Deltek Costpoint 8.2.8 Release Notes (Build 8.2.8.5009)


Welcome to the Deltek Costpoint 8.2.8 Release Notes, which describe the new features, enhancements, and software corrections introduced in this release.


Important NotesRegulatory EnhancementsEnhancementsSoftware Issues ResolvedSecurity EnhancementsKnown IssuesDatabase Changes


Important Notes


These release notes address all of the modules associated with Deltek Costpoint 8.2.8, 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 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.

Note: The Build Deployed In and Dependent Files lines for defects have been added in preparation for the Pick and Choose deployment model that will later be available for Costpoint 8.2. Please disregard these fields for now; updates are still packaged as cumulative releases for Costpoint 8.2 MRs.

 

Costpoint Authentication Provider (CAP) Update

A parameter was added to the DeltekCAP.jar file in Costpoint Authentication Provider (CAP) to support Project Role Security. If you are an existing Costpoint Business Intelligence and CAP user, Deltek recommends that you reinstall CAP to get the latest files. You can see instructions in installing CAP in the Costpoint Business Intelligence 8.2.8 New User Installation Guide or the Costpoint Business Intelligence 8.2.8 Upgrade Installation Guide.

 

Update W-4 Information of Iowa Employees for 2024 Filing

Important: This section requires action if you have Iowa employees.

After you upgrade to MR 8.2.8, employers should instruct Iowa employees to update the Credit Amount on the State Withholding screen in Employee Self Service. This is necessary before you apply the payroll computation changes included in MR 8.2.9. To update the Credit Amount, employees can complete the following steps:

  1. Go to People » Employee Self Service » Payroll and Benefits » State Withholding.

  2. In the Credit Amount field, enter the total allowance amount based on line 6 on your 2024 IA W-4.

  3. Click Save.

For more information on the Iowa W-4 changes in this release, please see the "Iowa 2024 Tax Table Update: Allow Employees to Provide New Iowa W-4 Setup before Payroll Computation Changes" section.

 

Cobra Integration

With Costpoint 8.2, a change was made so all Cobra applications will be hidden from the Costpoint menus unless the integration has been set up. This change was made to reduce the visibility of unnecessary applications in Costpoint if clients are not licensed or do not have the configuration enabled.

To set up the Product Configuration Utility for Cloud customers, you must complete the following form and submit a Service Request ticket.

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Regulatory Enhancements


Federal

2024 ACA Affordability Threshold

The IRS set the 2024 ACA affordability threshold to 8.39%. To support this federal update, Costpoint updated the record effective 01/01/24 on the Manage Federal Taxes screen.

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-23-29.pdf.

This enhancement requires the following:


2024 ESS W-4 Updates

The Federal W-4 screen in Costpoint Employee Self Service was updated to reflect the 2024 W-4. This release updates the instructions and wording in the following sections of the W-4:

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf.


Compute Payroll with 2024 Nonresident Additional Amount

The Compute Payroll and Manage Payroll Records screens were updated to:

Attention: For more information, see:


State


2024 SUTA Wage Base

This Costpoint release adds tax table records effective January 1, 2024 on the Manage State Taxes screen for states where the unemployment-taxable wage base has been updated for tax year 2024.

 

Hawaii

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased from 56,700 to $59,100.

 

Idaho

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased from 49,900 to $53,500.

 

Kentucky

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased from 11,100 to $11,400.

 

New Mexico

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased from $30,100 to $31,700.

 

North Carolina

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased from $29,600 to $31,400.

 

North Dakota

The unemployment-taxable wage base increases from $40,800 to $43,800.

 

Oklahoma

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased from $25,700 to $27,000.

 

Rhode Island

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased:

 

Virgin Islands

The unemployment-taxable wage base increased from 30,200 to $31,000.

 

This enhancement requires the following:


Illinois 2024 Tax Table Updates

The value of a state allowance increased from $2,425 to $2,775.

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

This enhancement requires the following:


Indiana 2024 Tax Table Updates

The following state tax updates are effective 01/01/2024:

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.in.gov/dor/files/dn01.pdf.

This enhancement requires the following:


Iowa 2024 Tax Table Update: Allow Employees to Provide New Iowa W-4 Setup before Payroll Computation Changes

The State of Iowa provided the revised IA-W4 (Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate) for 2024. The revised form requires employees to enter a dollar credit amount. The standard deduction will now depend on the allowance amount claimed by the employee in the revised IA-W4 instead of the number of allowances.

To calculate Iowa’s state withholding taxes correctly, the upcoming MR 8.2.9 will introduce changes to the Costpoint Compute Payroll process. Before you apply the payroll computation changes, you can install MR 8.2.8, which applies changes to multiple Costpoint screens that will enable Iowa employees to update their W-4 information.

 

State Withholding (ESMSTATEWH)

Field

Description

Credit Amount

Enter the total state credit amount. For Iowa, if you are not exempt, then this is the total allowance amount on 2024 IA W-4.

This field is enabled for Iowa only.

Note: In addition to the changes for Iowa, the references to WH-4 line numbers were removed from the screen’s information message on adopted child exemption. The updates on the State Withholding screen also apply to the State Withholding tab on the Life Events/New Hires screen.

 

Manage Employee Taxes (PRMETAX)

Field

Description

Credit Amount

If the state allows a credit amount (reduction in the tax), enter the employee's credit amount. The field does not provide a default credit amount value since you must update this field based on the W-4 Form. For example, Iowa allows a credit amount beginning January 1, 2024, and you will need to enter the credit amount based on the 2024 IA W-4 Form.

According to the Iowa Department of Revenue website:

"Employers who expect to receive updated W-4 forms from employees using the 2024 IA-W-4 form, but who have not yet received the updated W-4 form, may temporarily use $40 as the total allowance amount and $0 as the additional withholding amount when calculating these employees’ withholding amounts.

Alternatively, for employees who have furnished Form W-4 in any year before 2024, employers may continue to compute withholding based on the information from the employee's most recently furnished Form W-4 but, if they do, must make the following modification: Multiply the number of allowances claimed on line 6 of the pre-2024 W-4 by $40 to determine the amount of allowances. For example, if an employee claims 6 total allowances on a 2023 IA W-4, when calculating the 2024 Iowa withholding the employer should use $240 (6*$40) of total allowances."

This field is enabled for Iowa only.

Note: The updates on the Manage Employee Taxes screen also apply to the Taxes subtask of the Manage Employee Information screen.

 

View Employee Taxes (PRQETAX)

Field

Description

Credit Amount

This field displays the employee's state credit amount.

 

Print Data Dictionary Report (SYRDD)

The report now provides information for the new State Credit Amount (ST_CREDIT_AMT) column in the following tables.

