June 2019 Analysis/Intelligence Professional Edition Admin Summary
Initial Post
Release Note Summaries
Model Changes
Updated Field and Removed Folder: Taxable Amount Field and Amounts (reporting currency) FolderWith this release, there is a digitised receipts tax-related field renamed and digitised receipts-related folders removed for Expense.
Description: The Tax Base Rate field in the Digitised Receipt Taxes folder is renamed to Taxable Amount in the model. Also, the Amounts (reporting currency) folder is removed from the Digitised Receipts and Digitised Receipts Taxes folders in the model. The Amounts (reporting currency) folder was removed because the fields in the folder are not populated in the model.
The Digitised Receipts and Digitised Receipts Taxes folders and their fields were added with the May release to support the Receipt Digitalisation feature in NextGen Expense. The Receipt Digitalisation feature is not yet available. When the feature is available, the Receipt Digitalisation feature will provide SAP Concur customers with the ability to conform a paper receipt into a legal digital copy according to their country's regulatory or government authorities.
The fields in the Digitised Receipts and Digitised Receipts Taxes folders will contain the information for the digitised receipt records so that tax auditors can search the digitised receipt data.
The removed digitised receipts-related folder for Expense was located in the following folder:
- Expense > Digitised Receipts
The removed digitised receipts tax-related folder for Expense was located in the following folder:
- Expense > Digitised Receipts Taxes
The updated digitised receipts tax-related field for Expense is located in the following folder:
- Expense > Digitised Receipts Taxes > Amounts (transaction currency)
Report Changes
Updated Report: Auditor Digitised Receipt Search ReportWith the June release, a few changes were made to the Auditor Digitised Receipt Search Report. The Tax Base column is renamed to Tax Amount, the values in the Tax Rate column are now displayed as percentages and the tax rate values in the Tax Rate column are no longer aggregated. Instead, the Tax Rate values are based on the individual tax rates for each receipt.
The Auditor Digitised Receipt Search Report lists the digitised receipt records that have gone through the certified receipt digitisation process.
WHAT THE USER SEES
Values in the Tax Rate column are now displayed as percentages, and the Tax Base column is renamed to Tax Amount.
LOCATION OF THE REPORT
The report is located here:
- Analysis - Standard Reports > Market Specific Reports
- Intelligence - Standard Reports > Market Specific Reports
For more information about the Auditor Digitised Receipt Search Report, refer to Chapter 13: Folder – Market-Specific Reports in the Standard Reports by Folder guide (English Only).
Updated Report: Invisible Spend DetailsThe Default Approver column on the Invisible Spend Details report is renamed to Approver, and the column now displays all approvers associated with an expense claim, not just the default approver for the expense claim.
Also, the enhancements to the Approver column now prevent duplicate line items from being displayed on the report if there are multiple approvers associated with an expense claim.
WHAT THE USER SEES
The Default Approver column is renamed to Approver, and the Approver column is now located after the Invisible Spend Amount column.
LOCATION OF THE REPORT
The report is located here:
- Analysis - Standard Reports > TripLink
- Intelligence - Standard Reports > TripLink
For more information about the Invisible Spend Details report, refer to Chapter 22: Folder – TripLink in the Standard Reports by Folder guide (English Only).
Visualisation Enhancements to the Standard ReportsSAP Concur is in the process of standardising the visualisation of the Prompts pages and report output for the standard reports located in the Analysis – Standard Reports and Intelligence – Standard Reports folders. These updates will ensure a consistent visual experience for clients working with the standard reports.
This project will not affect the content displayed on the Prompts pages or the report output. It will only affect the general look and feel of the Prompts pages and report output for the standard reports.
This is an ongoing project. The first reports to be updated will be the top 50 standard reports that clients run the most. Clients will see the report updates as they become available.
UPDATED REPORTS
With the June release, the following reports were updated as part of this project:
Folder Name | Report Name |
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Carbon Footprint | Air Carbon Footprint - Detail |
Air Carbon Footprint - Summary | |
High Usage Summary | |
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Company Billed Cards | Card Programme Summary |
Company Billed Transaction Reconciliation - Detail (Calendar Month) | |
Company Billed Transaction Reconciliation (Calendar Month) | |
Transactions by Statement | |
Unassigned Company Billed Transactions | |
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Compliance | Adoption (Air, Car, Hotel) |
Air Adoption By Month | |
Air Analysis: Concur Travel vs. Agency Summary | |
Airfares Expensed Not Booked in Concur Travel | |
Attendee Analysis | |
Attendee Details | |
Attendee Summary | |
Car Rentals Expensed Not Booked in Concur Travel | |
Concur Travel Hotel Bookings | |
Employee Exceptions - Details | |
Expense Exception Analysis | |
Expense Exception Analysis (with comments) | |
Health Care Attendee Spending | |
Hotel Expense Exceeds Negotiated Rate | |
Hotel Stays Expensed Not Booked in Concur Travel | |
Non-Concur Travel Hotel Bookings | |
Past Hotel Reservations with Rates in Excess of Negotiated Rate | |
Claim Entry Exceptions Details Report | |
Travel Policy Exceptions | |
Travellers Not Using Concur Travel | |
Upcoming Hotel Reservations with Rates in Excess of Negotiated Rate |
Other Changes
Enhancements to the Standard Reports by Folder GuideSAP Concur is in the process of enhancing the Standard Reports by Folder guide (English only). We are adding definitions of the report prompts and fields, and adding the expressions associated with the report fields for each report.
This is an ongoing project. Clients will see these guide updates as they become available.
