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Workbench Release Notes
New Features
Jobs
Contract Claim Accruals process enhancements:
We have made changes to this process so that it is re-runable.
The new changes are only enabled with a new beta control parameter, until we decide to make the change permanent. Use control parameter ‘BETA FEATURE - Enable Finalise Feature for Contract Claim Accruals’
The way the process has always worked makes the generation of claim accruals essentially irreversible, because the system creates the reversal and moves the unapproved claims into the next period as part of the process. So if there is something wrong, like an unapproved claim that should have been approved, or maybe something wrong with the GL coding, the process could not be re-run.
Changes done:
Removed the Profit Centre filter option on contract claim accrual generation as we want to ensure that accruals are always generated for all unapproved claims.
When the claim accrual is generated with the [Generate & Batch] button, a batch of accrual records is created as of now, but it does not move the claims into the next period, nor does it create a reversal batch. An Accrual Record Count is populated in the screen (it is a count of Contact Claims included in the batch).
The claim accrual batch report can be run and checked, and if there are any changes required, the accrual can be regenerated with the [Generate & Batch] button.
The claim accrual batch can be exported and if there are any problems, the accrual can be unexported and regenerated, until it is right.
At this stage the claim accrual records are flagged as provisional, and are not included in reporting or on the Month End tab of the Job Enquiry. This is to avoid double counting the unapproved revenue (or cost) in the period.
Then, when the claim accrual batch is exported successfully, a new function in the claim accrual screen is available to Finalise the batch. This does the following:
moves the claims into the next period
creates the reversal batch
removes the provisional flag on the accrual records
Things to consider:
the system does not allow a new batch to be created if either
(a) there is an existing unfinalised batch for that FinCo and period or
(b) there are no unapproved claims for that FinCo (i.e. the accrual batch would be empty)Regenerating accruals removes the existing accruals before generating new ones.
use control parameter to enable this new process.
Feature Revisions
Jobs
Dockets & Daysheets
Purchasing
Vouchers
Data script for Voucher Logs compatibility:
Log support in Voucher was moved from header to line level. For backward compatibility we have created a one-off script that will populate the log on the lines for those Vouchers already in progress with Log at header level.
Purchase Orders
Purchase Order Workflow - Assign Approver popup:
When only one Reviewer was available in the approval workflow the pop up screen to assign a reviewwer was not displaying not allowing the user to select the approver (when there were more than one possible approvers). This has been rectified.
Subcontracts
Plant
Billing
Quotes