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Ipe Release

Thank you for exploring our Ipe Release. In the following sections, we aim to provide you with an overview of the exciting new features enabled by this update.

The Release is available from February 2024.

Important

This is a major update. It contains changes that require your attention. There are tasks that should be completed before and after updating. Please carefully review the Update Checklist to ensure everything is prepared for updating.

Technical Details

The Ipe Release is based on Microsoft Business Central Version 23. As a result, there are adjustments to the system requirements. Please refer to the complete list of system requirements for BC23.

Compared to BC22, there are minimal changes in system requirements. The only noticeable change is the specification of 22H2 as the minimum requirement for Windows 11 installations for the Server component. However, there are changes that need to be considered if you are updating from earlier versions. Please check out the older release notes for details.

Business Central 23

The Ipe Version is based on Microsoft Business Central (BC) Version 23. This version introduces numerous new features for you to check out. You can find the full list here.

New Timber Features

In this section, we present a list of highlights. Additionally, you will find the complete changelog with all timber changes at the end of this page.

Highlights:

Performance Improvements

One focus topic of the Ipe Release is the overall performance. We did some huge improvements to some areas of timber. Combined with the new table extension schema and the new tri-state locking behavior of BC 23, there should be a noticeably improvement. Following are some details about these changes:

  • BC23 Changes

    • New Locking Behavior The new behavior is explained here (technical). This change reduces the number of locks in the database, which should make the application faster, because the sql server does not need to wait for other sessions. The performance gain is more significant when multiple users work in the same area of the application.
    Note

    This feature need to be turned on for existing databases. You can do this by turning on the feature from the Feature Management page.

    • New Table Extension Schema This is a huge improvements for customers that have a lot of extensions. The new Table Extension Schema is described here.

  • Timber

    • Performance increase when refreshing production orders. In internal tests, we were able to reduce the time needed by more than 85% (from 57 seconds to 7 seconds). Keep in mind, the speed-up depends on how many production order lines you have.
    • Improve Performance when calculating Disposition Planning and reduces locks. On an customer environment with a lot of orders, the calculation time was reduced from 3,5 Minutes to under 1 Minute, which is an increase of more than 70%.
    • Posting Improvements There are a couple of improvements in the posting process to reduce locks and increase performance. One big improvement was made for the certificate posing which reduced the time needed for this part of the posting process by more than 85% (22 Seconds/per 1000 posted Masslines to 3 Seconds/per 1000 posted Masslines). Depending on the setup, it is even faster now.

New Product Catalog Apps

The product catalog continues to grow with the addition of new apps in this release. Please follow the links below to explore the new apps:

Automatically Activated Features

The following acadon Features are now officially available. For a list of MS activated features, follow this link.

Update Checklist

This is a major update and may contain breaking changes. Some of these changes require manual actions. Please carefully review this checklist for each environment before proceeding with the update.

Important

If you upgrade from earlier Versions, please read the update checklist/breaking changes of all versions that you skip as well. In this list you will only find the changes that are relevant if you update from Hazel to Ipe.

Required Actions

  • Moved EDI Fields from Timber to EDI App There were a lot of EDI related fields in the timber app, that did not make sense in timber. The fields are now moved to the edi app. You have to compile your apps with the new version. If fields are missing in timber, please use the EDI fields instead. The usual pattern is the the Prefix "ACAT" is replaced by the prefix "ACAE". In rare cases, the name was changed slightly. The obsolete error should tell you the needed information what happened to the field.