 

This enhancement requires the following:


Maryland 2024 Tax Table Updates

Three Maryland counties made changes to their income tax rates for 2024.

 

Cecil County

The local tax rate decreased from 2.8% to 2.75%.

 

Anne Arundel County

For taxpayers with filing statuses of Single, Married Filing Separately, or Dependent, the local tax rates are as follows:

  1. .0270 of Maryland taxable income of $1 through $50,000;

  2. .0281 of Maryland taxable income of $50,001 through $400,000; and

  3. .0320 of Maryland taxable income of over $400,000

For taxpayers with filing statuses of Married Filing Jointly, Head of Household, or Qualified Surviving Spouse, the local tax rates are as follows:

  1. .0270 of Maryland taxable income of $1 through $75,000;

  2. .0281 of Maryland taxable income of $75,001 through $480,000; and

  3. .0320 of Maryland taxable income of over $480,000

 

Frederick County

For taxpayers with filing statuses of Single, Married Filing Separately, and Dependent Taxpayer, the local tax rates are as follows:

  1. .0225 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income between $1 and not exceeding $25,000;

  2. .0275 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income between $25,001 and not exceeding $50,000;

  3. .0296 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income between $50,001 and not exceeding $150,000; and

  4. .0320 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income of $150,001 or more;

For taxpayers with filing statuses of Married Filing Jointly, Head of Household, or Qualified Surviving Spouse, the local tax rates are as follows:

  1. .0225 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income between $1 and not exceeding $25,000;

  2. .0275 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income between $25,001 and not exceeding $100,000;

  3. .0296 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income between $100,001 and not exceeding $250,000; and

  4. .0320 for taxpayers who have a net taxable income of $250,001 or more.

The minimum and maximum standard deduction increased to $1,800 and $2,700 annually, up from $1,700 and $2,550.

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.marylandtaxes.gov/forms/24-forms/Withholding-Guide.pdf.

 

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

This enhancement requires the following:


Massachusetts 2024 Tax Table Updates

The following state tax updates are effective 01/01/2024:

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-circular-m-income-tax-withholding-tables-at-50-effective-january-1-2024/download.

This enhancement requires the following:


Michigan 2024 Tax Table Updates

The following state tax updates are effective 01/01/2024:

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, see: 446 Michigan Income Tax Withholding Guide.

This enhancement requires the following:


Minnesota 2024 Tax Table Updates

The following state tax updates are effective 01/01/2024:

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/2023-12/wh-inst-24_1.pdf.

This enhancement requires the following:


Mississippi 2024 Tax Table Updates

For 2024, the flat tax rate decreased from 5% to 4.7%.

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.dor.ms.gov/sites/default/files/Business/Computer%20Payroll%20Flowchart%20-%2009-26-23.pdf.

This enhancement requires the following:


North Dakota 2024 Tax Table Updates

The tax brackets used in the percentage method were adjusted.

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.tax.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/forms/business/it-withholding/income-tax-withholding-rates-and-instructions-booklet.pdf.

This enhancement requires the following:


Oregon 2024 Tax Table Updates

The Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR) issued guidance on withholding tax formulas, effective January 1, 2024.

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

Attention: For more information, see: https://www.oregon.gov/dor/programs/businesses/Documents/withholding-tax-formulas_206-436_2024.pdf.

This enhancement requires the following:


Vermont 2024 Tax Table Updates

The following state tax updates are effective 01/01/2024:

Attention: For more information, see: https://tax.vermont.gov/sites/tax/files/documents/GB-1210-2024.pdf.

To support the state requirements, this update adds records to the following screens:

This enhancement requires the following:


Enhancements


General

Opt-In Features

Note: The Opt-In capability is available to Costpoint Cloud Customers only.

As an administrator, use the new Opt-In capability to enable designated new features for your Costpoint users. Opt-In features are optional during a specific timeframe. In a future Costpoint release, the features will be enabled automatically for all users. 

This enhancement supports testing by users in your company. When you enable an Opt-In feature in a sandbox database, you give your users the opportunity to experience how that feature will potentially impact their workflow, data, and application use. You control the timing of this testing, which can take place before you enable the feature in a production database and before the feature is automatically enabled for all users in a release. 

During the opt-in timeframe, you can also disable most Opt-In features if necessary. Once the opt-in timeframe is complete, the features are automatically enabled in the subsequent Costpoint release. While some Opt-In features may have additional settings or security to enable, most will become standard in the product.

Enable and disable the Opt-In features during the opt-in timeframe in the Manage Opt-In Features (SYMFEATURE) application in Costpoint.

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The Opt-In features for Costpoint 8.2.8 are: 

Throughout the Costpoint content, the Opt-In feature topics will be identified with the following label: (Opt-In Available).

In addition, the opt-in feature topics will include the following statement:

For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

For more information about Costpoint’s Opt-In capability, see Knowledge Base article #115359 in the Deltek Customer Care Knowledge Base.


Accounting

New Database Table for Creating Revaluation Reports

The Costpoint database has been enhanced with the addition of a new table, RPT_BSR_TABLE, which allows for easy generation of revaluation reports. This enhancement is aimed at improving your user experience by providing a more efficient and seamless way to manage and analyze your Multicurrency data.

The RPT_BSR_TABLE is designed to store both summary and detailed data of adjustment information from balance sheet account revaluations. 

This new table offers the convenience of having the necessary information readily available to enable you to easily generate revaluation reports. It has the following layout:

Column

Description

Type

Length

 RPT_BSR_TABLE_KEY

BSR Synthetic Key

Number

10 

 TYPE

BSR Type

Alphanumeric

4

 ACCT_ID

Account

Alphanumeric 

15

 ORG_ID

Organization

Alphanumeric 

20

 PROJ_ID

Project

Alphanumeric 

30

 JE_NO

Journal Entry

Number

10 

 POST_SEQ_NO

Post Sequence Number

Number

10

 FY_CD

Fiscal Year

Alphanumeric

 PD_NO

Period

Number

5

 SUB_PD_NO

Subperiod

Number

 GLDETL_AMT

GL Detail Amount

Decimal

17, 2

 TRN_CRNCY_CD

Transaction Currency Code

Alphanumeric

 TRN_AMT

Transaction Amount

Decimal

17, 2 

 NEW_AMT

New Amount

Decimal

17, 2 

 GAIN_LOSS_AMT

Gain/Loss Amount

Decimal

17, 2 

 EXCH_RT

Exchange Rate

Decimal

28, 15 

 OVERRIDE_FL

Override Flag

Alphanumeric

 ORIG_RT

Original Rate for YTD

Decimal

28, 15

 PR_RT

Prior Rate for Net

Decimal

28, 15 

 SETTL_NO

Settlement Number

(To be used on a future Costpoint release)

Decimal

15 

 BSR_TRN_CRNCY

BSS Transactional Currency

(To be used on a future Costpoint release)

Alphanumeric

 COMPANY_ID

Company ID 

Alphanumeric

10 

 MODIFIED_BY

ID of the user who last created or modified the row 

Alphanumeric

20

 TIME_STAMP

Date and time of row creation or last modification 

Date

N/A 

 ROWVERSION

System-assigned number to handle row concurrency

Number

10

Changes have been applied to the Create Revaluation Entry screen to support this enhancement.

