Deltek Costpoint 8.1.4 Release Notes (Build 8.1.4.5001)


Welcome to the Deltek Costpoint 8.1.4 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 8.1.4, 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.

 

Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 FP4 IF8 for Costpoint Business Intelligence

Due to vulnerabilities identified with Apache log4j, IBM has released several Interim Fixes for 11.1.7, the most recent being 11.1.7 IF8. The interim fixes are cumulative, so they include all fixes released with 11.1.7 FP4. Deltek recommends installing the latest Interim Fix which is available in Deltek Software Manager.

For reference, click here to see the relevant IBM Security Bulletin.

 

Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 FP4 Event Studio – Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Chromium Support

Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 FP4 supports the use of Google Chrome and/or Microsoft Edge Chromium for Event Studio. If you use Microsoft Edge, please upgrade to Microsoft Edge Chromium.


Regulatory Enhancements


Federal


2022 Federal Tax Tables

The IRS finalized Publication 15-T-Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods. The following are the updates:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10793.


State


2022 SUTA Wage Base

This Costpoint release adds tax table records effective January 1, 2022 for states where the unemployment-taxable wage base has been updated for tax year 2022.

Note: These enhancements require the following patches:

Alaska

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $43,600 to $45,200.

Hawaii

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $47,400 to $51,600.

Idaho

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $43,000 to $46,500.

Kentucky

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $10,800 to $11,100. 

Minnesota

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $35,000 to $38,000.

New Jersey

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $36,200 to $39,800.

New Mexico

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $27,000 to $28,700.

North Carolina

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $26,000 to $28,000

North Dakota

The SUTA limit for 2022 decreases from $38,500 to $38,400.

Vermont

The SUTA limit for 2022 increases from $14,100 to $15,500.


California 2022 Tax Table Updates

California updated their withholding schedules for Method B - Exact Calculation Method effective January 1, 2022. The following are the updates:

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to:

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10784.


Illinois 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Illinois Department of Revenue updated their withholding formula effective January 1, 2022. The personal exemption increased to $2,425.

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www2.illinois.gov/rev/forms/withholding/Documents/CurrentYear/IL-700-T.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10793.


Iowa 2022 Tax Table Updates

Iowa updated their withholding formula effective January 1, 2022. The following are the updates:

Attention: For more information refer to: Iowa Withholding Formula For Wages Paid Beginning January 1, 2022 (aboutbtax.com).

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10784.


Iowa 2021 State W-2 Electronic Filing

The Iowa Department of Revenue updated their W-2 electronic filing requirements for 2021 reporting:

To support the state updates, the Create State W-2 File screen no longer requires the BEN number when you generate a W-2 file for Iowa.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://tax.iowa.gov/electronic-reporting-wage-tax-statements-and-information-returns.


Kentucky 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Kentucky Department of Revenue updated their tax withholding formula effective January 1, 2022. The standard deduction was updated to $2,770.

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10790.


Louisiana 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Louisiana Department of Revenue updated their state tax withholding rules effective January 1, 2022. The withholding formulas for the following statuses have been updated:

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://revenue.louisiana.gov/LawsPolicies/Emergency%20Rule_LAC%2061.I.1501_Withholding%20Tables.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires dbc_810_10798.


Maryland 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Maryland Treasury Department updated their state tax withholding rules effective January 1, 2022. The following are the updates:

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.marylandtaxes.gov/forms/Tax_Publications/Tax_Facts/Withholding_Tax_Facts/Withholding_Tax_Facts_2022.pdf#:~:text=For%202022%2c%20we%20will%20use%20eleven%20brackets:%202.25%25%2c%2cof%20an%20exemption%20when%20using%20the%20withholding%20tables.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10803.


Michigan 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Michigan Department of Treasury increased their personal exemption amount to $5,000.00.

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.michigan.gov/taxes/0%2c4676%2c7-238-43519_43531_75250-573278--%2c00.html.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10789.


Minnesota 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Minnesota Department of Revenue updated their state tax withholding rules effective January 1, 2022. The following are the updates:

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/2021-12/wh_inst_22_0.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10803.


Missouri 2022 Tax Table Updates

Missouri updated their employer tax guide effective January 1, 2022. The following are the updates:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://aboutbtax.com/0Ig.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10790.


Nebraska 2021 State W-2 Electronic Filing

The Nebraska Department of Revenue updated their W-2 electronic filing requirements for 2021 reporting. The Foreign State/Province, Foreign Postal Code, and Country Code fields have been added to the RS record.

