20 November 2020
This file contains important information about Kofax Process Director Accounts Payable 7.7 Support Pack 4.
Drag and drop for multiple PO items
Support for import of cross-company postings
SAP field settings taken into account for posting interface preparation
logoff_redirect_url after user inactivity
Drag and drop for multiple PO items
It is now possible to select multiple purchase order line items and drag and drop them into the invoice. (RSPDN1518058)
Process Director Accounts Payable is fully compliant with S/4HANA On-Premise 2020.
Support for import of cross-company postings
It is now possible to import SAP documents with an intercompany transaction number into Process Director Accounts Payable, manually via the “Import SAP document” function or using the /COCKPIT/SAP_DOC_IMPORT program.
SAP field settings taken into account for posting interface preparation
The settings in the SAP transactions OBC4 and OB41 are now taken into account when posting FI invoices. This avoids unnecessary messages, for example, when a field contains a value, but is hidden in accordance with the settings. (RSPDN1548745)
logoff_redirect_url after user inactivity
When the user is automatically logged off after a period of inactivity, the pdweb-app.properties parameter “logoff_redirect_url” now redirects the user to the specified URL.
Incorrect search help values for partner bank type
Incorrect document selection with combination of follow-up flags and workflow criteria
Irrelevant message on cancelling reversal
Short dump in S/4HANA system on posting as IDoc
Perform action does not transfer partner bank type
Short dump on opening multiple account assignment
Purchase order data change in SAP not reflected in Process Director
Missing item proposal and account assignments for service PO after posting partial invoice
Discounts always zero after Payment Control run
Erroneous message when PO units of measure differ
Wrong vendor displayed when document list sorted by vendor subtotals
Error on running Down payments check
Tax calculation check does not take all tolerances into account
Material posting error with Repetitor
Account table missing in Repetitor interface calls
Error when posting MM document with empty PO item
Performance issue when selecting documents by follow-up flag
Vendor determination search by history table does not update changed values
Missing value in Invoice reduction configuration deactivates the process
Cursor position not retained when user updates the payment terms
Accrual report hotspot opens wrong document when using subtotals
To import documents, users need access to all company codes
Short dump when opening versions of a Fast Entry document
CT_MATERIAL missing in User Exit 074
Capital Goods Indicator not available for FI documents
License counter fails and causes short dump
Short dump for alphanumeric item category
GUI for HTML drag and drop does not work
SARA archiving terminates in system with Ariba Add-On installed
Invalid search result for non-IDoc documents
Line item assignment deletes reference number and year
Entering cash discount amount deletes payment terms
Standard SAP header field status not applied
IBAN separator missing in Partner Bank Type search help
Short dump when opening image if archive information is incomplete
Defaulted cost center value appears in FI invoice after deletion
Missing parameter in User Exit 51 call function
Short dump during quantity-based distribution
Wrong position number of new line item in MM invoice
Material data disappears after viewing document versions
Freight invoices determination by industry key returns irrelevant vendors
Tax code erroneously assigned to invoice items
License counter not incremented when IV license assigned to another process type
BSP Down Payments not recognized by SAP_DOC_IMPORT
Short dump in /COCKPIT/BSP_FUNCTION_004
Button to display general message texts inactive in display mode
Incorrect user assignment for next step
Erroneous "Processors not assigned" message when approving workflow step
Error on saving after deleting or adding a note
Wrong user displayed for locked document
No documents available in Workflow History
Notes not available after searching Incoming Invoices node
Document detail not displayed from single document link
SAML SSO fails if language not installed in SAP
-Dcom.ebydos.webapp.config does not work with %context%
ReadSoft Mobile demo displays blank screen instead of invoice image
Future substitute users unlisted in the Web Application
Not possible to change order of systems in master worklist
csvDownloadList Copy button does not appear in Chrome browser
Extra space in URL in workflow reminder email
Email variables not converted to values
Different line breaks in direct email and /COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK email
Collective email only sent to one substitute
/COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK collective mail ends with short dump
Rejecting workflow to Process Director processor does not work correctly
Error message "User does not exist" displayed for temporarily locked user
Document list does not load if called twice in collective email
Layout cannot be saved in Work Cycle user management
Workflow recipient determination sequence does not work correctly
User Exit 950 does not support User and User Type parameters
Not possible to replace single recipient with user group
Incorrect search help values for partner bank type
The search help IBAN values for the "Partner Bank Type” field were incorrect if multiple partner bank types were available for the vendor and “IBAN without Bank Account No.” was activated. (RSPDN1444110)
Incorrect document selection with combination of follow-up flags and workflow criteria
When using a HANA database and the selection criteria “Follow-up flag” and “Unposted / In workflow”, the document list contained posted documents in workflow as well as unposted documents in workflow. (RSPDN1455102)
Irrelevant message on cancelling reversal
When the user clicked the “Cancel” button in the “Reversal confirmation” dialog, an unnecessary message was displayed. (RSPDN1453407)
Short dump in S/4HANA system on posting as IDoc
In an S/4HANA 1909 system, simulation and posting as IDoc ended with a short dump. (RSPDN1454623)
Perform action does not transfer partner bank type
After implementing RSPDN1346437, on clicking the "Perform button", the partner bank type was no longer transferred to the SAP transaction and the message “Customer has no bank details of the bank type 1” was erroneously displayed. (RSPDN1450843).
