Detailed Changelog for Continia Expense Management 2023 R2

This article lists all new features and bug fixes for each version of Continia Expense Management 2023 R2.

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Expense Management 2023 R2

Release date: October 2, 2023
App version: 12.0.0
FOB version: 12.00

New or changed functionality

Functional areaDescriptionId
Expenses

The expense user has the ability to edit the VAT Amount. This VAT Amount is utilized during the posting process and is incorporated into VAT differences when the General Ledger Setup includes this feature.

In the Expense Portal and Mobile App, this functionality is enhanced by the inclusion of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology for reading the VAT Amount. Additionally, whenever feasible, the Expense Portal and Mobile App functions automatically allocate expenses based on various VAT percentages. You must configure the "VAT AMOUNT" field to take advantage of this functionality.

 Within the Expense Management CA app, similar functionality is available, replacing the automatic allocation of expenses based on Tax Areas. As sales tax amounts are now present, there is no longer a need for automatic expense allocation. This eliminates the requirement for specific expense types such as GST/HST and streamlines the process of posting to GL Accounts using General Journal posting. It also eliminates synchronization delays and resolves the limitation associated with "Expense/Capitalize."
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ExpensesWhen using the configuration file, new Expense Types, special Field Types with lookup functionality for airports and harbors based on Google Maps, as well as functionality for recording data related to carbon footprint calculations, have been added.
When you set up Expense Management in a new system, the configuration package will include multiple Expense Types that can be used for recording carbon footprints. Additionally, Configured Fields and Field Dependencies have been adapted to make it easy to get started recording carbon footprint-related data.
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ExpensesField dependencies are imported and exported with the assisted setup wizard.49110
General ApplicationThe field "Submit Date/Time" is added to all documents. The field is hidden by default and can be set to show by adding it through Personalized.39602
General ApplicationIntroducing the new CEM Image Quality (6086520) page, which offers users the ability to customize image size and quality settings. This feature provides the ability to override default values for Picture Size and Picture Quality, providing greater control.45546
General ApplicationFields "Matching tolerance Amount (%)" and "Matching tolerance Date (Days)" will be used in the future in our Expense Management Mobile App, when matching Expense with an existing receipt.45650
General ApplicationThe attachment images are automatically zoomed in to the "best-fit" size for the admin to avoid spending time adjusting zoom for every attachment. 46689
General ApplicationSupport for multiple levels of parent-child field relations, similar to Job and Tasks.47388
General ApplicationThe Configurable Messages module is added, which allows control over the validation comments. In this module comments can be configured to have the type Information, Warning or Error.47591
General ApplicationThe "General Journals" action is removed from the Expense Management Role Center, as legacy views will no longer be supported in Business Central.48101
General ApplicationCapabilities for autofill on the field types is added. Field values can be suggested in the Expense Portal and Expense Mobile App based on the previously used values. The autofill functionality is controlled from the field types available only for Code and Option data types. The functionality is enabled by default but can be disabled for each individual Field Type.48617
General Application

The Secure Archive in Expense Management preserves original digital documents for bookkeeping, safeguarding them from tampering or deletion.

