Kofax ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts PayableTM 7.4 Service Pack 4

Release Notes

11 July 2018

This file contains important information about ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable 7.4 Service Pack 4.


Contents

New features and improvements

Accounts Payable

Web Application

Fixes with this release

Accounts Payable

Email-based Approval

Web Application

WORK CYCLE

Support


New features and improvements

  • Accounts Payable

  • Delete OCR data and system logs on archiving

    Permitted/alternate payee bank information

  • Web Application

  • Improvement in workflow history algorithm

    Accounts Payable

    Delete OCR data and system logs on archiving

    On archiving, the OCR data and the system logs are now deleted. (EMEIC2864)

    Permitted/alternate payee bank information

    If a payee has been defined for a vendor, the bank data of that payee is now displayed, instead of that of the vendor. (EMEIC2900)

    Web Application

    Improvement in workflow history algorithm

    The algorithm for workflow history has now been improved such that the documents are listed and sorted according to the conditions entered. (EMEIC2945)


    Fixes with this release

  • Accounts Payable

  • Different message types in PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable and REPETITOR

    Clear references to PROCESS DIRECTOR

    Performance issue while handling big lists of invoices

    Locking mechanism in Accrual Reports

    Accrual reports: Missing tax code in all FI documents

    "Create invoice reduction" button is active in display mode

    Incorrect currency displayed in message log

    Performance issue on parking FI document

    Change in sequence of purchase order lines

    Image of invoice reduction document not correctly linked

    Slow cleanup of OCR data because of missing database index

    Error activating "/COCKPIT/OBJ_CRED_GET" Function Module

    Planned delivery costs not proposed if vendor is different from purchase order vendor

    Item proposal does not return items for each condition type

    Incorrect down payment currency in additional check

    Docking size of invoice image not retained

    Message informing about locked state of a document is not accurate

    "/COCKPIT/BALANCE_COMPUTE_ENH" Function Module does not work for limit purchase order items

    Fast Entry missing company code on transfer

    Posting a document through "FB60" batch input takes very long

    Short dump while transferring document from Invoices to PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable

    German labels for "Item data" and "PO data" in document detail view truncated

    Accrual Report: Lack of conversion of WBS Element

    Error with balance calculation after locking purchase order line

    Created "Invoice reduction" document has balance

    Supplier Portal Synchronizer class name change

    Short dump with "/COCKPIT/MM_DUPL_INV_CHECK" report

    Incorrect status icon displayed in document version history

    Tax rate removed from tax table after document transfer

    Baseline date not adjusted on changing payment terms

    No multi-account assignment popup for non-standard account assignment categories

    "Real Estate Key" empty in planned multi-account assignment popup

    Not possible to modify existing invoice reduction reason

    Issue with multiple account assignments - distribution by amount

    REPETITOR creates new version for document even if nothing has changed

    Issue with rounding off amount in local currency if fixed exchange rate from purchase order is used

    Additional check does not find existing IBAN in vendor master data

    Confusing message displayed in document overview list after viewing document history

    Item proposal with delivery note deletes purchase order that has no delivery note

    Vendor description not displayed in document history

    Incorrect accounting line in document history

    Company code description not displayed in document history

    "Head office" field not displayed in document history

    Inconsistent defaulting of company code during invoice creation in HANA database

    Loading Line Item Approval data slows down accrual reports

  • Email-based Approval

  • Email confirmation for workflow action not sent out

  • Web Application

  • User search help against full name does not work correctly for Internet users

  • WORK CYCLE

  • 4-eyes principle buffer not refreshed on substitute takeover

    User assignment for line item in posted document

    Display history of latest entries for workflow receiver field

    Confusing message on setting initial password for locked "WUM" user

    Line Item Approval with invoice reduction

    Substitutes do not receive collective emails sent by "Due Date Check" program

    Not possible to assign SAP user of type, "Service", as workflow recipient

    Error message about non-existing user stops due date check program

    Locked Internet user treated as non-existent

    Performance issue when starting "/COCKPIT/WC" transaction

    Accounts Payable

    Different message types in PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable and REPETITOR

    Resolved an issue in which for documents that should be posted, parked, or checked using BAPI, different message types were displayed in PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable and REPETITOR. (EMEIC2880)

    Clear references to PROCESS DIRECTOR

    Resolved an error in which the "/COCKPIT/DISPLAY46_DETAILS" and the "/COCKPIT/PO_GET_SERVICE_ITEMS" Function Modules used objects from PROCESS DIRECTOR.

