October 2022 Major Release - 22.4.6 (September 23)
The 22.4.6.0 release is expected for the following date:
- On-premise - September 23, 2022
- Cloud - October 1, 2022
Announcements
| Reference | Area | Release Note |
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| EFIN-86435 | Recruitment Products Are Being Retired on September 30, 2022 | A message will appear reminding districts that PowerSchool ERP Recruitment, Job Applicant Center, and Job Applicant Viewer will no longer be available after September 30, 2022. If your organization is using these products, encourage your organization to consider the benefits of adopting PowerSchool's go-forward job applicant system, Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Your PowerSchool Account Manager can be of assistance to help plan for the product's end of life and provide more information on Applicant Tracking. If any questions, please email strategicprograms@powerschool.com. To learn more link to http://go.powerschool.com/rs/861-RMI-846/images/Applicant%20Tracking_Flyer_2019.pdf The message appears in:
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New Features
| Reference | Area | Release Note |
|---|---|---|
| EFIN-6824 | Removed Time Entry From Various Menus and Added EAC/ETS Password Option | Removed obsolete Time Entry options from the following menu options:
In Employee Information in the Actions menu, EAC/ETS Password was added, which allows an administrator to set an employee’s password for districts that don’t use Single Sign-On (SSO). The Time Entry option was removed from the Payroll Information menu. To access EAC/ETS Password page, the user will need a resource assigned from the following:
A page was also created in the New Employee wizard to update a pending employee’s Employee Access Center and Employee Timesheets password. To access this page, the user will need a resource assigned from the following:
In the Employee Add Screen Setup page (System Administration, Administration, Add Employee Process, Role Setup, select a Role ID, select Accept, and select the Screens tab, then from the Action Bar select Edit Add Screens), the EAC/ETS Password page is a default in the Payroll role. The Time Entry default has been removed from the Personnel role. |
| EFIN-71146 | Improved Identification of Licensed Applications in Installer | The installer has been improved to identify which licensed applications a customer has purchased. The Customer Information page in the installer allows a user to enter database connection information from the previous version of the PowerSchool ERP database so that the spilicense records are included when determining the licensed applications. |
| EFIN-77489 | Create Organization and Account Records While Adding Revenue Ledger Records if Full Account Structure Is Enabled | A user can add organization chart and account records while adding a revenue ledger record. This functionality is available only when Full Account Format is selected on the Fund Accounting profile. |
| EFIN-86639 | Integration: PowerSchool ERP Makes Gender Identity Changes Based on Sex at Birth | When receiving a new employee with Gender field data from Talent, PowerSchool ERP will map the Gender value to the Sex at Birth field in Employee Information. The Gender Identity field will be updated with the same value of Sex at Birth. When an updated record is passed to PowerSchool ERP:
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Resolved Issues
| Reference | Area | Release Note |
|---|---|---|
| EFIN-88972 | Start Page: Sort Functionality in User Management and File Management | A user can now sort each column on the User Management and File Management pages by clicking the headers. |
| EFIN-89266 | Batch AP Issue Resolved | Corrected a Batch Accounts Payable Import issue with year validation. It was validating against the profile year instead of the record year. |
| EFIN-89326 | Vendor Punchout (VPO) Updated to Identify Issue with User Setup | If VPO user data (employee.uid and shared_info.uid) is not configured correctly and in sync, a message appears, and the user cannot submit an order. The Submit to Vendor button is inactive until the user data is corrected. The message replaces a fatal error that was occurring. |
| EFIN-89328 | Fixed Fatal Error on PCard Reconciliation Page | Fixed a fatal error on the PCard Reconciliation page that occurred when a user linked a purchase order with more than 13 line items to a PCard transaction. |
| EFIN-89682 | Fixed Issue in Employee Timesheets (ETS) for Plus Sign in Notes | In Employee Timesheets, when a user includes a plus sign (+) in note text, it saves and does not cause an error. |
| EFIN-89733 | Fixed Error with Vendor Punchout (VPO) Orders not Sending Approved POs | Fixed error in VPO where, if a user selected a shipping value that had a code, but deleted all of the address information, VPO would not send the approved PO to the vendor. VPO has been modified so that the invalid shipping info cannot be selected. The spisender process has also been modified to identify the issue and set the status flag to 495. |
| EFIN-89829 | Fixed Fatal Error when Performing Search on Event Log Viewer Page | Fixed a fatal error that occurred when a user attempted to display the Event Log Viewer page. A message appears indicating that there was an error loading a file. |
| EFIN-90191 | Fixed Display Error on Post Cleared Checks Page | Fixed error on the Post Cleared Checks page where the Start Check number, End Check number, and Date cleared values reverted to their previous search values when a user tabbed to the next field or clicked Accept to proceed. The correct checks appeared on the report and processed correctly. The page now displays the check numbers entered by the user in the current instance. |
| EFIN-90567 | Fixed Error on Reversing Journal Entries Page | Fixed error that occurred when a user tried to reverse a journal entry: System locked-Can’t insert djournal-Transaction not posted. |
| EFIN-90598 | Case Sensitivity Removed for Maintaining Single Sign-On (SSO) Details | The case sensitivity has been removed for maintaining SSO details in PowerSchool ERP and related applications: Employee TimeSheets (ETS), Employee Access Center (EAC), and Vendor PunchOut (VPO). |
| EFIN-90874 | Fixed Fatal Error on Employee Information Page | Fixed a fatal error that occurred when a user tried to open an employee record in Employee Information. |
| EFIN-91239 | Performance Improvement for Requisition Approvals in Advanced Workflow | In Advanced Workflow, a performance improvement was implemented when loading requisitions for approval. |
| EFIN-91355 | Warehouse: Process General Ledger Charges | Fixed issue in Warehouse where Process General Ledger Charges stopped creating batch journal entries due to table field changes. |
Federal Reporting
| Reference | Area | Release Note |
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| EFIN-78105 | 1099-NEC: Resolved Issue Causing File to Be Rejected | The 1099-NEC electronic file has been corrected to match IRS Publication 1220, which only allows for Non-Employee Compensation and Federal Income Tax Withheld in the federal section. |
| EFIN-78617 | Federal 1095-B: Fixed Advanced Search | Modified the Advanced Search on the 1095 Maintenance page to provide the ability to search based on valid 1095 fields (aca_employee) for either the 1095-B, 1095-C, or fields common to both. Fields exclusive to the 1095-C are labeled with - C. Resolved a potential fatal error related to changes in the employee table. |
| EFIN-88676 | W2 and W2C Electronic Files No Longer Include Special Characters in Names | The W2 and W2C electronic files are modified so that names are not output with invalid characters. Names now include only hyphens, periods, apostrophes, spaces, letters A-Z, and digits 0-9 per IRS specifications. |
State Reporting
This release includes updates and resolved issues for the following states: