Deltek Costpoint 8.1.22 Release Notes (Build 8.1.22.5012)


Welcome to the Deltek Costpoint 8.1.22 Release Notes, which describe the new features, enhancements, and software corrections introduced in this release.


Important NotesRegulatory EnhancementsEnhancementsSoftware Issues ResolvedSecurity EnhancementsKnown Issues


Important Notes


These release notes address all of the modules associated with Deltek Costpoint 8.1.22, 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.

 

Costpoint Business Intelligence 8.1.18+ and Cognos Analytics with Watson

Costpoint BI 8.1.18+ is only compatible with Cognos Analytics with Watson 11.2.4. If you are leveraging Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, the highest version of Costpoint BI MR that you can apply is Costpoint BI 8.1.17. Note that you can continue to apply the Costpoint MRs beyond 8.1.17 regardless of which Cognos version you are deploying. Costpoint and Costpoint BI MRs are independent of each other.


Regulatory Enhancements


State


Idaho 2023 Supplemental Tax

The tax rate for supplemental payments decreased from 6% to 5.8%.

To support the state requirements, this release updates the record of Idaho effective 01/01/2023 on the Manage State Taxes screen. 

Attention: For more information, see: https://tax.idaho.gov/taxes/income-tax/withholding/computing/

Note: This update requires patch dbc_810_11159.


North Dakota 2023 Tax Table Updates

North Dakota released an updated version of income tax withholding rates and instructions for wages paid in 2023.

To support the state requirements, this release updates the tax tables of North Dakota effective 01/01/2023 on the Manage State Tax Tables screen.

Note: This update requires patch dbc_810_11159.


Enhancements


Framework

Support for Multiple SAML Providers

You can now add multiple SAML providers to Costpoint in the Product Configuration Utility. This security enhancement is helpful when you have multiple SAML providers for different user bases, such as post-acquisition or third-party solutions support.

Use the new SAML Provider ID option in the Manage Users application to assign a SAML IdP to a user. The IdPs available in Lookup are based on the SAML IdPs set up in the Product Configuration Utility. This option is enabled only for SAML-type authentication methods.


People

Delete Timesheets from TS_HDR table after Closing a Fiscal Period for Payroll Users

If you have an existing Costpoint Payroll license and you close accounting periods on the Close Periods screen, the application deletes all timesheets that have been posted to Labor and Payroll. If you have a Payroll license but you do not post timesheets to Payroll, the Close Periods application does not delete the timesheets for the selected fiscal year/period/subperiod.

To address this issue, Costpoint now provides Payroll users with the ability to delete TS_HDR and TS_LN records by timesheet cycle and fiscal year/period/subperiod without requiring that you post timesheets to Payroll. Use the new toolkit to delete all timesheets that have been posted to the General Ledger but have not been deleted by the Close Periods application. This process does not delete historical data; this process only deletes current timesheets. Access the new toolkit in People » Labor » Administrative Utilities » Purge Timesheets Not Cleared by Close Accounting Period.

Direct Charge Employer Contributions and Union Fringes

Prior to this release, Costpoint used only the Direct Charge Union Fringe/Employer Contribution checkbox on the Configure Payroll Settings screen to control direct charging for both non-union contributions and union fringes. This release separates controls so that you can opt to direct charge contributions separately from direct charging union fringes. The option to direct charge union fringes is now available on the Configure Labor Settings screen. The option to direct charge non-union contributions is now available on the Configure Payroll Settings screens.

This release also provides the following features:

 

Configure Payroll Settings (PRMPRSET)

 

Configure Labor Settings (LDMLABOR)

 

Set Up Company (SYPCOMP)

When generating a new Configure Payroll Settings (PR_SETTINGS) record, the application populates the new DC_ER_CNTRB_FL column based on the company being copied.

When generating a new Configure Labor Settings (LAB_SETTINGS) record, the application populates the new DC_ER_CNTRB_FL based on the company being copied.

 

Manage Pay Periods (PRMPRPD

The Union/Local field for the pay cycle was removed.

 

Manage Deductions (PRMDED)

 

Manage Union Profiles (LDMUNPRO)

 

Manage Timesheets (LDMTIME)

Note: The updates on the Manage Timesheets screen are also applicable to the following screens:

 

Apply Timesheet Adjustments in Batch Mode (LDPAUTO)

 

Compute Payroll (PRPCPR)

 

Manage Payroll Records (PRMPTF)

 

Manage Employee Earnings History (PRMERF)

 

Post Payroll (PRPPPCLS)

 

Print Deduction/Contribution/Fringe Report (PRRMBEN)

The employer fringe/tax/contribution posting logic was updated.