Recommended Actions

  • New Intrastat App Microsoft introduced a new Intrastat App and with the Ipe Release, the timber app will be compatible with this new app. The new Intrastat App will become mandatory with BC24, so if your customer is using Intrastat, it is highly recommended to check the new changes out before they become mandatory. You should install the following Apps in an Sandbox Environment: Intrastat Core, Localized Intrastat (DE, NL, ...), Intrastat Timber Connector. Afterwards the new feature can be activated: Set up Intrastat reporting
  • Check for usage of old Reports A couple of old obsolete Reports are now removed with this release. There is upgrade code to change these the new version, but this will mean a sudden change of the report layout. Depending on the customer, you should check the reports and communicate this change beforehand. The affected reports are the following:
    • 5041210 "ACAT Reminder (Wood)" -> 5041346 "ACAT Reminder"
    • 5041211 "ACAT Finance Charge Memo" -> 5041347 "ACAT Fin. Charge Memo"
    • 5041228 "ACAT Whse. - Rcpt (Landscape)" -> 5041232 "ACAT Whse. - Receipt (Wood)"
    • 5041204 "ACAT Cust. Inv. - Receipt" -> 5041510 "ACAT Customer Inv. - Receipt"
    • 5041203 "ACAT Cust. Inv. - Shipment" -> 5041511 "ACAT Customer Inv. - Shipment"
    • 5041184 "ACAT Transfer Order (Wood)" -> 5041343 "ACAT Transfer - Order"
    • 5041192 "ACAT Transfer Receipt (Wood)" -> 5041345 "ACAT Transfer - Receipt"
    • 5041188 "ACAT Transfer Shipment (Wood)" -> 5041344 "ACAT Transfer - Shipment"
  • Cleanup unpublished Apps With the new Table Extension Schema Model, it is recommended that all unpublished apps are cleaned up before doing the upgrade. This is recommended to prevent issues in the sync step. To do this, please check the navappuninstalledapp table on the sql server. These Apps need to be cleaned with Mode Clean so that orphaned extension metadata.
  • Support Worldwide Report 2.0 We have postponed the automatic activation of the "Support Worldwide Report 2.0" feature, because the telemetry showed that it is turned off in most environments. It will be active with the next major release, so please take the time to update customer reports to prevent issues in a future release.

Changes in this release:

Workitem Description Functional Area
22113 Fixed issue that in some scenarios the unit volume was missing on item ledger entries Sales
22553 Fixed issue that it was not possible to select an value for 'Vendor Invoice No.' on the "Create Return-Related Documents" Sales
23033 Fixed issue that sales masslines had wrong piece per units when synchronize with transfer order Sales
23048 Fixed issue that caused errors when trying to validate 'Whse. Shipment Code' on Sales Headers that arent of type 'Order' Sales
18352 Fixed the validation of direct unit cost in req. line if we validate quantity Purchase
18641 Added the item ean no. to the phys inventory orders line Inventory
18800 Fixed issue that default dimensions of item category were missing in the item journal line Inventory
19952 Fixed the posting of the item ledger entries during posting of total item via Item Reclass. Journal Inventory
22509 Changed Timber Blocked Field to use new standard Blocked Field for Item Variants Inventory
19545 Fixed issue that it was not possible to add parcels with different items to "Drying Chamber Batch" from "Parcel Selection" Manufacturing
20221 Removed same date error in drying chamber batch Manufacturing
20529 Fixed issue that production is not synced to sales if it has related whse shipment Manufacturing
21895 Fixed Naming of the Action drying chamber Charge to Drying Chamber Batch on production related pages Manufacturing
22085 Fixed the creation of production order from parcel selection Manufacturing
22581 Added new feature for a redesigned Standard Task calculation Manufacturing
22619 Fixed creation of multilevel Production Orders from Transfer Orders Manufacturing
21964 Fixed bug of availability calculation of shipped masslines in disposition planning Warehouse
22040 Fixed quantity fields to be out of balance error on creating whse documents Warehouse
22075 Fixed that unit values were not updated on undo shipment in whse shipments Warehouse
22785 Fixed filtering of certificate code on the parcel selection when the view type is purchase Warehouse
23050 Fixed issue that it was not possible to create a warehouse activity with an item that does not have a mass calculation code Warehouse
14849 Added support for the new Intrastat App/Feature Finance
15934 Fixed the print of the ship to or pick up address on the Purchase Return Order Confirmation Reports
18949 Added new E-Mail word templates for 2.0 Reports Reports
20376 Added a belgian CMR layout for the sales shipment crm report Reports
22620 Fixed the order of lines in the print of Route Allocation Freight List Reports
23008 Fixed issue that a wrong column caption was used in Vendor/Item Purchases Report Reports
23307 Fixed issue that Sender Line was not printed on Reminder Report Reports
11281 Added new feature to save docbox documents to document attachments DocBox
16050 Added RFF XA Segment for Certificate Code after PRI AAA Segment EDI
17029 Added EDI OSTRPT for EDI Partner Bauhaus EDI
17240 Moved Fields from Timber to EDI App EDI
23295 Added EDI Partner AKTIVBANK EDI
22150 Changed the resource exposure policies to not include Source in Symbol File Other
22454 Changed Format in Quantity Shipped and Quantity Invoiced so that the decimal places are correct Other