NEXT 202621 - Release date: 20-05-2026
Source to Contract
Changes in custom fields of suppliers now logged
Changes in custom fields at supplier level are now recorded in the edit log. Adjustments to values are registered with field name, old and new value, date and user, both for manual changes and updates via import.
This adjustment ensures consistent logging of supplier data and aligns behaviour with Contract Management, making changes more traceable.
Procure to Pay
Article numbering in Procurement clarified with support for three article types
Within Procurement, article numbering has been clarified and arranged more consistently. The European article number is now explicitly indicated as EAN, the internal article number has been renamed for clarity, and the supplier article number has been added as a third article reference.
This adjustment makes identifying articles clearer and supports organisations working with multiple article number structures.
The full content of this release is explained below.
Contents
General
New
Document indicator added to event overview within Procurement Value Management*
An extra column has been added to the event overview of Procurement Value Management that provides insight into the number of documents linked to an event. The column shows a label with the number of documents and displays a tooltip with the document names on hover.
This adjustment makes it quicker to see whether an event contains documentation and improves the overview when reviewing and following up on events.
Setting ‘expand all fields’ remembered at user level*
Within Procurement Value Management, the setting expand all fields in the event detail overview is now saved at user level. The last chosen state is automatically applied when opening event details and is retained between sessions. The setting applies to all events and does not need to be set again per event.
This adjustment improves usability and ensures a consistent display of event details for users.
More extensive price movements with distinction between original and negotiated price*
Within Procurement Value Management, the functionality for price movements has been expanded so that original and negotiated prices can be recorded and analysed more clearly.
The input is enriched with separate effects in percentage and amount, supporting negative values, and mutual recalculation takes place automatically as soon as one of the values is adjusted.
The negotiated price is explicitly visible and editable once relevant data is available. All new and adjusted fields are correctly displayed in event details, reports and communications.
This adjustment makes price results more transparent and supports more accurate analysis of realised savings and price agreements.
User roles renamed within Procurement Value Management*
The user roles within Procurement Value Management have been renamed so that the naming better aligns with the module and is clearer for users.
The roles Value Management viewer, Value Management member and Value Management manager replace the previous roles used under the prefix Team Manager.
The new names are now applied consistently in role overviews, authorisations, navigation and associated routes.
This adjustment increases recognisability and ensures uniformity when working with roles within Procurement Value Management.
Progress relative to target amount visible in target card within Procurement Value Management*
The target card within Procurement Value Management now provides insight into the progress of a target relative to the duration. In addition to the existing display of realised progress, an extra indicator is shown that indicates how the actual progress relates to the expected progress to achieve the target within the set period.
Both ongoing and approved results are included, and it is visually clear whether the realisation is ahead or behind schedule.
This adjustment makes it easier to adjust in time and better assess the feasibility of targets.
Management of custom fields available in settings of Procurement Value Management*
A new configuration page has been added within the settings of Procurement Value Management for managing custom fields. Custom fields can be created, adjusted, activated or deactivated and ordered per section via this page.
Insight is also provided into required fields and dependencies between custom fields, preventing invalid actions.
Changes are confirmed via clear notifications and existing data is protected against unintended loss.
This adjustment makes managing custom fields clearer and gives administrators more control over the configuration of events within Procurement Value Management.
Visual display of team structure added to settings of Procurement Value Management*
A visual display of the team structure has been added under the existing team table within the settings of Procurement Value Management. The graphical display shows at a glance how teams and users are structured hierarchically, from main teams to individual users.
This adjustment makes it easier to check and understand the configured team structure, alongside the existing table view.
Consultation request possible within workflow steps of Procurement Value Management*
Within Procurement Value Management it is now possible to start a consultation request during a workflow step.
From an active workflow step, a user can involve colleagues by requesting advice via a form, after which these colleagues can respond specifically. During an active consultation request, approval and rejection actions are temporarily disabled and progress is recorded in the edit log.
Once the advice has been given or the request is cancelled, the workflow step can proceed normally again.
This adjustment supports better coordination during workflows and makes it easier to handle questions or exceptions without interrupting the process.
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Performance improvements in budget calculation and bulk processing of financial lines*
Performance around budget calculations and bulk processing of financial lines has been improved, especially in situations with large amounts of data. Due to optimisations in processing, bulk updates are performed faster and the stability of budget functionality is better maintained.
This adjustment shortens processing times and supports more efficient working within Budget Management during intensive use.
More detail available in budget detail tables*
The detail tables within Budget Management for settled invoices, invoices in circulation, hard commitments and soft commitments have been expanded with additional columns.
