This month’s updates focus on transparency, performance, and administrative control across Accounts Payable and Procurement. With a new Open Spend dashboard, dynamic dispute templates, enhanced billing reports, and marketplace messaging tools, Basware continues to simplify financial operations and empower users with real-time insight.
What’s New at a Glance
- Open Spend Dashboard centralizes visibility across invoices, orders, and plans
- Network Transaction Billing Report provides exportable billing transparency
- Dispute Templates with Dynamic Tags automate data entry for faster resolution
- Marketplace Announcements let admins share messages directly with users
- PDF & Image Viewer Enhancements boost performance for smoother document handling
Read on to explore how these and other updates can enhance your day-to-day operations.
Accounts Payable: Clearer Insights, Smoother Disputes
Key Highlights:
Open Spend Dashboard – Offers a unified view of pending spend across invoices, orders, requisitions, and plans, enabling users to quickly assess commitments and identify cost-saving opportunities.
Network Transaction Billing Report – Enables users to generate, export, and schedule detailed billing reports without support. Includes delivery data, service usage metrics, document identifiers, and more.
Dispute Templates with Dynamic Tags – Automatically inserts invoice number, date, and gross total into dispute dialogs and emails, reducing manual entry and improving accuracy.
Enhanced Performance for Save as PDF and External Image Viewer – Upgraded backend delivers smoother rendering and improved reliability, especially for large or complex PDFs.
Invoice Accrual Coding for Incomplete Invoices – Adds coding to accrual reports even when invoices show discrepancies, with summary lines for improved financial visibility.
OpenAPI-Imported User Fields Now Read-Only – Prevents manual edits to imported user data, preserving consistency across systems.
Limit Matching to Document Type for Returned Goods – Credit memos can now be matched to negative goods receipts only, avoiding errors with debit invoices.
Why These Matter:
- Gain a complete picture of organizational spend at a glance
- Save time with automated dispute templates and improved accrual data
- Improve billing accuracy and reduce support dependency
- Ensure clean, consistent user data and matching logic
How to Activate:
- Open Spend Dashboard: Available in the Insights module
- Billing Report: Available in the Basware Reporting Tool for authorized users
- Dispute Templates: Setup via AP Pro or Professional View template editor
- PDF & Image Viewer Enhancements: Automatically enabled
- Invoice Accrual Coding: Enable during report creation with the “Apply coding” option
- User Attribute Locking: Automatically applied
- Document Matching Restrictions: Configurable in AP Automation settings
Procurement: More Visibility, Better Communication
Key Highlights:
Document Summary Tab for Power Users – Gives a read-only summary of key information in requisition and purchase order views, improving user orientation and speed.
Marketplace Announcements Page – Lets Community and Buyer Admins post messages to users across Shop, Admin, and Quick Source interfaces. Messages support Markdown, scheduling, and expiry.
EHF Catalogue MOQ Support – Accepts catalogues using <cbc:MinimumOrderQuantity> without requiring <cbc:BaseQuantity>, ensuring better compatibility with supplier files.
Why These Matter:
- Easier document navigation for frequent procurement users
- Instant communication to buyers and admins from a centralized interface
- Better supplier integration and fewer catalogue upload errors
How to Activate:
- Summary Tab: Enabled by default for Power Users (can be disabled via tenant settings)
- Announcements: Accessible via Community/Organisation Management
- Catalogue Support: Automatically enabled for compliant EHF files
These September updates deliver better data visibility, smoother automation, and greater control. From billing transparency to dynamic dispute handling and marketplace messaging, every enhancement is built to support your operational goals.
Need help getting started? Contact your Basware consultant or visit the Basware Support Portal
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