 

Void/Replace Posted Paychecks (PRPAVCK)

The application was updated to support the addition of new columns on the Manage Payroll Records screen and the Manage Employee Earnings History screen. When a V record is generated, the application copies the following values from the voided earnings record to the V payroll record:

V/W Record Column

Source

EMPL_PAYROLL.union_empl_fl

EMPL_EARNINGS.union_empl_fl

EMPL_PR_CNTRB.cntrb_type_cd

EMPL_EARN_CNTRB.cntrb_type_cd

EMPL_PR_TS_INFO.hrly_amt

EMPL_EARN_TS_INFO.hrly_amt

EMPL_PR_TS_INFO.pay_type_fctr_qty

EMPL_EARN_TS_INFO.pay_type_fctr_qty

EMPL_PR_TS_INFO.paystub_additional_amt

EMPL_EARN_TS_INFO.paystub_additional_amt

EMPL_PR_TS_INFO.union_s_fringe_mthd_cd

EMPL_EARN_TS_INFO.union_s_fringe_mthd_cd

EMPL_PR_TS_INFO.union_fringe_rt_amt

EMPL_EARN_TS_INFO.union_fringe_rt_amt

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.cash_acct_cd

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.cash_acct_cd

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.proj_source_cd

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.proj_source_cd

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.accrual_org_id

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.accrual_org_id

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.pay_type_fctr_qty

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.pay_type_fctr_qty

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.ts_ln_select_mthd

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.ts_ln_select_mthd

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.fring_mod_cd

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.fring_mod_cd

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.union_fringe_rt_amt

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.union_fringe_rt_amt

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.pp_ceil_amt

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.pp_ceil_amt

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.ceil_amt

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.ceil_amt

EMPL_PR_FRNG_DETL.stamp_earn

EMPL_E_FRNG_DETL.stamp_earn


Projects

Performance Optimization

The following applications have been updated to process more efficiently and reduce their runtime during simultaneous or batch processing:


Software Issues Resolved


Accounting


Accounts Payable >> Select Vouchers For Payment


Defect 1945120: You no longer encounter a lengthy processing time when you execute a Select or Validate Pay When Paid process.


Multicurrency >> Update Open Accounts Payable Exchange Rates


Defect 1949349: This application has been enhanced to address issues on lengthy processing time, dropped connections, and session time-outs when updating open A/P exchange rates.


Admin


Security >> Manage Users


Defect 1938017: When you set up subcontractor vendor employees, there was an issue setting up the Deltek Costpoint Time User login and you received the following error message: "Error(s) The following does not exist: Employee ID."


CRM & Contracts


Contracts >> Manage Subcontracts


Defect 1932839: On the Subcontract Information tab of the Manage Purchase Orders screen, when the Subcontract ID field was disabled and you linked the purchase order (PO) to a subcontract record through the Ref. Subcontract ID field, the work assignments linked to the PO did not get linked to the subcontract record.


Opportunities >> Import GovWin IQ Data


Defect 1924555The application should have verified that settings were valid before it started importing data.


Framework


Framework


Defect 1918746: When rejecting a workflow and sending it back to a specific activity, Costpoint ignored the role filter assigned to a user.


Defect 1950645: When a job was on hold in the sequential queue, it held the execution of all subsequent jobs. A held job should not have impeded the execution of the next job in the queue.


Defect 1950739: You might have experienced the inability to change dashparts and save your changes on the Home Dashboard. (You could add or remove a dashpart but clicking Save did not save the change.)


Defect 1974305: A "java.lang.NullPointerException." error occurred for some web services in the Web Integration Console after upgrading to Costpoint 8.1.21.


Runtime >> Client


Defect 1955784: In the Expense Wizard, when you tried to update a non-updatable field and did not tab out of the field, the Continue button was not enabled for you to save changes.


Runtime >> Server


Defect 1957562: The workflow approval email message was not sent to the delegate user as it should have been when automatic delegation was configured in Configure User Preferences.


Defect 1963651: Costpoint now provides better error handling when it cannot insert into SEAT_ASSIGNMENT during the creation of a new user session.


Defect 1964292: Opening some result sets with extensions sometimes failed and you received this error message: "Can't find bind variable extUnitId among public variables of the class."


Installation


MR Installer


Defect 1974152: The Costpoint MR 8.1.22 Installer needed to include new web services and extensions for TIPQA to support the upcoming TIP 10.0.0.17 release.


Materials


Engineering Change Notices >> Approve Engineering Change Notices


Defect 1951554: When you deleted multiple Engineering Change Notices (ECN) records by using the Select All Rows option, the ECN Pending option in the Parts table did not change back to not selected.


