Deltek Costpoint 8.0.15 Release Notes (Build 8.0.15.5000)


Welcome to the Deltek Costpoint 8.0.15 Release Notes, which describe the new features and enhancements introduced in this release.


Important Notes


These release notes address all of the modules associated with Deltek Costpoint 8.0.15, some of which your firm may not use. Skip the sections that do not apply to your implementation of Deltek Costpoint.

Release notes are available from the landing page and the Costpoint Information Center. We will make a PDF available for a while, as we transition to the new format.

We want the release notes to be as easy to use as possible. To this end, we will continue to analyze and improve upon the format. If you have feedback, please email DeltekDocumentationFeedback@deltek.com.

 

Installation Notes

 

The MR installer reads all Costpoint systems selected. If a Time & Expense segment exists, the installer searches for the presence of a Time & Expense license in that Costpoint system, and lists any systems for which there is no Time & Expense license.

 

If a prompt displays, review the list and select the appropriate action:

Any stand-alone, external Time & Expense segments for which a Time & Expense license is not present, or for which the Time & Expense segment is for a Time & Expense 901 system, will not have the MR Time & Expense patches, SPs, or Data Dictionary files applied to them. These Time & Expense segments are marked as External TESS segments.

 

If you are unsure, please contact Deltek Costpoint Technical Support.

 

Costpoint Business Intelligence On-Premises Users

 

For the CER Advanced Lite user role, the Company content folder was not displayed as a shortcut on the Navigation panel because it was not set as the custom folder. As a workaround, click Team content » Company content to open this folder.

 

For existing on-premises users, Costpoint BI administrators can manually set the default folder for CER Advanced Lite users.

 

  1. On the Costpoint BI Welcome page, click Manage » People » Accounts.

  2. On the Accounts panel, click Cognos » Deltek.

  3. Look for CER Advance Lite and click the More icon or the ellipsis () adjacent to it. And then, click Properties.

  4. On the CER Advanced Lite panel, click the Customization tab.

  5. Look for Custom folder and click the arrow (>) adjacent to it.

  6. Click the Select a folder icon and click Team content » Company content. And then, click Select.

  7. Click Apply.


Regulatory Enhancements


Regulatory


2022 SUTA Wage Base

This Costpoint release adds tax table records effective 01/01/2022 for states where the unemployment-taxable wage base has been updated for tax year 2022.

Iowa

The SUTA limit for 2022 is $34,800.

Montana

The SUTA limit for 2022 is $38,100.

Nevada

The SUTA limit for 2022 is $36,600.

Washington

The SUTA limit for 2022 is $62,500.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_800_10737.


Enhancements


Contracts

Downloading and Importing Updated FAR/DFARS Clauses and Provisions

Deltek is giving you the ability to get updated lists of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses and provisions, and import these lists into Costpoint so that you can apply up-to-date clauses/provisions to your contracts and subcontracts. 

 

Downloading FAR/DFARS Files

You can download the latest FAR/DFARS lists from Deltek Support Center. Click the following link to go directly to the Deltek Costpoint Document Resources page:

https://deltek.custhelp.com/app/CPDocRes

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On this screen, click the DFARS Download or FAR Download button to download a comma-separated values (CSV) file containing the most recent list of FAR/DFARS clauses and provisions. The downloaded .csv file is already formatted as an input file that you can import into Costpoint using the Manage FAR Library and Manage Supplemental Regulations Library applications. 

Note: The input files are designed so that you can readily import them into Costpoint. You can, however, still rename the files or change the content if necessary. 

Below each button is a Last Updated On date indicating when the file was last updated (formatted as mm/dd/yyyy).

If you need assistance in uploading the documents, click the Importing Deltek Costpoint FAR/DFARS button. This brings up a page with information on importing FAR/DFARS clauses and provisions into Costpoint.

 

Importing FAR/DFARS Files into Costpoint

See the following topic for a step-by-step procedure on importing FAR/DFARS files into Costpoint:

Importing FAR/DFARS Files into Costpoint


Framework

Track Login Attempts

Costpoint now offers security logging that enables security engineers to capture and track end-user login activity for analysis. This enhancement helps provide audit trails for incident response and management when an incident occurs. See the Deltek Costpoint 8.0 Security Guide for more information.


Installation

MR Installer Update

The MR Installer no longer defaults the RDBMS to Oracle when a URL entry is missing in the Toolsconnection.properties file.


Software Issues Resolved


Accounting


Accounts Payable >> Edit Voucher Payment Status


Defect 1520621: You encountered an error when you set the voucher Status to PAY.


Accounts Payable >> Import Vendors


Defect 1506568: When you imported a vendor, the Certification Date of the imported vendor record was incorrect.


