Kofax Process Director Accounts Payable 7.8 Support Pack 5

Release Notes

15 June 2022

This file contains important information about Kofax Process Director Accounts Payable 7.8 Support Pack 5.

New features and improvements

Work Cycle

Fixes with this release

Accounts Payable

Fiori

EDI Cockpit

Web Application

Work Cycle

Support

New features and improvements

Work Cycle

Location of User Exit 918 updated

Work Cycle

Location of User Exit 918 updated

The User Exit 918 should be called before the main logic of image uploading, including authorization checks and working with Archive Link. Its location was updated. (RSPDN1716281)

Fixes with this release

In the get_data_from_idoc form, one field was only 50 characters long instead of 1000. (RSPDN1701391)

Net due date not updated

When a document was changed from MM to FI or back, the fields "Net due date", "due days 1", and "due days 2" were not recalculated according to the payment terms. (RSPDN1712845)

Cost center not automatically assigned in case of FI documents with internal orders

When a number of an internal order with pre-assigned cost center was entered into a line item of an FI document, the cost center was not automatically retrieved. (RSPDN1734192)

Some IDoc fields not transferred to MM document upon posting

When IDoc data was used during posting, the field values for QR IBAN, ISR/QR-Ref were not transferred to the appropriate SAP MM document. (RSPDN1668635)

Follow-up flag exclusion option yields incomplete results

If during document selection an exclusion option was chosen for the follow-up flag, the results did not include documents without any follow-up flag. (RSPDN1689053)

Workflow not triggered automatically upon release of preceding one

A workflow did not get started automatically when the preceding workflow was released as the "Start at Process" condition "03" set in /COCKPIT/WI35 was not taken into account. (RSPDN1674543)

CPD IBAN not transferred to posted MM document

One-time vendor's address data, bank details, and CPD IBAN were not transferred to a SAP financial document after posting of a PDAP MM document. (RSPDN1686102)

Wrong Account Assignment for posting/reversal of Service PO

There was a wrong Account Assignment in case of posting and reversing items of a Service PO in the standard SAP transactions MR11 and MR11SHOW. (RSPDN1695650)

SAP user without address impossible to use as substitute

In the substitute maintenance program, if an SAP user was maintained without an address there was an error if this user was selected as a substitute. (RSPDN1677636)

CPD vendor data not transferred to MM document

If the QR IBAN field was not filled with a value, the CPD vendor data was not passed to the MM document at posting. (RSPDN1695502)

EDI Cockpit item data not transferred to PDAP

EDI Cockpit item data was not transferred to PDAP when the E1EDP05 IDoc segment was used for Account Assignments. (RSPDN1653569)

/COCKPIT/TIP_* tables required update during Repetitor run

If Repetitor and the configuration in /COCKPIT/C6 -> MM item suggestion version (set to "1 Process Director AP 7.1 with pop-up") were used, the PO was not saved in the /COCKPIT/TIP_* tables and a wrong PO was used for the item proposal. (RSPDN1681959)

Workflow with quantity mismatch triggered wrongly

A workflow with quantity mismatch was incorrectly started upon transfer or after workflow approval if the "GR-based IV" flag was inactive in the PO. (RSPDN1699027)

Goods receipts with movement type 107 handled incorrectly

The additional check 0003 (invoice quantity is more than the delivered but not yet invoiced quantity) did not work correctly and issued an error message if the movement type 107 was indicated in the goods receipt. (RSPDN1674680)

Short dump if structure FAC_BSEC_EXT_GLO did not exist

A short dump occurred during document posting if the structure FAC_BSEC_EXT_GLO did not exist. (RSPDN1718734)

Attachments in SAP WebGUI not visualized in docking area due to network security settings

Attachments in SAP WebGUI were not visualized in the docking area because the HTML-viewer attachment area in Process Director was using a direct link to the archive. (RSPDN1734928)

Double currency conversion in item proposal

Double currency conversion was done in case there was a goods receipt and the item proposal setting was "non billable with PO price/quantity". (RSPDN1730612)

Multiple vendor lines not imported if amount split not active

Multiple vendor lines could not be imported if the amount split option in the SAP transaction OBY6 was not active. (RSPDN1728326)

Wrong account assignment for multiple posting/revesal of Service PO

The account assignment for a service PO was calculated wrongly in case the user posted and reversed different combinations of distributions in the standard SAP transactions MR11 and MR11SHOW. (RSPDN1733769).

QR IBAN not reading list of parameters with fixed parameter names

Message about an internal error appeared as if it was not possible to match the parameters of the called method QRIBAN_PARTNER_BANK_CHECK with the exact parameter name. (RSPDN1760434)

Payment block not updated for MM documents with amount split

If changes were made to the accounting documents of the posted PDAP Invoice through the FBL1N transaction and the amount stated in the invoice was split to equal parts, then after the FBL1N changes were applied through the /COCKPIT/PAYMENT_CONTROL report only the first entry was changed. (RSPDN1718824)

No batch input data upon FI document posting

If an FI document was posted using posting interface, in some cases the error message "Batch input data for screen SAPMF05A 0302 does not exist" appeared. (RSPDN1705119)

Multiple account assignment miscalculated

In case an order was made to several assets and the settings "Distribution by quantity" and "Distribute partial invoice in sequence" were used, the multi account assignment worked incorrectly. (RSPDN1715200)

Search by workflow status 'Partially approved' in selection screen yielded incorrect result

In case a user selected the "Partially approved" check box for a workflow status in the selection screen, the selection results were incorrect. (RSPDN1759382)

Bank data for inactive suppliers retained

Bank account numbers for inactive suppliers were not excluded even though the deletion flag was set in /COCKPIT/MD_EXPORT. (RSPDN1776593)

No contract information displayed in PO data

In the detail view, there was no contract information available in the "PO data" area. (RSPDN1729715)

No error message for MM documents not permitting cost center

When an invoice was assigned to a G/L account that didn't allow a cost center because it was suppressed by the configuration in OBC4, there was no error message. (RSPDN1782051)

Send Mail rendered html as plain text

The html format was not applied to a text/part of a text that was sent to vendors. (RSPDN1750597)

Filters applied in the document list not retained for next/previous document

Any filter applied in the document list (in COCKPIT/1, COCKPIT/3, and COCKPIT/WC) worked initially, but was then reset for further documents, and the wrong documents were dispalyed. (RSPDN1764082)

Collective emails workflow affected by hardcoded aliases in email template

A collective emails workflow was affected by the hardcoded aliases such as WC_DOCUMENT_LIST, WC_DOC_LIST_RECALL, WC_DOC_LIST_OVERDUE in an email template. (RSPDN1696536)

Collective reminder emails from /COCKPIT/DUE_DATE_CHECK not sent

An email notification was not sent to recipient(s) for overdue steps, and the configured notification period was not observed. If the recipient had a substitute the reminder email was also not sent. (RSPDN1773785)

SWIFT not displayed when vendor's 'bank country' had an obsolete value in transaction OY17

The SWITF code was not displayed on the Vendor tab for COCKPIT documents if the "bank country" had an obsolete value for the "Bank key" in the transaction OY17. (RSPDN1759129)

Deleted multi-account assignment items reappeared after Perform

A line that was deleted from the multiple account assignment in the invoice item was shown in the resulting SAP document after Perform. (RSPDN1712791)

Payment block not updated

On the Amount Split tab, the Payment Control program did not update the payment block when it was changed in the corresponding FI document. (RSPDN1680884)

Error with amount split having multiple lines and 'Generate final version from SAP document' option

If a document had an amount split with multiple lines and the option “Generate final version from SAP document” was used, it was not possible to send it to a workflow and there was an error message stating the document were changed. (RSPDN1773568)

'GST Partner' and 'Place of Supply' fields not visible

The "GST Partner" and "Place of Supply" fields were not visible to users in the list of documents layout. (RSPDN1783667)

No error message for vendor within specified company code

RSPDN1608056 incorrectly removed the error message "Vendor does not exist for company code XXX" for invoice posting. (RSPDN1802163)

Incorrect vendor in notification email

If a user manually sent a document to a workflow in /COCKPIT/1 without specifying a vendor, the dialog box and the email sent showed the vendor from the previous document instead of no vendor. (RSPDN1779383)

CPD data empty if QRIBAN value not specified

If an invoice was created for a one-time vendor from a country other than Switzerland or Liechtenstein and it needed to be submitted without QRIBAN but with bank details, the CPD bank details were not auto-filled. (RSPDN1781455)

One-time vendor bank details not filled in on post when QR IBAN not enabled for company code

After invoice posting, one-time vendor bank details were not filled in correctly when QR IBAN functionality was not enabled for the company code. (RSPDN1775822)

Wrong selection result with status 'posted/unposted/in workflow' for S/4HANA

The selection result was wrong for the "posted/unposted/in workflow" status in S/4HANA. (RSPDN1714123)

BUK parameter ignored in /COCKPIT/1

If a user specified certain values in the user profile parameter BUK, these values were ignored in /COCKPIT/1. (RSPDN1732693)

Changes to invoice not saved in Fiori or Web Application

Changes made in an invoice were not saved in Fiori or Web Application if this invoice belonged to a workflow where processors were not assigned to all mandatory steps. (RSPDN1811861)

Fiori

Wrong buttons displayed instead of 'Answer query' button

If a date of a workflow step in a query was overdue, there was no "Answer query" button in Fiori AP. (RSPDN1693940)

EDI Cockpit

Error with 9-digit document numbers in EDI Cockpit

If a document number contained less than 10 digits, an error occurred during check in EDI Cockpit. (RSPDN1791019)

Web Application

Issue with search help on Account level

Search help for the Tax Code field on the Account level did not work by default and the "Company Code” column showed incorrect values. (RSPDN1645345)

Not possible to release/skip an optional workflow step

After an invoice was sent to the workflow with optional steps, the problem occurred if no processors were assigned to the optional step and the the approval was executed. The invoice was shown as approved and released from the workflow despite having further mandatory workflow steps. (RSPDN1715610)

G/L account and tax code data saved without validation

If a wrong value was entered for a G/L account or a tax code of an incoming invoice, an error message appeared but the wrong value was still saved. (RSPDN1735010)

Work Cycle

Mail text not displayed for all documents of bulk workflow

When a user sent more than one document to a workflow and entered a mail text in the pop-up window, the mail text was shown only for the first document. (RSPDN1698894)

Issue with approvers caching during bulk approval

The information about workflow recipients was kept in cache after the first set of documents was approved, which caused an error when the next set of documents was sent to the same workflow. (RSPDN1697745)

Dual control principle applied wrongly

If a workflow was to be approved in two steps and the option "Permitted recipient check" was set to "S – New recipient (not the current processor)" for the second step, the first approver who took over processing in /COCKPIT/WC and tried to release the first step of the workflow got an error message about a violation of the dual control principle. (RSPDN1760138)

Workflow with quantity mismatch not triggered upon manual posting

If a workflow start condition was quantity mismatch and the document with this condition was posted manually, the workflow did not start automatically. (RSPDN1684116)

Inactive users displayed in search help results

The search for users in a workflow using search help returned results that contained locked and inactive SAP users. (RSPDN1685480)

Error message about dual control principle violation

If a workflow had the option "Permitted recipient check" set to "S – New recipient (not the current processor)" and the approver A forwarded it to the approver B who approved the first step, then when the approver A tried to release the second step of the same workflow, an error message appeared. (RSPDN1701604)

Document counter in /COCKPIT/WC not updated

If the option "Jump to next document automatically when processing complete" was activated during multiple invoices processing, the count number in the screen title was not updated after an invoice was released in the detail screen. (RSPDN1717625)

Invoice reduction proposed incorrectly

An invoice reduction done through a proposal resulted in a wrong net amount calculation. (RSPDN1699921)

Not possible to release or recall document

After opening a document in the transaction /COCKPIT/WC and pressing the release or recall button, the erroneous message "Document was changed. Action not possible" appeared. (RSPDN1701807)

'Processor not assigned to subsequent steps' error during approval

After the RSPDN1239920 and RSPDN1644797 were implemented for PD AP 7.8, the error persisted when executing bulk approval on a workflow step for any documents except the first one. (RSPDN1731917)

'Overwrite receivers' check box does not hide receivers table

On the Work Cycle startup dialog screen, the receivers table was hidden when a user was sending multiple invoices to the Work Cycle and the "Overwrite receivers" check box was active. Now the receivers table is displayed in the read-only mode. (RSPDN1759034)

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Kofax Process Director Accounts Payable 7.8 Support Pack 5

Release Notes

Contents

Work Cycle

Accounts Payable

Fiori

EDI Cockpit

Web Application

Work Cycle