Short dump on opening multiple account assignment
If the entered quantity was too low, the multiple account assignment automatic distribution created negative values, resulting in a short dump when the user clicked the “Edit account assignment” button. (RSPDN1473566)
Purchase order data change in SAP not reflected in Process Director
When the user changed the purchase order data in the standard SAP transaction, the Process Director document detail view was not updated with the changes until the user closed, refreshed, and reopened the document. (RSPDN1469872)
Missing item proposal and account assignments for service PO after posting partial invoice
When a partial invoice was posted for a service purchase order with multiple account assignments, item proposal did not include line items for which the partial invoice had been posted, and the residual amount and quantity for those lines were not displayed in the “Account assignment” window. (RSPDN1467319)
Discounts always zero after Payment Control run
After running the /COCKPIT/PAYMENT_CONTROL program, the discount values in the documents were always zero. (RSPDN1488716)
Erroneous message when PO units of measure differ
If the first purchase order item had different values for the order unit (OUn) and the price order unit (OPU) and a subsequent item had a different unit of measure than the first item, on checking or posting the document, an erroneous error message was displayed for the subsequent item. (RSPDN1458256)
Wrong vendor displayed when document list sorted by vendor subtotals
When subtotals were displayed in the “Vendor” column of the document list, when the user clicked a vendor number in a subtotal line, the wrong vendor details were displayed. Jumping to the vendor details in the subtotal line has now been suppressed. To display vendor details, the user must click the vendor number in a detail line. (RSPDN1458916)
Error on running Down payments check
Additional check 21 “Down payments” checked only down payments for the current fiscal year, resulting in an error message if the fiscal year was not the current one. (RSPDN1490221).
Tax calculation check does not take all tolerances into account
Additional check 015 “Correct tax data” only checked tolerances that were customized in transaction FTXP. It did not take into account the possibility to allow the “extended” tolerances introduced with SAP notes 943614 and 956637. (RSPDN1477515)
Material posting error with Repetitor
When an invoice was posted by the /COCKPIT/REPETITOR program, the material posting data was lost. (RSPDN1495456)
Account table missing in Repetitor interface calls
The “Account” table was missing in the interface of function module /COCKPIT/API_DATA_UPDATE in the /COCKPIT/REPETITOR_POST include. (RSPDN1490121)
Error when posting MM document with empty PO item
When checking or posting an MM document with one purchase order item without quantity and amount, the error message “Error in routine MRM_FRSEG_CHECK FRSEG-WRBTR” was displayed. (RSPDN1494408)
Performance issue when selecting documents by follow-up flag
When the field “Follow-up flag” was used to select documents in the selection screen, the document list took a very long time to load. (RSPDN1490215)
Vendor determination search by history table does not update changed values
If the vendor changed a value, after transfer to Process Director Accounts Payable, the changed value was not updated in the /COCKPIT/TVDHIST table, with the result that vendor determination search 010 was unable to determine the vendor based on that value. (RSPDN1494705)
Missing value in Invoice reduction configuration deactivates the process
If no value was entered in the "Reduction" field in /COCKPIT/C63, the"Create Invoice reduction" button was not available in edit mode. (RSPDN1500146)
Cursor position not retained when user updates the payment terms
When a user manually updated the payment terms in an invoice and the system displayed a warning message, the cursor unexpectedly moved to the "Transaction" field. (RSPDN1501271)
Accrual report hotspot opens wrong document when using subtotals
Clicking on a subtotal in the accrual report opened the wrong document. (RSPDN1510363)
To import documents, users need access to all company codes
Users required authorizations for all company codes to import SAP documents in /COCKPIT/1. (RSPDN1497129)
Short dump when opening versions of a Fast Entry document
A short dump occurred when the user attempted to open a version of a Fast Entry document. (RSPDN1500132)
CT_MATERIAL missing in User Exit 074
The parameter CT_MATERIAL was not available in the interface definition of the sample function module and in the function module /COCKPIT/BSP_USEX_AFTER_REVERS. (RSPDN1496437)
Capital Goods Indicator not available for FI documents
It was not possible to post FI invoices if the "Capital Goods Indicator" check box was selected in OY01. (RSPDN1516515)
License counter fails and causes short dump
When Process Director Accounts Payable documents were transferred in parallel and automatic workflow start was active, system performance decreased considerably and short dumps could occur. (RSPDN1492267)
Short dump for alphanumeric item category
A short dump occurred during item proposal if an alphanumeric item category was used in a purchase order. (RSPDN1512650)
GUI for HTML drag and drop does not work
When using drag and drop to assign purchase order items in the HTML GUI for SAP, the line items were not moved to another window. (RSPDN1514940)
SARA archiving terminates in system with Ariba Add-On installed
SARA archiving terminated if the Process Director Accounts Payable Ariba Add-on was installed. If you install this Add-on, you must add the /EBY/RBIV_TST table to the /COCKPIT/S object to use SARA archiving. (RSPDN1497130)