    Performance issue while handling big lists of invoices

    Resolved a performance issue that occurred while handling big lists of invoices. (EMEIC2947)

    Locking mechanism in Accrual Reports

    Resolved an error in which in Accrual Reports, if a company code was locked, adequately informative messages were not displayed to the user. (RSPDN6249)

    Accrual reports: Missing tax code in all FI documents

    Resolved an issue in which in Accrual Reports, the tax code was missing for all the FI documents. (RSPDN6597)

    "Create invoice reduction" button is active in display mode

    Resolved an error in which the "Create invoice reduction" button was active in the display mode. (EMEIC2952)

    Incorrect currency displayed in message log

    Resolved an issue in which the message log displayed the invoice currency, instead of the local down payment currency. (EMEIC2941)

    Performance issue on parking FI document

    Resolved performance issues that occurred on parking FI documents. (EMEIC2951)

    Change in sequence of purchase order lines

    Resolved an issue in which after implementing EMEIC2799, the purchase order lines changed in that they did not follow the "MIRO" sequence. (EMEIC2934)

    Image of invoice reduction document not correctly linked

    Resolved an issue in which the image of the invoice reduction document was not correctly linked to the Accounts Payable document. (EMEIC2909)

    Slow cleanup of OCR data because of missing database index

    Resolved an error in which the deletion of OCR data was slow during SARA archiving. (RSPDN6424)

    Error activating "/COCKPIT/OBJ_CRED_GET" Function Module

    Resolved the error in activating the "/COCKPIT/OBJ_CRED_GET" Function Module. (EMEIC2949)

    Planned delivery costs not proposed if vendor is different from purchase order vendor

    Resolved an issue in which if the vendor for the planned delivery costs was different from the purchase order vendor, the planned delivery costs were not proposed (header vendor is set to the planned delivery costs vendor). (EMEIC2950)

    Item proposal does not return items for each condition type

    Resolved an error in which on implementing EMEIC2799, when a purchase order had condition types for delivery costs and the like, the item proposal returned only one item, instead of one item for each condition type. (EMEIC2934)

    Incorrect down payment currency in additional check

    Resolved an issue in which the additional check for down payments used the invoice currency in the output message, instead of the actual local currency of the down payment. (EMEIC2911)

    Docking size of invoice image not retained

    Resolved an issue whereby when a user displayed and resized an invoice image, it did not retain its docked size on moving on to the next document that had an invoice image. (EMEIC2843)

    Message informing about locked state of a document is not accurate

    Resolved an error in which the message displayed for providing information about the locked state of a document was not accurate. (EMEIC2832)

    "/COCKPIT/BALANCE_COMPUTE_ENH" Function Module does not work for limit purchase order items

    Resolved an error in which the "/COCKPIT/BALANCE_COMPUTE_ENH" Function Module did not work for limit purchase order items. (EMEIC2895)

    Fast Entry missing company code on transfer

    Resolved an issue in which on transfer, the company code was overwritten with a blank value in Fast Entry. (EMEIC2935)

    Posting a document through "FB60" batch input takes very long

    Resolved an issue in which posting a document through the "FB60" batch input process took a very long time on the SAP HANA database. This was because the "CTU_PARAMS-NOBINPT" parameter was not set for posting via the "/COCKPIT/API_FB60_CALL" Function Module. (EMEIC2879)

    Short dump while transferring document from Invoices to PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable

    Resolved an error in which on transferring a document from Invoices to PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable, a short dump occurred. (EMEIC2932)

    German labels for "Item data" and "PO data" in document detail view truncated

    Resolved an issue in which on logging in to the system in German, in the document detail view, the "Item data" and "PO data" labels were truncated.

    Accrual Report: Lack of conversion of WBS Element

    Resolved an error in which when the WBS Element value was specified as a Fast Coding Entry in the selection screen, the Accrual Report did not display the WBS Element in the correct format in the ALV grid. (RSPDN6046)

    Error with balance calculation after locking purchase order line

    Resolved an issue in which for posted documents that had locked purchase order items, the calculation of the balance was not correct. (EMEIC2910)

    Created "Invoice reduction" document has balance

    Resolved an error whereby when a created "Invoice reduction" document had a multi-account assignment popup, it resulted in a balance. (EMEIC2920)

    Supplier Portal Synchronizer class name change

    Resolved an error in which the Supplier Portal Synchronizer 7.4 R70 had an incorrect class name. (EMEIC2930)

    Short dump with "/COCKPIT/MM_DUPL_INV_CHECK" report

    Resolved an error in which when a duplicate had been identified, the "/COCKPIT/MM_DUPL_INV_CHECK" report resulted in a short dump during the transfer. (EMEIC2921)

    Incorrect status icon displayed in document version history

    Resolved an issue in which the incorrect status icon was displayed in the document version history. (EMEIC2914)

    Tax rate removed from tax table after document transfer

    Resolved an issue in which for invoices with references to POs, the tax rate was cleared out from the tax table during document transfer (because of EMEIC2680) to PROCESS DIRECTOR Accounts Payable. (EMEIC2902)

