November 2021 Analysis/Intelligence Standard Edition Admin Summary
Initial Post
Release Note Summaries
Model Changes
There are no model changes this month.Report Changes
There are no report changes this month.Other Changes
File Transfer Updates: **Ongoing** Mandatory SFTP with SSH Key AuthenticationThis release note only applies to Intelligence.
This release note is intended for technical staff responsible for file transmissions with SAP Concur products. For SAP Concur customers and vendors participating in data exchange through various secure file transfer protocols, SAP is making changes that provide greater security for those file transfers.
As of April 10, 2021, non-SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) protocols and SFTP password authentication are not allowed to connect to SAP Concur for file transfers:
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Non-SFTP file transfer accounts must switch to SFTP with SSH Key Authentication.
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SFTP file transfer accounts that use password authentication must switch to SSH key authentication.
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SFTP password reset requests require the client to provide an SSH key for authentication.
On April 12, 2021, SAP started disabling non-compliant file transfer connections. The process of disabling non-compliant accounts will continue throughout 2021. If you have multiple file transfer connections configured, this change applies to all of your file transfer connections.
This announcement pertains to the following file transfer DNS endpoints:
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st.concursolutions.com
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st-eu.concursolutions.com
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vs.concursolutions.com
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vs.concurcdc.cn
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: These changes provide greater security for file transfers.
File Transfer Updates: **Ongoing** SAP Concur Legacy File Move MigrationThis release note only applies to Intelligence.
This release note is intended for the technical staff responsible for file transmissions with SAP Concur. For our customers and vendors participating in data exchange, SAP Concur is maintaining our file transfer subsystem to provide greater security for those file transfers.
SAP Concur is in the process of migrating entities that currently use a legacy process for moving files to a more efficient and secure file routing process that relies on APIs.
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:
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With the legacy process, clients had to wait for the file move schedule to run at a specified time. With the more efficient and secure API-based process, extracts and other outbound files from SAP Concur will be available within the existing overnight processing period shortly after the files are created.
This announcement pertains to the following file transfer DNS endpoints:
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st.concursolutions.com
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: These changes provide greater security and efficiency for file transfers.
File Transfer Updates: Rotating PGP Key Available for File TransfersThis release note only applies to Intelligence.
Files transferred to SAP Concur products must be encrypted with the SAP Concur public PGP key, concursolutionsrotate.asc.
concursolutionsrotate.asc
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Key file is available in client’s root folder
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Key ID 40AC5D35
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RSA 4096-bit signing and encryption subkey
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Key expires every 2 years
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Client is responsible for replacing the key before it expires
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Next expiry date: September 4, 2022
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SAP Concur plans to replace the current rotating public PGP key in the client’s root folder 90 days before the expiration date
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The SAP Concur legacy PGP key (key ID D4D727C0) remains supported for existing clients but will be deprecated in the future.
SAP Concur strongly recommends that clients use the more secure rotating public PGP key for file transfers. To facilitate the use of the more secure rotating public PGP key for file transfers, SAP Concur added the key to existing client’s home folders on Friday, January 15, 2021.
This announcement pertains to the following file transfer DNS endpoints:
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st.concursolutions.com
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mft-us.concursolutions.com
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vs.concursolutions.com
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st-eu.concursolutions.com
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mft-eu.concursolutions.com
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: The rotating public PGP key provides greater security for file transfers.
Planned Change Summaries
The items in this section are summaries of the changes targeted for future releases. SAP reserves the right to postpone implementation of – or completely remove – any enhancement/change mentioned here.
Report Changes
**Planned Changes** Removed Report: User Rating Summary – TravelThe User Rating Summary – Travel report will be removed from the Analysis - Standard Reports folder in Analysis and the Intelligence - Standard Reports folder in Intelligence.
The User Rating Summary – Travel report will be removed from our standard report offering as there has been minimal utilization, and we want to ensure we are investing in standard reports that bring the most value to our customers.
We are currently working on a new solution for capturing detailed and actionable feedback about our products and services.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, refer to the Miscellaneous | **Planned Changes** 5-Star Rating Replaced with New Survey release note in the August 2021 Concur Travel release notes (English Only).
If you need to retain your existing user rating data, you can download your historical data before the reports are removed.
Additional information will be available in future release notes.
LOCATION OF THE REPORT
The User Rating Summary – Travel report is currently located here:
- Analysis - Standard Reports > Administration
- Intelligence - Standard Reports > Administration
Other Changes
**Planned Changes** Upgrade to IBM Cognos Version 11Analysis and Intelligence are powered by IBM® Cognos®. Cognos will be updated to v11 for Analysis and Intelligence.
This update will bring some enhancements to Analysis and Intelligence, such as the following:
- Enhancements to the user interface (UI):
- More modern looking interface
- Instead of hovering over actions such as 'run a report', 'schedule a report', and more menu items, they can be found with just a right click.
- Existing Report Studio will be renamed to "Report" in Cognos v11
- Includes data element searching within the Concur Data Warehouse Model
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, refer to Cognos 11 User Interface Update.
Additional information will be available in future release notes.
UPDATE SCHEDULE
In advance of this update, we launched an early access program on July 10, 2021. This is not open for other customers to join, but it provides an opportunity for us to prepare for the full update.
After the early access program, we are planning to update the Analysis/Intelligence UI in groups of customers. We will update the UI automatically for each group of customers over a weekend, avoiding some weekends around holidays. We are planning to start this in November 2021 for some customers, and the update will continue into 2022.
We are updating by entity; customers with multiple entities or test sites may have different update timeframes across all their sites. You will receive a 30-day notification before we update your solution.
Due to technical reasons, we are not able to schedule any specific entity’s update; the dates are planned to be pre-determined, and customers cannot move to Cognos v11 earlier or later.
Client Notifications
Accessibility Updates
SAP implements changes to better meet current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Information about accessibility-related changes made to SAP Concur solutions is published on a quarterly basis. You can review the quarterly updates on the Accessibility Updates (English Only) page.
SAP Concur Non-Affiliated Subprocessors
The list of non-affiliated subprocessors is available here: SAP Concur list of Subprocessors (English Only)
Supported Browsers
Supported Browsers are available with the other SAP Concur monthly release notes, accessible from What's New - Standard Edition
