Enhancements

This section gives a high-level summary of the key features that are available in this release.

Note: For more information about the enhancements, see the Deltek Maconomy 2.6.1 Enhancements Guide.

Time & Expense

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

Favorites in Timesheet Tables

Deltek Tracking: 1742373

Favorites are now sorted alphabetically in timesheets.

Improved Warning Message for Proxy Registrations

Deltek Tracking: 1704308

The warning message that displays when creating a proxy registration is improved for clarity.

Time Sheet Overview Workspace Improvements

Deltek Tracking: 1277061

You can now directly approve or reject submitted timesheets in this workspace.

General Enhancements

Feature Web Desktop Mobile
Web Client Assistants

Deltek Tracking: 1840325

Assistants are side panels that expand from the rightmost portion of a web client workspace tab or subtab. These are now available by default in some workspaces, and as a customization option for the other workspaces. The functionality requires Maconomy 2.6.1 CU1.

Accessing the Web Analyzer from the Workspace Client

Deltek Tracking: 1717371

You can now customize your Workspace Client such that users can go into any workspace that contains an Analyzer report and click a link that will open the corresponding Web Analyzer report in a browser window. Deltek recommends that you enable the Web Analyzer because the Java Analyzer will be decommissioned in the next major Maconomy version (2.7).

Accessing Analyzer Reports in the Web Client

Deltek Tracking: 1765243

This enhancement facilitates access to saved reports in a new My Reports menu item in the web client.

The G/L Entries Web Analyzer

Deltek Tracking: 1534451

This release introduces a new G/L Entries Analyzer report to the web client.

Working with Vendor Information in the Web Client

Deltek Tracking: 1754735

Finance users can now view and work with vendor information using two new workspaces added to the web client.

Refresh Data Action

Deltek Tracking: 1077733

Maconomy users can now refresh workspaces in the web client using a dedicated icon at the top right of each workspace.

Recent Places

Deltek Tracking: 1695773

The web client now features a Recent Places menu item which lists the last three workspaces accessed by the user.

Displaying Boolean Fields as Checkboxes

Deltek Tracking: 1747913

Boolean fields in the web client are now rendered as simple checkboxes.

Filtering by the Approval Status Field

Deltek Tracking: 1741561

You can now filter table lines by their Approval Status field values.

Adding a Selection Criteria Panel to Workspaces Without Tabs

Deltek Tracking: 1746625

You can now add a Selection Criteria panel to workspaces that do not have tabs.

Default Access to Required System Level Windows

Deltek Tracking: 1231179

Required System Level Windows is added to the Setup tab in the Users workspace for users to easily have access to system level windows.

The Users Workspace

Deltek Tracking: 1566682

You can now maintain data about users and their roles in the Users workspace in the web client.

CRM Workspaces and Enhancements

Deltek Tracking: 1370473

New customer relationship management (CRM) workspaces are added to the web client to help you manage your business contacts and sales opportunities. The Opportunities Pipeline single dialog is also added in the Workspace Client.

Support for User Approval

Deltek Tracking: 1567173

User approval is now supported in the web client. The Approve Users by Employee single dialog workspace is also added in the Workspace Client.

The Draft Invoice Creation Workspace

Deltek Tracking: 1671335

You can now create draft invoices for a batch of jobs in the web client.

The Draft Invoice Status Workspace

Deltek Tracking: 1696984

This workspace is added to the web client to provide an at-a-glance view of draft invoices in various stages.

The Job Invoicing Workspace

Deltek Tracking: 1086198

You can utilize this workspace in the web client to view fully approved draft invoices that are ready for printing.

The Employee Dashboard Workspace

Deltek Tracking: 1287239

The new Employee Dashboard workspace displays the key performance indicators (KPI) of an employee.

Simplified Web Client Menu Colors

Deltek Tracking: 1821098

This enhancement improves on the web client color scheme introduced in 2.6.

Resource Management

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

Assign Skills to Budget Lines

Deltek Tracking: 1717461

You can now assign skills to budget lines.

Project Management

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

Zero Value on Base Salary Markup Percentage in Price List Lines

Deltek Tracking: 1688025

In price list lines, support is added to use the zero value to indicate that no additional markup is needed on base salary markup percentage and standard base salary markup percentage.

Alignment of Batch Invoicing Selection Criteria

Deltek Tracking: 1731661

Selection criteria across batch invoicing-related workspaces are updated.

Touch

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

Improved Search Functionality

Deltek Tracking: 1680648

Several improvements are made to enhance the search functionality in all Touch lookup screens.

Server URL Auto-Population Removal

Deltek Tracking: 1453257

When you log in to the Touch app for the first time, you must enter your organization's Touch URL in the Server URL field manually.

Documents for Mileage Sheets

Deltek Tracking: 781469

You can now add or remove documents from your mileage sheets and mileage sheet lines.

Multi-Level Approvals

Deltek Tracking: 1642744

Touch shows the correct approval statuses and actions for multi-level approvals.