Engineering Change Notices >> Manage Engineering Change Notices


Defect 1931144: When you deleted multiple Engineering Change Notices (ECN) records by using the Select All Rows option, the ECN Pending option in the Parts table did not change back to not selected.


Defect 1951555: When you deleted multiple Engineering Change Notices (ECN) records by using the Select All Rows option, the ECN Pending option in the Parts table did not change back to not selected.


Inventory >> Manage Actual Counts


Defect 1944633: The Web Integration Console (WIC) did not work for counts when you specified the same quantity as the pre-count quantity.


Inventory >> Manage Cycle Count Schedules


Defect 1947189: The Cycle Count Schedule did not spread the counts evenly over the date-range parameters, but instead scheduled all counts in the first part of the date range.


Inventory >> Reconcile Inventory Balances


Defect 1935342: When you ran the reconcile inventory balances on a part, you encountered an error message related to the INVT_WHS_LOC_SR_LT table SRL_LOT_KEY. 


Material Requirements Planning >> Firm Material Requirements Planning Planned Orders


Defect 1950233: When you ran Firm Planned Orders, Costpoint included the firmed transfer reservations in the process.


Material Requirements Planning >> Update Material Requirements Plan


Defect 1947596: When you processed application data, you encountered an MRP_LOG error.


Procurement Planning >> Apply PO Info to Purchase Requisitions


Defect 1951428: When you changed the dollar amount on the line, the application did not require a re-approval.


Procurement Planning >> Apply PO Info to Purchase Requisitions by Line


Defect 1957629: When you tried to choose a buyer, sort, or save, you encountered an error.


Procurement Planning >> Create Purchase Orders


Defect 1938585: When you inserted the purchase order (PO) line for a new PO, the PO_HDR.ROWVERSION did not get updated (instead of setting it back to zero) after you entered the PO header and PO lines. 


Procurement Planning >> Manage Simple Purchase Requisitions


Defect 1939226: When you approved a requisition, you encountered a Null pointer exception error even though the application completed the approval.


Product Definition >> Import Items


Defect 1950115: The import process changed the existing value in S_PLAN_ORDER_CD to the MRP Settings of the sub part planning order code if you left the column blank in the import file when you used the application to update existing part information. This issue occurred when you selected the Use Part Planning Order checkbox in Configure Materials Requirements Planning Settings.


Production Control >> Expedite Manufacturing Orders


Defect 1955390: The application exceeded the maximum allowed number of 20 system errors when you autoloaded nine (9) or more routing lines.


Production Control >> Manage Manufacturing Orders


Defect 1943938: You were unable to edit the As of Date for some In Shop manufacturing orders. 


Purchasing >> Manage Purchase Orders


Defect 1941948: When you copied and pasted rows from an Excel sheet, Costpoint did not recalculate the values of the purchase order (PO) line fields Net Unit Cost and Extended Cost.


Defect 1950714: When you created the release, deleted all the lines, and then pasted new lines from an Excel sheet, the line numbers did not start with the number one (1).


Receiving >> Manage Quality Control Inspections


Defect 1937448: In Web Integration Console (WIC), when you loaded the inspection record, you encountered a TIPQA integration Receiver Out error.


Sales Order Entry >> Manage Sales Orders


Defect 1939353: When you used a cloned sales order (SO) and you updated the quantity, Costpoint did not recalculate the sales tax correctly.


Defect 1948405: When you clicked the Recalculate button and all records were loaded, you encountered a performance issue.


Sales Order Entry >> Manage Sales Orders Supervisor Screen


Defect 1942135: When you closed a sales order (SO) line for an obsolete part, Costpoint did not delete the reservation.


People


Benefits >> Manage HSA Plan Year


Defect 1960764: The Employee Maximum and Employer Maximum fields should be enabled if the Plan Year field is populated. The Employee Minimum Amount field should only be enabled if there are no employee elections records for the plan year.


Benefits >> Manage Medical Care FSA Plan Year


Defect 1960707: The Maximum Amount field should be enabled if the Plan Year field is populated. The Minimum Amount field should be disabled if there are no employee elections for the plan year.


Employee >> Import Employee Data


Defect 1972665: When you imported new employees, the screen displayed an error which indicated that you exceeded the maximum number of employees based on your license. This occurred even if you have not exceeded your license. The count for new active employees in the import was incorrect.


Employee >> Manage Employee Information


Defect 1817078: When you changed the value in the Plant field, the screen did not update the values of the Shop Floor Time and Manufacturing Execution checkboxes based on the record's setup on the Manage Plant screen. This issue occurred when you were creating a new employee record.


