Release 200.006.000

For release 200.006.000 of maxflow^® procurement, which we published in October 2020, we have made various small changes and corrections in addition to the following features.

Automatic Generation of the Generic Object Service

Since the correct configuration of the object services, in particular their correct sequence, via the SAP standard transaction often caused problems, the option for automatic generation of the generic object service was added in the maxflow^® procurement Implementation Guide.

Automatic Customizing of Business Transaction Events

Customizing of the Business Transaction Events in the Implementation Guide can now be set automatically. The pushbutton for automatically executing customizing is located in maxflow^® procurement Installation Customizing. The Business Transaction Events are created according to the maxflow^® procurement installation documentation.

Automatic Scheduling of Background Jobs

The background jobs can now be scheduled automatically in the maxflow^® procurement Implementation Guide. If the automatic scheduling of background jobs is executed, a popup appears first, which shows the user the background jobs to be scheduled as well as those already scheduled. Only the jobs for processing the event queue, checking missing goods receipts and sending info mails are taken into account. The listed background jobs can then be scheduled, changed or unscheduled/deleted accordingly.

Support of WSI-OCI catalogs

In order to be able to support even more providers, WSI-based OCI catalogs can also be integrated in addition to the classic OCI catalogs as of this release. The new node "Define catalogs (OCI/WSI)" is available in Customizing for this purpose. The catalogs can be stored in the system via this point.

Settings for Validation of the Requester

This customization adds an additional setting for defining field validations to the general customizing. The new option allows to activate a strict validation for the requester. This can be used to ensure that the requester field always contains an existing user.

Display of Delivery Data on the Web

In the maxflow^® procurement monitor, the schedule line data for the purchase orders of the selected purchase requisition can be displayed via the columns "Goods receipt made". This function is now available not only in the SAP environment but also in the web environment.

Reservation of Funds for BIT-Purchase Requisitions

In this release, we have extended our product-specific purchase requisitions (BIT-purchase requisitions) to include SAP funds reservation. Here, the entered account assignment data is transferred to an SAP module for checking the available budget. If the budget is exceeded, the corresponding message is returned to the administrator. It is also possible to include this adjustment in the budget check. For this purpose, a funds reservation is automatically generated when BIT-purchase requisitions is entered.

Further Optimizations

In order to better differentiate between SAP and BIT purchase requisition, the input field customizing has been implemented.
The search help for account assignment templates has been improved.
The entry mask for BIT-purchase requisitions now contains a check function.
An icon column for the work item status has been added in the monitor.