23 September 2021
This file contains important information about Kofax Supplier Portal Synchronizer 7.4.0.76.
Bulk update mode unavailable if index polling is disabled
In case the index polling is disabled in the advanced settings, the Bulk update mode will be unavailable as well.
New field added to vendor table
A new field STCD6 was added to the vendor table lfa1 following the NI Brexit Protocol to support the respective synchronization.
SUPPLIERPORTAL_NOTE field renamed
The former field name (SUPPLIERPORTAL_NOTE) within basic IV settings was too long and was renamed to SP_NOTE. A user needs to select the "SuppPort note" check box anew after the name update.
Process Director Accounts Payable (IV) relevant fields can be specified in advanced settings
A user can specify IV relevant fields chosen from the Header data table (/COCKPIT/THDR) to synchronize a document only if there were any changes in the relevant fields.
Synchronization abort logic introduced
Configuration parameters for aborting synchronization have been introduced. A user can specify the number of batches with all failed invoices and the error ratio (the percentage of invoices that failed or were left unprocessed) at which the synchronization will be aborted.
Index polling strategy implemented
Index polling settings have been added to the advanced IMG reference configuration to determine whether Supplier Portal is index ready for the next batch.
Filter by purchase order for Process Director AP document type
It is now possible to filter by purchase order for the Process Director AP document type (IV) in /COCKPIT/GC_SYNC.
Store Synchronizer logs in Supplier Portal for initial synchronization
It is now possible to store Synchronizer logs from the initial synchronization in Supplier Portal.
Improved error message for locked documents
The error message displayed when a document is locked in SAP now shows the Process Director document number instead of the document's database ID.
Filter by confirmation document number for Order Confirmation document type
It is now possible to filter by order confirmation number for the Order Confirmation document type in /COCKPIT/GC_SYNC.
Filter for Order Confirmation Outbound
In the /COCKPIT/GC_SYNC selection screen, filter options are now available for the Order Confirmation Outbound document type.
Prevent synchronization of locked Order Confirmation documents
Upon attempt to synchronize a document that is currently being edited in Process Director Accounts Payable in SAP, an error message is displayed in the log and the document is not synchronized.
Synchronize Process Director AP documents without attachments
To speed up synchronization, it is now possible to upload Process Director AP (IV) documents without attachments first, and later upload only their attachments.
Bulk update mode for Process Director AP and Incoming Invoice
It is now possible to perform synchronization using bulk API operations for the document types Process Director AP (IV) and Incoming Invoice (II) documents.
Connection ID added to filter hash
The filter hash of synchronization markers now includes the connection ID to support systems with multiple connections to Supplier Portal. If you upgrade to Synchronizer 7.4.0.76 from a previous version, you should generate synchronization markers manually after the upgrade.
Synchronization marker erroneously added after incremental run
When no synchronization markers were defined, on running synchronization for order confirmations, an error message indicated that no markers were available, yet a marker was added.
Synchronization marker not added for outbound order confirmation
For outbound order confirmations, when a common filter and then an order confirmation specific filter was applied, no new marker was set for the order confirmation specific filter, and the common filter marker was updated instead of being retained.
Synchronization markers not added for inbound order confirmation
When using the command %SYNCMARK_ADD, markers were only added for outbound order confirmations, not for inbound order confirmations.
Error message on initial synchronization
The error message “Marker not found” was displayed on initial synchronization of a document.
Synchronization marker does not specify direction for Order Confirmations
For Order Confirmations, only one synchronization marker without a "direction" attribute was saved in the /COCKPIT/TGC_INC table, with the result that it was not possible to synchronize only inbound documents or only outbound documents.
Error 502 shows failed documents as synchronized
Documents that failed synchronization in bulk mode with error 502 appeared as synchronized successfully.
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