This provides more insight into, among other things, supplier information, dates, amounts, order and request references and relevant dimensions.
The structure of the tables has also been improved so that important information is positioned more logically.
In addition, export functionality has been activated for all detail overviews, allowing full datasets to be exported.
This adjustment makes budget analysis more accurate and supports better insight into underlying financial details.
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Fixes
| Description | Location |
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Issue resolved where opening the import log in Budget Management could fail when the executing user was unavailable. In that case, an empty value was not handled correctly, preventing the screen from loading. The log view now correctly handles missing user information, ensuring the import log remains visible after an import action. |
Budget Management |
Issue resolved where the settings page for financial dimensions within Budget Management was inaccessible or uneditable due to overly strict role control. The authorisation has been corrected so that users with the role Client Administrator can open the page and actually save changes. This restores the intended operation of financial dimension configuration. |
Budget Management |
Issue resolved where incorrect action icons were displayed in the Archived Budgets overview within Budget Management. The activate and dearchive buttons have been restored, the delete button is available again, and the edit action is hidden. This ensures the functionality and display match the intended purpose of the archived overview. |
Budget Management |
Source to Contract (S2C)
General
- Various text corrections have been made.
- Various translation corrections have been made.
- Various layout corrections have been made.
- Various performance improvements have been made.
New
Cost centre choice in custom fields now shows reference and name
For custom fields where cost centres are used as a standard dropdown list, both the reference and the name of the cost centre are now displayed. The values are shown in the form reference - name and are sorted by reference by default.
This adjustment makes selecting and distinguishing cost centres clearer, especially in environments with many or similar cost centre names.
Spend
New
Budgets within Spend now show only relevant years and increased timeout applied
Within Budgets in Spend, only budgets matching the selected year in the Spend Analytics period selection are now loaded.
This limits the amount of loaded data and significantly improves performance. Additionally, the timeout for loading budget data has been increased, allowing larger datasets to be processed more reliably.
Vendors
New
Configurable read-only option for supplier reference when creating supplier
Within Vendor Management, a new setting is available that allows the supplier reference to be made read-only when creating a new supplier. When this setting is enabled, the automatically suggested reference is no longer editable in the input form, while editing existing suppliers remains unchanged. The setting is off by default.
This adjustment supports organisations that want to use the supplier reference as a fixed, unique key and prevents unintended changes when creating suppliers.
Changes in custom fields of suppliers recorded in the edit log
Changes to custom fields at supplier level are now recorded in the edit log.
Adjustments are registered with field name, old and new value, date and origin, both for manual changes and updates via import processes.
This adjustment aligns logging of supplier data with Contract Management and improves traceability of changes in supplier information.
Fixes
| Description |
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Issue resolved where the change date of the delivery time was not updated upon acceptance of an information request workflow for contract products. Now the DeliveryTimeChangeDate is correctly adjusted when the delivery time or period is changed via an information request, ensuring contract product information remains consistent. |
Contracts
New
Contract AI processes PDF files less strictly during corruption check
The check for corrupt files within Contract AI has been adjusted so that valid PDF files are not wrongly blocked during AI extraction. PDFs that open correctly and can be used as attachments are now also allowed for analysis, while truly corrupt files remain blocked.
This adjustment prevents unnecessary rejections during contract analysis and improves the usability of Contract AI when processing contract documents.
Improved processing of scanned PDFs within Contract AI
Processing of scanned PDF files within Contract AI has been improved to increase the quality of AI extraction. When the initial analysis yields insufficient results, it is now possible to explicitly choose higher processing quality, with a clear explanation beforehand. This results in more reliable interpretation of data from PDFs with images, while regular PDFs remain unaffected.
This adjustment improves the accuracy of contract analysis and increases the usability of Contract AI for documents of lower scan quality.
PDF viewer added to clause analysis in Contract AI
A renewed PDF viewer has been added within the clause analysis of Contract AI that allows the analysed document to be viewed directly from the results overview.
The original PDF file is accessible via a collapsible viewer under the result indicators, making it easy to check where specific analysis outcomes in the document originate.
This adjustment increases transparency of contract analysis and makes validating results more efficient.
Search and export options added for contract-location links
Within Contract Management, search and export options have been added for links between contracts and locations.
In the contract details, it is now possible to search within the location links and an Excel export is available for this table.
Additionally, a central export has been added allowing all active contract-location links to be exported, including contract, supplier and location data.
This adjustment makes it easier to gain insight into where contracts apply and supports reporting and analysis of contract locations.
