July 2024 Changelog

7-29-2024-r2

Trading IMOS Only

Expanded the list of Periods in the Fuel Market Symbols table. Users can now map market data to the newly added +8MON to +24MON options.

Story EN-55792

7-29-2024

Trading 

N/A

Bug EN-58878

7-29-2024

EU ETS VIP & IMOS

Previously, in a report using Operations Invoice data, the Carbon Allowance Id for a Cargo Emission Allowance Invoice was not being populated. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-58436

7-29-2024

Chartering 

Previously, Cargo or Time Charter Contracts that were linked to a Trade could become unlinked if they did not have a trade period set. Now, there is validation preventing this situation.

Bug EN-58163

7-29-2024

Messaging Service 

A new XML tag demBillTransNo is now available for demurrage commission invoices imported through autoinv.exe. This is needed to link the incoming invoice to the relevant demurrage invoice in environments having schema version greater than 402. This value is same as the column OperationsInvoice.Details.LaytimeInvoiceTransNo in report designer. Additionally, demBillTransNo and oprBillRef are now available in invoice report XMLs for Freight commission, Relet freight commission and Freight/Relet Freight rebate commission invoices.

Bug EN-58143

7-29-2024

Trading 

Previously, lifting options with "Use Declaration Date as Expiration Date" did not validate that Declaration Date is provided. This has been fixed.

Story EN-55901

7-26-2024

Messaging Service 

Scheduled tasks generating reports containing configuration settings now output all data.

Bug EN-59896

7-26-2024

Chartering VIP & IMOS

Enabling the new flag 'CFGEnableBulkCloseFOBCargo' will show a new button on the Cargo List called 'Close FOB'. Clicking that after selecting cargoes in the list will close all valid selected FOB Cargoes.

Story EN-58962

7-26-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

The issue where reversing a Time Charter invoice/bill was deleting the attachments in the linked Operations invoice has been fixed.

Bug EN-58326

7-26-2024

Messaging Service 

Scheduled tasks generating reports containing configuration settings now output all data.

Bug EN-57752

distances-svc-1.0.99808, 7-26-2024

Distances 

New port: Ichikikushikino (Japan)

Story EN-59502

distances-svc-1.0.99808, 7-26-2024

Distances 

New port: Imafuku (Japan)

Story EN-59331

distances-svc-1.0.99808, 7-26-2024

Distances 

5 new US Inland Waterway locations added to the ports list

Story EN-59267

distances-svc-1.0.99808, 7-26-2024

Distances 

New port: Tamar field (Israel)

Story EN-59244

7-25-2024

Analytics 

Fixed issue using datetime filters across different locales when using and downloading list user views

Bug EN-58818

7-25-2024

Analytics IMOS Only

In Report Designer, Company "Parent Code" now provides a link to the Address Book to the W-type Address Book record with Short Name matching the given Parent Code.

Bug EN-58420

7-25-2024

Operations VIP Only

The Carbon Calculator now immediately recalculates emissions values when updates are made to the Pre-Voyage Port of Call or Post-Voyage Port of Call fields. Previously, this would only occur when reopening the Carbon Calculator.

Bug EN-58221

7-24-2024

Security & User Mgmt 

Previously, read-only and authentication-only users were able to handle invoices if they were members of the group with proper access rights. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-58079

7-23-2024

Veslink Voyage Reporting VIP & IMOS

Fixed an issue in which history was not properly recorded when approving forms from the IMOS Form List

Bug EN-59066

7-23-2024

Voyage P&L VIP & IMOS

Previously, estimated Voyage PnL cargo expenses would show on incorrect ports, when the estimate itinerary and voyage itinerary were different. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-58359

7-22-2024

Data Center Settings VIP & IMOS

Previously, an error was encountered when adding a new type to an Address Book with multi role enabled for address books. This has been corrected.

Bug EN-59578

7-22-2024

Operations 

Previously, scheduling a voyage with a defined cargo through the ScheduleVoyage or UpdateVoyage API could result in incorrect speed and distances in the itinerary between very nearby ports. This is now fixed.

Bug EN-59373

7-22-2024

Invoicing & Payments VIP Only

In the outgoing invoice XML notification, added a new <cargoProductCode> element containing the Product Code as specified for the Cargo in the Data Center. This will be populated when applicable cargo type information is available for the given invoice detail line (i.e. when the existing <cargoFullName> element would be present in the notification).