EXAMPLES
Example of the new report prompt definition for the Itinerary Details report:
Record Locator: Used to search by the record locator assigned to the trip(s)
Example of the new field information for the Itinerary Details report:
Data Item Label | Data Item Name | Data Item Expression | Data Item Description |
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Purchased By | <Purchased By> | [Travel].[Trips].[Employee Last Name] + ', ' + [Travel].[Trips].[Employee First Name] | Legal first and last name for the travelling employee (for example, John Smith) |
Booked By | <Booked By> | [Travel].[Trips].[Booking Employee] | Name of the employee who booked the trip (last name, first name format) |
Passengers | <Passengers> | [Travel].[Trip Passengers].[Passenger] | Employee taking the trip (last name, first name format) |
Is Primary? | <Is Primary ?> | [Travel].[Trip Passengers].[Is Primary] | Shows if the employee is the primary traveller (Yes/No format) |
SAP Concur is transitioning to a new email infrastructure for outbound email from our services to SAP Concur users. Because of this, companies who filter inbound email based on the sending IP address must add new IP addresses to their Safe Sender list to ensure that their users receive email from SAP Concur.
Initially, the issue described here affected only companies that use Concur Expense. Starting in January, email from other SAP Concur services (such as Travel and Concur Pay) will move to the new email infrastructure.
We will continue to add other services. Please monitor the release notes for more information about the timing of the additional changes.
SAP Concur Product Access ChangesWith this release, customers must access SAP Concur products and services via the following domains:
- *.concursolutions.com
- *.concurcdc.cn
SAP Concur recommends clients migrate to one of the domains at their earliest convenience, if they are not already using one of them.
Please contact appsec@sap.com for any questions regarding this change.
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: This change will allow customers to access SAP Concur services in a consistent, secure manner.
Planned Change Summaries
Model Changes
**Planned Changes** Permission Changes for Employee Information in the Data ModelSAP Concur will be modifying how employee information is filtered throughout the Cognos data model. SAP is adding additional permissions to employee information in the data model. Currently, the data model only uses the BI Manager hierarchy filter to filter the employee information from the data model. With this update, the data model will use both the BI Manager hierarchy and the Reporting hierarchy filter to filter employee information from the data model.
This update will ensure clients can only view the employee information appropriate for the combination of their assigned Cognos user role, their assigned group(s) in the Reporting hierarchy and their BI Manager permissions, if applicable.
SAP Concur is committed to safeguarding employee information and ensuring only clients with the appropriate permissions can access employee information.
This update is currently targeted for the July 2019 release.
For more information about the Cognos user roles, the Reporting hierarchy and the BI Manager permissions, refer to the Analysis/Intelligence: Overview guide (English Only).
Report Changes
**Planned Changes** Permission Changes for Employee Details and Employee Roles ReportsSAP Concur will be modifying how employee information is filtered on the Employee Details and Employee Roles reports. Currently, the reports only use the BI Manager hierarchy filter to filter the employee information on the reports. With this update, the reports will use both the BI Manager hierarchy and the Reporting hierarchy filter to filter employee information on the reports.
This update will ensure clients can only view the employee information appropriate for the combination of their Cognos user role, their assigned level in the Reporting hierarchy and their BI Manager permissions, if applicable.
SAP Concur is committed to safeguarding employee information and ensuring only clients with the appropriate permissions can access employee information.
This update is currently targeted for the July 2019 release.
LOCATION OF THE REPORTS
The reports are located here:
- Analysis - Standard Reports > Administration
- Intelligence - Standard Reports > Administration
For more information about the Employee Details and Employee Roles reports, refer to Chapter 3: Folder – Administration in the Standard Reports by Folder guide (English Only).
For more information about the Cognos user roles, the Reporting hierarchy and the BI Manager permissions, refer to the Analysis/Intelligence: Overview guide (English Only).
Other Changes
**Planned Changes** Authentication: New SAP Concur Sign In Page(Release note updated: 8 June)
These changes are part of the SAP Concur continued commitment to maintaining secure authentication.
In a future release, the SAP Concur Sign In page will be updated, providing a new login experience for both direct Concur username/password users and Single Sign-On (SSO) users. SSO users will be able to start the SP-initiated SSO login process at www.concursolutions.com.
The new Sign In page feature will include a two-step login process that will provide enhanced security, meet current industry standards and provide a better login success rate. This feature is planned for 2019.
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: This feature provides better security and a faster, convenient experience for users logging in to SAP Concur products and services.
**Planned Changes** FTP Updates: Mandatory SFTP with SSH Key AuthenticationNon-SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) protocols and password authentication will eventually be deprecated.
NEW CUSTOMERS
New file transfer accounts must use SFTP with Secure Shell (SSH) Key Authentication.
EXISTING CUSTOMERS
Existing non-SFTP file transfer accounts need to switch to SFTP with SSH Key Authentication.
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: These changes provide greater security for file transfers.
**Planned Changes** FTP Updates: Source IP Checking (EMEA)SAP Concur will implement source Internet Protocol (IP) checking for all Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) file transfer accounts beginning on 15 July 2019.
NEW CUSTOMERS
The IP addresses for new customers will be added by SAP Concur during new customer implementation to the SAP Concur access control list (ACL).
EXISTING CUSTOMERS
Please contact SAP Concur support by 1 July 2019 to have your source IP addresses added to the SAP Concur access control list (ACL).
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: These changes provide greater security for file transfers.
Client Notifications
SAP Concur Non-Affiliated Subprocessors
The list of non-affiliated subprocessors is available here: SAP Concur list of Subprocessors (English Only)
Monthly Browser Certifications
Monthly browser certifications, both current and planned, are available with the other SAP Concur monthly release notes, accessible from What's New - Professional Edition