Invalid search result for non-IDoc documents
When searching for all documents that do not come from the EDI interface (those without an IDoc number), the search returned no results. (RSPDN1498554)
Line item assignment deletes reference number and year
When processing documents with multiple purchase orders and line items, after using the “Assign line item” feature, the values of the fields “Reference Document” and “Fiscal Year of Current Period” were deleted for the last line item. (RSPDN1516103)
Entering cash discount amount deletes payment terms
After entering a value in the “Discount Amount” field under “Terms of payment from SAP”, the values of all other payment terms fields were set to zero. (RSPDN 1518737)
Standard SAP header field status not applied
The standard SAP header field status settings defined in transactions OBC4 and OB41 were not applied in Process Director Accounts Payable. (RSPDN1495017)
IBAN separator missing in Partner Bank Type search help
The IBAN separator was missing in the search help for the Partner Bank Type field. (RSPDN1528271)
Short dump when opening image if archive information is incomplete
A short dump occurred while opening the image when the archive information was incomplete. (RSPDN1532053)
Defaulted cost center value appears in FI invoice after deletion
If a cost center value was defaulted in the OKB9 transaction, it was displayed in an FI invoice even after a user deleted it manually. (RSPDN1519433)
Missing parameter in User Exit 51 call function
The " Send to PD" selection parameter was missing in the call function of User Exit 51 "'Adjustment of selected Process Director documents". (RSPDN1529379)
Short dump during quantity-based distribution
A short dump occurred after changing the quantity in line items related to a purchase order with with quantity-based or proportional distribution. (RSPDN1536080)
Wrong position number of new line item in MM invoice
When using User Exit 016, “Own checks and adjustments in the PAI of the detail screen”, after a new item line was manually added to the MM invoice, its position number was incorrect. (RSPDN1531381)
Material data disappears after viewing document versions
When the user viewed document versions and then returned to the current version, the “Material” table was no longer displayed. (RSPDN1449321)
Freight invoices determination by industry key returns irrelevant vendors
The freight invoices determination by vendor industry key returned vendors with an empty industry key who were not relevant for the freight process. (RSPDN1497784)
Tax code erroneously assigned to invoice items
The tax code from the header data was added to all invoice items, even to items that could not be automatically assigned to a purchase order item. (RSPDN1523927)
License counter not incremented when IV license assigned to another process type
With the exception of Down Payments, if the “IV Incoming Invoice” license was assigned to another Process Director process type in transaction /EBY/PDBO_VOBJ, the license counter of that process type was incremented instead of the IV license. (RSPDN1189066)
When the option “Posting as IDoc” was activated in /COCKPIT/EI1, for each transferred Ariba IDoc, two Process Director Accounts Payable documents were created. (RSPDN1468957)
BSP Down Payments not recognized by SAP_DOC_IMPORT
When a Down Payment was posted with BSP function 004, an error message was displayed indicating that the SAP document could not be found. (RSPDN1122747)
Short dump in /COCKPIT/BSP_FUNCTION_004
A short dump occurred when running Business Support Package function 004 “Down payment request posting (F-47)”. (RSPDN1492043)
Button to display general message texts inactive in display mode
In /COCKPIT/MAI3, the button to jump to the general message texts in SE61 only worked in change mode, not in display mode. (RSPDN1409539)
Incorrect user assignment for next step
After approval of a workflow step that was followed by an optional step, the wrong users were assigned to the next step. (RSPDN1499724)
When a user who was not the processor of a document in workflow added a note to the document, the note was not saved. (RSPDN1457411)
Erroneous "Processors not assigned" message when approving workflow step
If the position of the workflow steps was not defined in ascending order in /COCKPIT/WI4, the error message "Processors not assigned for subsequent steps" was displayed when the user tried to approve one of the workflow steps, even though processors were defined for the subsequent step. (RSPDN1475471)
Error on saving after deleting or adding a note
When the user created a note without adding any text, saved the document, then added text or deleted the note and saved again, the error message “No persistent image of object found” was displayed. (RSPDN1492857)
Wrong user displayed for locked document
The Web Application displayed the Web Application RFC user instead of the user who was locking the document. Process Director Accounts Payable also spent too much time checking which user was locking a document. (RSPDN1500740)
No documents available in Workflow History
When the user clicked the Workflow History node, the message “No documents available for this selection” was erroneously displayed. (RSPDN1494569)
Notes not available after searching Incoming Invoices node
After using the selection screen in the “Incoming Invoices” node, the “Notes” button was not available for any documents. (RSPDN1490228)
Document detail not displayed from single document link
The document detail view of an invoice was not displayed when the user clicked the single document link in a workflow email.