 

Create Revaluation Entry (GLPBSREV) Screen Updates

The options for the Default Action button on this screen have been modified.

Now, only the Compute and Print/Post Revaluation option is available. When you select this option, the following processes are executed:

  1. Costpoint calculates revaluation data, including the revaluation details, even if you leave the Print Revaluation Detail checkbox cleared. This new functionality ensures that the revaluation details will be entered in the RPT_BSR_TABLE even if the detail checkbox is cleared.

  2. Costpoint prints the Revaluation of Balance Sheet Account report, and now also prints a simplified Journal Entry Edit report that does not include the Journal No., Functional Currency, Approval Status, Org Abbrev, and Proj Abbrev information.

The previous printing logic remains, where Costpoint prints the Revaluation Detail report only if you selected the Print Revaluation Detail checkbox.

  1. Costpoint creates the balance sheet revaluation journal entries, posts them in the general ledger, and enters the transaction information in the RPT_BSR_TABLE.

However, If the transaction involves a reversal entry, Costpoint creates the reversal entry but does not post it in the general ledger. You can view the reversal entry on the Manage Journal Entries screen, and you must manually post it using the Post Journal Entries screen.

In addition, if you encounter any issue during the posting process, the revaluation entries will still be created but will not be posted to the general ledger, and no record will be entered in the RPT_BSR_TABLE. You can view the revaluation entries on the Manage Journal Entries screen, and you must manually post them using the Post Journal Entries screen.

You can also execute the new revaluation process using Batch Mode.

If you opt to only view or print the Revaluation of Balance Sheet Account report but not run the revaluation process, use the Preview and/or Print buttons on the Global Toolbar.


Populate CP GL Budgets from BP Org Budgets (Opt-In Available)

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

Costpoint Accounting includes a new screen for customers who are licensed for Costpoint Planning. 

Use the new Update Org/Acct Budgets from Planning Budgets screen to automatically update general ledger budgets with data pulled directly from Planning » Organization Budgets/Outlooks.

Access the screen from Accounting » General Ledger » General Ledger Budgets.

For more information, see “Populate CP GL Budgets from BP Org Budgets" in the Planning section of these release notes.


CRM & Contracts

Contract Smart Summary

Costpoint applications will now incorporate Generative AI (GenAI) to enhance their capabilities. Increasingly, GenAI features will be integrated to assist users and streamline their interaction with Costpoint applications. This will include functionalities such as quick briefs, smart summaries, data analytics, and more. 

The first feature built upon this functionality, Smart Summary, is introduced in Costpoint 8.2.8. Manage Contracts now has a Smart Summary button that allows you to generate summary information for contracts. This button displays if the Enable Costpoint Assistant checkbox is selected on the Configure System Settings screen.

Note: For Costpoint Cloud users, the Enable Costpoint Assistant checkbox is visible only if Feature 2039245 (Add Costpoint AI flag to SYMSETNG) is enabled on the Manage Opt-In Features screen. 

When you click the Smart Summary button, the GenAI summarizes information for the contract and provides you with a report divided into these sections:

The report displays on a popup screen. 

Here is an example of the generated summary:

Contract Summary

The contract with CNTR-0004, named SE2020 SIR2 FO - TO1 has been awarded to the primary customer FAA, specifically for the Federal Aviation Administration. The contract is currently in AWARDED status, with an anticipated contract value of $2,012,000. The award date for this contract was June 20, 2020, and it is set to commence on the same date with an end date of December 30, 2020. The project manager assigned to this contract is Tina Sexton, and the contract administrator is William Long.

Financial Information 

The total contract value for contract SE2020 SIR2 FO - TO1 is $2,012,000, with a funded value of $756,000. Revenue has been calculated using target rates and is currently at $714,277.40, which corresponds to a target percentage complete funding of 94.48%.

Subcontracts Awarded

There are two subcontract records linked to contract SE2020 SIR2 FO - TO1. The aggregate subcontract value is $1,125,000, which, when compared to the total contract value of $2,012,000, represents a significant portion of the contract. The percentage of the contract value attributed to subcontracts is approximately 55.91%. The linked subcontract record are as follows:

- Subcontract ID: SUBC-0001, Name: FAA-B-Subc-0001, Value: $1,075,000

- Subcontract ID: SUBC-0002, Name: FAA-P-Subc-0001, Value: $50,000


CRM/Contracts Hyperlinks Additions and Updates (Opt-In Available)

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

New hyperlinks have been added to the main applications in the CRM & Contracts domain to allow you to launch more screens from within a related application with just a single click. These hyperlinks were added to the following screens:

Some existing hyperlinks have also been updated so that these links open only those applications within the CRM & Contracts domain. 

For example, the Customer ID and Customer Name hyperlinks in Manage Leads and Contacts that previously opened the Manage Customers (ARMCUST) screen in the Accounting domain now open the Manage Contract Management Customer Info (CTMCUST) application in CRM & Contracts. In Manage Opportunities and Manage Contracts, links that previously opened the Manage Vendors (APMVEND) and Manage Vendor Employees (APMVEMPL) screens in Accounting now direct users to the Manage Contract Management Vendor Info (CTMVEND) application in CRM & Contracts.

To know more about hyperlinks available on each screen, see the Online Help for the specific application.


Manage Subcontracts: Requisitions and Purchase Orders Updates

Several updates have been implemented to the Requisitions, Purchase Orders, and General tabs of Manage Subcontracts to allow you to link requisitions and purchase orders (POs) to the subcontract record directly on the Manage Subcontracts screen. The application now also displays total amounts for all requisitions and POs associated with the subcontract.

 

Requisitions Tab

Previously, requisitions can be linked to a subcontract record only via the Manage Purchase Requisitions screen.

Now, through the New button added to the Requisitions tab of Manage Subcontracts, you can directly link requisitions to a subcontract within this tab. Duplicate requisition records are not allowed. Once you associate a requisition to the subcontract and save the record, the Requisition ID field lookup will no longer display the requisition you just added. The lookup also displays only those requisitions that are not associated with any other subcontract record and have a status of Pending or In-Approval.

