ZoneApprovals is a managed bundle and is Built for NetSuite (BFN) verified by NetSuite. All releases undergo an extensive testing cycle before being released to Production accounts. New releases are announced upfront by email to the contact person(s) registered for new functionality which is noted when the first two places in the version number change (e.g. from version 1.7.x to 1.8.0). Patches and bug fix updates are not announced upfront and are noted when the last place in the version number is updated (e.g. from version 1.80.0 to 1.80.1).

For more information, please review the ZoneApprovals Release Process or review past ZoneApprovals Release Notes.

General release information

Release 1.10.0 has been released on the 26th of April 2024 and contains numerous enhancements and bug fixes. Below you can find more information related to the enhancements and bug fixes. We will update your Production account automatically and the Sandbox account can be updated from your (the customer's) end at any given time.

Enhancements

FFA-1225 Requisition support

The transaction type Requisition is now supported in ZoneApprovals. Deployment can be initiated through the deployment tool.

FFA-917 Bulk Approvals improvements

The Bulk Approvals Portal has been detached from the Bulk Approvals Page view. A column preference set on the Bulk Approvals Portlet, will not affect the Bulk Approvals setup page. This update allows users to customize column preferences more effectively within the Portlet, while still accessing transaction details on the Page. 

FFA-1192 E-mail template per transaction type

In previous version releases, email templates (utilized for the Approval by email functionality) could only be selected within the ZoneApprovals Configuration, defaulting to all supported transaction types. With this latest release, users now have the flexibility to setup distinct email templates for each transaction type by using the ZoneApprovals Child Configuration.

FFA-1375 Support customer accounts with more than 5000 custom fields

Starting with this version release, NetSuite accounts with over 5,000 custom fields are fully supported. These custom fields can now be used into matrices, serving as approval routing parameters.

FFA-1397 Add support for fields with "Account Type" as field type in Approval Matrix

The ZoneApprovals Matrix has been extended to support the Standard field named 'Account Type' as an approval routing parameter. Users can now run approval routing not only on GL accounts, but Account Types as well.

FFA-1406 Extend options for Purchase Order related Vendor Bills

Previous versions of ZoneApprovals only allowed the functionality to auto-approve Purchase Order related Vendor Bills. In this version, the functionality has been extended to support additional PO related Vendor Bill statuses as follows: automatically reject, retain pending approval status and the existing 'auto-approve'. 

The options to automatically approve or reject will still be managed by ZoneApprovals and will provide an audit trail. The option to retain the pending approval status bypassed the ZoneApprovals logic meaning that there will not be any audit trail or interaction with the entry.

Bug Fixes

FFA-1358 Remove 'Vendor' from Standard Fields dataset

The ‘Vendor’ parameter has been removed from from the matrix’s additional fields used as approval parameters, and the reason is because users have been using it to run approval routing of their Vendor Bills, resulting in auto-approved transactions.

Since the ‘Entity’ is the field used in Vendor Bills, the ‘Vendor’ field has been removed accordingly.