General Ledger >> Update Tax Report Tables


Defect 1521674: When you ran the update process, tax from standard bills were not included in the Tax Report Header and Tax Report Line tables.


Admin


Workflow >> Approval Workflow Models


Defect 1526578: When you imported an approval workflow model with the New Revision option selected on the Import/Export Approval Workflow Model subtask in the Approval Workflow Models (WFMAPPRL) application, the revision number did not increase.


Contracts


Contract Management Controls >> Manage FAR Library


Defect 1520954: When importing a FAR/Supplemental Regulation .csv file, an error occurred due to the title (FAR_TITLE or DFAR_TITLE) having special characters and the description (FAR_DESC or DFAR_DESC) exceeding 4,000 characters.

As a workaround, remove special characters from the title and shorten the description to 4,000 characters before importing the file.

This issue also affected the following applications:

Affected Applications

Defect No.

Manage Supplemental Regulations Library

1520957

Manage Contracts

1520997

Manage Subcontracts

1521002


Framework


Framework


Defect 1523035: You might have seen double headers when you reduced the size of the browser window on a screen with a vertical scroll bar.


Installation


MR Installer


Defect 1527807: A "Required Parameter ERROR: iiswebsite - NOT FOUND" error occurred when MR 8.0.14.5001 was run with the command line switch /z"skiponline=true".


Materials


Engineering Change Notices >> Manage Engineering Change Notices


Defect 1506910: When you created an engineering change notice (ECN) with the same part from another company, you encountered an error. This happened even though the Separate Items By Company check box was selected on the Configure Product Definition Settings screen.


Inventory >> Enter Issues to Project/Account/Org or PO


Defect 1516400: You were able to issue the same serial ID when users were logged into the application at the same time, issued the same part ID, and selected the same serial ID.


Procurement Planning >> Apply PO Info to Purchase Requisitions


Defect 1517605: When you cloned a purchase order (PO)-generated requisition, the value of the complete date was copied to the new requisition.


Product Definition >> Import Items


Defect 1521833: When the Separate Items by Company check box on the Configure Product Definition Settings screen was selected and you updated a part with an ABC code, you were unable to import the update to the ABC classification.


Production Control >> Enter Manufacturing Order Reliefs


Defect 1504092: When you reversed a manufacturing order (MO) relief, Costpoint did not check the location for quantity and serial/lot information match, which resulted in incorrect lot information in the inventory table.


Production Control >> Manage Manufacturing Orders


Defect 1516397: When Organization Security was turned on and you (the planner) have access to the Inventory Project Org, and you tried to move GFE in MO Requirements, you encountered an error message stating that the planner doesn't have access to the specified organization.


Production Control >> Print Manufacturing Order Documentation


Defect 1509923: When you printed a manufacturing order (MO) document and selected the Update MO Status to In-Shop check box, the status of the MO remained as Released.


Receiving >> Manage Purchase Order Receipts


Defect 1504101: When you deleted a receipt, Costpoint did not validate the serial number.


Receiving >> Manage Quality Control Inspections


Defect 1504095: When you deleted a quality control receipt, Costpoint did not validate the serial number.


Sales Order Entry >> Manage Sales Order Non-Inventory Issues


Defect 1506906: When you queried an issue and modified the Issue Quantity, the cost loaded as you tabbed. The cost should load when you create a new issue.


People


Benefits >> Print 1095-Cs


Defect 1515349: You were unable to print a 1095-C for any year prior to 2019 due to a screen validation.


Employee >> Manage Employee Information


Defect 1467802: When you cleared an employee’s work email on the Manage Employee Information screen, Costpoint also cleared the email of the corresponding user on the Manage Users screen.


Employee Self Service >> Activate Pending Benefit Elections


Defect 1464247: Costpoint deducted too much if an employee had multiple HSA elections that had overlapping starting and ending dates. This issue occurred when an employee had an existing HSA election and then added a new HSA election type through a life event.

As a workaround, you can set the end date of the old election to a date earlier than the pay period start date of the open pay period.


Employee Self Service >> Benefits Enrollment


Defect 1510296: The screen disabled the Select check boxes in the Select New Coverage table of a tab. This issue occurred when more than 50 records existed in the new coverage table for the system benefit type.


Employee Self Service >> Life Events/New Hires


Defect 1510294: The screen disabled the Select check boxes in the Select New Coverage table of a tab. This issue occurred when more than 50 records existed in the new coverage table for the system benefit type.


Payroll >> Manage Payroll Records


Defect 1490500: The Accept Bank Transactions screen did not display transaction numbers for V and W records. This issue occurred when you performed the following actions:

  1. Void a check on the Void/Replace Posted Paychecks screen.

  2. Manually enter the advice number/check date on the Manage Payroll Records screen.

  3. Post paycheck information.


Payroll >> Print Paychecks


Defect 1516363: The state tax salary amount printed on the paystub regardless of the setting on the Manage State Taxes screen.