    Baseline date not adjusted on changing payment terms

    Resolved an error in which on changing the payment terms, the baseline date was not being adjusted. (EMEIC2929)

    No multi-account assignment popup for non-standard account assignment categories

    Resolved an issue in which for the non-standard account assignment categories, the multi-account assignment popup was not editable. (EMEIC2888)

    "Real Estate Key" empty in planned multi-account assignment popup

    Resolved an issue in which the "Real Estate Key" field was empty in the planned multi-account assignment popup. (EMEIC2892)

    Not possible to modify existing invoice reduction reason

    Resolved an issue in which it was not possible to modify just the existing invoice reduction reason, without making any changes to the "Price deduction" or "Quantity deduction" fields. (EMEIC2887)

    Issue with multiple account assignments - distribution by amount

    Resolved an error that occurred on using multiple account assignments, with distribution by amount. (EMEIC2890)

    REPETITOR creates new version for document even if nothing has changed

    Resolved an issue in which even if nothing had been changed in a document and the "Check" action reflected that, REPETITOR still created a new version for the document. (EMEIC2889)

    Issue with rounding off amount in local currency if fixed exchange rate from purchase order is used

    Resolved an issue in which if a fixed exchange rate from the purchase order was used, it was not possible to round off the amount in the local currency in the follow-on documents. (EMEIC2899)

    Additional check does not find existing IBAN in vendor master data

    Resolved an issue in which for long bank account numbers, the "Bank details on the invoice are identical to those in the master data" additional check could not find in the vendor master data, the IBAN mentioned in the invoice. (EMEIC2916)

    Confusing message displayed in document overview list after viewing document history

    Resolved an issue in which on viewing the history of a document and then going back to the document overview list, an incorrect message was displayed. (EMEIC2927)

    Item proposal with delivery note deletes purchase order that has no delivery note

    Resolved an error in which if there were different purchase orders for an item—one with a delivery note and another without a delivery note—after item proposal, the one without the delivery note was deleted. (EMEIC2919)

    Vendor description not displayed in document history

    Resolved an issue in which the vendor description was not displayed in the document history.

    Incorrect accounting line in document history

    Resolved an error in which an incorrect accounting line was displayed in the document history.

    Company code description not displayed in document history

    Resolved an issue in which the company code description was not displayed in the document history.

    "Head office" field not displayed in document history

    Resolved an issue in which the "Head office" field was not displayed in the document history.

    Inconsistent defaulting of company code during invoice creation in HANA database

    Resolved an issue in which the defaulting of the company code during invoice creation was not consistent in the HANA database. (EMEIC2908)

    Loading Line Item Approval data slows down accrual reports

    Resolved an issue in which the loading of unnecessary Line Item Approval data lowered the performance of accrual reports. (EMEIC2884)

    Email-based Approval

    Email confirmation for workflow action not sent out

    Resolved an error in which in the SAP GUI environment, the email confirmation for a workflow action was not sent out. (RSPDN6215)

    Web Application

    User search help against full name does not work correctly for Internet users

    Resolved an error in which the user search help, against full names, did not work correctly for Internet users. (EMEIC2907)

    WORK CYCLE

    4-eyes principle buffer not refreshed on substitute takeover

    Resolved an error in which on substitute takeover, the 4-eyes principle buffer was not updated. (EMEIC2883)

    User assignment for line item in posted document

    Resolved an issue in which while trying to assign a workflow step receiver to the line item in an already posted document, the related entry field was not editable. (EMEIC2940)

    Display history of latest entries for workflow receiver field

    Resolved an issue in which the history of the latest entries for the workflow receiver field was not displayed.

    Confusing message on setting initial password for locked "WUM" user

    Resolved an issue in which a confusing message was displayed on trying to set the initial password for a locked "WUM" user. (EMEIC2933)

    Line Item Approval with invoice reduction

    Resolved an issue in which on using Line Item Approval with invoice reduction, users were able to modify line items other than their own. (EMEIC2928)

    Substitutes do not receive collective emails sent by "Due Date Check" program

    Resolved an error in which the substitutes of a workflow step processor did not receive the collective emails sent by the "Due Date Check" program. (RSPDN6394)

    Not possible to assign SAP user of type, "Service", as workflow recipient

    Resolved an issue in which an SAP user of type, "Service", could not be assigned as a workflow recipient. (EMEIC2905)

    Error message about non-existing user stops due date check program

    Resolved an error in which an error message about a non-existing user stopped the due date check program. (RSPDN6304)

    Locked Internet user treated as non-existent

    Resolved an error in which when an Internet user was locked, the "Due date check" program regarded that user as non-existent. (RSPDN6299)

    Performance issue when starting "/COCKPIT/WC" transaction

    Resolved an error in which when starting the "/COCKPIT/WC" transaction with a large amount of line items, the "Overview list without items" setting was ignored. This resulted in a timeout. (EMEIC2851)


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