Detailed Changelog for the Continia Web Approval Portal

This article lists all new features and bug fixes for each version of the Continia Web Approval Portal.

Web Approval Portal 1.29.0

Released: December 4, 2023

New or changed functionality

Description
A new column, Number, has been added to all pages for Expense Management.
A new column, Submitted by Delegated User, has been added to all pages for Expense Management 2023 R2 Service Pack 1 and later.
A new column, Matched to Transaction, has been added to all pages for Expense Management 2023 R2 Service Pack 1 and later.

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed an issue that occured in the archive for Document Capture 2022 R2 Service Pack 2 when users selected the Resource type.

Web Approval Portal 1.28.2

Released: October 2, 2023

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed issue when using the Resource type for purchase lines.

Web Approval Portal 1.28.1

Released: September 27, 2023

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed issue with caching for Continia Online (cloud only).

Web Approval Portal 1.28.0

Released: September 18, 2023

New or changed functionality

Description
Added header field Cash/Private Card to Expense
Added Description2 field to Expense
Added support for viewing attachment files with JPEG extension (Expense)
Removed the All and Comment link headers in the Per Diem view (Expense)

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed issue related to missing comments on Expenses.
Fixed issue with full-screen view of documents/attachments.
Fixed issue with Session Timeout warning overriding full-screen preview.
Fixed issue with Preview and Download links in the My Processed view.
Fixed issue with the amount being reset in the Amount Distribution view
Fixed issue with drag'n'drop files not showing in archive view.

Web Approval Portal 1.27.3

Released: April 4, 2023

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed issue with PDF reports for purchase orders

Web Approval Portal 1.27.2

Released: March 28, 2023

New or changed functionality

Description
Added support for purchase orders and return orders (requires Document Capture 11 or later)

Bug fixes

Description
Limit of 200 companies in the Company selector has been removed
Fixed display issue for calculated distance for mileage
Display name is now correctly used for selected company
Added the option 'Beginning of Next Period' as a start date for deferral templates
Showing more fields for purchase contracts (requires Document Capture 11 or later)
Fixed issue with missing file extension resulting in an error
Fixed issue where special characters or keywords could result in an error
Updated branding images on the login page

Web Approval Portal 1.26.1

Released: December 8, 2022

Bug fixes

Description
Purchase Contracts removed from the Expense menu.
Fixed incorrect German text under the Purchase Contracts page.

Web Approval Portal 1.26.0

Released: December 1, 2022

New or changed functionality

Description
Updated Continia branding

Bug fixes

Description
Suggested shared approver caused an error when saving settings.
Approve action in mobile view did not ask to keep on-hold status on a document.
Fixed issue with Deferral Templates web service.
Resetting the MFA code for the on-premises version failed.
Improved error messages.

Web Approval Portal 1.25.2

Released: October 5, 2022

Bug fixes

Description
Incorrect order of approvers shown on edit page.

Web Approval Portal 1.25.1

Released: October 3, 2022

Bug fixes

Description
Showing expense approvals resulted in an error message when using Expense Management version 3.0 or older.

Web Approval Portal 1.25.0

Released: September 28, 2022

New or changed functionality

Description
Added Finish language.
Added Portuguese language.
Added Billable field for Expense allocations.
Expense with attendees supports expense types other than "Food with guests".
Purchase Contract module updated for Document Capture version 9.03 and later.
User export data now includes company display name.
Outgoing e-mails for the on-premises version now support Modern Authentication (OAuth2).

Bug fixes

Description
PDF preview failed if filename had capitalized file extension.
Attachments on Expense mileages could not show in "Expense Report".
Date on expense edit page did not adjust for timezone.

Web Approval Portal 1.24.1

Released: April 7, 2022

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed missing translations
Fixed issue opening expenses when using Expense Management version 9.1

Web Approval Portal 1.24.0

Released: April 4, 2022

New or changed functionality

Description
Added support for DC module Purchase Contracts (requires DC 9.00 or later)
Added brute-force protection for NavUserPassword login types (Web service key users).

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed issue with headers during navigation in mobile view.
Fixed issue with "back" navigation in mobile view.
Fixed issue with error messages not showing correctly.
Fixed security vulnerabilities.
Fixed issue with browser auto-complete in "Forward to user" dialog.
Fixed issue during login, that might occur if the preferred tenant is not available.
Fixed issue with empty Job No. and Job Task No. descriptions.
Fixed issues when updating or filtering purchase line values containing some special characters.

Web Approval Portal 1.23.0

Released: March 10, 2022

New or changed functionality

Description
Added field Payment Type to Expense Management approval page (requires Expense Management version 9.0 or later).

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed issue with missing timestamp on document approval history.
Renamed the term "Settlement" to "Expense report" to conform with the change in Expense Management 9.0.

Web Approval Portal 1.22.0

Released: January 27, 2022

New or changed functionality

Description
Added support for new Continia demo system (cloud only).