Payroll >> Print Payment Advices


Defect 1526666: The state tax salary amount printed on the paystub regardless of the setting on the Manage State Taxes screen.


Team Management


Defect 1528675: Team Management applications were not available on the menu when you were not licensed for Costpoint Human Resources.


Planning


Administration >> Refresh Process


Defect 1515155: The Costpoint Business Intelligence – Pending Delta routine hung when you tried to run it.


Organization Budgeting >> Compute Forward Rates


Defect 1521653: Pools that had costs but no base posted to just the credit account, creating one-sided entries.


Resource Planning >> Budget by Resource


Defect 1523058: You were unable to edit the last period.


Projects


Billing >> Create iRAPT Billing Files


Defect 1504353: You were able to create iRAPT billing files for a project even though you are not a member of the billing user group for that project.


Billing >> Manage Project Billing Information


Defect 1484870: You were able to enter a schedule bill amount and calculate standard bills without issues. However, when you changed the schedule bill amount without recalculating bills and then posted the bill, the Billing Register displayed that the invoice was posted at the old amount even if the new amount was correctly saved and updated on the Schedule subtask of Manage Project Billing Information.


Billing >> Print Retroactive Billing Worksheet


Defect 1478748: The application stopped responding when you ran it for projects with no line or data for the previous fiscal year.


Cost and Revenue Processing >> Post Revenue


Defect 1504032: Printing on this screen was taking longer than expected when you ran it for all projects. As a workaround, you can run it for a range of projects instead of all projects.


Cost and Revenue Processing >> Redistribute Revenue


Defect 1476373: COMPANY_ID was missing in the WHERE clause, which might result in rows from other companies being included in the company the user is currently logged into.


Project Inquiry and Reporting >> Print Revenue Worksheet


Defect 1512199: Performance tuning has been performed for Print Revenue Worksheet to decrease the application's runtime.


Reports & Analytics


Business Intelligence >> Business Intelligence


Defect 1433283: The measures for Actual (at Target Rate) and Actual (at Actual Rate) were incorrect in the PSR Summary Data View.


Defect 1485818: For the CER Advanced Lite user role, the Company content folder was not displayed as a shortcut on the Navigation panel because it was not set as the custom folder. As a workaround, click Team content » Company content to open this folder.

 

For existing on-premises users, Costpoint BI administrators can manually set the default folder for CER Advanced Lite users.

  1. On the Costpoint BI Welcome page, click Manage » People » Accounts.

  2. On the Accounts panel, click Cognos » Deltek.

  3. Look for CER Advance Lite and click the More icon or the ellipsis () adjacent to it. And then, click Properties.

  4. On the CER Advanced Lite panel, click the Customization tab.

  5. Look for Custom folder and click the arrow (>) adjacent to it.

  6. Click the Select a folder icon and click Team content » Company content. And then, click Select.

  7. Click Apply.

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Defect 1516171: The values for the following columns in the Shipped Revenue Report were incorrect:


Defect 1528279: The CER__PM_MGR user role did not have access permissions to the Accounts Receivable folder. The said folder was not visible. As a workaround, add project manager users to the CER__AR_SECURE user group to grant them access to the Accounts Receivable folder.


Dashboards >> Organization Manager Dashboard


Defect 1510607: A system error occurred when you were navigating the Organization Manager Dashboard.


Time & Expense


Expense >> Expense Authorization


Defect 1515648: When an expense authorization included an estimated amount for mileage, that amount was not saved as a base amount on the expense report, and the approve task was not generated, if that was the only expense.


Expense >> Expense Report


Defect 1500364: You could not attach a file to multiple lines simultaneously on the expense report.


Defect 1511188: Employees were able to add charge codes on their expense reports, even though the Allow Charging check box was not selected on the UDT10 screen.


Defect 1522012: The Taxes tab did not display the tax schedule in the drop-down list when ALL was not one of the locations.


Defect 1525816: After you entered a Lodging expense with the Other amount split across two rows, and you then saved the first row amount, that amount changed to reflect the total Other amount, while the second row updated to 0.


Expense >> Manage/Approve Expense Reports


Defect 1527489: When you looked up an employee on a new expense report, an error occurred.


Time >> Export Timesheets


Defect 1503725: When you exported timesheets, you received an error when you entered a previously used batch ID.


Time >> Timesheet


Defect 1519980: When UDT02 was not in use as the primary charge and link 12 was not enabled, the charge description did not display on the timesheet for UDT01.


Defect 1521246: When you used UDT09 abbreviations, new timesheets did not show UDT09 on autoloaded lines from Favorites.


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