This release updates the Create State W-2 File screen to support the changes to Nebraska’s W-2 electronic filing requirements.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/revenue.nebraska.gov/files/doc/info/8-633.pdf.


Nebraska 2021 Q4 SUTA Electronic Filing

The Nebraska Department of Labor updated the 512 Byte File Specification used for SUTA quarterly reporting. Data records RA, RT, and RF have been added to the 512 Byte Format, while records RE and RS have been updated. Previously, only RE and RS records were required in the 512-byte file.

This release updates the Create Quarterly SUTA Tax File screen to support Nebraska’s latest requirements.

Attention: For more information, refer to:


New York 2022 Tax Table Updates

The withholding methods for New York State were updated to take into account changes in New York’s fiscal 2022 budget. The following changes are effective for payrolls made on or after January 1, 2021:

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information refer to: https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/withholding/nys50_t_nys_122.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10784.


North Carolina 2022 Tax Table Updates

The North Carolina Department of Revenue updated their tax withholding tables and instructions. The following are the updates:

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.ncdor.gov/media/12821/open.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10789.


North Dakota 2022 Tax Table Updates

The North Dakota Department of Revenue updated their tax withholding tables and instructions. The tax brackets in both formulas were adjusted, and the tax rates used continue to range from zero to 2.9%, with a supplemental tax rate of 1.84%.

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.nd.gov/tax/.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10789.


Oregon 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Oregon Department of Revenue announced the following updates to their state tax withholding rules effective January 1, 2022:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.oregon.gov/dor/forms/FormsPubs/withholding-tax-formulas_206-436_2021.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10803.


Rhode Island 2022 Tax Table Updates

Rhode Island released their 2022 withholding methods and state withholding certificate. The threshold for zero (0.00) allowance amount increases from $234,750 to $241,850.

To support the state updates, this release applies changes to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to the https://aboutbtax.com/03k.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10795.


Vermont 2022 Tax Table Updates

The Vermont Department of Taxes updated their income tax withholding instructions effective January 1, 2022.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://tax.vermont.gov/sites/tax/files/documents/GB-1210-2022.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires patch dbc_810_10795.


Enhancements


Time & Expense

Calculated Overtime Distribution

When overtime is set to calculate automatically, the distribution of calculated overtime now displays on the Pay Type Summary subtask of the Timesheet application.


Software Issues Resolved


Accounting


Accounts Payable >> Import Vendor Employees


Defect 1560478: The message "Required if the Country selected is USA" displayed on the Import Vendor Employees Error Report when you imported vendor employee records that do not have a Mail State and Country Code.


Accounts Payable >> Reverse Posted Vouchers


Defect 1575647: Costpoint incorrectly deleted vendor labor details when you reversed a subcontractor purchase order (PO) voucher. This occurred when you:

  1. Reversed the subcontractor PO voucher.

  2. Deleted the reversing voucher.

  3. Reversed the subcontractor PO voucher again.


Accounts Payable >> Select Vouchers For Payment


Defect 1530214: When you selected the Validate Pay When Paid process and selected vouchers for payment, Costpoint did not update the status of vouchers with sales taxes to HOLD.


Multicurrency >> Update Open Accounts Payable Exchange Rates


Defect 1553483: You encountered an error when you updated Open Accounts Payable exchange rates. This occurred when:


Multicurrency >> Update Open Accounts Receivable Exchange Rates


Defect 1553485: You encountered an error when you updated Open Accounts Receivable exchange rates. This occurred when:


Admin


System Administration >> Set Up Company


Defect 1574497: A process error occurred when you tried to create a new company in Set Up Company and no data existed in the FA_SETTINGS_CORP table.


CRM & Contracts


Contracts >> Manage Subcontracts


Defect 1560485: When you tried to update any modification on the Modifications tab, the application stopped responding and displayed an error message.

As a workaround, close the Manage Subcontracts screen. Update the modification using the Manage Modifications or Manage Project User Flow application, and then launch Manage Subcontracts.


Framework


Change in Behavior


Defect 1566030: When you received an error message to use the lookup to select a charge for a timesheet and then tapped the Lookup icon to select the charge, the charge values did not display. This issue occurred when you used Costpoint in a web browser on a mobile device, but not in PWA mode.


Framework


Defect 1529714: The Financial Statement line on the Manage Accounts screen was missing in Portrait View when you reviewed offline data updates.


Defect 1544962: A critical system error message displayed on the Manage Accounts Receivable History screen when you clicked the prior error message that displayed when you tried to save a new record and the invoice amount in the Invoice Header did not reconcile with the invoice amount on the Invoice Detail subtask. The system error occurred only when you did not enter the project number before you clicked New on the Invoice Detail subtask.


Defect 1552232: Administrative messages that were set to show on a future date did not display on the selected date.


Defect 1566032: Costpoint did not apply the correct My Menu when you switched to a different UI profile.


Defect 1568224: On the Benefits Enrollment screen, the Summary tab did not display in the list of tabs when you used Costpoint as a mobile app in Landscape mode. In addition, Costpoint stopped responding after you clicked Show Steps on the Summary tab.


Defect 1568226: When you used Costpoint as a mobile app, the Health Savings Account tab and Summary tab did not display in the list of tabs in the Life Events/New Hires application. This issue occurred in Landscape mode only.


Defect 1572965: When you clicked an error message on the application screen, Costpoint did not take you to the correct tab with the issue.


Defect 1579294: The "Column BUYER_ID not found in row set" system error occurred when you started the approval workflow for the Manage Purchase Order Vouchers application.


Defect 1581077: When Auto Position was set to Off, the initial lookup selection in a field displayed only one row.


Runtime >> Server


Defect 1567413: The HTML representation of a workflow needed to be removed from device notifications and SMS message notifications for approval workflows.


Defect 1579783: You could not change the company when IIS was configured to return the "x-content-type-options: nosniff" HTTP response header.


Installation


MR Installer


Defect 1586081: For Costpoint MES and SFT clients, the PMFG web service file location has changed slightly. Web service files are now split into three folders:

Please read DeltekCostpoint81MaintenanceReleaseInstallation.pdf for instructions on what and how to install.


Materials


Engineering Change Notices >> Manage Engineering Change Notices


Defect 1568562: The Component Released check box was not automatically selected on the EBOM Components subtask for Phase out or Obsolete Parts.


Master Production Scheduling >> Manage Master Production Schedules


Defect 1571254: The application has been modified to correct the MSMMPS_13 syntax.


Material Requirements Planning >> Update Material Requirements Plan


Defect 1577040: (In MSS) When you ran Update Material Requirements Plan, the process completed with errors and the application ignored manufacturing orders (MO) that already existed for sales orders (SO).


Production Control >> Compute Material Requirements


Defect 1568565: When you ran Compute Material Requirements, the lead time was inconsistent with Materials Requisition Planning (MRP).


Production Control >> Configure Shop Floor Calendar


Defect 1491840: You can now delete multiple consecutive rows as long as it does not result in gaps in the calendar. Previously, you could delete only the first and last rows.


Production Control >> Manage Manufacturing Orders


Defect 1552077: When you cloned a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) manufacturing order (MO) with the SFC Operation and QC Step check boxes selected on the Routings subtask, these check boxes were not selected on the newly created MO.


Purchasing >> Import Purchase Orders


Defect 1568556: When you imported a file, the purchase order (PO) line resources were not imported when the PO Header and Line information were not included in the input file.


Defect 1568890: You encountered an error when you processed an input file without an Order Date.


Receiving >> Manage Quality Control Inspections


Defect 1578320: (Web Integration Console) When you sent an UPDATE command to change quantities in Manage Quality Control Inspections, the Recd Qty on the Serial/Lot subtask changed to zero and threw several errors.


Sales Order Entry >> Approve Sales Orders


Defect 1573184: When you approved a sales order (SO) record, the header status of the record stayed in In-Approval when it should have been Approved.


People


Employee >> Import Employee Data


Defect 1538395: The application required logic updates to populate the Generic Code to Group Vendors (VEND_GRP_CD) column in the Vendor (VEND) table with the correct value.


Defect 1572253: If you imported data that did not include the City of Birth, the application changed the current location in Costpoint to blank. This issue occurred regardless of the data that you are updating.


Defect 1572256: When you selected Error as the Employee Class Code Validation Method on the Configure Labor Settings screen, the following issues occurred when you imported Employee Master data:


Employee Self Service >> Benefits Enrollment


Defect 1545837: When you changed the type and allocation percentage of new beneficiaries for elections, the screen did not save your changes.


Employee Self Service >> Federal Withholding


Defect 1579633: The year indicated on the Federal Withholding tab should be changed from 2020 to 2022.


Employee Self Service >> Leave Status


Defect 1530479: When you used offline mode, the Leave Details subtask did not display.


