2.1 Professional user’s review actions in purchase requisition details view in Edge

Module(s): Purchase
Feature ID: ALUSTA-46499
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

Starting from this release, professional buyers can edit purchase requisitions that are in review state and they can also skip review tasks.

2.2 Receiving goods in Purchase Professional Tools

Module(s): Purchase
Feature ID: ALUSTA-49442
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

Receiving goods was previously only available to Edge personal users. Now professional users can view and receive goods also in Purchase Professional Tools. The professional users can do the receiving from the purchase order’s header details.

2.3 Retaining free-text form field values after clicking on ‘Add to requisition’ button

Module(s): Purchase
Feature ID: ALUSTA-47674
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

Earlier, when a user entered data in a free-text form and added it to a requisition, the data was then cleared from the free-text form. Now, when a user enters free-text form data and clicks Add to requisition, the item is added to the requisition and the entered data remains in the fields. The user can then modify the data and add it as another line to the requisition. This can simplify the process of, for example, ordering several sets of similar business cards, when most of the information stays the same from one set to the next.

2.4 Editing of coding in purchase orders until order is closed in Edge

Module(s): Purchase
Feature ID: ALUSTA-48694
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

The editing possibilities of purchase orders are extended so that editing of both the email and XML orders’ coding is allowed until the order has been closed or canceled.

2.5 Editing of gross price in orders in Edge

Module(s): Purchase
Feature ID: ALUSTA-48702
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

It is now possible to select whether to edit net or gross unit price in purchase orders in Edge. Earlier this was possible only in purchase requisitions.

2.6 Copying selected coding field values from a purchase requisition line to selected target lines in Edge

Module(s): Purchase
Feature ID: ALUSTA-25413
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

The copy coding feature has now been enhanced so that users can select which coding fields they would like to copy from a requisition line. Furthermore, the users can select the target line or lines where they would like to paste the copied data. This allows the users to easily change or correct coding data by changing it only for one line and then copying the change to other relevant lines.

3.1 Email approval - email indicates when no coding has been added yet

Module(s): Invoice Automation
Feature ID: ALUSTA-42498
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

Email approval’s email content is now enhanced to tell the user if no coding rows are added to the invoice yet.

3.2 Matching results in Edge

Module(s): Match Orders
Feature ID: ALUSTA-34931
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

Now in Edge, business users have a view where they can see matching-related activities that have taken place on an invoice and the associated purchase orders. The view shows the matched quantity and sum and also the expected quantity and the sum that was available at the time of the matching activity. The matched quantity and sum are highlighted with red color when there is a related matching validation error in place. Compared to the previous solution, Matching tracker, now the deviation is always shown as a monetary value. On top of this, each line contains information of the associated purchase order and invoice line if there was any.

As an addition to the Matching tracker view in workplace, in Edge the user is able to view all associations, also the ones that contain no validation errors. The purchase order number is a link to the highlights of the purchase order data that is opened in a separate view depending of the user’s browser settings.  

4.1 Configurable session timeout

Module(s): Platform
Feature ID: ALUSTA-26172
Release: P2P 19.4
Feature Implementation: Feature is in use automatically

User session is closed with a timeout if user is not actively using the service. This is done to protect customer data. Now it is possible to configure the length of that timeout per customer or in some cases per user.