You can remove records through the Delete button added to the tab. Only requisitions with a Pending or In-Approval status can be deleted.

The new Total row at the bottom of the table window displays the total value for all requisitions associated with the subcontract. Costpoint updates this field every time you add or remove a requisition row and save the record.

 

Purchase Orders Tab

Similar to the Requisitions tab, New and Delete buttons have been added to the Purchase Orders tab to give you the flexibility to link and unlink POs to a subcontract record. Previously, POs can be associated with a subcontract only through the Manage Purchase Orders screen. 

Duplicate records are not allowed. Once you associate a PO to the subcontract and save the record, the PO ID field lookup will no longer display the PO you just added. The lookup also displays only those POs that are not associated with any other subcontract record.

You can delete records on this tab under one of the following conditions:

A new Total row is also added at the bottom of the table window on this tab. The fields display the total PO amount and total remaining PO balance amount for all purchase orders associated with the subcontract. These values are updated whenever you add or remove a PO on this tab and save the record.

 

General Tab

The new PO Total Summary and PO Total Balance Remaining fields on the General tab display the total PO amount and total remaining PO balance amount, respectively, for all POs associated with the subcontract. 

Both fields display as a hyperlink. Clicking the link brings up the Purchase Orders Linked subtask, displaying the same PO information available on the Purchase Orders tab.


Framework

Add Costpoint AI Flag to SYMSETNG (Opt-In Available)

Enable or disable the use of all GenAI features and any future implementations of Costpoint in Configure System Settings (SYMSETNG). Select the Costpoint Assistant checkbox on the General Settings tab to enable the Costpoint Assistant chat functionality and Smart Summary for contracts.

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

The Costpoint Assistant, an AI-powered tool, can enhance user experience in Costpoint. Start a conversation with the Assistant using either text chat or voice commands and ask a wide range of questions, from basic data inquiries about an application to detailed requests for summaries of contacts, projects, and other relevant areas within Costpoint.

As users engage with the Assistant, they can request more detailed information, follow up on initial queries, and receive comprehensive responses, including direct links to relevant applications, subtasks, and records.

The Assistant provides a user-friendly interface that enables quick emailing, copying, or sharing of responses. It supports multiple simultaneous chats, allowing users to switch between conversations using the chat history feature. In addition, users can help improve the Assistant's responses by providing feedback through liking or disliking them.

Users can access the Assistant by clicking the AI button on the Navigation Toolbar or by selecting the floating Assistant icon located at the bottom-right corner of the Costpoint screen. The Screen Configuration Panel allows users to modify these settings at any time.

Costpoint On-Premise Customers: Costpoint AI utilizes the OpenAI GPT Turbo Model available through Microsoft Azure services. To access these AI capabilities within Costpoint, you must have a separate agreement with Microsoft. This agreement will include a license key that must be obtained and integrated into the Costpoint configuration.

Note: For privacy and security purposes, the Costpoint Assistant does not store any questions or answers.

Note: Costpoint AI leverages the OpenAI GPT Turbo Model through Microsoft Azure services. Due to the service agreement with Microsoft, Deltek is subject to certain limitations. Given the high demand, some users might occasionally encounter slight delays or brief unavailability of the Costpoint AI. Deltek is working closely with Microsoft to overcome these limitations.


Manage Opt-In Features Application

The Manage Opt-In Features (SYMFEATURE) application supports the new Opt-In capability that is available to Costpoint Cloud Customers only. Administrators can use this application to enable and disable Opt-In features during a specific timeframe. To access this application, go to Admin » System Administration » System Administration Utilities » Manage Opt-In Features.


New FIDO Wording and UI Guidance

Costpoint now uses the standard term "Passkey" for authentication methods where applicable.


Support OIDC (OAUTH) Single Sign-On

Costpoint now includes Open ID Connect (OIDC) for Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication. This enhancement leverages OAuth 2.0, providing a secure and standardized framework for user authentication.


Materials

MRP Setting for NET_FL

The MRP setting for NET_FL, which allows you to include On-Hold and MRB locations as part of available inventory for MRP planning, was added to the following screens.

 

Set Up Company (SYPCOMP)

The application copies the new settings related to MRP when you create a new company from an existing company.

 

Manage Locations (INMWHSEL)

A new Net as Planned Available checkbox allows you to include On-Hold and MRB locations as part of available inventory for MRP planning. This checkbox is editable only for On-Hold locations when the MRP setting Incl Selected On-Hold as Available is selected and for MRB locations when the Production Control setting Include MRB as Available Inventory is selected. For other location types, this checkbox will be inactive and selected/cleared based on the NET_FL value in your database.  

 

Configure Materials Requirements Planning Settings (MRMSET)

A new Incl selected On-Hold as Available checkbox allows you to turn on-hold locations on/off when determining available inventory in MRP planning. 

 

Update Material Requirements Planning (MRPMRP)

The application now includes On-Hold type locations for available inventory when the Net as Planned Available checkbox is selected. 

 

Update Master Production Schedules (MSPMPS)

The application now verifies and includes On-Hold type locations for available inventory when the Net as Planned Available checkbox is selected.


Warning/Error when Buy with Components Not Issued

You now have the option to stop users from receiving a purchase order (PO) line that has Buy with Components unless all of the components have been issued on the PO line, thus avoiding a short in item cost.

 

Set Up Company (SYMPCOMP)

The application copies the settings from an existing company to a new company.

 

Configure Receiving Settings (RCMSET)

A new Validate Receipt Against Issues to PO field, where you can select either Warning or Error, has been added to the screen. When you receive a purchase order (PO), and a PO reservation exists for the PO line but an issue has not taken place, a warning or error will be displayed upon save, depending on the option you selected on this setting. In addition, the Hard-Edit on QC Required PO Lines checkbox has been renamed to Hard-Error on QC Required PO Lines.

 

Manage Purchase Order Receipts (RCMPORC) 

The application has been updated to accommodate the new Validate Receipt Against Issues to PO setting in Configure Receiving Settings so that a warning or error is displayed when you save a record and a PO reservation exists for the PO line but the items have not yet been issued to the PO.

In addition, a new PO Reservations subtask displays information related to the reservation lines linked to the purchase order line.


People

Print 1094-Cs

Costpoint has been fully tested to support the pre-printed ACA Forms 1094-C and1095-C from Deltek’s partner form vendors for the 2024 filing. If you encounter alignment issues when you print on pre-printed forms, you may need to adjust the margins on your printer settings or Costpoint’s page setup. Refer to your printer’s documentation for information on how to configure the margins of your printer.

