Release Notes
SAP Concur
SAP Concur is constantly evolving its products with minor adjustments to ensure stability and improve the applications.
Amazon Business Integration
Disconnection Process
Payer Buyer Information
Concur Open
Japanese Translation Available
Localization
Support for New Language (Ukrainian)
With the release, SAP Concur now supports the language Ukrainian
Profile Settings
Ongoing – Accessibility Improvements to My Profile – Personal Information Page
With the June release the following changes are being implemented on the My Profile – Personal Information page:
Following changes are being implemented in the Credit Card section of the My Profile – Personal Information page:
The Assistants and Travel Arrangers section now includes the following column headers:
Ongoing – Changes to My Profile, Home Page, and Profile Menu
April Release
May Release
June Release
Future Releases
Test Entities / Production Sandbox Environment
PSE Data Maintenance and Entity Deletion
SSO Management
New Checkbox to Hide SSO Sign-In Option
Travel Allowance Service
Rate Calculation for Multiple Trips in One Day
SAP Concur is constantly evolving its products with minor adjustments to ensure stability and improve the applications.
Profile Settings
Ongoing – Accessibility Improvements to My Profile – Personal Information Page
Following changes are being implemented in the Assistance and Travel Arrangers section of the My Profile – Personal information page:
Following changes are being implemented in the Credit Card section of the My Profile – Personal Information page:
The Assistants and Travel Arrangers section now includes the following column headers:
Ongoing – Changes to My Profile, Home Page, and Profile Menu
Expense Pay-Flex Edition
Branch Codes and Bank Account Number for SGD Currency
Audit Service
Policy and Receipt Audit Performance Improvement
Cards
Reauthentication of Linked Cards to Yodlee Required
Concur Expense card users benefit from Yodlee’s adoption of the Banking functionality
Banks will work with Yodlee to adopt the new functionality over the time
This means the card user in Concur Expense must first identify if their card is ready for reauthentication before doing so
As for this release the following cards may now be reauthenticated: Chase, Capital One, Schwab
Email Notifications
Email Notifications
Update to Expense Report Link in Workflow Notifications Email
The URL link to Concur expense within the workflow email notification is updated to a new format
When approvers open their workflow email to approve an expense report, they can access and approve the employee’s expense report directly by clicking the link
When users open their workflow email, they can access the expense report directly by clicking the link
Homepage
Home Page Greeting Removed
The “Hello, <First Name>” greeting has been removed from the home page
New GenUI: Travel Allowance
Audit Rules based on the new Travel Allowance
Now Audit Rules can be created for the new Travel Allowance
SAP Concur User Assistance
SAP Help Portal Updates
SAP Concur offers a Help Portal for many SAP products including SAP Concur products
Now there is a What’s new link, to allow clients self-serve information at their convenience
Expense Pay
Resend Card Batch Remittance File Feature
Client admins can now resend card batch remittance/allocation file to the card company
Corporate card banks can request that remittance/allocation details be re-sent for a received payment. With the new resend button the client can do this themselves when needed
Mileage
New Mileage Service Features
Nextgen UI
JPT on NextGen UI Migration for JPT 1.0 Users
Product Settings
Advanced and Basic Views Added to Product Settings
SAP Concur Support
Suggested Solutions Migration
Security
Concursolutions.com SSL Certificate Renewal
Site Settings
Enable Report Number in Concur Expense Accounting Extracts
User Assistance for Admins and End Users
New Tours Added to User Assistance for Admins and End Users
Web Service Administration
Application Connector Username and Password Length Requirements Updated
File Transfer Updates
Ongoing: SAP Concur Migration to Cloud Platforms in AWS
SAP Concur plans to migrate from pure private cloud operation, where all equipment is owned by SAP Concur, to a cloud platform
This change provides a stronger security posture, improved performance and stability, and faster innovation for the clients
This change will occur automatically
Concur plan to implement migrations on weekend and after business hours
We made minor adjustments for the stability and improvement for the application.
New Features for the new Travel Allowance configuration
Meals provided by default
New features for the User experience
Calender
Recently Used Locations
Renaming the headings:
Invoice Capture and Expense Receipt Handling
CFDi Version 4.0 Now Supported (Mexico)
This update supports users reporting to Mexican tax authorities who need their invoice or receipt and attached CFDi tax document submitted as a single invoice in Concur Invoice or reimbursable expense in Concur Expense.
Miscellaneous
Ongoing: SAP Concur Homepage Changes
Ongoing: SAP Concur Migration to Cloud Platforms in AWS
SAP Fiori Themes
Profile Menu Functional Changes Under Fiori Light Theme
With the January release, the Profile menu within the SAP Fiori theme has been updated. This update includes changes to the layout of the menu items and some changes in functionality.
What the user sees:
The Profile menu in the SAP Concur Fiori Light Theme is automatically updated with the January 2022 release
Profile Settings
Removal of the Connected Apps Page
SAP Concur Assistance
Notice Regarding Stale Documentation
Security
Some TLSv1.2 Ciphers No Longer Supported (Feb 1, 2022)
SAP Concur solutions will no longer support connections to *.concursolutions.com and * api.concursolutions.com that use some ciphers. The list of the supported and unsupported ciphers you find in the Release Updates
If your cipher suite includes supported and unsupported ciphers, connections to *concursolutions.com through a web browser will not be disrupted. During the process of establishing the connection, the *concursolutions.com server will choose the most secure cipher in your cipher suite.