Online App Release Notes

Deltek Tracking: 1698556

The App Release Notes is now available in the Maconomy Information Center only.

Finance

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

New Employee Field on Tax Settlement Entries

Deltek Tracking: 1179131

This enhancement adds a new Employee No. field to the Tax Entries sub-tab of the Financial Operations workspace and to the list of tax settlement entries filter list of the Show Tax Settlement Entries single dialog.

Enhanced Vendor Remittance Emails

Deltek Tracking: 1705225

A new Remittance Email Address field is added to the Vendor Remittance Emails workspace. A new Resend Email Remittances For All action is also introduced to enable you to manually resend all vendor remittance emails shown in the sub-tab.

New Company and Vendor Supplements

Deltek Tracking: 1510918

New Supplement Types are added to the Supplement Types workspace to give you further control of Company, Vendor, and Customer.

BPM / Statutory Reporting

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

Change from BIAR to LCMBIAR File Format

Deltek Tracking: 1524094

The Maconomy BPM file format for releases is updated from Business Intelligence Archive (BIAR) to Lifecycle Management BIAR (LCMBIAR).

Additional Fields for the Job Information Universe

Deltek Tracking: 1682692

The Job Information universe is updated with new fields to improve how you present data and calculations in reports.

Tax Numbers in Foreign Transactions Reports

Deltek Tracking: 1578898

To comply with Intrastat requirements, the Tax No. column is added to the Foreign Transactions reports.

Manifest File Added in BPM RPUs

Deltek Tracking 1565682

BPM Reporting Packing Units (RPUs) now include a manifest file in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) text format.

NSAFT: New Analysis Table Dimensions Fields

Deltek Tracking: 1614508

The Analysis Table Dimensions section of the Selection Criteria in the NSAFT report is updated with a new set of fields.

Improved Norway Tax Return Report

Deltek Tracking: 1614130

The Norway Tax Return report is updated to make it easier to read and use.

SIE Updates

Deltek Tracking: 1565586

The Standard Import/Export workspace is updated to improve performance via KeepAlive and dynamic pagination, and add email notifications.

UK MTD: New Authorization Message for Fraud Prevention Headers

Deltek Tracking: 1420984

A new warning message confirms authorization of fraud prevention headers being sent to HMRC.

1099 MISC/NEC Report Changes

Deltek Tracking: 1590632

The 1099 MISC/NEC reports are updated because of changes to the 1099 MISC/NEC forms required for tax year 2022.

Performance

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

Updated Access Control for Database Performance

Deltek Tracking: 1439249

To improve performance, we have updated the access control definition for finance entries.

People Planner

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

Booking Confirmation Message on Non-Working Days

Deltek Tracking: 1711415

In the day view, a confirmation message now appears when you create a booking, if the time interval overlaps with one or more non-working days.

Resource Matching on Skill Specifications

Deltek Tracking: 1599740

You can now assign resources with the appropriate skills for a task. This functionality helps display which resource possesses all or most of the specified skills to the task.

Import Actuals Enhancements

Deltek Tracking: 1572076

You can now choose to import actuals only for projects that have changes, such as when an entry date was in the past period, but the posting date is in the current period.

Verbose Logging on Tasks

Deltek Tracking: 1814043

You can now specify which tasks should use verbose logging.

Default Focus Date in Web Component Views

Deltek Tracking: 1758309

Upon opening the Web Components, the default focus date can now be changed from the present day/week/month/year to specified dates prior to them, so users can avoid backtracking.

People Planner Upgrade to .NET 6.0

Deltek Tracking: 1571491

It is now mandatory to use ASP.NET 6.0.10+ Hosting Bundle for the People Planner Web Applications, People Planner Security Service, and the People Planner REST API.

Remove Bookings on Closed Project

Deltek Tracking: 1702209

You can now send a request to the People Planner REST API to remove bookings on a closed project after a given date.

System Admin

Feature Web Desktop Mobile

New System Messages

Deltek Tracking: 1240585

System Messages are system-wide message which are shown to end-users on login, for instance to alert them of upcoming business deadlines or planned system downtime.

Excel Data File Support for Imports

Deltek Tracking: 1301846

Maconomy now supports Excel format for direct upload to application Import Programs.

Whitespace Resilience in 2FA and Email Tokens

Deltek Tracking: 1814931

The 2FA and email tokens are updated for resilience against whitespace and punctuation in the entered values.

Certifications

Deltek Tracking: 1419337

  • Pentaho 9.3 - for BPM
  • Java SE Critical Patch Update 8u351
  • Windows (OS) 11 2022 Update
  • Windows Server 2022 for BPM
  • Android 13 and iOS 16 - for Touch
  • Chrome browser for BPM - Supported from BO 4.2 SP9 on Windows 10 and 11
  • Safari browser for BPM - Supported from BO 4.2 SP8 on MacOS Sierra
  • Oracle 19c (with Oracle 19c Client) - for Windows OS
  • iOS 16 - for Web Client