Note: To avoid any alignment issues, you can use the corresponding options on the Process menu of ACA screens to print the forms on PDFs:


Allow Query by Employee Status on the Manage Employee Salary Information Screen (Opt-In Available)

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

A Status field was added on the Manage Employee Salary Information screen. This update allows you to filter query results by the employee status when you use the screen’s Query or Find function.

Field

Description

Status

This field displays the employee status. The status may be one of the following:

  • Active

  • Family Medical Leave

  • Inactive

  • Inactive Accruing Leave

This field is display-only and can be changed on the Manage Employee Information screen.


Planning

Populate CP GL Budgets from BP Org Budgets (Opt-In Available)

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

A Costpoint Accounting screen was added that pulls data directly from Planning » Organization Budgets/Outlooks

The new screen (Update Org/Acct Budgets from Planning Budgets) enables you to automatically populate general ledger budgets with budgets or outlooks from Planning, saving you a step that was previously completed manually.

After you use this screen, you can view the processed records in Manage Organization/Accounts Budgets.

In addition, with direct data population, budgets and outlooks are automatically included in financial statements and other budget-related reports, ensuring a higher level of detail and accuracy.

You can access the Update Org/Acct Budgets from Planning Budgets screen from Accounting » General Ledger » General Ledger Budgets.

 

Update Org/Acct Budgets From Planning Budgets (GLPBDPLO)

The Update Org/Acct Budgets from Planning Budgets screen includes three primary fields that enable you to process budget or outlook records from Planning » Organization Budgets/Outlooks:

The screen also contains non-editable fields that display the starting and ending periods of the fiscal year you selected and their respective period end dates.

Note: Before you use this screen, you must set up budget information on the Manage Budget Revisions screen and accounts on the Manage Accounts screen. You must also have set up organizations on the Manage Organization Elements screen and linked your accounts and organizations.


Use Planning Project Budget/EAC Information in Projects PSR (Opt-In Available)

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

To improve backend integration between Costpoint Projects and Costpoint Planning, a screen was added that updates project budget report tables with the final versions of budgets or EACs from Planning.

This new screen, Update Project Budget Report Tables, offers an enhanced level of integration that enables you to select Planning budgets when you print project reports.

You can access Update Project Budget Report Tables from Planning » Project Budgeting » Controls and Utilities.

Use this screen to select the projects to update, including for which fiscal year, and to select the type of budget to process. Primary fields and options include:

 

Related Updates in Projects

To support this enhancement, the Update Project Status Report Tables screen (Project Inquiry and Reporting » Report Processing) can be configured to display Budget and EAC under Budget Type.

To perform the configuration, select Planning Project Budgets from Budgeting Method on the Budgeting tab of Configure Project Settings (Project Setup » Project Setup Controls).

Note: In Costpoint Essentials, Planning Project Budgets is the only option available, so it displays by default and is not editable.


Projects

Project Budget Tables Now Updated from Planning

Two Projects screens were updated with additional options that support a new screen in Planning that directly updates project budget tables with budget details from Planning » Project Budgets/EACs.

To learn about the new Planning screen and the related changes in Projects, see “Use Planning Project Budget/EAC information in Projects PSR” in the Planning section of these release notes.


Reports & Analytics

Business Intelligence

Updates to Real Time Project Status Report and Drill Thru Reports

For better usability, several improvements were made to the following Costpoint Business Intelligence reports:

This enhancement includes the following:

Project Revenue Summary with Backlog Report

For improved usability, the following changes were made to the Project Revenue Summary with Backlog report:

Home Dashboard Timesheet Hours (Opt-In Available)

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

The My Timesheets section of the Home Dashboard now shows hours for all timesheets displayed.

In addition, to improve the efficiency of querying timesheet data from the Home Dashboard or other areas of Costpoint, such as Business Intelligence, the underlying timesheet summarization tables within Time & Expense are now immediately updated when timesheets are saved, including any automatically calculated overtime.

Expanded Size of Selection Boxes in Reports

For better usability, the selection boxes on the prompt pages of the following reports were expanded:

BOM Component Shortage Report

Substitute parts that are available are now included in the component lines of the BOM Component Shortage Report.

Eliminate Upgrade Notification

After the upgrade to Cognos Analytics with Watson 11.2.4, notifications were displayed when you opened a report or dashboard. These notifications have been eliminated to have a more seamless experience.

Trial Balance Report

A new Trial Balance report is now available in Costpoint Business Intelligence, Team Content » General Ledger » Reports. This Trial Balance shows net account activity by period for a specified fiscal year and includes a variance as compared to the Prior Year account balances.

Barcoded MO Routing Traveler

The new Barcoded MO Routing Traveler report in Costpoint Business Intelligence is now available. Costpoint Procurement users can see it in Team Content » Manufacturing. A routing traveler includes the manufacturing order (MO) routing operation steps that are required to produce the MO build part as well as the barcodes needed for production.

Consumer Capabilities

The capabilities for users with the CER__CONSUMER or STD_BI_CONSUMER role were modified to prevent them from copying or moving objects. Instead, they can create views and shortcuts of objects in alternate locations such as My Content.


Time & Expense

Interactive Email Functionality Enhancement

The Timesheet Reminder (Time » Timesheet Reports/Inquiries) application was updated to provide the option of sending interactive email notifications when timesheets are pending signatures.

Interactive emails enable a resource to perform the signature task from within the email itself, and the signature is immediately reflected within Time & Expense.

Note: Interactive email functionality was added to Time & Expense for version 8.2. See those release notes to learn more about how the feature is enabled within Costpoint.

 

Configuration of Interactive Emails for Timesheet Signature

Under Sign Timesheet on the Timesheet Reminder screen, a Send field was added that is enabled after you select Sign Timesheets Reminder directly above it.

The Send drop-down list includes two options:

When you select this option, the Expire After drop-down list is enabled. Select the number of hours (up to 24) for which the email will be valid. After that period elapses, the email is no longer editable.

Note that Email is the default option, and it is not editable unless Sign Timesheets Reminder is selected.

 

Interactive Email Functionality

When interactive email functionality is fully enabled and configured, resources are notified by email, according to schedule settings, that timesheets are pending signature. The interactive email notification includes a button for signing the timesheet. For example:

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The selected action is immediately reflected in Time & Expense.

Note: If the recipient’s version of Outlook is configured to offer automatic text responses, other unrelated options may be displayed within the body of the email (for example, [image]).


Pass User ID When Sending E-mail (Opt-In Available)

Note: For Costpoint Cloud, you can choose to opt-in to this feature for the Costpoint 8.2.8 release. The ability to opt-in is temporary and will be removed when the feature becomes automatically enabled for all users as part of the release. For more information, see the Opt-In Features section of these release notes.

The email administration process within Costpoint was updated to ensure that email addresses in Manage Users are automatically synchronized with those that are added or updated for resources within Time & Expense.

