NEXT 202541 - Release date: 08-10-2025
General
Additional house style adjustments
The house style has received a number of additional adjustments to better align everything within the applications. As a result, user interfaces, documents, and communications appear more consistent.
Source to Contract
In development: versatile and powerful new features
Behind the scenes, hard work is ongoing on versatile new functionalities that will be available soon. Some examples are: Contract Management AI, Procurement Team Management, and a completely redesigned homepage. This homepage brings data streams together and provides direct insight into ongoing workflows and actions requiring attention. More information about these functionalities will be shared soon.
Procure to Pay
Default country per company
It is now possible to set a default country at company level. This is applied by default when no supplier setting is available, so it also applies during company changes, invoice edits, and SmartScan imports.
The full content of this release is explained below.
Contents
General
Visual adjustments in the ISPnext solutions
The house style has been further refined with additional adjustments to optimise consistency and visual alignment within all ISPnext solutions.
Source to Contract (S2C)
General
- Various text corrections have been implemented.
- Various translation corrections have been implemented.
- Various layout corrections have been implemented.
- Various performance improvements have been implemented.
New
In development: versatile and powerful new features
In this sprint, hard work has been done on the foundation of several new features that simplify usage and offer new possibilities.
With Contract Management AI we are taking the first step towards smarter contract management: automatic analyses of contract documents, which can be processed into new or registered contract data.
The module Procurement Team Management is a new ISPnext module that makes procurement activities transparent, measurable, and controllable, enabling teams to demonstrate their impact and strengthen their position.
Additionally, a completely redesigned homepage is in development. This acts as a central starting point, where you gain immediate insight into various data streams, ongoing workflows, and actions requiring attention. This makes it easier to make the right decisions faster.
These innovations show where we are heading: more intelligence, more overview, and more control over processes.
More information about these new functionalities will be shared soon.
Fixes
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| In certain parts of the application, input fields were not displayed correctly until the input field was clicked. This issue has now been resolved. | Various |
| In certain text fields, texts containing HTML code were not displayed correctly. This is now fixed. | Various |
Vendors
Fixes
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| Changes were recorded twice; this issue has now been resolved. | Vendors > Edit log |
| For certain changes, the edit log showed a userID instead of the name of the user who made the change. This has now been corrected. | Vendors > Edit log |
Contracts
Fixes
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| In certain cases, not all contract notifications were sent. This issue has now been resolved. | Contracts |
| .docx documents were not correctly converted to PDF when selected for E-Signing. This is now fixed | Attachments / E-Signing |
Procure to Pay (P2P)
General
Routty connection: allow multiple attachments
When sending e-invoices via Routty, the system can now correctly process multiple attachments. It selects either the first PDF or a PDF with a preferred filename as set in the provider settings. All other PDFs are added as additional attachments. This setting is configurable per provider.
AP Automation
New
Link order numbers across multiple companies (Fiscal Unity)
Previously, an invoice could not be linked to an order from another company, even if it was within the same supplier and fiscal unity, which could block processing and require manual checks.
With a new setting for fiscal unities, the PO lookup can now search the order number in all companies within the same fiscal unity. A validation ensures the order is unique, extra columns show the company in the search results, and the same logic is applied during invoice import.
Default country per company
Previously, the “Base country” field had to be filled manually for invoices and orders when no default was set at company level. It is now possible to record a default Base country in the company settings. ISPnext applies this default automatically when no Base country is defined in the supplier settings, during company switches, invoice edits, or SmartScan imports, following a clear hierarchy: first the supplier setting, then the company default.
Optional VAT amounts on PO and Non-PO lines and allow VAT amount of 0
VAT amount and VAT amount exempt are now optional on PO and non-PO lines, allowing them to remain empty when invoices are deleted or rejected. Additionally, VAT validation now allows a VAT amount of zero when the calculated VAT is zero, even if the VAT code has a percentage. This applies to invoice headers, coding lines, charge lines, and VAT lines, ensuring flexible and accurate invoice processing.
Configurable tolerance for invoice date per company
Invoice dates are now validated with a configurable time tolerance per company. This allows invoice dates slightly in the future to be accepted without validation errors, for example with international invoices processed shortly after issuance. The default tolerance remains 0 hours to maintain strict validation.
JDE
Tax explanation type “E”
Tax explanation type “E” (tax exempt) is now supported in AP Automation for JDE customers, alongside the existing options “V” and “VT”. This type is available in both invoice headers and VAT lines. When “E” is selected, no VAT amounts can be entered in the respective header or line, ensuring correct processing of tax-exempt transactions.
Dynamics 365
Business Validation: Accrual Scheme and Date
The business validation for Dynamics 365 with mandatory fields “accrual scheme” and “accrual date” was previously applied in a fixed manner, preventing adaptation to different requirements or scenarios. Both accrual scheme and accrual date are now configurable via business validations. Both fields are optional, but if one field is filled in, the other must also be completed. This ensures data consistency while providing flexibility for different business processes.
Fixes
| Description | Location |
|---|---|
| The invoice import process has been improved to correctly handle invoices containing orders but without a vendor reference. Previously, the import could fail at the check_order_vendors step when no supplier was present. | AP Automation |
| The overview for coding templates has been revised. Sorting now works correctly for all columns. Additionally, filtering on the active/inactive (retired) status has been added, allowing retired templates to be shown or hidden as desired. | AP Automation |
| JDEdwards functions did not always release dimensional values for cost allocation; this is now resolved. | AP Automation (JDE specific) |
The header row of the ongoing cost overview sometimes displayed dimensions in the wrong order. This is fixed, and from now on the dimension titles are exported correctly instead of the dimension names. |
AP Automation |
Procurement
New
Negative order lines for Procurement
Negative amounts on order lines were previously not allowed in Procurement, which made processing discounts, returns, or credit adjustments more difficult. Negative amounts can now be entered in Procurement order lines.
These lines are automatically converted into credit lines in AP Automation, both when creating or editing requests and when linking purchase orders to invoices.
Duplicating and splitting purchase request lines in the shopping cart
Purchase request lines can now be duplicated directly in the shopping cart, eliminating the need to manually create multiple identical lines. Lines can be duplicated multiple times, with the option to specify a start date and frequency (daily, weekly, monthly) for automatic generation of delivery dates. Each duplicated line can then be edited or deleted independently, enabling flexible processing of recurring or spread purchase requests.
Performance improvement: procurement and purchase request overviews
Overview pages for Procurement and purchase requests now load significantly faster, even with very large supplier datasets (400k+ suppliers). The underlying systems have been optimised, reducing load times from over +10 seconds to 2–4 seconds, ensuring smoother and more efficient workflows.
ℹ️*This feature requires extra configuration and may need a licence extension. To enable it, please submit a configuration change request in the Help Centre.