Release Notes 2024-Q3
This document describes the changes in the latest version of SmartTrade for Business Central that is available from the 1st of October 2024 and can be downloaded / updated from Microsoft App Source.
Note
All functionality described in previous release notes still are available unless described otherwise in this document.
Productivity enhancements
General
Upload to Azure Blob Storage
A new feature allows files to be easily uploaded to the Blob Storage environment for more efficient file management.
Copy GTIN from Units to Sales and Purchase Lines
The 'Inventory alt. unit' field is copied from on the alternate inventory unit, ensuring more accuracy in sales and purchase lines.
Sales
Credit Memo Booking
A confirmation check is now in place when posting a credit memo to prevent incorrect postings.
Supply Chain
Mandatory Container check
A check for mandatory container selection during purchasing has been added to prevent the process from proceeding without a container.
Container Booking on Purchase Invoice
Users can now select a container on a purchase invoice line of type G/L account, after which the allocation is performed automatically.
Display Call-Off Text in Purchase Contract Lines
A field has been added to the purchase contract lines screen to easily adjust the call-off text per line.
Weights conversion calculated by default
Applied default setting weight unit of measure conversion to ensure correct figures regardless of unit of measure settings.
Traceability
Populate extra fields when creating Lot Number via Purchase Line
When creating a lot number via a purchase line, additional fields are now populated,
Direct Unit Cost (lcy), currency coverage and unit price are hidden by default.
Packaging Code to Lot Numbers
Packaging codes can now be added to lot numbers, and the calculation of packaging tax is also displayed per lot in the factbox.
Assign Lot Numbers from Availability Screen
Users can now assign lot numbers directly from the Lot Availability screen (Ctrl + L), increasing efficiency when managing lot numbers.
Drilldown on Sales Quantity
The drilldown function now only shows lines with the same assigned lot number, allowing for a more targeted data view.
Display Costs per Lot Number
The total costs per lot number are now displayed in the factbox, including both actual and expected costs.
Display Costs per Lot Number
The total costs per lot number are now displayed in the factbox, including both actual and expected costs.
Quality
Article hazards on article screen
The article/hazards screen is now accessible via the article list/card, next to the article/quality screen, for broader accessibility.
Cost calculation
Packaging tax
Various improvements have been made to the calculation of packaging tax, including display per lot number, for greater transparency and accuracy.
Tips
Please check your user settings table to see whether new settings have been added which apply your needs to shield things like cost prices for certain users or prevent users can override planning lines.
Problems solved
Finance
Purchase line fields transferred to G/L entries
Fields from purchase lines were not correctly transferred to general ledger entries and are now corrected.
Sales
Shipment planning on sales contract line
An issue where shipment planning did not work on the line of a sales contract has been fixed.
Display sales transit/free circulation
Sales framework agreements in transit are now correctly displayed in the 'sales transit' column and no longer in the 'sales' column.
Item overview – quantity in quote
Quantities in quotes are now correctly displayed on the item overview.
Supply Chain
Posting when retrieving lot
An error that occurred during posting when retrieving a lot number has been fixed.
ETA final destination transferred to ERD purchase line
The issue where the ETA of the final destination was not correctly transferred to the ERD of purchase lines has been resolved.
Inventory availability
Assigned quantity on Item overview
Assigned quantities are now correctly shown in the item overview.
Traceability
Quantities on lot availability screen
An issue where quantities on the lot availability screen were displayed incorrectly has been resolved.
Last lot number shown on all lines in lot availability screen
The issue where the last lot number was shown on all lines has been resolved.
Cost calculation
Alt. inventory unit calculation
The calculation for alternate inventory units has been restored.
Flowfield sales costs
The calculation of sales costs via flowfields was incorrect and has now been corrected.
Margin calculation in approval
The error in margin calculation during the approval process has been corrected.
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