Kofax Process DirectorTM 7.7 Service Pack 2

Release Notes

16 December 2019

This file contains important information about Kofax Process Director 7.7 Service Pack 2.


Contents

New features and improvements

Web Application

Fixes with this release

Accounts Receivable

Customer Orders

Financial Postings

General functionality

Goods Receipts

Master Data Maintenance

Order Confirmations

Payment Approvals

Umbrella

Web Application

Workflows

Support


New features and improvements

  • Web Application

  • New parameter to specify minimum length for triggering background search

    Support for substitute profiles

    Parameter to remove or retain domain for SSO authentication

    String manipulation for SNC authentication

    Web Application

    New parameter to specify minimum length for triggering background search

    By default, the parameter setting "pd_extended_search=yes" calls a field's search help in the background when the user types at least two characters in the field. This may cause timeouts if the search yields many results. With the new parameter "pd_search_on_change_DOCTYPE_FIELDID", you can override this setting for specific fields. For example, "pd_search_on_change_IV_EMAIL = 4" means that for Incoming Invoice documents (IV), the background search will only be called when the user types at least 4 characters in the EMAIL field. The setting "pd_search_on_change_EMAIL = 4" means that for all document types, the background search will be called when the user types at least 4 characters in the EMAIL field. If the parameter has a value of 0 (zero), the background search will not be called.

    Support for substitute profiles

    It is now possible to assign substitute profiles to substitutes.

    Parameter to remove or retain domain for SSO authentication

    With the new “pdweb-app.properties” parameter "ntlmauthenticate_remove_domain", you can specify whether the domain name should be removed or retained when user information is passed to the SAP RFC. Some SSO scenarios require the domain name as well as the user ID for authentication.

    String manipulation for SNC authentication

    It is now possible to modify the SSO string before performing SNC authentication. SNC requires full domain information in combination with the prefix p. The domain name can be retained by setting "ntlmauthenticate_remove_domain=no) in the pdweb-app.properties file. If further modifications of the string are required for successful authentication, this can be achieved by defining character manipulation values for the "Map SNC user ID to internal user ID" event. 


    Fixes with this release

  • Accounts Receivable

  • Open items remain in list after clearing posting

    Incorrect payment amount for currencies that do not have two decimal places

    Not possible to add custom fields for Electronic Bank Statements

    Short dump after moving open item to line items grid

  • Customer Orders

  • Short dump when calling the SD_SELECT_SALES_DOCUMENTS function module

    Error after rejecting workflow with mandatory note

  • Financial Postings

  • Regular postings not displayed in detail screen of recurring entry

  • General functionality

  • "Repetitor" report generates popup during posting of single document

    Selection screen filter ignores entered values

    Presets result in erroneous error messages

    Short dump when opening worklist node

    Code adjustments for S/4HANA 1809 and 1909 compatibility

    Not possible to open Process Director document from the relations grid

    Performance issues when opening document detail view

    "Step" column filter criteria not working

    Higher number of documents than expected after worklist generation

    Missing CONVERSION_EXIT_JUSTP_INPUT after installing Process Director support pack

  • Goods Receipts

  • Serial number data not displayed after posting delivery note

  • Master Data Maintenance

  • Bank details not updated in SAP

    Wrong call of subroutine for S/4HANA

  • Order Confirmations

  • IDoc simulation posting errors with mandatory price check

    Check for correct processing sequence does not work for IDocs in combination with the Split function

    Check simulation with BAPI causes short dump

  • Payment Approvals

  • Error after modifying payment block in line item

    Error message when saving or applying changes

  • Umbrella

  • Workflow start option not available in Umbrella system if Work Cycle license is missing

    Remote system test for Work Cycle checks for an active Web Board

    Incorrect error message on selecting document that was never in workflow

    Current processor displayed in "Creator" field

    Remote documents logged as changed by RFC user

    Short dump when follow-up flags set to clear on workflow start

  • Web Application

  • Default data not populated in vendor master maintenance

    Web Application buttons missing with HANA system

    Percentage distribution error with multiple account assignment

    Error when posting EBS document

    Incorrect workflow status

  • Workflows

  • Forward menu option missing

    Accounts Receivable

    Open items remain in list after clearing posting

    After a clearing posting was created for a payment advice document, items cleared during the clearing posting remained in the "Open Items" list. (RSPDN1299964)

    Incorrect payment amount for currencies that do not have two decimal places

    When a document was created from bank statement data and the statement used a currency that had a number of decimal places other than 2, the payment amount in the Payment Advice document did not match the amount in the bank statement. (RSPDN1260167)

    Not possible to add custom fields for Electronic Bank Statements

    It was not possible to add custom fields for Electronic Bank Statements due to missing customer includes in the Electronic Bank Statement tables. (RSPDN1294319)

    Short dump after moving open item to line items grid

    When an open item was moved from the open items grid to the line items grid using drag and drop, a short dump could occur when the document was saved. (RSPDN1350761

    Customer Orders

    Short dump when calling the SD_SELECT_SALES_DOCUMENTS function module

    A short dump occurred when the SD_SELECT_SALES_DOCUMENTS function module was called in older SAP versions. (RSPDN1310122)

    Error after rejecting workflow with mandatory note

    After rejecting a workflow and entering a note, the error message "Insert into database table /EBY/PDWC_TTXT failed" was displayed and the note was not saved. (RSPDN1310402)

    Financial Postings

    Regular postings not displayed in detail screen of recurring entry

    After regular postings were created from a recurring entry template, the created documents were not displayed in the document relations area in the detail screen of the recurring entry. (RSPDN1299246)

    General functionality

    "Repetitor" report generates popup during posting of single document

    Running the "/EBY/PDBO_REPETITOR" report during the posting of a single document resulted in a popup being generated. (RSPDN1275424)

    Selection screen filter ignores entered values

    Values entered in the worklist selection screen were not taken into account when the documents were filtered for display in the worklist. (RSPDN1247301)

    Presets result in erroneous error messages

    Presets did not support conversion routines, which resulted in erroneous "Entry does not exist" messages when a value was set by a preset. (RSPDN1258411)

    Short dump when opening worklist node

    If more than one authorization field was configured in an authorization object and the user was not authorized for the first field value, a short dump occurred when the user selected a worklist node. (RSPDN1304662)

    Code adjustments for S/4HANA 1809 and 1909 compatibility

    Code changes were made to ensure compatibility with S/4HANA 1809 and 1909. (RSPDN1323078)

    Not possible to open Process Director document from the relations grid

    When the user clicked on a Process Director document number in the relations grid, the document did not open. Instead, the error message "Select one entry" was displayed. (RSPDN1325875)

    Performance issues when opening document detail view

    Users experienced slow performance when opening the document detail view. (RSPDN1313471)

    "Step" column filter criteria not working

    Filtering the "Step" column in the document overview did not return results if the filter criteria were entered in lower case. (RSPDN1283543)

    Higher number of documents than expected after worklist generation

    When the worklist configuration was modified for a document type and the worklist was regenerated, it was possible that the number of documents processed was higher than expected for the modified document type. (RSPDN1301609)

    Missing CONVERSION_EXIT_JUSTP_INPUT after installing Process Director support pack

    In systems where Process Director is upgraded, but Process Director Accounts Payable remains on an older version, a short dump can occur when a Work Cycle user creates a substitute. If you have installed Process Director 7.6 SP4, 7.7 SP2 or 7.8 or higher, but have not upgraded Process Director Accounts Payable correspondingly, you should implement RSPDN1509822 in your Process Director Accounts Payable system. (RSPDN1509822)

    Goods Receipts

    Serial number data not displayed after posting delivery note

    On posting a delivery note with serial number data, the serial number information was no longer displayed after the document was posted. (RSPDN1248294)