Employee >> Print Electronic W-4 Report


Defect 1950293: The Print Electronic W-4 Report screen was not available unless administrators added the Print Electronic W-4 Report screen to the user’s application rights on the Manage Users screen. 


Employee >> Transfer Talent Management Data


Defect 1948163: The application incorrectly transferred job templates with a Pending status to Deltek Talent Management.


Labor >> Apply Timesheet Adjustments in Batch Mode


Defect 1950652: On the Apply Timesheets Adjustments in Batch Mode screen, you can now use the new Exclude original corrected timesheets outside the current TS cycle checkbox to specify whether or not you want to exclude original timesheets from the corrections when running the salary cap calculations.


Labor >> Export Data To Deltek Time and Expense


Defect 1923422: The UDT07 Name field was increased from 30 to 60 characters, to accommodate the Routing Line Description.


Labor >> Export Project Manufacturing Data


Defect 1937082: If you selected the Separate Items by Company checkbox on the Configure Product Definition Settings screen, the application should have exported part data with the correct commodity code description to Manufacturing Execution System (MES).


Labor >> Manage Pay Types


Defect 1950568: When you encountered the error message, "6 day pay types cannot be excluded from the Salary Cap calculation,” the checkbox that was highlighted by the error was incorrect.


Labor >> Manage Timesheets


Defect 1538406: If you select the Post Fringe Expenses at Balance Sheet Level checkbox on the Configure Payroll Settings screen, the application now correctly uses the balance sheet level of the Organization on the union cash fringe timesheet line.


Defect 1936407: When you selected the Use reference dates in correcting and labor-only timesheets checkbox, the application should have used the correcting reference date (instead of timesheet date) in correcting timesheets for selecting union profile rates.


Labor >> Recast Overtime Premium to Timesheet Lines


Defect 1717229: When you ran the Recast Overtime Premium to Timesheet Lines process, the application added new records in the TS_LN_MO (MO Timesheet Line) table instead of updating applicable existing records.


Payroll >> Create Quarterly SUTA Tax File


Defect 1921099: The XML output file displayed the incorrect amount for Contribution Due.


Payroll >> Manage Employee Earnings History


Defect 1921118: When you tried to change the check date on the Manage Employee Earnings History screen, you received a critical error message that included this text: “VALIDATE_RS_OBJECT request failed.CHK_DT.” You were able to change the check date on a different record that was not a voided check for the same employee.


Payroll >> Manage Pay Periods


Defect 1944553: The application required several updates.

In the Add Pay Periods group box:

On the Pay Periods subtask:

If the Check Date year field is cleared, enable (but do not clear) the Payroll Year field.


Planning


Administration >> Maintain Project Report Direct/Indirect Codes


Defect 1960732: In this application you now cannot add project report codes. You can, however, change the status of each code to Direct or Indirect.


New Business Budgeting >> New Business Budgets


Defect 1950796: Fixed revenue was not recognized when you created a budget.


Organization Budgeting >> Budget/Outlook Resource Schedule


Defect 1943399: The Budgeted Org option has been removed from the Organization Type section.


Organization Budgeting >> Organization Budgets / Outlooks


Defect 1950176: Duplicate FTE records were created during the Outlooks upload process.


Organization Budgeting >> Pending Details by Org


Defect 1946887: The Purchase Commitment Detail application has been renamed Pending Details by Org.


Project Budgeting >> Project Budgets / EACs


Defect 1922023: Planning did not include certain revenue calculations. To correct this, the Revenue Type lookup on the Revenue Setup/Ceilings » Revenue Setup subtask was updated to include the following revenue types:

For more information, see the online Help for the Manage Revenue screen (Projects » Project Setup).


Defect 1930457: A service center was not calculating revenue in Planning.


Defect 1947354: Transactions with zero record values did not display in EREPORT_PROJ_DETAILS.


Defect 1956107: The correct rates did not display when you sourced the PLC rates from another project.


Project Budgeting >> Project Spend Chart


Defect 1950708: The report (PPA14) included actuals with burden only.


Project Budgeting >> Project Status


Defect 1945629: You were unable to run PSR in current period projects with future PoPs.


Defect 1963669: PSR used actual rates for indirect costs even when you selected the Target rate type.


Projects


Billing >> Adjust Open Billing Detail Records


Defect 1884876: When you tried to hold a number of hours greater than the number of transaction hours, you did not receive an error message as you should have. As a workaround, you can use the Manage Open Billing Detail screen when specifying on-hold hours.