Employee Self Service >> Life Events/New Hires


Defect 1545839: When you changed the type and allocation percentage of new beneficiaries for elections, the screen did not save your changes.


Defect 1580370: The year indicated on the Federal Withholding tab should be changed from 2020 to 2022.


Employee Self Service >> Total Comp/Benefits Statement


Defect 1562997: When you opened the Total Comp/Benefits Statement screen, a system error displayed. This issue occurred when you did not select the Show Total Compensation Summary check box on the Configure Self Service Settings screen.


Employee Self Service >> W-2s


Defect 1570391: The label for field b should be “b - Employer’s identification number (EIN)”.


Defect 1570399: The label for field e & f was incorrect on the screen and the report. The correct label should be “e & f - Employee’s name, address and ZIP code”.


Defect 1570407: The report displayed incorrect labels. Control Number was the label for field a instead of field d. Employee’s social security number was the label for field d instead of field a.


Labor >> Export Data to Deltek Time and Expense


Defect 1579675: The leave balance in Deltek Time and Expense was not always correct when an employee had an adjustment and an accrual in the same leave period. This issue occurred when the adjustment and accrual were exported to Deltek Time and Expense in two different batch cycles.


Labor >> Export Project Manufacturing Data


Defect 1561021: New fields should be added/updated in the Costpoint XML to enhance the synchronization of leave data between Costpoint and Shop Floor Time.


Labor >> Import Timesheets


Defect 1420593: The Import Timesheets Error Report displayed incorrect information in the Field and Content columns when you imported multiple rows for the same employee. This occurred if the rows had the same timesheet date but different work state values.


Defect 1566034: When Costpoint generated a union cash fringe timesheet line, the application did not populate the following columns in the TS_LN table:


Labor >> Manage Timesheets


Defect 1464324: When you generated union fringe lines, the application did not use the project's owning organization on union fringe timesheet lines if the Fringe Org source was Proj Owning Org on the Manage Union Profiles screen. Instead, the application used the original timesheet line's organization.


Defect 1578273: After you posted timesheets, the posting report displayed two lines for an accrued salary account when the TRN_CRNCY_CD column on the EMPL_LAB_INFO record had a NULL value.


Labor >> Manage Union Profiles


Defect 1568522: When you added a project to a union profile, the project displayed twice. If you deleted one of the duplicate projects, the application deleted both rows.


Leave >> Close Leave Year


Defect 1575891: The application did not process records that had a NULL value in the LV_TYPE_TRNSFR_FL column in the EMPL_LV_BAL table.


Leave >> Post Leave Accruals


Defect 1549052: The application should provide an additional report that displays the leave types, hours, and amounts that will be posted to the EMPL_LV_HIST table.


Payroll >> Activate Pending Employee Bank Information


Defect 1563599: When you clicked Print/Process, the following error message displayed: "The report must be printed in order to process.”


Payroll >> Compute Payroll


Defect 1571740: When you upgraded to MR 8.1.3, the application did not generate a pay type record for ADDGRS (Add to Gross) deductions.


Payroll >> Export Payroll Taxes


Defect 1578245: Local Employer Taxes were being dropped from quarterly and annual files when the taxes were set up on the Manage Deductions screen.


Payroll >> Print Bank ACH File Report


Defect 1531952: When you attempted to create the ACH file for multiple taxable entities, both the report and generated file included only the first taxable entity. This issue affects Costpoint systems with MSS databases.


Planning


Administration >> Post Install Setup


Defect 1568578: In Maintain Account Mapping, the NEXT button was not visible while in default view.


New Business Budgeting >> New Business Budgets


Defect 1547430: Indirect cost amounts in the backend table did not reflect actual amounts.


Planning


Defect 1549761: The EREPORT_PROJ_DETAILS.CURRENT_FLs column was indexed to accelerate response time for queries related to this column in Business Intelligence (BI).


Project Budgeting >> Import Budget/EACs from Excel


Defect 1574880: During routine checks, the contract end dates were considered when inserting records instead of the budget end dates.


Project Budgeting >> Project Budgets/EACs


Defect 1503599: The application did not allow changes to Period of Performance for Indirect Project Budgets.


Defect 1574251: When you opened the application for a newly setup company, a system error displayed.


Project Budgeting >> Project Budgets/EACs Status


Defect 1574735: The TID column in the dynamic tables required a length of 80 characters.


Projects


Billing >> Calculate Standard Bills


Defect 1550505: The application was taking too long to complete calculating bills. MSSQL performance tuning has been conducted to improve processing time.