This update improves the connection between Time & Expense applications and the Costpoint framework, making it easier to improve and incorporate notification features, such as text and email, within the following applications:

This update is part of an ongoing effort to improve and simplify processes within Costpoint, and it does not require any configuration efforts or other changes on the part of the customer.


Software Issues Resolved


Accounting


Accounts Payable >> Import Accounts Payable Multicurrency Vouchers


Defect 2061668: When you selected the Tables input format option and imported a valid input file, you encountered the error "No matching voucher detail record" and no vouchers were imported. As a workaround, import vouchers using an ASCII or CSV file.

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Accounts Payable >> Manage Accounts Payable Vouchers


Defect 1946404: You were able to save a voucher that contained a line with an Account that was not linked to a project account group. This occurred when you:

  1. Left the Fiscal Year, Period, and Subperiod fields blank.

  2. Entered the voucher line.

  3. Saved the record and encountered an error message requiring the Fiscal Year, Period, and Subperiod.

  4. Entered a Fiscal Year, Period, and Subperiod.

  5. Saved the record again.

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General Ledger >> Manage Journal Entries


Defect 2058058: When you entered a new journal entry, entered details on the Reversing subtask, left the Reversing checkbox cleared, and saved the record, Costpoint cleared the Reversing subtask without any warning or message. As a workaround, re-enter the reversal details after you save the record.

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General Ledger >> Update Tax Report Tables


Defect 2061988: You encountered an error when you selected Project Product in the Bill Type group box and updated the tax report tables. As a workaround, clear the Project Product checkbox and update the tax report tables for other bill types.

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CRM & Contracts


Contracts >> Manage Contracts


Defect 2084129: The following message has been added to the generated Smart Summary prompt:

"Disclaimer: This Smart Summary is generated by an artificial intelligence tool using your Costpoint data exclusively. It is provided subject to the Costpoint Assistant Terms. Deltek does not independently verify the accuracy of each Smart Summary. Users are encouraged to independently review and verify the accuracy of the Smart Summary. Copyright 2024 Deltek, Inc."

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Contracts >> Manage Subcontracts


Defect 2062332: On the Subcontract Closeout tab, the All Purchase Orders Closed? field displayed Yes even though some purchase orders were still open.

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Framework


External Tools >> INTGR


Defect 2062879: An error occurred when you switched the Metadata Filter setting from Regular to System in the Integration Console.

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Framework


Defect 2070186: A system error occurred on the Manage Multi-Job Allocation Information screen when you saved data on the Percentage Base subtask and the project ID length was over 21 characters.

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Materials


Bills of Material >> Compute Costed Bills of Material


Defect 2061821: When you used the Routing Options section of the application, you encountered a system error.

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Bills of Material >> Manage Engineering Bills of Material


Defect 2053367: When you entered a scrap percentage greater than 99.99% in the Scrap field, you received a message saying you can enter a value of up to 99.99% only. To resolve this issue, the application has been updated to allow a scrap rate of up to 9,999.99%. 

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Bills of Material >> Manage Manufacturing Bills of Material


Defect 2053373: When you entered a scrap percentage greater than 99.99% in the Scrap field, you received a message saying you can enter a value of up to 99.99% only. To resolve this issue, the application has been updated to allow a scrap rate of up to 9,999.99%.

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Bills of Material >> Release Multiple Manufacturing Bills of Material


Defect 2053628: When you used global find and replace in the release of multiple MBOMs, you encountered the following error for every line: "The following field is required. Release All Components." However, when you selected them individually, you did not get an error. 

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Engineering Change Notices >> Manage Engineering Change Notices


Defect 2053347: When you entered a scrap percentage greater than 99.99% in the Scrap field, you received a message saying you can enter a value of up to 99.99% only. To resolve this issue, the application has been updated to allow a scrap rate of up to 9,999.99%.

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Inventory >> Create Mass Inventory Transfers


Defect 2060206: The mass transfer process did not populate the SERIAL_ID_TO, LOT_ID_TO, SERIAL_KEY_TO fields, which made the serial numbers unavailable for reversing the transaction. 

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Material Requirements Planning >> Manage Detailed Part Schedule


Defect 2057065: When you viewed the Detailed Part Schedule with Option set to All Projects, there were requirements that did not show. When you changed Option to Single Project, the missing requirements were displayed. This was an MSS-specific issue.

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Materials Estimating >> Manage Proposal Bills of Material


Defect 2053374: When you entered a scrap percentage greater than 99.99% in the Scrap field, you received a message saying you can enter a value of up to 99.99% only. To resolve this issue, the application has been updated to allow a scrap rate of up to 9,999.99%.

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Procurement Planning >> Approve Purchase Requisition Lines


Defect 2049520: Costpoint did not display a validation message for the period of performance even though the requisition did not have start and end dates.

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Procurement Planning >> Approve Purchase Requisitions


Defect 2049519: Cospoint did not display a validation message for the period of performance even though the requisition did not have start and end dates.

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Procurement Planning >> Manage Purchase Requisition Approval Processes


Defect 2062625: When you deleted an approval process while the requisition was in In-Approval status, Costpoint did not display an error/warning message.

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Procurement Planning >> Manage Purchase Requisitions


Defect 2061014: When you cloned a requisition and added it to the same purchase order (PO), Costpoint displayed the wrong PO line on the Assign PO Defaults tab. The PO line defaults were different between PO types.

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Procurement Planning >> Manage Vendor Quotes By Item


Defect 2061227: When you tried to save a record, you encountered a system error.

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Product Definition >> Manage Parts


Defect 2053370 : When you entered a scrap percentage greater than 99.99% in the Scrap field, you received a message saying you can enter a value of up to 99.99% only. To resolve this issue, the application has been updated to allow a scrap rate of up to 9,999.99%.

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Product Definition >> Manage Provisional Parts


Defect 2053372: When you entered a scrap percentage greater than 99.99% in the Scrap field, you received a message saying you can enter a value of up to 99.99% only. To resolve this issue, the application has been updated to allow a scrap rate of up to 9,999.99%.

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Purchasing >> Import Purchase Orders


Defect 2041493: When you processed the input file, the application did not display the period of performance validation when the input file had multiple account allocations.

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Purchasing >> Manage Purchase Orders


Defect 2042620: Cospoint did not display a validation message when the second-level project you used did not have start and end dates.

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Receiving >> Manage Quality Control Inspections


Defect 2061096: When you created an XML file to import a quality control inspection, Costpoint did not load the Web Integration console (WIC) RMA inspection due to the following rejection warehouse error: "Default rej location must be an active 'RMA rejected' type location for specific Warehouse."