Story EN-58799

7-22-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Previously, when CFGTransferredOnlyWhenPosted was set to Y, Allowance Invoices with corresponding Allowance Transfers would show "Part Transferred" if full quantity was allocated but not yet posted. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-58536

7-22-2024

Chartering VIP Only

In Voyage Estimator Tasks & Alerts, fixed an issue where rules referencing Voyage Estimate Time Charter Expenses would only be correctly evaluated when saving the estimate.

Bug EN-58182

7-22-2024

Operations VIP Only

In Voyage Manager, fixed an issue where users without access rights to save a voyage could still be prompted to save the voyage when using the Veslink Form List.

Bug EN-58167

7-22-2024

Operations VIP & IMOS

An issue related to floating point precision on edge cases regarding Port Activity ROB bunker validation has been resolved.

Bug EN-58051

7-22-2024

Operations VIP & IMOS

Previously, submitting reports via Veslink could result in spurious audit trail records reflecting back-and-forth changes to port time fields. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-57933

7-22-2024

Chartering VIP & IMOS

Previously, in the expanded Voyage P&L view, clicking the toggle arrow icon next to Emissions Expenses would open the Carbon Calculator form in addition to expanding/collapsing the Emissions Expenses group. This has been fixed; now only clicking the text of the Emissions Expenses label will open the Carbon Calculator. Additionally, the display of the label has been tweaked to make it more obvious that it can be clicked.

Bug EN-57055

7-22-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

The following changes have been made in Trade Unit Misc Revenue/Expense Invoice XMLs:
-The following XML tags are now populated: VslCode, VslName, VoyNo, VesselIMO, VesselFlag, VesselOwner, LOB and VslType.
- If the invoice has a Port associated with it, a new VoyageCargos section displays the details of the port and linked Cargo from Trade Unit. When no Port is linked to the invoice, the VoyageCargos section displays details of all ports from the Trade Unit's itinerary.
- The FOBCargos section is now populated for these invoices.
- The Invoice Type in the report refers to Trade Unit in the name.

Also, a new XML tag PortCountryCode is now available in all invoice XMLs containing any ports.

Story EN-54831

7-18-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

The issue where it was sometimes not possible to delete freight invoices due to an invalid error message has been fixed.

Bug EN-58157

7-17-2024

Chartering 

Previously, creating an estimate from an In Progress Voyage would not import bunker prices for auto delays associated with that voyage. This is now fixed.

Bug EN-57877

7-16-2024

Operations VIP Only

Previously, the final Cargo ROB quantity of a voyage could be different from the initial Cargo ROB quantity value of its subsequent voyage if the vessel carried an interservice cargo that was loaded on the subsequent voyage. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-57891

7-15-2024

Platform UI VIP & IMOS

Fix an issue where saving an address book could cause UDFs to be deleted.

Bug EN-59404

7-15-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Previously, payment batches created for invoices with Bill Via counterparty set - and the remittance bank selected for it - did not retrieve or post all remittance bank details correctly for such payment batches. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-58897

7-15-2024

Trading 

Previously, the Invoice Number field was locked on Trade Settlements for Carbon Allowances. This has been fixed to allow for direct edit.

Bug EN-58193

7-15-2024

Trading IMOS Only

Intercompany deals would show incorrect polarity for Face Values when using a list view. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-58107

7-15-2024

Journals 

Previously, intercompany information from the address book was not being filled in correctly when intercompany lines were added in the journal entry. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-57994

7-15-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Previously, Financial control did not take into account correct invoice LOB code when checking for user approval rights and approving such invoice from the invoice report. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-57840

7-15-2024

Chartering 

Previously, Cargo Broker Rules that referenced vessel name would not be applied when “Add Default Brokers” was selected from the CP Terms Details form in estimates. This is now fixed.

Bug EN-57768

7-15-2024

Trading IMOS Only

When calculating CO2 exposure to base currency on Trade Details, the exchange rate used to convert to base currency will match what is defined in the Exchange Rates tables instead of contract exchange rate.

Bug EN-57233

distances-svc-1.0.98949, 7-15-2024

Distances 

New port: FPSO LEOPOLD SEDOR SENGHOR (Senegal)

Story EN-59220

distances-svc-1.0.98949, 7-15-2024

Distances 

New port: FSO TULJA KALYANI (Liberia)

Story EN-58893

distances-svc-1.0.98949, 7-15-2024

Distances 

Port Cape Leeuwin has been updated to be a routing port

Story EN-58864

distances-svc-1.0.98949, 7-15-2024

Distances 

2 new ECA zones added: ECA - OMAN and ECA - OMAN, STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Story EN-56004

7-11-2024

Journals 

Previously intercompany journal line item signs were incorrect if original intercompany invoice ledger type did not match the invoice type. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-58177

7-11-2024

Journals 

Added a new checkbox to the Accruals Form, "Prorate Freight Revenue on a Per Cargo Basis". When this checkbox is checked the accruals program will use the BL Date for the individual cargo(s) and the BL qty for the cargo to calculate the accrual percentage and amount to accrue for freight.