Fixes
| Description |
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Issue resolved where deleting SupplierContractValues failed when linked SupplierContractValueLinks were still present. The deletion logic has been adjusted so that all related links are correctly deleted and saved first before the main value is removed. This allows contract value management to be performed without errors again. |
Procure to Pay (P2P)
General
- Various text corrections have been made.
- Various translation corrections have been made.
- Various performance improvements have been made.
New
Retention period for API jobs now configurable per endpoint
The retention period of API jobs can now be configured per endpoint.
This makes it possible to set a shorter retention period for endpoints with large or frequent data deliveries, while maintaining a longer period for other endpoints.
Additionally, a different email address can be set per endpoint for notifications of errors or warnings.
This adjustment reduces unnecessary storage use and provides more flexibility in managing API processing for DTS and OpenAPI customers.
Retention period for DTS logs now configurable per import and export file type
Within DTS, it is now possible to configure the retention period of import and export logs per file type. This allows logs of frequent and large files to be cleaned up faster, while other logs remain available longer.
This adjustment reduces storage use on the DTS environment and offers customers more control over log management, especially for integrations that regularly deliver large datasets.
Automatic cleanup of local DTC files added
DTC now automatically cleans up local upload and log files based on a configurable retention period. During each run, outdated files and empty folders are removed, preventing local storage from growing unnecessarily.
This adjustment prevents manual maintenance by customers and improves manageability of DTC environments that frequently process large files.
AP Automation
New
Order number now also correctly applied to invoice lines when waiting for order
In the workflow step wait_for_order, the found order number is now applied not only to the invoice header but also to the associated imported invoice lines.
This ensures detail mapping works correctly when the order number is determined via a PO lookup, for example when suppliers do not provide the correct order number. The behaviour is now aligned with existing import processing.
This adjustment prevents errors in line processing and supports reliable invoice handling for customers working with PO lookups at line level.
Configurable invoice header text alongside AI and XML recognition
When AI recognition for invoices is enabled, additional options are available in the invoice settings to add the AI or XML description to the standard invoice header text.
This is explained with an information icon showing how this combination works. Additionally, the options for line recognition have been renamed and arranged similarly to the invoice header settings.
This adjustment makes configuring invoice texts more predictable and better aligned with different processing scenarios.
Bulk updating of activities available via workflow
A new option has been added that allows multiple invoices in the same workflow activity to be processed at once. Via the bulk update option, invoices can be updated together from the activity overview, provided they are in the same workflow step and have the same available choices. This enables more efficient working in activities where group processing is allowed, while workflow logic remains leading.
This adjustment offers more flexibility in processing activities and supports controlled bulk use within workflows.
Preview available for invoice recognition during AI feedback
When providing feedback on AI invoice recognition, a preview is now available that shows how changes in the prompt affect the recognition result. A preview function allows viewing in advance which data is recognised and adjusted by AI before feedback is finally confirmed.
This adjustment increases transparency of AI recognition and supports better substantiated feedback when improving invoice processing with nextAI.
Fixes
| Description |
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Issue resolved where classification emails with multiple recipients were not correctly linked to the correct classification settings. When an email contained multiple addresses in the To field, the associated setting was not found and the email was not processed. The logic now processes all recipients separately and consistently selects the correct setting, ensuring classification works reliably again with multiple recipients. |
Issue resolved where split invoices were incorrectly included in duplicate checks. In specific scenarios, such as parallel approval after a split, rejected or underlying invoices could cause new invoices to be blocked from processing. The duplicate logic now only considers original invoices, so split (child) invoices are correctly ignored and processing proceeds without blocks. |
Issue resolved where the workflow condition has_value caused an error when an invoice contained linked attachments. In this situation, the workflow could not proceed. The processing of has_value has been adjusted so that invoices with attachments are correctly supported and the workflow can continue without errors. |
Issue resolved where importing currency via Excel could lead to duplicate records and incorrect setting of the reversed exchange rate. Currency codes are now consistently processed as uppercase, ensuring existing records are correctly recognised and updated. Additionally, the setting is_reversed_rate is now correctly imported from the Excel file instead of remaining set to No by default. This ensures currency import is reliable and consistent again. |
Procurement
New
Article numbering in Procurement clarified with support for three article types
Within Procurement, article numbering has been clarified and arranged more consistently. The terminology has been adjusted to better align with daily use and to prevent confusion between different article types.
The European article number is now explicitly indicated as EAN, the internal article number has been renamed for clarity, and a third article type has been added in the form of the supplier article number.
This means there are now three separate article numbers available and recognisable within the procurement process.
This adjustment makes working with articles more intuitive and supports organisations working with multiple article references, such as in integrations with external catalogues and supplier systems.