Billing >> Calculate Standard Bills


Defect 1907515: This issue affects MSS database users only. Costpoint calculates a negative amount for direct cost when a direct cost ceiling exists. As a workaround, you can manually edit the bill.


Defect 1909678: Discounts with burdens caused incorrect calculations of sales tax, retainage, withholding, and fee amounts. As a workaround, you can manually adjust the amounts.


Defect 1927707: When direct cost ceilings were reached on multicurrency bills with the Use Transactional Currency Billing option enabled (on the Manage Project Billing Information screen), the header record did not include the discount for the account that hit the ceiling. This issue occurred for all discount types.


Defect 1927712: When you entered billing currency direct cost ceilings, Costpoint used the functional currency ceiling amounts, allowing multicurrency direct costs to exceed the ceiling. As a workaround, you can manually edit the bill.


Defect 1960282: Deadlock errors occurred when different users simultaneously processed the same parameter ID with Execution Method set to Interactive. As a workaround, execute the parameter without concurrent users.


Defect 1960472: When the cost in excess or total cost in excess amount was equal to the total cost or total bill amount, the retainage amounts were incorrect on retroactive (combination and stand-alone) multicurrency bills with the Use Transactional Currency Billing option not selected on the Manage Project Billing Information screen. As a workaround, you can manually edit the withholding and retainage amounts on the bill.


Billing >> Print Billing Worksheet


Defect 1949901When you ran this application with the Detail Invoices checkbox selected, Costpoint was getting data only for detail projects with existing rows in the BILL_EDIT_DETL table. It should have included the rows for the detail project and all levels below it in BILL_EDIT_DETL.


Project Setup >> Manage Project User Flow


Defect 1957659: When the opportunity ID on the project did not exist in your Costpoint database, the application was not defaulting the Date Edit value correctly in Time & Expense. As a workaround, do not load data through the backdoor or through the Web Interface Console (WIC). Add the opportunity ID to Costpoint first.


Subcontractor Management >> Manage Work Assignments


Defect 1937445Performance enhancements have been implemented for this application, to improve runtime when a work assignment has more than 500 charge lines.


Reports & Analytics


Business Intelligence >> Business Intelligence


Defect 1949416: When you clicked on any drill-through on the PO Payment & Remaining Balance Report in Team Content » Procurement, an error occurred.


Defect 1959317: An error occurred when you run the Effective User Rights report in Team Content » Costpoint Administration » Security. As a workaround, use the Print Effective User Rights Report (SYREFFUR) in Admin » Security » Security Reports/Inquiries in Costpoint.


Defect 1962778: Relative Time View: The Project Manager Dashboard did not display results when the current reporting period was set to a subperiod that was less than the maximum number allowed. This error occurred with the following conditions:

Patch dbc_810_10806 is required to fix this defect.


Time & Expense


Expense >> Expense Authorization


Defect 1951490The charge approval task displayed all project managers instead of displaying only the project manager assigned to the task.


Expense >> Expense Report


Defect 1957655: When you configured the Org ID for a project charge to default to a user-defined value, the value did not automatically populate when the charge was selected on the Charge Allocations Under Ceiling tab.


Defect 1958903: For the lodging expense type, when you entered a value in the Unallowable field and exported the expense, the field was not displayed.


Defect 1961680: When you added a charge allocation for UDT01, the organization ID did not populate and you received an error message when you saved.


Expense >> Manage/Approve Expense Reports


Defect 1955228: The expense report approval process now has improved performance.


Time >> Change Timesheet Status


Defect 1958896: The task to replace the approval of a timesheet was not generated after you exported it.


Time >> Rebuild Leave Taken


Defect 1928707: When you were running Rebuild Leave, employees were able to access timesheets that were being processed.


Time >> Resource Schedules/Leave


Defect 1860344: When you viewed the leave balance for an employee who had no leave types specified, you received an error message.


Time >> Timesheet


Defect 1865475: When you copied an MO charge line and saved, you received an "Invalid Link - Account/Project" error message.


Defect 1951887: A leave code that had a beginning balance did not display on the Leave subtask when you did not select the Allow Request Leave option. This setting was updated to ensure that leave types always display if a beginning balance exists.

 

Affected Applications

Defect No.

Work Schedule/Leave

1953500


Time >> Timesheet Status


Defect 1963637: When you selected Non-Contiguous Range for a timesheet class, you received an error message indicating that the PARAM_ID is required.


Security Enhancements

There are no security enhancements or security issues addressed in this release.


Known Issues

The Manage Union Profiles Screen Does Not Display an Error Message When the Union Profile Date Overlaps

When you create a union profile with a date range that overlaps with the date range of an existing union profile, the screen should display an error message and not allow you to save the new record.


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