Contracts v22.1

Issues Resolved Dev Notes Important

[#13313] Fixed a Data Model error displayed when a user clicks the Display button on the Generate Deferred Transactions screen

Date applied: February 12, 2025

221.0.37

Important Info

Downgraded the minimum required version of Newtonsoft.Json to 11.0.2 (Newtonsoft.Json.dll is now no longer deployed by Sicon Common Components – instead, whichever version is deployed by Sage 200 is used)

Issues Resolved

[#12538] Fixed the hyperlink to the Sales Order not working on the Gains and Losses screen
[#12938] Fixed a ‘specified cast is not valid’ error when trying to access SiconOutstandingDINominalView.TransactionTypeID

Dev Notes

Updated the Data Model

Date applied: January 29, 2025

221.0.36

New Features Important

Important Info

Downgraded the minimum required version of Newtonsoft.Json to 11.0.2 (Newtonsoft.Json.dll is now no longer deployed by Sicon Common Components – instead, whichever version is deployed by Sage 200 is used)

New Features

#12538: Reinstated the hyperlink to the sales order on the Gains and Losses screen.

Date applied: January 10, 2025

221.0.35

New Features

#12177: Contract lookups should be visible on amending a contract type fixed asset.

Date applied: January 10, 2025

221.0.34

New Features

#10471: Added ability to store attrition (gains and losses) details for contract lines. There is a new Gains and Losses enquiry screen to show all gains and losses, as well as a button on the contract line screen to show gains and losses for that particular contract line.
Have also added a new At Risk option on the Cancel / Amend tab on the contract line. There is also a new At Risk Contracts enquiry screen.
Also fixed the Enter Reason Code screen as it had a layout issue.
#11430: Fix the analysis code filter for Customer analysis code in contract amendments form.
#11476: Add enabled contract line analysis code to monthly journal posting.
#11890: Added product group filter onto some enquiry screens.
Contract lookups should be visible on amending a contract type fixed asset.

Date applied: December 11, 2024

221.0.33

New Features

Add enabled contract line analysis code display in monthly journal posting grid column.

Date applied: October 30, 2024

221.0.32

Fixed an issue where the Customer/SOP Analysis Code filters were throwing an error when the button to set them was clicked.

Date applied: September 18, 2024

221.0.31

New Features

Added new Import for Contract Line Analysis Codes.
Added suspended reason column in Suspended Contracts screen.

Issues Resolved

Fixed object reference error when generating a sales return amendment for a newly cancelled contract line, and using the option ‘Cancel and credit previous sales order’.
Ensured that the deferred costs tab appears when viewing deferred transactions.
Resolved issue where Contract Deferred Revenue postings were not picking up the customer’s CC/Dept details from Sage Settings when configured to do so.

Date applied: September 4, 2024

221.0.30

Fixed a ‘Method Not Found’ error when doing certain actions that interact with Sicon Projects.

Date applied: August 21, 2024

221.0.29

Updated project references to bring inline with other products referencing contracts.

Date applied: August 7, 2024

221.0.28

Issues Resolved

Fix object reference error when saving stock item. Recently introduced.

Change in Functionality

Changed how supplier costs work, and added planned supplier costs.

Date applied: July 24, 2024

221.0.27

New Features

Added validation so that a user cannot select a contract on the Amend Equipment screen if said user does not have permission to access Contract Maintenance.
Added a column to Generate Sales Orders to show the net in base currency (totalled at the bottom of the list).
Updated the Analysis Code Filter for searching through Contract Lines, to allow searching by multiple values for a single analysis code.
Added a message on saving a stock item to inform users when the nominals to be used for deferred postings have not been set but are mandatory.

Issues Resolved

Fixed an issue where the amendment value was not correct on the contract line when using the ‘Cancel and credit the previous sales order’ option.

Date applied: July 11, 2024

221.0.26

New Features

Contract Lines Desktop List – Contract Line Analysis Codes will now be displayed by their Analysis Code name in the list header. You will need to remove and re-add the analysis codes for this to take effect. Any changes to the name will not be applied until the next time that you open Sage 200.

Issues Resolved

Updated the Direct Debit integration to correctly detect whether Legacy Direct Debit is enabled in Enhancement Pack

Date applied: June 5, 2024

221.0.25

New Features

Added columns for Time Units to the Update Renewal Prices list.

Issues Resolved

Fixed an issue with using Send To Excel on Contract Details when using Sage 200 2024 R1.
Contracts are now automatically saved before adding a new Contract Line, to ensure that automatically-created projects have the correct numbering.
Added an advisory message whereby if on a stock record create monthly journal postings from deferred revenue /costs is ticked but the required nominal codes are not populated.
Nominal Code configuration for IFRS PL License is now hidden on Product Groups when the IFRS Functionality is disabled.

Date applied: May 22, 2024

221.0.24

Issues Resolved New Features Hot Fix Enhancements Important

Updated contracts to work with DevExpress 23.2.

Date applied: May 2, 2024

221.0.23

Important Info

Please note that from this version has functionality changes in relation to how a contract line is amended or cancelled. Please refer to the help and user guide on how to cancel a contract, or how to increase or decrease a contract line quantity after a sales order has been generated.

New Features

Changed how cancellations are processed. There are new options to select. For example: Not renewing, Cancel and Credit previous sales order, Increase quantity, decrease quantity, etc.

Added a Process Non Renewals screen to cancel contract lines that are not renewing.

Issues Resolved

Fixed issue with deferred transactions not posting when the value is 0.

Variable billing was setting the incorrect unit price on the contract line when updated via the Update Variable Prices form. This has been corrected, which means the sales orders generated is now correct.

The promised date on the sales order line generated from a contract line should be the date the sales order is generated, not the bill cover from date.

Change in Functionality

When using grid view on the contract details screen, allow editing the unit cost field.
Also added ability to amend the renewal unit cost field when updating renewal prices.

Date applied: May 1, 2024

221.0.22

Change in Functionality

Improved filtering of Confirmed/Unconfirmed Renewals when printing Renewal Reminders.
Added a column to Print Renewal Reminders, displaying whether a Contract Line has been confirmed for renewal.

Date applied: March 27, 2024

221.0.21

Change in Functionality

Use head office del address instead of branch del address on contract line and add new setting.

Date applied: March 20, 2024

221.0.20

Change in Functionality

Added tab on the contract recon screen to show P&L deferred transactions
Added analysis code filters to Print renewal reminders screen.
Added Internal Description column to Print renewal reminders screen.
Added filter to include unconfirmed contract lines on the Print renewal reminders screen.

Date applied: January 31, 2024

221.0.19

Amount value of previous orders for a contract line shown on the Details form for a contract line, was occasionally showing a date value instead of an amount in the Amount column.
If the crm company is set as inactive, then the end user on the contract line was removed when the contract line was amended in contracts.

Date applied: December 13, 2023

221.0.18

Issues Resolved

Added a new filter to exclude customers on the generate sales order screen.
Added internal description column onto the generate renewals screen.
End user column and customer account column was missing on the linked contracts tab when viewing on a CRM company.

Change in Functionality

Added PO Expiry Date onto contract desktop list.
Added nominal code description columns to the contract line desktop list.

Date applied: November 29, 2023

221.0.16

Issues Resolved

Replaced the sent to excel option on the sage lists on the amend contract screen because it was sending all lines to excel, not just the visible lines.
On Contract Maintenance screen, removed the Pending Quantity column as this field does not exist. Also added the complimentary field to the view so that the value is shown in the complimentary column.

Change in Functionality

Added customer order number to contract desktop list.

Date applied: October 24, 2023

221.0.15

Fixed Null Reference Exception when equipment location not set.

Date applied: October 3, 2023

221.0.13

Changed settings description for IFRS to give better example of how it works.
Fixed object reference error appearing when viewing a crm company record.

Date applied: September 19, 2023

221.0.12

Add create job and link to contract line when add new contract line. Fix when projects not installed in the machine.

Date applied: August 10, 2023

221.0.3 Reports Package

This Reports Package contains a fix for the following reports:

SixtyDayRenewalReminder.report
SixtyDayRenewalReminder (Landscape).report
ThirtyDayRenewalReminder.report
ThirtyDayRenewalReminder (Landscape).report

All of the above reports are affected by an issue around how the report(s) handle Leap Years, resulting in an Invalid Date error when generating the report under certain circumstances (for example, when the current Bill Cover To ends on the 29th February 2024, the report attempts to display the Next Bill Cover To date as the 29th February 2025). If you are affected by this issue and are using a custom Renewal Reminder report, please contact us so that we can apply the fix to your Renewal Reminder report.

Date applied: August 8, 2023

221.0.11

If Sicon CRM is not enabled in contracts, then the contract tab on the CRM company record uses the sales ledger account to show linked contract lines.

Date applied: July 28, 2023

221.0.10

Add create job and link to contract line when add new contract line.

Date applied: July 28, 2023

221.0.9

Corrected spelling and terminology on IFRS settings.
Added cl analysis code tab to contract screen.

Date applied: July 14, 2023

221.0.8

Fixed out of memory issue when posting lots of deferred transactions.

Date applied: July 11, 2023

221.0.7

New Features

Added IFRS 15.
Added regenerate deferred transactions.

Issues Resolved

Fixed issue with pro rata price amendment where the unit price frequency is set to yearly, but the invoice frequency is set to monthly.
Fixed object reference error when DMS is installed and opening contract maintenace screen.
Fixed customer lookup dropdown layout on contract maintenance screen.
Fixed duplicate records problem on the contract customer view on the recon screen.

Date applied: July 1, 2023

221.0.6

We now update the renewal price when processing a price amendment if the renewal is not yet confirmed.

Date applied: April 24, 2023

221.0.5

Fix for value change amendment on contract line – if the value went down, it was generating a sales order instead of a sales return.
Added filter to only include contract lines from Live contract headers when when updating renewal prices.

Date applied: April 24, 2023

221.0.6

We now update the renewal price when processing a price amendment if the renewal is not yet confirmed.

Date applied: April 24, 2023

221.0.5

Fix for value change amendment on contract line – if the value went down, it was generating a sales order instead of a sales return.
Added filter to only include contract lines from Live contract headers when when updating renewal prices.

Date applied: April 24, 2023

221.0.4

Issues Resolved

Improved audit log changes when contract and contract lines are changed. This is when audit log is installed.

Change in Functionality

Added option to enable the reason for leaving, and therefore we can disable some.

Date applied: January 31, 2023

221.0.3

Removed Incorrectly Set ‘IsDefault’ Flag on View Contract Item on the Contract Desktop List as this was causing both Amend and View Contract forms to open when a line was double clicked.

Date applied: December 5, 2022

221.0.2