Release Notes 22.09.XX (R2/2022)

Situation:

If JNDI is set up as database connection, the log file always shows HSQLDB as database type.

Solution:

The actual database type used is displayed.

Situation:

When "All log files" have to be downloaded via the corresponding button, the generated zip file cannot be opened or all files are not included.

Solution:

Generating the zip file with all GTC log files works properly again.

Situation:

At least one milestone of the current company is set to "finished" or "checked".
A parent unit can be added. An error message appears, but the unit is added anyway.
It is not possible to delete the added unit afterwards.

Solution:

No changes can be made to the parent units if at least one milestone is already closed.

Situation:

When REST services of the portal are called from the IncomeTaxes module via SSL/TLS, they require a certificate that was issued by a trusted certificate authority. They do not support self-signed certificates.

Solution:

REST services of the portal can be called from the IncomeTaxes module via SSL/TLS, even when they are based on a self-signed certificate.

Situation:

There is a "Critical" level vulnerability in the current version of the snakeyaml library.

Solution:

By updating the swagger library to version 2.2.7, the vulnerability was closed. In the latest snakeyaml version 1.33, which depends on this, a "High" level vulnerability is still present.
This doesn't represent a security risk in production environments, as the swagger documentation, which includes the snakeyaml library, is used exclusively during development at AMANA.

Situation:

If the function "Copy settings" is used within the toolbox and then "... Export to file" is selected, the landing settings are dragged from the last selected company.

Solution:

The data export takes the landing settings from the country selected in the dropdown.

Situation:

Some reports (eg: "Mass Export GTC-IDs, all") end up in a system failure when no SAP interfaces are used by the customer. The direct import with stored procedure does not work either.

Solution:

Customers who do not use SAP interfaces will not extend the Tomcat installation with the SAP JCo library. The deployment was modified such that no SAP specific code is executed for these customers. Reports and direct import can be executed successfully.

Situation:

If scope "Group structure"is selected for report "Dialogue Current taxes - detailled (non German)", no values are shown for the other units. If different positions are activated for different countries, the report does not contain all these different positions.

Solution:

Values are shown for all units in a comprehensive layout. The report contains all the different positions of all countries.

Situation: 

Selecting the dropdown fields for Reporting Dimensions have no effect on the settings selected for the report. 

Solution: 

The selection of the drop-down fields for reporting dimensions determine the companies selected for the report as usual.

Situation:

1. The interface structure can be used to define that values are to be imported into the differences columns in the MVBS dialogue.

Values can also be imported into difference columns for positions that are not relevant for deferred taxes, although these rows cannot be edited in the dialogue itself. Values imported there cannot be reset afterwards.

2. After the import, all positions in the tree structure are recalculated. The calculated values are only written to the database after an additional save. As a result, the display and the database may differ.

Solution:

• Differences can only be imported if they are also editable in the dialogue itself.
• The function "Reset columns" also affects closed rows.
• The calculated values of the sum positions are written to the database when they are saved for the first time.

Situation:

A security vulnerability has been reported for the batik library for the previously used version 1.14.

Solution:

The library Apache FOP has been updated from version 2.7 to the latest version 2.8. Thereby batik is updated from version 1.14 to 1.16, in which the vulnerability is fixed.

Situation:

The "Deferred Taxes (Balance Sheet Comparison)" line from the "Other" dialog is no longer linked into the TRR due to calculation base 1301031.

Solution:

The "Deferred Taxes (Balance Sheet Comparison)" line from the "Other Dialog" is linked back into the TRR line "Out-of-period Deferred Taxes".

Situation:

For Oracle the database connection cannot be configured via JNDI.

Solution:

Also for Oracle the database connection in the configuration file repository.xml can be set to JNDI. The details of the database connection are defined in the Tomcat file context.xml.

Situation:

Creating comments via the context menu when right-clicking was no longer available.

Solution:

The right-click context menu has been restored. Creating comments via the context menu works as expected.

Situation:

If an error occurs in dialogue "Data export" during the execution of a flexible RFC export, its details are written to the log and a success message is displayed in the browser.

Solution:

The information that an error occurred is also displayed in the browser. The error cause and details are written to the log.

Situation:
The iText library used is outdated and has potential security risks.

Certain old export versions use this library to generate PDF booking vouchers.

Solution:
The library has been removed. PDF exports have been disabled in export versions that are no longer supported. If the export is still configured and a user triggers the export, a corresponding error message is displayed.

Situation:

When an import in the "(sub-) group" area is executed, it can happen that the subsequently displayed protocol is very extensive. Its rendering in the browser might take a very long time or not work at al, which can lead to data inconsistencies.

In addition, this dialogue is typically used for data import for many companies, and, if necessary, the tax calculation executed. However, the companies are not locked for other users. This means they can be processed in parallel.

