Kofax Process Director 7.11.0 Support Pack 3

Build date: June 18, 2024

Introduction

This ReadMe file contains information about the Kofax Process Director 7.11.0 Support Pack 3.

Install this support pack to take advantage of enhancements made to Kofax Process Director since the 7.11.0.2 release.

This support pack is cumulative and includes the features and resolved issues released in previous Kofax Process Director 7.11.0 support packs.

If you need to perform a full product installation, see the Kofax Process Director documentation for instructions.

New features in this support pack

Electronic Bank Statements

New program to import Electronic Bank Statements from SAP

Use the /EBY/PDES_IMPORT program to import Electronic Bank Statements from SAP into Process Director. The program can be scheduled to run at regular intervals for optimized performance (RSPDN2070569).

Vendor Master Data

Enhanced Vendor Master data comparison display

The display of comparisons between Vendor Master Maintenance documents in Process Director and SAP Vendor Master data has been improved for clarity, ensuring that changes to the data are easily identifiable (RSPDN2055394).

Issues resolved in this support pack

Business Objects

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN2070241	During the import of XML invoices into PD AP via the Inbound Monitor program /EBY/PDBO_MASS_FILE_PROCESSING with an application server set in Folder type, an error message "No Physical Name Determined from the logical output File name /EBY/COMMON_FILE" appeared.	Errors no longer occur during the import of XML files into PD AP via the Inbound Monitor program /EBY/PDBO_MASS_FILE_PROCESSING, even when an application server is used in Folder type.
RSPDN2083276	The /EBY/PDBO_MASS_FILE_PROCESSING program did not process files with a space character in the name.	The /EBY/PDBO_MASS_FILE_PROCESSING program now processes files with a space character in the name without errors.

Electronic Bank Statements

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN2058425	Some Electronic Bank Statements could not be saved.	All Electronic Bank Statements can now be successfully saved.

Financial Postings

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN1997843	The workflow log was not consistently attached to the corresponding posted SAP Document.	The workflow log is now reliably attached to the posted SAP document, and contains all the necessary entries.
RSPDN2083224	Deleting a row in the accrual report did not remove the corresponding data from all connected tables.	Deleting a row in the accrual report now correctly removes the corresponding data from all necessary tables.
RSPDN2087419	An error related to mapping occurred during the file upload process using the "File Upload from List" function.	Mapping errors no longer occur during the file upload using the "File Upload from List" function.

Goods Receipts

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN2000334	In the SAP web browser (SAP NWBC), the item selection did not correspond to the item selection in SAP GUI.	Selecting items in Goods Receipts in SAP GUI now triggers the corresponding selection and scrolling of PO items in the web browser.

Master Data Maintenance

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN2101597	Vendor Master Maintenance requests altered SAP Vendor Master data immediately upon creation in Process Director after synchronization with the Supplier Portal.	To fix the issue, contact Tungsten Automation Technical Support and implement RSPDN2101597.

Order Confirmations

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN2001102	BAPI posting was not possible with SAP S/4HANA.	Documents can now be posted, and they are visible in the Confirmation tab of the related PO.
RSPDN2084541	A new Order Confirmations document created in Supplier Portal was not visible after synchronization.	The CO_CODE field is now available for mapping. This ensures the visibility of new Order Confirmations documents in the "Submitted" node.

Web Application

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN2066445	A duplicate user error message prevented a user from logging in.	The appearance of duplicate user error messages has been appropriately addressed.
2089309	A parameter was missing in a section of the Tomcat configuration file.	The missing parameter "secretRequired="false" is now added to the "server.xml" section of the Tomcat file for IIS SSO configuration.

Previous support packs

Support Pack 2

New features

Web Application

New configuration parameter in pdweb-app.properties

A new configuration parameter "saml.userid.attribute" has been added to the pdweb-app.properties file. Note, that on the IdP side, it is now mandatory to configure a parameter for transmitting the user ID (SAP username).

Issues resolved

Accounts Receivable

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN1973270	Report /EBY/PDBO_REPETITOR did not properly process the Accounts Receivable documents.	The Accounts Receivable REPETITOR postings now work correctly in mass processing.

Fiori

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN1982471	Performance issues occurred upon entering a G/L account or order number.	Entering a G/L account or order number no longer causes performance issues.

General Functionality

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN1968908	A Worklist selection screen variant was overwritten by a new variant with the same name without warning.	A user prompt now appears to confirm the overwrite action when saving a selection screen variant with a name that already exists.

Payment Approval

ID	Issue	Solution
RSPDN1979503	Payment Volumes showed wrong outgoing and incoming payment values.	Payment Volumes now show correct outgoing and incoming payment values.

Support Pack 1

New features

Web Application

Configure environment for high volume and multi-system connections

The Kofax Process Director Web Application Configuration Guide now includes a recommendation for setting up the environment to handle high volume and multi-system connections. See the "Configure the environment for high volume and multi-system connections" section in the guide.

Issues resolved

Accounts Receivable

RSPDN1934220: The payment transaction is no longer assigned to the payment advice based only on having the same amounts.

Business Objects

RSPDN1819833: SSO login is no longer possible for a locked SAP user account.

RSPDN1884516: The system load or REPETITOR no longer causes short dumps in /EBY/PDBO_DAO_LOCK report.

Customer Orders

RSPDN1862089: Older versions of the document are no longer affected by the creation of a new version.

Electronic Bank Statements

RSPDN1946273: Value help for bank accounts now shows all the existing values.

RSPDN1946277: Account types automatically assigned during a bank statement import can now be changed.

Financial Postings

RSPDN1809942: The implementation of RSPDN1650830 no longer affects the file upload.

General Functionality

RSPDN1940629: Determination of function module parameters no longer requires authorization.

RSPDN1949706: The SAP GUI worklist layout now works properly with the Belize theme.

Goods Receipts

RSPDN1937775: The automatic conversion of the order unit to the base unit of measure is now performed in the same way as in the SAP standard transaction VL31N.

Inbound Monitor

1786934: Object ID links now work properly in the Inbound Monitor relation grid.

Order Confirmations

RSPDN1792026: The Compare versions function now operates as expected.

RSPDN1863888: The selection of a saved variant in the worklist selection screen no longer produces an error.

RSPDN1928521: Short dumps no longer occur during the simulation of order confirmation data.

Payment Approval

RSPDN1861436: The opening of the "To Approve" worklist node no longer causes the "Unable to retrieve Worklist data" error.

RSPDN1937605: Vendor and Company Code values are now available in the Payment Approval overview list.

Requisitions

RSPDN1941303: It is now possible to add customer-specific fields of any length, however, the recommended length is limited to 132 characters.

Web Application

RSPDN1935435: Filtering criteria on the selection screen can now be removed either with the Reset button or with manual data re-entry.

Several security-related issues have been resolved.

Support

If you have questions or problems, refer to the Tungsten Automation Knowledge Portal.