Concur Invoice Professional Edition Administration Help

January 2017 Request Professional Edition Admin Summary

Request

Approve Then Book: Previous Approved Amount Now Visible in Audit Trail and Audit Rules

For clients that use the Approve then Book process, Concur has added the request amount before booking to the audit trail of the request, and added a new variable to Audit Rules. The Approved Amount Before Booking variable can be used in audit rules and audit rule exceptions. Prior to this release, the amount appeared in the email notification to the manager but not in the audit trail.

Business Purpose/Client Benefit: Adding this information to the request audit trail makes it easier for clients to audit requests. Adding this variable to Audit Rules allows administrators to use it in rules and exceptions.

Administration

**Reminder** Change in the Monthly Release Schedule

As shown on the 2017 release calendar, starting in March, Expense releases will occur on Saturday instead of Friday. For most users, there is no change; they see the release-related changes on Monday – like they always have. Be aware that, starting in March, any weekend users will likely not see the release-related changes until Sunday.

Release Calendar: The release calendar is available here:

http://www.concurtraining.com/customers/tech_pubs/ReleaseCalendar/_ReleaseCalendar_client.htm (English Only)

Support for TLS v 1.0 Encryption Protocol to End March of 2017

Concur announces an End of Support cycle for version 1.0 of the TLS encryption protocol, continuing support for the more secure 1.1 and 1.2 versions of TLS. As background, the TLS protocol allows secure back and forth communications between a phone or computer and a cloud-based service.

Note that, since less than 1% of Concur users are logging in to Concur Solutions using browsers or phones limited to version 1.0, a very small number of users are affected by this support discontinuation.

Please note that the new end date of support is now March. We have moved the date support will end from 31 January to 31 March of 2017 in order to give our clients ample time to understand and make the required manual changes to their browser's security settings. These changes will be detailed in an upcoming service release.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: Concur is taking this step after careful consideration of both the client’s security and ease of upgrade to the newer, more secure 1.1 and 1.2 versions of TLS. This end of life plan for TLS v 1.0 ensures our clients are communicating with Concur services in a safe and secure manner using TLS v. 1.1 and newer.