Supported Configurations
Change in Support for Internet Explorer 11
File Transfer Updates
Ongoing: Rotating PGP Key for File Transfer
Ongoing: SAP Concur Legacy File Move Migration
Clients whose entities are currently configured to use the legacy process will be migrated to the more efficient process sometime between now and January 24, 2022. After they are migrated to the more efficient process, clients will see the following improvement:
This announcement pertains to the st.concursolutions.com file transfer DNS endpoints
File Transfer Updates
Ongoing: Rotating PGP Key for File Transfer
Ongoing: SAP Concur Legacy File Move Migration
Clients whose entities are currently configured to use the legacy process will be migrated to the more efficient process sometime between now and January 24, 2022. After they are migrated to the more efficient process, clients will see the following improvement:
This announcement pertains to the st.concursolutions.com file transfer DNS endpoints
Miscellaneous
Ongoing: SAP Concur Homepage Changes
Ongoing: Changes to Page Header and Profile Menu
Beginning in Q1 2022, the following changes will be made:
SAP Concur Assistance
Shared Planned Changes Moved to New Shared Changes Release Notes
SAP Fiori Themes
New SAP Fiori Themes Available for Preview
Profile Menu Functional Changes Under Fiori Light Theme
With the January release, the Profile menu within the SAP Fiori theme has been updated. This update includes changes to the layout of the menu items and some changes in functionality.
What the user sees:
The Profile menu in the SAP Concur Fiori Light Theme is automatically updated with the January 2022 release
Security
Some TLSv1.2 Ciphers No Longer Supported (Feb 1, 2022)
SAP Concur solutions will no longer support connections to *.concursolutions.com and * api.concursolutions.com that use some ciphers. The list of the supported and unsupported ciphers you find in the Release Updates
If your cipher suite includes supported and unsupported ciphers, connections to *concursolutions.com through a web browser will not be disrupted. During the process of establishing the connection, the *concursolutions.com server will choose the most secure cipher in your cipher suite.
Site Settings
Ongoing: Enable Report Number in Concur Expense Accounting Extracts (March 2022)
Supported Configurations
Change in Support for Internet Explorer 11
Test Entities | Production Sandbox Environment
Permanent Test Entity Renamed to Production Sandbox Environment
Test Entity (PSE) Data Maintenance and Entity Deletion (Dec 6)
Ongoing: Most Recently Used Lists Not Migrated
User Acceptance for End Users
New Tours Added to User Assistance for End Users and Admins (US, EMEA)
Concur Travel | Concur Expense | Concur Request | Concur Budget |
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Admins with the necessary permissions can navigate to the User Assistance page by clicking Administration > Company > Company Admin > User Assistance.
Web Service Administration
Ongoing: Application Connector Username and Password Length Requirements Updated
SAP Service Administration
Application Connector Username and Password Length Requirements Updated
Test Entities
Test Entity Data Maintenance and Entity Deletion (Dec 6)
SAP Integration with Concur Solutions
Delta Posting Phase 2 (Dec 2021)
This change is part of the NextGen UI experience
In Phase 2 now following features are additionally available:
SAP Concur User Assistance
Available End User Support Options
Self-Serve End User Resources:
Release Note Admin Summaries
Streamlined Delivery
Miscellaneous
Profile Menu Functional Changes Under Fiori Light Theme
Extracts
Standard Accounting Extract (SAE) Version 4 to be Available to New Onboarding Clients
Expense Pay Classics
Decommission of All Currencies (Jan 1, 2022)
Cards
Lodge Cards: Purchasing Addendum Data Added for User Identity Retrieval for Selected VISA VCF Import Formats:
Authentication Administration
Company Request Token Self-Service Tool:
Client Web Services
Self-Service Tool for Application Management
Miscellaneous
Concur Experience Optimizer (US)
Concur Experience Optimizer collects and analyzes employee sentiment and buying behavior data from SAP Concur solutions.
Available for following User:
Features of Concur Experience Optimizer
New Permission to Enable Preview of Fiori Light Theme
NextGen UI
Ongoing Updated User Interface for Concur Expense End Users
Active Move Period: October 2021 – September 2022
12-month period for customers to complete the transition at their own pace before the automatic transition date.
Automatic Transition Date: October 1, 2022
All customers will be automatically transitioned to the NextGen UI.
Payment Manager
“View Batch Data” Link
For all Expense Pay User a new link “View Batch Data” is available. It shows all the masked payment and remittance data that is transmitted to the payment and/or card provider when applicable
SAP Concur User Assistance
Help Menu Directed to SAP Help Portal
New look and feel and additional functionality for the Help Portal
User Assistance
New User Assistance Tool for End User (US, EMEA)
Web Services Administration
Ongoing 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 an not more than 50 characters long.
Workflow
Authorized Approvers Sort Order Enhancement