Release Notes

Lodge Cards: Purchasing Addendum Data Added for User Identity Retrieval for Selected VISA VCF Import Formats:

• A new field, Purchase Addendum Data, is available as a Custom field 1
• Used to retrieve the Employee or Request ID value for VISA VCF4.0 and VCF4.4 CR and Lodge cards accounts
• This field joins Passenger, Car and Hotel data as additional option that may be added to the import to configure the retrieval of the Employee or Request ID value for matching transactions to users
• Additional the Employee ID From Passenger or Car Rental of Hotel Specific Data field is renamed to Employee ID from Addendum Data

Decommission of All Currencies (Jan 1, 2022)

• SAP Concur will decommission the legacy Expense Pay Classic solution
• This decommission will require all Customers using Expense Pay to enable alternative solutions, but they have been communicated to directly regarding this change
• Currently, Expense Pay Flex (aka Direct) is being offered only to existing clients (those already using Expense Pay classic) and not to new clients or existing clients who do not currently use an Expense Pay solution.
• This announcement does not impact existing Expense Pay Global solution with Bambora which remains available and fully supported

Standard Accounting Extract (SAE) Version 4 to be Available to New Onboarding Clients

• A new Standard Accounting Extract (SAE) specification, version 4, is now available for new clients onboarding to SAP Concur who require this extract.
• This version includes the Report Number field which replaces the Report Key field in the earlier extracts
• This update is designed for use by new clients
• It is strongly recommended that now existing clients migrate to the new version à If they require the Report Number field they will use the new Site Setting Enable Report Number for Expense Accounting Extracts setting for this purpose (available in early 2022)

Profile Menu Functional Changes Under Fiori Light Theme

• The SAP Fiori theme release includes changes to the layout of the menu items and some changes in functionality

Streamlined Delivery

• Previously the monthly release note admin summaries were provide in pdf files from the classic landing pages and as HTML files from the in-product Help systems and the SAP Help Portal
• SAP Concur now provides only HTML files from the in -the-product Help system and the SAP Help Portal
• The SAP Help Portal provides a Create Custom PDF link

Available End User Support Options

• SAP provides many support pathways for many products
• SAP Concur solutions end user receive support in one of the following ways:
  • User Support Desk (USD): of your company has purchased User Support Desk, end users can access support within the SAP Concur application. Click Help > Contact Support to access the User Support Desk Portal and begin support via phone or chat
  • Internal Support: If your company has not purchased USD, end users work with internal contacts to support their SAP Concur solution, and supplement with the self-serve resources in the next section

Self-Serve End User Resources:

• SAP Concur Community: https://community.concur.com/
• Support Info and FAQs on SAP Concur Community: https://community.concur.com/t5/Support-and-FAQs/bg-p/Support
• Professional Edition SAP Concur Training Toolkit: http://www.concurtraining.com/
• Standard Edition SAP Concur Training Toolkit: http://www.concurtraining.com/toolkit/standard/en
• Concur Expense End-User Online Help: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/CONCUR_EXPENSE/LATEST/enUS?task=use_task
• Concur Invoice End-User Online Help: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/CONCUR_INVOICE/LATEST/enUS?task=use_task
• Concur Request End-User Online Help: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/CONCUR_REQUEST/LATEST/enUS?task=use_task
• Concur Travel End-User Online Help: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/CONCUR_TRAVEL/LATEST/enUS?task=use_task

Delta Posting Phase 2 (Dec 2021)

This change is part of the NextGen UI experience

• The first phase of the Delta Posting feature allowed end-users to reopen the expense report and change custom fields only. Expanded features are now available
• Multiple configuration levels allow companies to control which actions the end- user can perform in a reopened report
• The configuration level allow the choice if assigning increasing degrees of modification privileges to an Expense User Group. E.g a user in a group assigned the level 1 permissions can add or append receipt images and modify allocation and org unit field. A user in Level 3 may further modify the report for number of attendees and  amounts, add receipt images, and move entries between reports

In Phase 2 now following features are additionally available:

• Allow end-user to add new entries to expense report or delete/move entries from expense report
• Allow end-user to modify virtually any field including entry amount, itemizations, mileage, expense types, attendees, non-custom fields
• Allow end-user to adjust new (only) travel allowance and itinerary data (add or remove allowances, edit location and dates) 
• Allow a traveler to update receipt images for an existing entry: Append image where image already attached > image available in imaging service but SAP not notified of change
• Calculate delta for payroll posting of employee taxability and/or reimbursement (reversal original  + post new) 

Test Entity Data Maintenance and Entity Deletion (Dec 6)

• As part of SAP Concur routine data maintenance and operations, they will begin deleting stagnant data in SAP Concur Production Sandbox Environment (test entities)
• Beginning December 6, test entities that have not been signed in to within 180 days will be deleted
• As of January 2022, test entities that have not been assigned within 180 days will also be deleted on a regular basis
• The deletion of data or entities in the production sandbox environment has no impact on live production entities

Application Connector Username and Password Length Requirements Updated

• The lengths of the username and password associated with an application connector on the Application Connectors page must be at least 10 characters and not more than 50 characters long.
• On February 28, 2022 the 10 character minimum and 59 character maximum will be enforced.
• If the usernames and passwords are not updated prior to this change, some aspects of SAO Concur solutions might stop working
• Application connection usernames and passwords can be updated by an administrator wit the Company Administrator  or Web Services Administrator role