    Master Data Maintenance

    Bank details not updated in SAP

    Changes made to the bank details in vendor master and customer master maintenance requests were not passed to SAP. (RSPDN1287285)

    Wrong call of subroutine for S/4HANA

    In S/4HANA the subroutine call to ACCOUNT_READ from class method /EBY/CL_PDMDGL_BAPI->GET_DETAIL was incompatible. The perform structures ACCOUNT_HEADER and ACCOUNT have changed in S/4HANA. (RSPDN1308480)

    Order Confirmations

    IDoc simulation posting errors with mandatory price check

    If a mandatory price validation was configured in SAP for a confirmation control key, during IDoc processing only the unit price was validated and not the total price. If only the total price was available in the document, the simulation always generated an error. (RSPDN1259445)

    Check for correct processing sequence does not work for IDocs in combination with the Split function

    The /EBY/CL_PDOR_EVT_CHK_ORDER check did not work correctly for IDoc data if the "Document splitting" function was used to create subsequent documents. (RSPDN1302149)

    Check simulation with BAPI causes short dump

    The check /EBY/CL_PDOR_EVT_CHK_CREATE “Check whether an order confirmation can be posted by BAPI” always returned an error, even if the simulation was successful. Depending on the SAP release used, the check could also result in a short dump. (RSPDN1302785)

    Payment Approvals

    Error after modifying payment block in line item

    When the payment block key was modified in a line item that had never been saved in the database, on saving the document, the error message "No persistent image exists" was displayed. (RSPDN1343100)

    Error message when saving or applying changes

    After modifying a line item payment block and clicking "Save"or "Apply changes", an error message regarding a missing GUID was displayed. (RSPDN1353346)

    Umbrella

    Workflow start option not available in Umbrella system if Work Cycle license is missing

    When there was no valid Work Cycle license key, the workflow start function was not available in an "Umbrella" system. (RSPDN1267570)

    Remote system test for Work Cycle checks for an active Web Board

    The internal test for remote systems, which checks if Work Cycle is active, checked for an active Web Board instead. This resulted in the situation that if only Work Cycle was active, it was not identified. (RSPDN1265982)

    Incorrect error message on selecting document that was never in workflow

    On selecting a document that has been rejected by someone else, an error message is rightly displayed.
    If another document that was never sent into a workflow was then selected, the same error message was displayed again. (RSPDN1271189)

    Current processor displayed in "Creator" field

    In the document overview list, the current processor was displayed in the "Creator" field instead of the user who created the document. (RSPDN1310251)

    Remote documents logged as changed by RFC user

    Remote Umbrella documents were logged as having being changed by the RFC user after various activities, such as opening the detail screen or performing a workflow action. (RSPDN1286328)

    Short dump when follow-up flags set to clear on workflow start

    If a follow-up flag in a document was set to clear on workflow start in /COCKPIT/C50, a short dump occurred when the document was sent to a workflow. (RSPDN1273926)

    Web Application

    Default data not populated in vendor master maintenance

    In the Web Application, fields in the vendor master data maintenance popup were not automatically populated with the values defined in the SAP user profile (for example, the purchasing organization). (RSPDN1287286)

    Web Application buttons missing with HANA system

    The "Web Application available actions" configuration was not correctly retrieved on a HANA database, with the result that configured buttons were sometimes not available in the Web Application. (RSPDN1287571)

    Percentage distribution error with multiple account assignment

    When using account distribution by percentage in a Requisition document, the entered amounts were highlighted with a red border and the message "Value is too big" was displayed, even though the percentage calculation was correct. (RSPDN1253236)

    Error when posting EBS document

    The Web Application returned an internal error message when the user attempted to post an Electronic Bank Statement document by clicking the "Post" button above the header area in the document detail. (RSPDN1309480)

    Incorrect workflow status

    The wrong workflow status icons were displayed for documents in workflow. (RSPDN1354293)

    Workflows

    Forward menu option missing

    The "Forward" option was missing on the "Workflow" menu for Incoming Invoices. (RSPDN1321892)


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