Solution:

The import in the "(Sub-) Group" area is implemented analogously to the period transfer. While the import is being carried out, the complete period is locked for other users. The user may log out during the import. After the import is completed, the short protocol is displayed in the dialogue. The detailed protocol is available for download.

Situation:

The import is made via the flexible RfC interface.
The interface always resets all values during the import, even if these were not configured in the definition of the interface.

For example, if local GAAP values are to be imported into the Local GAAP column via the flexible RfC interface, the IFRS balance sheet is reset during the import. However, no parameter for the IFRS value was specified in the interface structure and "Reset IFRS" was not activated either.

Solution:

Only the balance sheet is reset that was also activated accordingly in the interface structure.

Situation:

Creating comments via the context menu when right-clicking was no longer available.

Solution:

The right-click context menu has been restored. Creating comments via the context menu works as expected.

Situation:

The local balance is deactivated for the company in the company master data.

When importing, the imported values are displayed with 0.00 in the log.

Solution:

If the local balance is deactivated, the import log shows the imported values correctly.

Situation:

Under certain circumstances, the drop-down lists that control the contents of the reports are displayed in a very verbose manner, making it almost impossible to use the dialogue.

Solution:

The drop-down lists are displayed in a much more space-saving way.

Situation:

In the extended mapping, a condition is stored in the column "Import value" or in the column "Condition" whether the imported value is greater or less than zero.

A csv file is imported via the extended mapping. If an import value with decimal places is specified in the csv file, the conditions are not interpreted.

Solution:

With the csv import via the extended mapping, the condition is applied to the imported value.

For security reasons, FTP imports have been deactivated in the GTC.

Situation:
A security vulnerability has been reported for the Apache Commons Text library for the previously used version 1.6.

Solution:
The library has been updated to the latest version 1.10.0, in which the vulnerability is fixed.

Situation:

Web Services via HTTPS do not work.

Solution:

Web Services can be accessed via HTTPS.

Situation:

If in the dialogue "Validation" no GTC values are available for a validation position, then validation status will not be calculated for this position.

If, on the other hand, no values are available for external data, the calculation of the validation status can be controlled via flags (e.g.: treat NULL as 0.00).

Solution:

If the new flag "VALIDATION_GTC_NULL_VALUE_AS_ZERO" is activated, NULL values from the GTC are treated as 0.00 during validation.

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Situation:

A company cannot open the "Status" dialogue. The error message "The selected entry does not exist: "null" appears.

As a workaround, the status page can be called up in the subgroup area. There, milestones that were not initialised correctly for unknown reasons are automatically repaired when the page is called up. Afterwards, the company can also be displayed again in the single company area.

Solution:

The initialisation of the milestones is also checked in the single company area. This means that the company can be displayed in any case and milestones that have not been initialised are automatically repaired. The workflow of the milestones remains unaffected.

Situation:

The reports of the dialogue "Dialogue current taxes (non German)" always show the current values. Values from snapshots are not displayed.

Solution:

In the "Reporting / Tax Reports" dialogue, the reports of the "Dialogue current taxes (non Germa)" dialogue can now also display values from snapshots.

In addition, all reports that can display snapshot values show in the header whether they are the current values or the values of the selected snapshot.

The xstream library has been updated.

Situation:

If the reclassification column is displayed in the TRR, the line "Effective income taxes (original + deferred taxes)" is not calculated in this column. If the reclassifications / corrections should lead to an effect on the effective income taxes, this was not taken into account in the IFRS column.

Solution:

Starting with the 2017 financial year, the line "Effective income taxes (original + deferred taxes)" is also calculated for the reclassification column in the TRR. The calculated effect is then taken into account accordingly in the IFRS column.

Situation:

When saving the data coming from the STB import, the actions to be performed during a save were performed as defined in the first interface structure. This includes, among others, the checkboxes for resetting, opening and closing the milestones.

Solution:

The interface structure dropdown is ignored when saving the STB import.

Portal / GTC Suite

Situation:

In the portal name-related information are stored under the columns LOGIN, FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME of the database table TUSER. Their maximum permissible length is not compatible with the lengths in the GTC table, which can lead to problems during data synchronization.

Solution:

The name-related table columns in the portal and in GTC have the same maximum permissible length.

Situation:

Reports always show current values. Snapshot values cannot be included in reports.

Solution:

Two new selection fields have been added to the "Reporting / Tax Reports" dialogue. The first selection field lists for the currently selected company all snapshots of the period, the second all snapshots of the comparison period. This can be used to select which data the report should use.

In the table of all reports, a new column "Snapshot" with an activated checkbox shows which reports support the snapshot feature.

The existing reports will be extended with the new feature step by step.