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Sales Order Entry >> Import Sales Orders


Defect 2050470: Costpoint did not send a validation for a project's period of performance when lower-level projects had null project Start and End dates and the top level had ineffective dates.

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Sales Order Entry >> Manage Invoices


Defect 2055992: When you clicked Recalc Amort Sch and rows were not yet loaded, you encountered a critical system error.

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Sales Order Entry >> Manage Sales Orders


Defect 2049298: Costpoint did not send a validation for a project's period of performance when lower-level projects had null project Start and End dates and the top level had ineffective dates.

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Defect 2053627: When you changed the sales order (SO) to invoice only and changed the warehouse for two items, only the first item reservation was deleted.

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People


Affirmative Action >> Print New Hire Analysis Report


Defect 2039138: The Employees with Inactive Affirmative Action Race Codes report included employees who were terminated prior to the screen analysis start date.

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Affirmative Action >> Print Personnel Action Analysis Report


Defect 2039167: The Employees with Inactive Affirmative Action Race Codes report included employees who were terminated prior to the screen analysis start date.

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Affirmative Action >> Print Termination Report


Defect 2039165: The Employees with Inactive Affirmative Action Race Codes report included employees who were terminated prior to the screen analysis start date.

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Benefits >> Create 1094-C and 1095-C Data


Defect 2078234: 1095-C Line 14 codes 1A, 1E, 1C, 1D, 1K, 1J, 1B and 1F were updated to include employees terminated within the month that had coverage through the end of the month.

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Employee >> Manage Employee Benefit Elections


Defect 2061239: The premium, company, and employee amounts were incorrect when you had the following setup on Manage Benefit Plans screen:

  • System Benefit Type was OTHER2 - 9.

  • Age Based On option was Spouse.

  • Coverage option setup used the Age option as the coverage/rate table.

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Employee >> Manage Employee HSA Elections


Defect 2058881: The application should allow employees who become eligible for an HSA mid-year to enter an amount greater than the prorated amount. The screen will now display a warning with the prorated amount, but employees can bypass it.

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Employee Self Service >> Life Events/New Hires


Defect 2058879: The application should allow employees who become eligible for an HSA mid-year to enter an amount greater than the prorated amount. The screen will now display a warning with the prorated amount, but employees can bypass it.

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Employee Self Service >> Manage Life Event Elections


Defect 2058880: The application should allow employees who become eligible for an HSA mid-year to enter an amount greater than the prorated amount. The screen will now display a warning with the prorated amount, but employees can bypass it.

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Labor >> Import Timesheets from Deltek Time and Expense


Defect 2072533: Incorrect Cost Element 2 defaulted on manufacturing order (MO) lines if the Account Validation Method was MO's Build Inventory on the Configure Labor Settings screen.

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Payroll >> Manage Payroll Records


Defect 2063006: When you manually edited the payroll record, the value in the Reimbursements field changed to zero. This resulted in an out of balance error when you ran the Post Payroll process.

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Payroll >> Post Payroll Journal


Defect 2066850: The Post Payroll Journal application did not process the data if it contained an LV timesheet type that used a B record type on the Manage Payroll Records screen.

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Payroll >> Print W-2s


Defect 2027683: When an employee record contained negative earnings that resulted in a W-2 amount less than zero, the Print W-2s screen report using Blank Stock/Plain Paper displayed a value of zero instead of the negative amount.

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Defect 2079423: When you selected the Self-Mailer option in the W-2 (Data Only) group box, the report did not display the employer identification number (EIN) in box b.

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Planning


Administration >> Maintain Fiscal Year Periods


Defect 2042973: When budget periods were based on time collection periods, you could not add periods or subperiods to the Project Budget calendar. To correct this, a Budgeting tab was added that, depending on configuration, enables you to add or modify budgeting periods.

Fields on the tab are editable only if budgeting periods for your company are based on time collection periods. If the budgeting periods are based on accounting periods or subperiods, the tab is automatically updated based on values from the Accounting Periods tab.

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Budgeting


Defect 2066980: The Earned Value Status Report did not display the entire range of projects that should have been included, regardless of the % complete value.

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New Business Budgets


Defect 2053660: In Staff Escalation, future budgets did not reflect the most current escalation value.

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Defect 2068255: Even though Org security was properly configured, contract employees did not display in the Employee Lookup.

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Organization Budgeting >> Budget/Outlook - Revenue Analysis


Defect 2066283: The fee rate on the Revenue Detail subtask did not match the default fee rate on the Organization tab of Configuration Settings.

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Organization Budgeting >> Organization Budget Cycle Initialization


Defect 2066280: The composite burden rates for revenue calculation were incorrect.

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Organization Budgets / Outlooks


Defect 2063035: The Profit & Loss Details subtask did not refresh, and therefore did not display your updates even after you saved them.

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Defect 2068239: On both the Direct Utilization Split and Indirect Utilization Split subtasks, the Program field of the automatically loaded first split line was not editable.

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Defect 2068242: On both the Direct Utilization Split and Indirect Utilization Split subtasks, the automatically loaded split line was blank even if a program was already entered in the associated fields in Labor Utilization.

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Project Budgeting >> Labor Analysis


Defect 2022525: Hours charged to a cost only pay type were included under Pending Hours.

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Defect 2063174: For the Budget report type, results included details for both direct and indirect projects, even though only one or the other could be selected under Project Type.

As a related but incidental change, Project Type was changed to Labor Type, which is consistent with other reports.

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Defect 2063177: For the Budget report type, the results included inactive records (such as projects, new business, and resources), even though you had not selected the checkboxes that control their inclusion.

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Defect 2063213: The probability values from the new business budgets were not applied to the report when Apply Probability was selected.

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Defect 2069858: The employee status, Active or Termed, did not display in the description. This issue occurred in Oracle systems only.

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Project Budgets / EACs


Defect 2065213: When you created a new EAC from an approved EAC, the values for future periods were not copied into the newly created EAC.

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Defect 2065613: On the Hours subtask, the Employee Lookup was unresponsive.

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Projects


Billing >> Calculate Standard Bills


Defect 2060506: The Projects Range Option drop-down list’s default selection has been changed to One.

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Defect 2064278: When you ran this application with the Indirect Costs and Include One Prior Fiscal Year options selected under Consolidated Standard/Retro Billing Options, the process failed to complete.

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Billing >> Print Standard Bills


Defect 2060510: This application now prints invoices marked as on hold with the header Not Selected.

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Cost and Revenue Processing >> Compute Burden Costs


Defect 2060179: The following statement has been changed from an error message into an information message to allow you to continue the process: “The pools listed below have rates that create an arithmetic overflow. Please correct these issues or do not run these specific pools. Pool: <value>, Current Period Rate: <value>, YTD Rate: <value>.”

