RELEASE NOTES. SyncDirect. Version

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1 RELEASE NOTES SyncDirect Version

2 Author Created and Published by Reckon Limited Level 12, 65 Berry Street North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia ACN All Rights Reserved Copyright 2015 Reckon Limited Copyright & Trademarks No part of these materials may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, without written permission of Reckon Limited. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this manual. However, neither Reckon Limited, its subsidiaries, employees and agents, are liable for any errors or omissions. This document should not be relied on as a detailed specification of the system. In addition, Reckon Limited reserves the right to issue revisions, enhancements and improvements to Reckon APS software or any other Reckon software at any time without notice. Every effort will be made to ensure that the manual is updated concurrently and that the user is not inconvenienced as a result of any change. Reckon, Reckon logos, R logos, Reckon APS, Advance and Accountable Technology are trademarks of Reckon Limited. Reckon Limited PAGE 2 OF 7

3 Contents Before You Begin... 4 Reference Numbers... 4 Knowledge Base Articles... 4 SyncDirect Release/Upgrade New Features in this Release... 5 Collection Periods... 5 Collection Progress Bar... 5 Support for mid-year on boarding using Custom Periods... 5 Updated Datafeed List view Screen to support Period and Writeback functionality... 5 Changes to Snapshots... 5 Support for tax planning process... 5 Ledger Log... 5 Mapping Improvements... 5 QBO Adapter... 6 Introducing Writeback... 6 Writeback Depreciation Filters... 6 General Corrections in this Release... 6 Known Issues... 7 Reckon Accounts Hosted... 7 Journal Adjustment Limitations affecting Writeback... 7 Reckon Limited PAGE 3 OF 7

4 Before You Begin This document contains information relating to the release of Reckon SyncDirect V This is a mandatory update. Reference Numbers Each item in this document is prefixed by a corresponding reference number. From time to time an APS staff member may advise a numeric reference to an outstanding issue or enhancement request. Once that change has been released, the relevant enhancements document will include the reference and an explanation of the change. Knowledge Base Articles The reference number may also relate to corresponding knowledge base articles published from time to time. We will notify you when these are made available. Reckon Limited PAGE 4 OF 7

5 SyncDirect Release/Upgrade New Features in this Release The main changes and enhancements for this release are: Collection Periods Support for collecting monthly/quarterly/annual and custom periods rather than just mthly or Yr to Date - each feed imports to XPA independently. Collection Progress Bar Improved notification for what the system is doing during a collection against a large datafile. Support for mid-year on boarding using Custom Periods Custom period collections using start and end month is handy for those clients that are onboarding mid-year. Updated Datafeed List view Screen to support Period and Writeback functionality The Datafeed list view screen has been updated. Each financial year is reflected as a parent feed. Individual period children can be viewed in a menu that expands under the financial year parent. Changes to Snapshots Snapshots in this version become period driven. Support for tax planning process Where a specific period is imported to XPA and only that period is worked on, any previous period in the same financial year can be set to completed. SyncDirect is now capable of importing data for a selected period only (to XPA). Previous periods in the current financial year remain unchanged inside XPA (or not imported). Ledger Log Tracks what has changed in the source system. Shows altered, deleted, and new transactions (in the source instance), and any XPA adjustments (written back to the source). Helps to determine if there are changes occurring at the source system for a period that should be completed. Mapping Improvements Improved support for multiple mappings and endpoints with data structures other than XPA. Improved support for collections in that same period from multiple collection points. XPA chart refresh button improves support for XPA chart updates. Enables adding XPA accounts to COA of the ledger in use (on another screen) and quickly refreshing them into SD. Reckon Limited PAGE 5 OF 7

6 Mapping screen exposes the net movement by account (annual or year to date) for the last collection. Mapping Summary Function allows the user to set GL transaction collection to summarise the net movement by account on insert into XPA. Improved ability to map new accounts that do not exist in XPA. Target Element Sources supports all XPA charts in use by peeking into the associated XPA chart. A linked XPA chart is no-longer mandatory. Additionally, support for adding new accounts is achieved by the addition of a reset button on the mapping screen this allows the user to open the COA function in XPA and add new accounts. The reset button brings these new accounts into SD. QBO Adapter Introducing first iteration for the QBO adapter (no snapshots or Writeback the adapter is read only) Introducing Writeback Supports the ability to post adjustments directly back in the source system Xero, MYOB, Reckon Accounts Desktop are supported. The combination of Period driven Collections, Snapshots, the Ledger Log and Writeback are designed to provide a complete toolset for Client Data Management. Writeback Depreciation Filters SyncDirect supports the ability to filter different XPA Asset Groups allowing for a simplified process to assign and Writeback depreciation. General Corrections in this Release This installation/upgrade includes all previously released hotfixes. There is no requirement to install older product versions or hotfixes if you are installing at a new client. ID Title State N/A Collection Performance Issues Estimated collection time on very big files is sometimes inaccurate. N/A When writing back to Restricted Accounts, a warning message has been implemented to warn users that depending on the system you are writing back to, some accounts such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, current year earnings, retained earnings and bank accounts are restricted for both manual journals and Writeback. Please consider using one or more clearing or suspense accounts. Note that these accounts need to pre-exist to enable the Writeback process (some forethought is required). Reckon Limited PAGE 6 OF 7

7 SYN- 47 Xero Adapter updated to resolve Out of memory issue on extremely large files. Note: First time collection on a very large file will take a long time subsequent collections only look for changes therefore will be very fast. If the first time collection process times out please restart and continue the collection process. SYN Click Once support for Chrome and Firefox - Extension Add-ons have been updated Known Issues Reckon Accounts Hosted timeout issues Large files cause the Hosted API to timeout The server connection will timeout after 30 minutes The API processing speed is extremely slow The RAH API team are working on a solution MYOB V19 needs APS to Run as administrator for Writeback process MYOB ODBC integration components need to be initiated from an application that is running on the local machine from the Administrator account. This means that for Writeback browse to gain the correct permissions, APS needs to be Run as Administrator to work. Journal Adjustment Limitations affecting Writeback Depending on the source system, there are limitations to which accounts can have manual journal adjustments. Similarly, Writeback connections are subject to same constraints. These accounts are either system generated or restricted accounts. XERO - Xero does not support Writeback journals to accounts receivable, accounts payable, retained earnings and bank accounts. MYOB AccountRight (2017) does not support Writeback journal adjustments retained earnings/current year earnings accounts Reckon Accounts 2017 Desktop does not support Writeback journals to accounts receivable, accounts payable, current year earnings, retained earnings and bank accounts. All Systems - Inventory Quantity adjustment is not supported. Reckon Limited PAGE 7 OF 7