Bug fixes

Description
Fixed issue with incorrect decimal formatting in some languages (e.g. Switzerland).
Fixed issue with documents not showing up correctly if using a direct link to Continia Online (Cloud only).
Fixed issue with company name not showing correctly when exported (on-premises only).

Web Approval Portal 1.21.0

Released: December 13, 2021

Bug fixes

Description
Reduced Windows credential login attempts to one attempt per domain to avoid blocking user account in Active Directory earlier than defined by company policy.
Fixed issue with dimension values missing.
Improved error messages.
Text field dimensions on ileages, per diems and settlements are now shown correctly.
Fixed issue of not being able to change company name when exporting users (on-premises only)
Fixed issue with not being able to delete all users (on-premises only)

Web Approval Portal 1.20.0

Released: October 1, 2021

New or changed functionality

Description
Added support for pre-approvals of Settlements. (Require Expense Management 8.0 SP1 or later)

Bug fixes

Description
The company with the most approvals is now set as the active company at login.
If a Microsoft 365 user is using the login form by mistake, we will automatically redirect to Microsoft 365 login.
Changing a dimension for a purchase line now updates the total amounts.
Fixed issue with Next and Previous buttons in Expense, Mileage, Per Diem, and Settlements.
Fixed an error in regards to token expiration when using Microsoft 365 login.
Fixed various translations- and spelling mistakes.

Web Approval Portal 1.19.0

Released: August 31, 2021

New or changed functionality

Description
Added support for Resource type on purchase lines (requires Document Capture 7.00 service pack 3 or later)
Changing company will no longer default to the purchase menu, but remember which menu was last used (e.g. Expense, Mileage, Per Diem, etc.)

Bug fixes

Description
Number formatting on purchase lines failed in localizations using space as a delimiter (e.g. Norwegian).
Translation errors
Improved error messages
Improved traceability on user export scenarios (Cloud only)

Web Approval Portal 1.18.4

Released: July 2, 2021

Bug fixes

Description
Errors when calling a web service could lead to the web page becoming unresponding (no error was shown).
Performance has been improved when approving expenses with allocation lines disabled.
Performance has been improved on many pages, as an unneeded call to WebUserCompanies has been removed.

Web Approval Portal 1.18.3

Released: June 16, 2021

Bug fixes

Description
Extended per-user traceability on web service requests (troubleshooting only)
Extended functionality of diagnostics page to include actual company data

Web Approval Portal 1.18.2

Released: June 2, 2021

Bug fixes

Description
Using direct links from an e-mail for a user with access to multiple databases and Document Capture 4.00.03 (this version specifically) would cause an error.

Web Approval Portal 1.18.1

Released: May 27, 2021

Bug fixes

Description
Microsoft 365 users would get an "Access Token is missing" error upon login.
Selecting a type in a purchase line in mobile view would cause an error.

Web Approval Portal 1.18.0

Released: May 17, 2021

Bug fixes

Description
Direct links (from emails or browser-favorites) did not always select the correct database.
Fixed a translation in Mileage where it mentions expenses by mistake.
Fixed Polish translations for Inter-Company labels.
The "wait spinner" would not stop, when an attachment was dragged to a Purchase-, Expense-, Mileage- or Per Diem document.
Switching databases on mobile view would result in an error if using a Document Capture version older than 4.0.3
Failed to send an e-mail when a user is requesting to reset password.
Cached user permissions are cleared when exporting users.

Web Approval Portal 1.17.2

Bug fixes

Description
OnPremise version failed when exporting users from Document Capture, if the optional field FullName was not filled.

Web Approval Portal 1.17.1

Released: March 10, 2021

Bug fixes

Description
An error message related to the mapping of Inter-Company fields was shown on some Document Capture versions.
The progress icon shown during purchase line updates was displayed in multiple copies on the line updating.
A misleading error message was shown when a user, with access to multiple NAV/BC instances, did not have proper access to the instance the user was currently trying to connect to.
A Javascript error resulted in users not being able to update purchase lines when using Internet Explorer 11. (Please note that we do not actively support IE11 as described in our documentation)
An error message was shown if a new purchase line was created by clicking in a drop-down field on the empty line.

Web Approval Portal 1.17.0

Released: February 25, 2021

New or changed functionality

Description
Added support for Inter-Company fields on purchase lines. (Requires Document Capture 7.0 or later)
Copy Out-of-Office to all companies. (Requires Document Capture 7.0 or later)
Added a calculated column to show the difference between imported and assigned amounts.

Bug fixes

Description
Summed amounts on grouped approvals (approval sharing) showed incorrectly or not at all.
Error loading preview of PDF images sometimes blocked the entire approval page.
"More search results" were incorrectly showing when the MaxSearchResult property was set to 0 in the configuration file. (On-premises only)
View- and download buttons on the Archive search result were not working.
The "Back to search result" button in the Archive view did not return to the most recent search result in case more than one search was performed.
E-mails dragged from Outlook to the attachment list on a document were moved instead of copied.
The preview of multipage PDF files was not working on the approval overview list.
Expense, Mileage, and Per Diem menus were still shown when Settlements was configured to be mandatory.