Kofax ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTORTM 7.6 Service Pack 3

Release Notes

26 June 2019

This file contains important information about ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR 7.6 Service Pack 3.


Contents

New features and improvements

General functionality

Payment Approvals

Web Application

Workflows

Fixes with this release

Accounts Receivable

Customer Orders

Down Payments

General functionality

Master Data Maintenance

Order Confirmations

Payment Advice

Payment Approvals

Requisitions

Umbrella

Web Application

Workflows

Support


New features and improvements

  • General functionality

  • Improved performance when getting purchase order data using "BAPI_PO_GETDETAIL1"

  • Payment Approvals

  • Missing "View" menu

  • Web Application

  • New SAML 2.0 configuration parameter

  • Workflows

  • Performance improvement at workflow start for documents with large number of purchase orders

    General functionality

    Improved performance when getting purchase order data using "BAPI_PO_GETDETAIL1"

    The performance on getting purchase order data using "BAPI_PO_GETDETAIL1" has been improved such that the access of the underlying database tables is now buffered.

    Payment Approvals

    Missing "View" menu

    Resolved an issue whereby the "View" menu was missing. (RSPDN1262674)

    Web Application

    New SAML 2.0 configuration parameter

    The new "AuthnContextComparison" parameter is now available that compares the authorization context ("AuthnContextClassRef" parameter) of the Service Provider (SP) to that of the ID Provider (IdP).

    Workflows

    Performance improvement at workflow start for documents with large number of purchase orders

    For documents with a large number of purchase orders, the performance at workflow start has been significantly improved.


    Fixes with this release

  • Accounts Receivable

  • Incorrect configuration of online processing function

  • Customer Orders

  • Function to read attachments does not work for "VBAK" objects

  • Down Payments

  • Error on using "Perform" function

  • General functionality

  • Incorrect mapping conversion

    Search help value lost on using help option again for next line item

    Column optimization does not work correctly

    Short dump when number of fields in generated tab is higher than 20

    Authorization issue on using a value with *

    Reminder and receipt notifications for one workflow not sent in one collective email

    Foreign keys do not work in "Others" tab

    Field values in "Others" tab updated using search help in display mode

    Menu bar not translated correctly in SAP S/4HANA systems

    Changing width of a column in header or item grid does not work

    Earlier correction causes different authorization issue

    Determination results for partner functions not displayed on using search help option

    Search help results for criteria fields return incorrect values

    Multiple, unwanted document viewer calls

    Runtime error if incorrect preset customized

    Timeout during Worklist generation

  • Master Data Maintenance

  • Error on posting customer master data

    IBAN not read from vendor master data record

    No email generated after successful posting of documents

    Cannot save document because of non-existing license

    Mandatory field checks for vendor master data generates errors in Web Application

    Search help for "Purchasing Group" field in SAP GUI populates some other, incorrect field

  • Order Confirmations

  • Error on parallel RFC user calls processing Idocs

    Performance issue for documents with many line items

    Incorrect item status when purchase order item determination fails

  • Payment Advice

  • Incorrect configuration in determination classes causes runtime error

  • Payment Approvals

  • Different payment lines have same ID in Web Application

    Applying changes to payment block in document with multiple vendors does not work

  • Requisitions

  • Incorrect configuration in determination classes causes runtime error

  • Umbrella

  • Current user information from Umbrella calls gets lost during processing

    Online posting attempts using the integrated view handles error messages incorrectly

    Existence of "PO_HISTORY" data level causes error on invoice posting

  • Web Application

  • Switching between edit mode and "User profile" node causes short dump

    Locked document available for editing

  • Workflows

  • Workflow status icon does not reflect latest status in document history

    Performance issue due to workflow calculation even if document was never in workflow

    Incorrect status on posting document in workflow

    Users removed by BAdI not actually removed

    Accounts Receivable

    Incorrect configuration of online processing function

    Resolved an error whereby the online processing function was incorrectly configured. (RSPDN1286691)

    Customer Orders

    Function to read attachments does not work for "VBAK" objects

    Resolved an issue in which for "VBAK" objects, the function to read attachments did not work because the configuration setting was ignored during the creation of the attachments list. (RSPDN1229359)

    Down Payments

    Error on using "Perform" function

    Resolved an error that occurred on using the "Perform" function for a down payment. (RSPDN1208053)

    General functionality

    Incorrect mapping conversion

    Resolved an issue in which after upgrading to SAP S/4HANA, the configured mapping functions had an incorrect order of execution. (RSPDN1209428)

    Search help value lost on using help option again for next line item

    Resolved an error in which when using the search help option on multiple line items, the previously selected value was lost on moving to the search help on another line without pressing "Enter" or doing some other activity. (RSPDN1132667)

    Column optimization does not work correctly

    Resolved an error whereby the column optimization function did not work correctly every time the user restarted the application or switched between the document overview and document detail screens. (RSPDN1178153)

    Short dump when number of fields in generated tab is higher than 20

    Resolved an error whereby when there were more then 20 fields assigned to a generated tab, a short dump occurred when a user switched to that tab.

    Authorization issue on using a value with *

    Resolved an error whereby users could not access documents where the authorization was maintained using a value of X*, to specify multiple values or the use of ranges. (RSPDN1208982)

    Reminder and receipt notifications for one workflow not sent in one collective email

    Resolved an issue whereby the reminder and receipt notifications for one workflow were not sent in one collective email. (RSPDN1173624)

    Foreign keys do not work in "Others" tab

    Resolved an error whereby in the "Others" tab, if a field had a foreign key, that field value was not taken into account. (RSPDN1209522)

    Field values in "Others" tab updated using search help in display mode

    Resolved an issue in which in the "Others" tab, even in the display mode, field values could be updated using the search help. (RSPDN1212720)

    Menu bar not translated correctly in SAP S/4HANA systems

    Resolved an error whereby in SAP S/4HANA systems, the menu bar was not displayed in languages other than English. (RSPDN1213209)

    Changing width of a column in header or item grid does not work

    Resolved an error whereby if a user changed the width of a column in the header or item grid in the SAP GUI screen, and then performed some other activity (switched between the document detail view and document overview list, restarted the application, or applied field states), the column width reverted to its default value. (RSPDN1198655)

    Earlier correction causes different authorization issue

    Resolved an error in which an earlier correction (RSPDN005213) of an authorization issue led to users with the right to view only those documents that did not have an associated document type, being allowed to also view and search for documents of a particular type. (RSPDN1231580)

    Determination results for partner functions not displayed on using search help option

    Resolved an error in which on viewing the header partner details, the search help option for the "Customer" field did not display the determination results for any of the partner functions (for example, Sold-to party, Ship-to party), even though the determinations were performed and the fields correctly populated.
    This issue occurred when a search help option that required the GUID as an input parameter did not get its value from the grid. (RSPDN1232458)

    Search help results for criteria fields return incorrect values

    Resolved an error whereby the search help results for the fields that were defined as configuration criteria, returned incorrect values. (RSPDN1202156)

    Multiple, unwanted document viewer calls

    Resolved an issue in which on document selection, multiple, unwanted document viewer calls occurred. (RSPDN1220871)

    Runtime error if incorrect preset customized

    Resolved an issue in which if an incorrect preset was customized, a runtime error occurred. (RSPDN1218237)

    Timeout during Worklist generation

    Resolved an error whereby when there were a lot of documents, the Worklist regeneration was very slow and ended up in timeouts. (RSPDN1224023)

    Master Data Maintenance

    Error on posting customer master data

    Resolved the error that occurred on trying to post customer master data. (RSPDN1279725)

    IBAN not read from vendor master data record

    Resolved an error that occurred in the vendor master in which an update or create request with a reference vendor did not select the IBAN of the template master data record correctly. (RSPDN1185604)

