Global Ledger

This section contains enhancements in Infor Financials and Supply Management.

Add the ability to display the status of report generation for allocation

Previously, there was no status displayed when generating allocation reports. Users were not aware whether the reports were being generated or not. A new functionality was added to display the status of generating the listing report and calculation report. This readily informs users that generation of reports is in progress.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • AllocationRun

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Create a large number of allocation lines.
  2. Select Generate Reports in the Run Options of the Allocation Control.
  3. Run the allocation.
  4. When the allocation run is completed, verify that the status of generating the Listing Report and Calculation Report is displayed.

JT-1738977

Add the ability to access posting source dimensions in a compute statement

When a summary was selected, only the source address could be accessed by the weight compute statements, not the posting source dimension. New functionality is added to allow the source detail (the posting source) to be accessed in a weight compute statement to retrieve the balances of a posting source for split allocation.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • AllocationLine

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Create a single allocation line that uses a summary dimension in the source address.
  2. Set the From Post Option and To Post Option to Consolidate-Split or Split-Consolidate.
  3. Select the Process Posting Balances check box on the summary dimension to reference the source detail value in a compute statement.
  4. On the To Mapping or From Mapping tabs, populate the necessary override fields.
  5. Select the Use Posting Dimensions in Compute check box.
  6. In a compute statement, reference the source detail using this syntax: Dimension=AllocationContext.SourceDetail.<Dimension>, for example, FinanceDimension1=AllocationContext.SourceDetail.FinanceDimension1.
  7. Run the allocation.
  8. Verify that the run correctly retrieves the weight data for each detailed source and allocates as expected.

JT-1599636

Provide the ability to display the completion time of allocation runs

Previously, the completion time of an allocation run was not readily available because the system did not save the completion time. A new functionality is added to store the completion time of each allocation run and subsequently display this information, making it immediately available to users.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • AllocationRun

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Reset the existing personalization of the Allocation Runs list.
  2. Create an allocation line.
  3. Run the allocation.
  4. When the allocation run is completed, verify that the new Run End Date/Time field is displayed in these locations:
    • Allocations Runs list
    • Allocation Run Parameters report
    • Listing Report

JT-1682160

Enhanced Export For Import functionality

The existing behavior of the Export for Import action is to export all of the budget data of the scenario to the Imports tab. There are no options to filter the budget data to be exported.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • Scenario
  • BudgetImport
  • GeneralLedgerTotal

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Select Actions > Export for Import.
  2. Verify that these new export options are displayed:
    • Do Not Delete Existing Budget Import check box
    • Export Budget Original Only check box
    • Budget Date Range and Thru fields
    • Finance dimension and user dimension fields

JT-1723250

Add Column Views to Pivot Analysis

This enhancement updated the Period over Period Pivot Analysis list to use column views. The Period over Period list now has these two new column views: By Period and By Period YTD.

  • The By Period view shows the functional amount of the period.
  • The By Period YTD view shows the period's functional amount and year-to-date ending balance.

The period views were replaced by three views, Full YTD, Month Comparison to Previous Years, and Quarter Comparison to Previous Years, to improve the list's functionality.

  • The Full YTD view shows the year's January through December periods of the selected period.
  • The Month Comparison to Previous Years view shows the selected period month and the same month from the previous three years.
  • The Quarter Comparison to Previous Years view shows the selected period quarter and the balances of the same quarter from the previous three years.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • GeneralLedger/ui/GeneralLedgerTotal.busclass

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Verify that the correct fields are displayed by the column views and periods views display the correct fields on the list.
  2. Verify that the functional amounts, ending balances, and previous years' balances are accurate.

JT-1711875

Add Group Labels to Payables and Receivables Lists

A group label was required for selected Accounting Entity Payables and Receivables, Zone Payables and Receivables, and Department Payables and Receivables reports. The group label refers to the reporting currency totals, in which many customers may have two or more reporting currencies. This label will also help with the Print to PDF layout.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • GeneralLedgerTotal
  • GLZoneBalance

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. From the Controller menu, go to My Reports > Accounting Entity Payables and Receivables.
  2. On the Inter Entity Payables and Receivables tab, verify that the Finance Totals list has a group label for the Reporting Currency amounts.
  3. Select the Totals tab, and verify that the Inter Entity Totals list has a group label for the Reporting Currency amounts.
  4. Go to My Reports > Zone Payables and Receivables, and verify that the Zone Totals, Base Zone Balance and Zone Balance lists have a group label for the Reporting Currency amounts.
  5. Go to My Reports > Department Payables and Receivables, select the Totals tab, and verify that the Inter Department Totals list has a group label for the Reporting Currency amounts.

JT-1734824

IDM Document attachment for Journal Entry not visible in approver's inbasket

Customers could not access IDM Journal Entry documents through the Related Information window on the approver's Inbasket page.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • idm-configuration.xml
  • IDMConfigurationXML.csv
  • Journal Entry IDM Attachments in Related Information

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Create a journal entry that requires approval.
  2. Manually attach a document on the Related Information window.
  3. Release the journal entry.
  4. Access the Inbasket for the approver.
  5. Verify that the attached documents can be accessed on the Related Information window.

JT-1740328

Performance issues when trying to generate validation pairs

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • Generate Validation Pairs Using Rules
  • Generate Validation Pairs
  • Remove Validation Pairs Using Rules
  • Remove Validation Pairs

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Run these processes:
    • Generate Validation Pairs Using Rules
    • Generate Validation Pairs
    • Remove Validation Pairs Using Rules
    • Remove Validation Pairs
  2. Verify the processes complete successfully.

Dependencies:

Structure Relations must be set up.

JT-1737373

Move comment attachments to IDM

If the Use IDM For Attachments check box is selected on the Finance Enterprise Group and an attachment is populated on the business classes listed below, then the attachment will be stored in IDM.

Program/Business class/Process affected:

  • ProjectAssignmentComment
  • ProjectAssignmentLaborComment
  • ProjectComment
  • ProjectContractComment
  • ProjectContractInvoiceComment
  • ProjectContractInvoiceLineComment
  • ProjectContractMilestoneComment
  • ProjectFSDeliverableComment
  • ProjectFundingSourceComment
  • ProjectFundingSourceChangeRequest
  • ProjectContractChangeRequest
  • FinanceDimension2Comment
  • ProjectContractModification
  • PerformanceObligationsComment

Use these steps to test the enhancement:

  1. Select the Use IDM For Attachments check box on the finance enterprise group.
  2. Add an attachment to one of the listed business classes.
  3. Verify that the attachment is stored in IDM.

JT-1737114