Billing >> Manage Closed Billing Detail


Defect 1538238: Instead of displaying an error message saying that a required field is missing, Costpoint threw a system error when the Period or Subperiod column did not contain a value. As a workaround, make sure that the Period/Subperiod column in your Excel file has values before pasting data into Costpoint.


Billing >> Manage Open Billing Detail


Defect 1546379: You received an error saying that the account/organization is not active when:

As a workaround, you can use Manage Accounts, Manage Organization Elements, and/or Link Accounts/Organizations to temporarily activate the record.


Defect 1568913: A system error occurred upon saving a record when the Period and Subperiod fields did not have values. This issue existed in the following scenarios:

As a workaround, manually enter a value in Period and Subperiod before saving the record.


Billing >> View Standard Billing History


Defect 1541508: The lookup of the Fiscal Year and Period fields did not display any records when there was no record in the ORG_SEC_LOOKUP table or when the organization security feature was disabled. You can, however, still manually enter values in these fields and execute the screen.

 

If you have organization security enabled, you can perform the following workaround:

  1. Create a record on the Manage Organization Security Profiles screen.

  2. Create a record on the Manage Organization Security Groups screen.

  3. Run the Update Organization Security Profiles screen.

  4. Run the Rebuild Global Settings screen.

  5. Log out of Costpoint, and then log back in to check if you can now view fiscal years and periods in View Standard Billing History.


Subcontractor Management >> Create Subcontractor Invoices


Defect 1568547: Logic has been corrected to prevent duplicate invoices that may be created by labor rate changes even though there was no change in the labor hours.


Reports & Analytics


Business Intelligence >> Business Intelligence


Defect 1563687: The CER__ADV_LITE user could edit and generate a report with an existing MS SQL in its query. To apply the fix for on-premises users, see the Customize CER__ADV_LITE User section in Costpoint Business Intelligence 8.1 Post Installation and Configuration Guide. No action needed for cloud users.


Defect 1579714: The Customer ID and Customer Name were not displayed on the AR Summary Data query subject found in the Accounts Receivable model. As a workaround, use the Customer ID from the AR Customer dimension located near the bottom of the said model.


Time & Expense


Configuration >> Import Master Data


Defect 1579291: Following the import of existing employee group records using a type B import code, the import history displayed a duplication error because the import transformed the records using an "add" (A) transaction instead of a "change" (C) transaction.


Configuration >> Master Data Import History


Defect 1573198: Error messages did not display during per diem schedule import, instead appearing after completion of the import process, when the total M&IE populated the error log table.


Configuration >> Resource Information


Defect 1567294: When you changed the security role for twenty or more employees before saving, an error occurred.


Configuration >> UDT10S


Defect 1573743: Four fields that were hidden since an earlier release have been restored to view. These are:


Expense >> Expense Authorization


Defect 1564976: When you worked with the Per Diem Lodging allowance with the Per Diem Adjust Percentage set to 55%, subsequent calculations operated at 100% instead of 55%.


Defect 1570347: With some versions of Oracle, if you cleared one expense report, attachment and task records for other expense reports were also deleted.


Expense >> Expense Report


Defect 1570351: With some versions of Oracle, if you cleared one expense report, attachment and task records for other expense reports were also deleted.


Defect 1573996: When the expense was unallowable, you were unable to change the charge allocaton from amount to percentage. This issue occurred only in Expert Mode.


Defect 1574220: When you submitted an expense report, a system error occurred.


Expense >> Manage/Approve Expense Reports


Defect 1579618: The Manage/Approve Expense Reports text did not display for the final approval task.


Time >> Change Timesheet Status


Defect 1572330: The application displayed periods that included timesheets that were no longer open or had no timesheet lines to process.


Time >> Generate Timesheets


Defect 1522456: When you generated timesheets, the results included employees from different classes.


Defect 1574500: The scheduled job could not be completed because the Execute function on the Manage Jobs screen was disabled.


Time >> Timesheet


Defect 1573188: When you copied two lines and added opposing Start Stop Summary hours, an error message erroneously announced a discrepancy between the total hours and the Start Stop time.


Defect 1579156: When you copied lines to paste into new records, the numbers for the newly inserted lines skipped the next line number in the sequence and an error resulted when you clicked Save.


Defect 1580164: When a PreSign Stored Procedure was activated instead of the PreSave Stored Procedure, Time & Expense was caught in an error loop and the save process was blocked.


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