    No email generated after successful posting of documents

    Resolved an issue whereby the notification email for a successful posting was not dispatched for vendor master documents. (RSPDN1229254)

    Cannot save document because of non-existing license

    Resolved an error whereby documents could not be saved because of a non-existing license. (RSPDN1187774)

    Mandatory field checks for vendor master data generates errors in Web Application

    Resolved an error in which when mandatory field checks were called for the vendor master data, error were encountered in the Web Application. (RSPDN1216187)

    Search help for "Purchasing Group" field in SAP GUI populates some other, incorrect field

    Resolved an issue in which in the SAP GUI, using the search help for the "Purchasing Group" field incorrectly resulted in some other field being populated. (RSPDN1233849)

    Order Confirmations

    Error on parallel RFC user calls processing Idocs

    Resolved an issue whereby when parallel RFC user calls processed IDoc data, a short dump occurred. (RSPDN1166497)

    Performance issue for documents with many line items

    Resolved an issue whereby for order confirmation documents whose associated purchase orders had a lot of line items, accessing the document detail view was very slow. (RSPDN1203943)

    Incorrect item status when purchase order item determination fails

    Resolved an error whereby when purchase order item determination failed, the item status remained green if no additional check was triggered. (RSPDN1256460)

    Payment Advice

    Incorrect configuration in determination classes causes runtime error

    Resolved an issue in which an incorrect configuration in the "INIT" determination classes caused a runtime error. (RSPDN1213907)

    Payment Approvals

    Different payment lines have same ID in Web Application

    Resolved an issue in which if in the same document, payments were assigned to a vendor and customer that had the same number, the Web Application displayed only one of them and the number of items was incorrect. (RSPDN1204525)

    Applying changes to payment block in document with multiple vendors does not work

    Resolved an error whereby on applying the changes made to a document, only the items of the first vendor were correctly updated in the first run. (RSPDN1212865)

    Requisitions

    Incorrect configuration in determination classes causes runtime error

    Resolved an issue in which an incorrect configuration in the "INIT" determination classes caused a runtime error. (RSPDN1213907)

    Umbrella

    Current user information from Umbrella calls gets lost during processing

    Resolved an error whereby the current user information, generated during Umbrella RFC calls, got lost during the processing. (RSPDN1251030)

    Online posting attempts using the integrated view handles error messages incorrectly

    Resolved an issue whereby error messages were handled incorrectly when using the "Perform" function such that even if the posting was successful, an error message was created. (RSPDN1238892)

    Existence of "PO_HISTORY" data level causes error on invoice posting

    Resolved an issue whereby the existence of the "PO_HISTORY" data level caused an error when trying to post an invoice. (RSPDN1247589)

    Web Application

    Switching between edit mode and "User profile" node causes short dump

    Resolved an error in which switching between the edit mode in a document and the "User profile" node resulted in a short dump. (RSPDN1197710)

    Locked document available for editing

    Resolved an error whereby a document that was locked elsewhere could be opened in the Web Application in change mode, with all the fields available for modification. (RSPDN1231726)

    Workflows

    Workflow status icon does not reflect latest status in document history

    Resolved an issue in which the workflow status icon did not reflect the latest status in the document history, displaying instead the last workflow status for all the versions. (RSPDN1188512)

    Performance issue due to workflow calculation even if document was never in workflow

    Resolved an issue in which even if a document had never been in workflow, the calculation of the workflow display was still done, which resulted in a decrease in performance. (RSPDN1242656)

    Incorrect status on posting document in workflow

    Resolved an error whereby for a workflow with automatic posting configured after the approval of the last step, if the document had errors that prevented it from being posted, it remained in change mode, but without being locked. (RSPDN1218013)

    Users removed by BAdI not actually removed

    Resolved an error in which on using a BAdI to delete users from a workflow step, they were not updated as having been removed. (RSPDN1255098)


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