Additionally, a new config flag, CFGDefaultPnlCalcProrateFreightRevenuePerCargo, has been added to default the calculation option on the Accruals form to be enabled.

When CFGDefaultPnlCalcApplyInternalFreightRevenue is set to ‘Y' then 'internal’ cargoes will still accrue 100% to the period of the BL Date.

Story EN-50984

7-10-2024

Journals 

Previously, the "Accrual %" for provisioning bad debt on a Rebill item in a TCO special invoice was not calculated correctly for the expense in Accruals and the Voyage P&L. This issue has been resolved.

Bug EN-59147

7-10-2024

Demurrage & Claims 

All the lines with Excess time < 0 get 0% allocation, the lines with Excess time > 0 get % from (line Excess time / total Excess time).

Story EN-58558

7-10-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Previously, when a port was included in a Transaction Data Entry tax line, the associated port number was incorrectly set to zero in the invoice XML. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-58158

7-10-2024

System Performance 

Previously, some TCs experienced timeouts when generating SOA reports. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-58042

7-9-2024

Messaging Service VIP & IMOS

Previously, scheduled tasks running on the job api that had commands wrapped in quotes would fail. These now succeed as they did on ImosMsg style scheduled tasks.

Story EN-58793

7-9-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

The issue where Currency in the invoice XML for Hire rows in Time Charter invoices could be wrong when the invoice currency was specified in the Other Information form in the contract has been fixed.

Bug EN-58720

7-9-2024

Messaging Service VIP & IMOS

With this release, Profile logging has been added to Voyage PNL.

Story EN-58388

7-9-2024

Trading VIP & IMOS

Previously, users with CFGAddClosedStatusToPaperTrades flag were unable to link Pending trades from TC/Cargo contract forms. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-57781

7-9-2024

Journals VIP & IMOS

When running accruals with CFGDefaultApplyCarbonExpenseToPeriod enabled, inaccurate bunker consumption calculations in some situations resulted in incorrect Carbon Expenses. This issue has been fixed.

Bug EN-57749

7-5-2024

Operations 

Previously, scheduling a voyage through the ScheduleVoyage or UpdateVoyage API could result in incorrect speed and distances in the itinerary between very nearby ports. This is now fixed. Additionally, an issue has been fixed whereby scheduling such a voyage beginning with a C port could lead to the dates assigned to following ports not being maintained.

Bug EN-57972

7-5-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

Configuration flag CFGSelectLinkedPortCallInOpsInvoiceDetails has been expanded to cover the TCI payment and TCO billing invoices.

Story EN-57893

7-5-2024

Demurrage & Claims VIP Only

The port name value of Estimated Demurrage with the Auto-update setting enabled now automatically updates in the Voyage P&L.

Bug EN-57765

7-5-2024

Operations VIP & IMOS

Previously, the Carbon Calculator did not handle voyages with negative bunker liftings (e.g. for LNG tanker workflows or debunkering) well, artificially inflating the calculated consumption and emissions. This has been fixed. Additionally, a new validation error has been added to the Voyage Manager that calls out port calls with negative liftings that are not correctly reflected in AF/LL Port Activity ROBs.

Bug EN-57534

7-5-2024

Trading 

Previously, when viewing options contract in the trade details list, stemming from the trading summary, options contract could have been excluded if the partial period was deemed out of the money. This has been fixed.

Bug EN-57505

7-5-2024

Data Center Settings VIP & IMOS

Previously, when using CFGEnableMultiRoleOnAddressBook any UDFs present on an Address Book were re-created on save. Now, these UDFs are only re-created when they have been edited prior to saving.

Story EN-57273

7-1-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

A new configuration flag CFGTCAddPrevCommDeductionsToTcInv has been introduced:
Description: When enabled, un-invoiced commission rows which were missed from already invoiced Time Charter payments/bills would be generated when issuing new invoices. When disabled, these commission rows will not be generated.
Type: Boolean
Default: N

Bug EN-58802

7-1-2024

Invoicing & Payments 

When a voyage had the same counterparty as the charterer and owner, freight invoice for these counterparties was not always displaying the right cargo in the Cargo grid. This has been fixed.
In addition, Cargo ID column has been added to Counterparty selection in the Freight invoice form to help identify the contract being included in the invoice.

Bug EN-57683