking/Unblocking
You can now configure to attach the workflow log created while processing an Invoice Blocking/Unblocking document, to its related Accounts Payable document.
Updated API posting procedure for vendor master data
The new "VMD_EI_API" class is now used for vendor master data maintenance.
Updated API posting procedure for customer master data
The new "CMD_EI_API" class is now used for customer master data maintenance.
Support attachments for "Profitcenter Maintenance" process type
For the "Profitcenter Maintenance" process type, attachments are now supported in the "KE53" transaction.
Implement simulation posting for vendor master data
A new "/EBY/CL_PDMDVM_EVT_CHK_API_CRE" check is now available that generates a message if errors or warnings occur when simulating the posting of the vendor master data.
Implement simulation posting for customer master data
A new "/EBY/CL_PDMDCM_EVT_CHK_API_CRE" check is now available that generates a message if errors or warnings occur when simulating the posting of the customer master data.
Implement posting context for vendor master data
The posting context for vendor master data now uses the new "VMD_EI_API" class.
Implement posting context for customer master data
The posting context for customer master data now uses the new "CMD_EI_API" class.
Additional parameters for API posting
You can now manually customize "x" fields by using additional parameters for API posting.
Using the new "/EBY/PDOTP_VMSCC " transaction, you can now configure which message types should be attached to the log, as well as which OCR messages should be displayed.
Use email address in purchase order to send external messages
The email address in a purchase order can also be used now to send external messages.
Option to navigate from line item to main document
A new forward class is now available that uses a line item in the document overview list to identify the main document, thus allowing users to navigate to that document.
You can now display and read the attachments existing in an IDOC created by an external application, as well as enable the connection of archive links to it.
Compare order confirmation incoterms with purchase order incoterms
You can now compare the confirmed incoterms for an order confirmation with the incoterms for the corresponding purchase order. If the two incoterm texts are different, a message is added to the message log.
New BAdI to hide payment items in Web Application
A new BAdI implementation, "/EBY/PDPR_HIDE_EXCEPTIONS_WA", is now available, which when activated, hides payment items (with exceptions) in the Web Application (for example, unpaid items).
Use email address in purchase order to send external messages
The email address in a purchase order can also be used now to send external messages.
Update of material group from master data
If the material number is entered in the purchase order, the material group is now automatically updated from the material master data.
View purchase order history of line item
For MM invoices, you can now view the purchase order history of a line item.
RFC for purchase order history
A new RFC (/COCKPIT/RFC_WC_PO_HISTORY_GET) is now available to display the purchase order history.
Performance improvement in delta mechanism and deactivation independent of paging
The performance of the mechanism that calculates changes in the document object model and sends them to the Web Application has now been improved.
Also, you can now separate the delta mechanism from the paging mechanism so that you can deactivate delta, keeping the paging still active.
Display workflow information in header
In the "pdweb-app.properties" configuration file, the new "pd_wfsteps_in_header" parameter now allows you to configure whether the workflow processors are displayed in the header or not.
Adding notes to read-only documents
Notes can now be added to read-only documents too, where the user is not the current workflow processor.
"Note" tab is always available
The "Note" tab is now always available, even if adding a note is not mandatory.
Multiplication of number of SAP connections
The maximum number of SAP connections specified in the "saplogon.properties" file is no longer internally multiplied by 10. Refer to the PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application Configuration Guide for more information.
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