SAML SSO fails if language not installed in SAP
SAML SSO did not work if the user's PC or browser language was not installed in the SAP system.
-Dcom.ebydos.webapp.config does not work with %context%
The Tomcat parameter “-Dcom.ebydos.webapp.config” did not work correctly when used with the “%context%” variable.
ReadSoft Mobile demo displays blank screen instead of invoice image
On the ReadSoft Mobile demo site, a blank screen was displayed instead of the invoice image.
Future substitute users unlisted in the Web Application
The future substitutes that appear in /COCKPIT/WC_SUBST_MANAGER were not displayed in the Web Application. (RSPDN1512781)
Not possible to change order of systems in master worklist
When “displayMode” is set to “SYSTEM_FIRST” for a master worklist, the Web Application now displays the connected systems in the order specified in the “systemWorklistconfigs” parameter.
csvDownloadList Copy button does not appear in Chrome browser
When using the ":copy" attribute of the pdweb-app.properties parameter "csvDownloadList", the Copy button did not appear in Chrome.
Extra space in URL in workflow reminder email
When a URL was included in a workflow reminder email text sent by the /COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK program, an extra space (represented by %20) was inserted in the URL. (RSPDN1449850)
Email variables not converted to values
In plain text emails sent out by the /COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK program, email variables (aliases) were not converted to the relevant values. (RSPDN1443475).
Different line breaks in direct email and /COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK email
Formatting characters inserted in email templates SE61 to prevent long text lines from breaking were ignored when mails were sent by the /COCKPIT_DUE_DATE check program. Line breaks were correct in emails sent directly, such as the workflow start email. (RSPDN1455201)
Collective email only sent to one substitute
When a user had several substitutes assigned, only one substitute received collective workflow emails. (RSPDN1443871)
/COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK collective mail ends with short dump
A short dump occurred in the /COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK program when a selection on the /COCKPIT/THDR failed for an overdue workflow. (RSPDN1457663)
Rejecting workflow to Process Director processor does not work correctly
When the Reject option “Back to Processor Director processor” was set in /COCKPIT/WI3, the workflow status did not change to Rejected and the document was not available to the processor. RSPDN1211195 corrected this error for rejection of the first workflow step, but the issue still occurred for subsequent workflow steps. RSPDN1211195 has been adjusted to fix the error for all steps in the workflow. (RSPDN1211195)
Error message "User does not exist" displayed for temporarily locked user
On attempting to send a workflow to a user that was temporarily locked due to incorrect password entry, the error message "User XXX does not exist" was displayed. (RSPDN1459291)
Document list does not load if called twice in collective email
When the same text variable was used twice in a workflow email, only the first instance of the variable was replaced. (RSPDN1491142)
Layout cannot be saved in Work Cycle user management
After changing the layout in /COCKPIT/WUM, it was not possible to save the changes because the “Saving” menu item was inactive. (RSPDN1495783)
Workflow recipient determination sequence does not work correctly
When a sequence for recipient determination was defined in /COCKPIT/WUM2, the second determination was not called if the first determination returned no results due to faulty data, such as a missing or invalid recipient. (RSPDN1498744)
User Exit 950 does not support User and User Type parameters
Two function modules were changed to support the additional parameters "User" and "User Type" when calling User Exit 950. (RSPDN1509925)
Not possible to replace single recipient with user group
When assigning workflow recipients, if the user replaced an individual recipient with a user group, the replaced recipient was still displayed in the list of assigned recipients. (RSPDN1516005)
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