These documents remain traceable within legally defined secure periods. The built-in log function tracks document processes from receipt to bookkeeping. To use the log function independently, you can enable it without Secure Archive's restrictions.
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General ApplicationThe document logging functionality is included to enable in Expense Management Setup. Enabling this feature will record the following changes: 
  • Receive: Logs the incoming documents (expenses, mileages, per diems, expense reports, creditcard transactions). The log entries are inserted as soon as records are downloaded from Continia Online or inserted.
  • Adding/removing attachments: Logs when document attachments are added or removed on the expenses and mileage.
  • Discard duplicated transactions at import: Adds a log entry if a transaction is discarded due to having a duplicated ID.
  • Deleted: Adds a log entry when a document is deleted.
  • Split: Adds a log entry when an expense allocation is creating a new expense.
  • Merge: Adds a log entry when one or more expenses are merged into one.
  • Matched/Unmatched: Adds logs when expenses and transactions are matched and unmatched
  • Add/Remove to Expense Report: Adds logs when documents are added or removed to an Expense Report.
  • Approved: Adds a log entry when a document is approved.
  • Posted: Adds a log when documents are posted. Expense Management can post directly on a Ledger Entry, case in which the "Document No." and the "Ledger Entry No." is specified. In other situations, Expense Management can generate purchase invoices and credit memos based on setup.
  • Posted Invoice or Credit Memo updates: When Expense Management generates a purchase invoice or a credit memo, important changes on these documents are logged.
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General ApplicationFiles imported in Expense Management will get a Hash (SHA1). When Secure Archive is enabled the Hashing will help to determine if files related to a given historic posting are identical to the time of posting.
The Hash value is calculated when one of the following events occurs:
  • Attachment download by synchronization with Continia Online
  • Attachment added manually in Business Central
  • Attachment modified using Split and Merge.
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General ApplicationFiles imported through Expense Management will be undergo conversion into a digitally signed PDF when Secure Archive is enabled. Additionally the original file will be retained. 
The file signature occur under the following circumstances: 
  • When the user uploads the file using the Expense Mobile App, provided that "Enable Document Signing" has been synchronized with Continia Online.
  • When the file is uploaded from within Business Central and "Enable Document Signing" is explicitly enabled. 
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General Application By enabling the Secure Archive functionality, you can establish a timeframe during which the posted purchase invoices and posted purchase credit memos are protected from deletion.49229
General ApplicationAn action to Continia Hub has been added to the home tab for the following pages:
  • Expense Management Setup
  • Continia User Setup
  • Continia User Setup Card
  • Default User Setup
  • Expense Types
  • Company Policies
  • Payment Type List
  • Configured Field Types
  • Mileage Rates
  • Mileage Reimbursement
  • Per Diem Rates
  • Per Diem Reimbursement
  • Bank Mapping Rules
The following feature is only available in App based versions of Business Central.
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Purchase ContractsPurchase Contracts cues is added to the Expense Management Rolecenter. The cues will show when the Purchase Contract application area is enabled. This can be enabled in the Expense Management Setup.44331
Purchase ContractsWhen the user changes Continia User Id on an expense, which has a relation to a purchase contract, the following comment will be added for the expense:
  • The purchase contract relation has been removed, as the new value in Continia User ID does not match with the Continia User ID on the purchase contract.
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Purchase ContractsActions to the Expenses and Posted Expenses pages is added: Open Purchase Contract and Create Purchase Contract. Additionally, introduced new fields to the Expenses and Posted Expenses pages: Purchase Contract, Purchase Contract No., Purchase Contract Line No., and Purchase Contract Line Amount.46412
Purchase ContractsA new field, Enable Purchase Contracts, has been added to the Expense Management Setup, and is used to disable or enable Purchase Contracts functionality.47339
Purchase ContractsWhen a new expense is linked to a purchase contract line that already has an association with a posted or open expense, a validation process is initiated to ensure that these expenses do not fall within the invoicing period specified by the related purchase contract.

The following comments are appended based on the circumstances:

If the purchase contract line is linked to an open expense within the current invoicing period of the purchase contract:
  • An open expense already exists within the current invoicing period of the purchase contract. (entry number <Expense Entry Number>)
If the purchase contract line is linked to a posted expense within the current invoicing period of the purchase contract:
  • A posted expense already exists within the current invoicing period of the purchase contract. (entry number <Expense Entry Number>)
If the purchase contract is associated with multiple such expenses within the current invoicing period:
  • Multiple expenses already exist within the current invoicing period of the purchase contract. (entry numbers: <Expense Entry Numbers>)

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Bug fixes

Functional areaDescriptionId
Document ApprovalA new option field, Send Email To, replacing the field Forward Emails, has been implemented on the Approval Sharing (EM) pageThe following options are available:
  • Only Original Approver
  • Only Shared Approver
  • Both Approvers
Selecting the Both Approvers option, you ensure that both the original approver and the substitute are notified when activating the Send Status email to Approvers function.
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ExpensesThe "Vendor No." on expenses is used to represent the business from where the purchase was made. When a "Vendor No." is added to an expense similar to the "Vendor No." set on Continia User Setup, an error will be raised. 
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ExpensesAfter a transaction is matched to an expense, which is completed by the expense user, the expense is sent back to the expense user unintentionally. 49381
ExpensesWhen downloading expenses with allocations from Continia Online, the "TAX GROUP CODE" value was removed when the field was not configured.49546
General ApplicationWhen posting an expense on an Employee, with posting groups specified, the following error would appear.

Gen. Posting Type must be equal to ' ' in Gen. Journal Line: Journal Template Name=, Journal Batch Name=, Line No.=0. Current value is 'Purchase'.
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MileagesPosting negative mileage is supported when using Purchase Invoice.  49849
Purchase Contracts

In the past, when linking an expense to a purchase contract, no consideration was given to the Contract End Date and Start Date. However, there have been updates:

Now, if the Expense Document Date precedes the Purchase Contract's Start Date, the system will generate the following error message:

This expense is associated with a purchase contract, and therefore, the Document Date must occur after the purchase contract's start date.

Conversely, if the Expense Document Date falls after the Purchase Contract's End Date, the following error will be displayed:

This expense is linked to a purchase contract, and as such, the Document Date must precede the purchase contract's end date.

Moreover, if the Expense Document Date is earlier than the Purchase Contract Line's Start Date, the system will provide the following error:

This expense is associated with a purchase contract line, and consequently, the Document Date must precede the purchase contract line's start date.

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