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Cost and Revenue Processing >> Compute Cobra Burden Costs


Defect 2070436: You encountered a system error when you ran the Compute Cobra Burden Costs process. As a workaround, you can set up the Cobra Integration Connection Information in the Costpoint Configuration Utility.

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Cost and Revenue Processing >> Compute Inventory Burden Rates


Defect 2068218: When you upgraded to Costpoint 8.2, you could no longer access the Compute Inventory Burden Rates application.

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Cost and Revenue Processing >> Compute Revenue


Defect 2052899: You encountered a performance issue when you ran this application.

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Dependent Files:

Defect 2066044: Performance tuning has been conducted for this application.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Project Setup >> Manage Modification Descriptions


Defect 2026444: When you updated records in offline mode, switched to online mode, and then clicked Review Updates, no offline data was displayed.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Subcontractor Management >> Manage Open Subcontractor Detail


Defect 2071726: There was a missing semicolon in MSS patch dbc_82_10757, which caused incorrect data in the SUBC_TS_LN and SUBC_EXP_LN tables.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Reports & Analytics


Business Intelligence


Defect 2013720: The New Hires (previous 12 months) of Protected Veterans column was missing on the VETS-4212 Report.


Defect 2022380: The EEO codes that displayed in the Details section of the VETS-4212 report did not match the EEO codes on the Summary page.


Defect 2022434: An error occurred when you opened a drill-through report on the Backlog tab of the Executive Dashboard found in Smart AI. This defect affects you if you use BI Contracts and CRM.


Defect 2022435: An error occurred when you opened a drill-through report on the Backlog tab of the Executive Dashboard found in Smart AI. This defect affects you if you use BI Contracts and CRM.


Defect 2031501: Opportunity Dashboard: When the Include in Current Pipeline selection on the This tab filter was used, duplicate filters were applied to the local levels. The duplicates led to inaccurate filtered results. As a workaround, delete the duplicate filters on each widget level when you use the Include in Current Pipeline selection on the This tab filter.


Defect 2031535: There was a default filter on the Labor Analysis tab of the PM CP Performance Analytics dashboard. As a workaround, remove the default filter.


Defect 2042794: There were excess blank pages when you browsed through the Purchase Order report. As a workaround, run the report in PDF format instead of HTML.


Defect 2051928: The COMPANY_ID query item was not linked to some fact tables and dimensions. This defect affects you if you use the Planning model and have multi-companies.


Defect 2053378: The Lead/Contact Status field on the Leads Analysis tab of the Opportunity Dashboard displayed an invalid default value. This defect resulted in missing records. As a workaround, select the appropriate checkbox value on the Lead/Contact Status field, for example, Active.


Defect 2055618: The Ending Period and Subperiod prompt on the Project Ledger Detail report was limited to 20 rows and did not display all existing periods for selection. This defect affects you if you have multiple subperiods.


Defect 2057038: The Inventory Abbrev was missing on the Content Container Label report.


Defect 2058079: The ENABLE_PROJ_ROLE_SECURITY parameter was missing in the DeltekCAP.jar file of the Costpoint Authentication Provider.


Defect 2058217: Errors occurred on several dashparts of the Executive Dashboard.

  • For Microsoft SQL Server users, the dashparts on the following tabs were affected:

  • Project Direct Exp

  • Project Profit

  • Expense

  • Income Stmt

  • Current vs Prior Year

  • Labor

  • For Oracle database users, all tabs are affected except for:

  • Pipeline

  • Backlog

  • Trended Rev


Defect 2058249: Errors occurred on several dashparts of the Pipeline Revenue Forecast tab of the Opportunity Dashboard.


Defect 2058303: Projects were missing in the Project prompt of the PSR Trending Analysis report.


Defect 2069636: The Headcount that displayed on the Turnover tab of the HR Management Dashboard did not match the Employee Count on the Employee Analysis tab.


Time & Expense


Configuration >> UDT01


Defect 2058445: When you selected Override Start\End Dates, you cleared dates that you entered manually and the field auto-populated with a different date instead of remaining blank.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Time >> Manage/Approve Timesheets


Defect 1978937: The Filter By and Criteria labels were positioned too close to each other.

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Dependent Files:

Defect 2060978: When Filter was set to -None-, the Filter Value field was not disabled.

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Dependent Files:

Defect 2066220: In Oracle systems, when you copied and pasted text into the line comment field, the line comment was not displayed in the preview or print.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Time >> Resource Schedules/Leave


Defect 2042864: Even if you have a role to modify work schedules, you weren't able to select Edit Day or Edit Schedule.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Time >> Timesheet


Defect 1986928: The descriptions displayed for work assigment charges were incorrect.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Defect 2054716: When you printed a timesheet report, it displayed "T12_UDT02_ABBREV_ID" instead of the correct UDT02 abbreviation.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Defect 2058494: The Delete Line function did not provide the ability to retain the line with removed hours set to zero. To address this, a Do Not Allow Delete Timesheet Line checkbox was added to the Basic Information tab of the Timesheet Classes screen (Time » Time Controls). Select this checkbox if you want deleted lines retained on the timesheet with the hours set to zero for any given timesheet class.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Defect 2066261: When you printed timesheet cell comments, which you first sorted by date and then by line number, the sorting was out of order.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Time >> Timesheet Classes


Defect 2031606: The Delete Line function did not provide the ability to retain the line with removed hours set to zero. To address this, a Do Not Allow Delete Timesheet Line checkbox was added to the Basic Information tab of the Timesheet Classes screen (Time » Time Controls). Select this checkbox if you want deleted lines retained on the timesheet with the hours set to zero for any given timesheet class.

Build Deployed In: DeltekCostpointMaintenanceRelease_8.2.8.5009.exe
Dependent Files:

Security Enhancements

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


Known Issues

Widget Errors on Dashboards

An intermittent query service error displays for some widgets upon launching a dashboard. This has been reported to IBM. As a workaround, close the dashboard and then reopen it.

 

User Token Error Upon Opening Business Intelligence

An intermittent user token error displays when you open Business Intelligence (BI) for the first time. This happens when Costpoint attempts to launch the BI screen before user authentication has been completed. The error message is, “The user token is not valid, please contact your Costpoint administrator.”

As a workaround, close the BI screen by clicking the X button on the upper-right side. And then, reopen Business Intelligence via the Costpoint menu path: Reports & Analytics » Business Intelligence.

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Database Changes

Database Change documents detail data dictionary changes from one release to the next. To see the Database Change document for this MR, refer to 8.2.x Data Dictionary Updates.


Other Links

Online Help

Costpoint Information Center (CIC)

Costpoint Cloud Information Center (CCIC)


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