NEXT 202414 - April 2024

Release date: April 3, 2024

About this release

New charts in Vendor Rating

A number of new method and company level charts are available on the VR Dashboard in Vendor Rating.

All changes are explained in the release notes below.

General

Fixes

• Various text corrections have been made.
• Various layout corrections have been made.

Dashboards

Bugfixes

• [Query] The tasks table now also shows tasks to which no contract is linked.
• In some cases, information cards at the start center were shown twice, this has now been corrected.

Vendors

New

• [Vendor Rating] In VR Dashboard > Companies > select company, graphs are now available in the 'Rating per supplier', 'Ratings per period' and 'Rating group level' overviews via the 'Graphs' button.
• [Vendor Rating In VR Dashboard > Methods > select method, the overview 'Results per supplier' has a 'Graphs' button. Two new charts have been added: 'Top 10 best vendors' and 'Top 10 lowest vendors'. The scores are the vendor scores within the selected method.
• [Information request] When viewing questionnaire results in an information request, you can now use the Columns functionality to organize the table as desired.
• Three new standard fields are available: 'Global DUNS number', 'Global parent name' and 'Global parent country'. These fields are hidden by default and can be made visible via Admin > Vendors settings > Personalization > Field visibility.
• In the supplier overview, we now show the category reference and category name in the 'Categories' column instead of just the category name.

Contracts

New

• It is now possible to require that at least one authorization label is linked when a contract is created. This can be set via Admin > Contracts settings > Personalization > Contract fields visibility.
• In the contracts overview, we now show the category reference and category name in the 'Categories' column instead of just the category name.
• There is a new token available in contract document creation templates: [VL:SECONDVENDORCOC]. This token shows the Chamber of Commerce number of the supplier registered with the contract in the '2nd party' field.

Bugfixes

• The edit log used to show note add lines in each contract instead of just the contract value note was added. This has now been corrected.
• It was temporarily not possible to list the contact persons in the contract detail tab 'Vendor details' without Vendor Management rights. This has now been corrected.

Admin

Bugfixes

• It was temporarily not possible to edit contact titles (Admin > Vendors settings > Tables > Contact titles). This has now been corrected.
• The display of the 'Active' status in Admin > Contracts settings > Contract notifications was not always accurate, this has now been corrected.
• Updating and deleting Supplier Portal contact details (Admin > Vendors settings > Supplier Portal > Contact details) is possible again.

AP Automation

New

VAT added to import/export function

From now on, the VAT code has been added to the overview of 'Items' and to the import/export function.

D365F&O

*VAT codes via new web services

*From now on, it will be possible to retrieve VAT codes via the connection to the new web services.

*Header charges extended 

*Header charges have been extended and can now also be used in the Advanced routes.

JD Edwards On Premise

• From now on, when the purchase order is created in Procurement the 'purchase order data' is supported for the coding lines when posting a cost invoice.
• From now on, it is possible to export advanced cost calculations in BLF and BF files to JDEdwards. 

SAP

*Subsequent debit and credit supported on logistics lines

*From now on, 'subsequent debit' and 'Subsequent credit' are also supported on logistics lines.

Open API/DTS

• The Vendor API has been extended to include Vendor Settings.
• From now on, it has been made possible to receive PDFs via the open API. This also allows the PDF to be displayed in the ERP system.
• From now on, it is possible to export bank_key and IBAN. 

Infor LN CE

• From now on, it is possible to maintain multiple bank account numbers.
• From now on, for Infor LN Cloud CE users, xml attributes in an XML node are supported during export.
• From now on, the VAT date can be maintained via the 'Setup' → 'Platform' → 'Screen configurations' by users with the right permissions.

Baan/ Infor LN on Premise

*From now on, it is possible to use the 'subsequent invoice' field.

Fixes

General

• It was not possible to import coding lines with numbers that contained multiple decimals. This has been solved.
• From now on, when 'autocoding' is activated and 'automatching' is deactivated, this does not result in an error.
• Styling adjusted in 'Robotic Process Automation' to better display coding templates with longer names.

• Styling adjusted so that the scroll bar remains visible when a second screen layout is used and layout one is chosen in user settings.
• Improvements have been made to the API documentation.

Procurement

New

From now on, it is possible to exclude a vendor from Procurement. By checking 'Block vendor for free request' under 'Setup' → 'Vendor settings' → 'Procurement'. This makes it impossible to place an order with that vendor via a free request. Ongoing orders can be completed.