Upgrading to Accounting Winter 2024

This page describes the changes to make when upgrading to Winter 2024.

See the Upgrade Steps section under each feature for details of any action required. If you don't want to use or upgrade an optional feature, you can skip the upgrade steps for that feature. To perform upgrade steps in your org, you must be assigned administrator permissions.

See the Included in This Feature section under each feature for details of items such as objects, fields, or buttons that have been added in this release.

Note:

Where new objects, fields, or buttons have been added for a feature, we recommend that you add them to any relevant page layouts, profiles, and permission sets. For information on how to do this, see the Salesforce Help.

For information on new features and changes to existing features in Winter 2024, see New Features and Enhancements in Accounting Winter 2024.

Mandatory Steps to Upgrade Payments Plus

If you have previously set up this feature in your org, complete the mandatory upgrade by enabling the Vendor Payment Customizations feature in the Feature Console. For more information, see Enabling the Vendor Payments Customizations Feature.

Certinia Help Is Now Available from help.certinia.com

No steps are required to upgrade this feature. The Help links are automatically updated when you upgrade Accounting.

For more information, see Certinia Help URL.

Large Document Processing and Other Cash Entry Enhancements

Large Document Processing

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
To be able to create cash entries with up to 9,980 lines, as well as create and process them in multi-company mode, activate and configure the new Lightning record page for cash entries.	Activating and Configuring Lightning Record Pages for Documents

Included in This Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Cash Entry	Line Count	Cash Entry Fields

Custom Setting Fields

Custom Setting Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Accounting Settings	Cash Entry Cancel Sync Line Limit	Accounting Settings
	Intercompany CE Lines Threshold
	Post Cash Entry Lines Threshold
	Post CE Lines with Line Charges Sync
Document Line Volume Settings	Cash Entry Batch Line Limit	Document Line Volume Settings
	Cash Entry Cancel Async Line Limit
	Intercompany CE Batch Line Limit
	Post CE Lines with Line Charges Async

Multi-Company Mode

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Winter 2024.

Mass Actions

Upgrade Steps

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
Add the following list buttons to your list view button layouts: Amend Discard Post	For more information about list view button layouts, see the Salesforce Help.

Included in This Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Lightning Actions

Lightning Actions Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Cash Entry	Amend	Cash Entry Fields
	Discard
	Post

Cash Entry Extension Deprecation

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following actions.

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
To stop using the cash entry fields previously installed by the Certinia Cash Entry Extension package, enable the Stop Using Cash Entry Extension Package custom setting field of the Extension Settings custom setting. We recommend that you only change this setting after advice from Certinia Customer Support.	Extension Settings
To start using the new cash entry fields Derive Account Dimensions, Derive Line Number, and Derive Payment Method, add these fields to your page layouts of the Cash Entry Line Item object. We recommend doing this by enabling the Cash Entry Layout Update feature in the Feature Console. Note: Before enabling the Cash Entry Layout Update feature, you must: Set the Cash Entry Value field on the Cash Entry Layout page layout as not required. Remove the following fields from the mini page layout of the Cash Entry Layout page layout: Bank Account Value Cash Entry Value For more information about page layouts, see the Salesforce Help.	Enabling the Cash Entry Layout Update Feature
Add the following cash entry header fields to your page layouts of the Cash Entry object: Derive Bank Account Dimensions Derive Bank Account Derive Bank Charges Analysis Derive Currency Derive Period	For more information about page layouts, see the Salesforce Help.
Assign the following layouts to the users of the cash entry pages: For the Cash Entry object: Cash Entry Layout (extended) or Cash Entry Layout For the Cash Entry Line Item object: Cash Entry Line Item Layout	For more information about assigning page layouts, see the Salesforce Help.
If you have performed the upgrade steps in this section, uninstall the Cash Entry Extension package. If you do not want to uninstall it yet, you must upgrade it to Winter 2024.	For more information, see the Salesforce Help.

Included in This Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Cash Entry Line Item	Derive Account Dimensions	Cash Entry Fields
	Derive Line Number
	Derive Payment Method

Custom Setting Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Extension Settings	Stop Using Cash Entry Extension Package	Extension Settings

New Summary Total Fields

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
To start using the new summary total fields Net Total, Total Bank Account Value, Total Cash Entry Value, and Total Line Charges, add these fields to your page layouts of the Cash Entry object. We recommend doing this by enabling the Cash Entry Layout Update feature in the Feature Console. Note: Before enabling the Cash Entry Layout Update feature, you must: Set the Cash Entry Value field on the Cash Entry Layout page layout as not required. Remove the following fields from the mini page layout of the Cash Entry Layout page layout: Bank Account Value Cash Entry Value For more information about page layouts, see the Salesforce Help.	Cash Entry Fields Enabling the Cash Entry Layout Update Feature

Included in This Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Cash Entry	Net Total	Cash Entry Fields
	Total Bank Account Value
	Total Cash Entry Value
	Total Line Charges

Background Posting Error Notifications

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
Enable the Background Posting Scheduler notifications for unsuccessful cash entry background posting jobs. You can enable the following notifications via the Accounting Settings custom setting: Chatter posts, using the Chatter Notifications custom setting field Email messages, using the Email Notifications and Generate BPS Email Notifications custom setting fields Salesforce tasks, using the Task Notifications custom setting field	Accounting Settings User Notifications

Payment Media Summary Lookup

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
[Optional] Add the Payment Media Summary field to your page layouts of the Cash Entry object.	Cash Entry Fields

Included in This Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Cash Entry	Payment Media Summary	Cash Entry Fields

Matching Outstanding Balance using the Background Matching Scheduler

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Winter 2024.

Vendor Payment Lightning Experience

Vendor Payment Lightning Page

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to use this feature in Winter 2024.

Note: As Vendor Payment Lightning Experience is implemented over subsequent releases, we recommend you refer to the Accounting Spring 2023 and Accounting Summer 2023 documentation for the new features and functionality implemented in Vendor Payment.

Included in this Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Fields

Field Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Vendor Payment	Check Number	Vendor Payment Fields Lightning Experience

Buttons

Button Added in Winter 2024
Object	Button	Further Information
Vendor Payment	Email Remittances	Vendor Payment Fields Lightning Experience
	Prepare Checks
	Print Checks
	Print Remittances
	Submit for Approval
	Void Checks

Accounting Playbook Enhancements

Playbook Task Template Due Date Update

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
If you have accounting playbook task template records created: In Summer 2023 only: Perform the Playbook Task Template Due Date Update feature step of the Accounting Playbook Enhancements feature in the Feature Console. In both Summer 2023 and in a later version: Update their calculate due date values manually to preserve data integrity.	Enabling the Accounting Playbook Enhancements Feature Creating Accounting Playbook Task Templates

New Features

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps
Action	Further Information
Assign the Accounting - Playbook Task Approver permission set to the relevant user profiles to enable them to approve the tasks.	Assigning and Removing Permission Sets
Assign the Accounting - Playbook Owner permission set to the relevant user profiles to select, manage approvers, and remove and replace users.	Assigning and Removing Permission Sets
To hide the Approvers section in the Accounting Playbook Task or Accounting Playbook Task Template record, deselect the Enable Task Approval Feature in Playbook Settings.	Playbook Settings
Set the notifications and the notification channel by selecting the relevant custom setting fields in Playbook Settings.	Playbook Settings
Set the process scope size for the accounting playbooks in the Playbook Process Scope Size field in Playbook Settings.

Included in this Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Custom Objects

Custom Objects Added in Winter 2024
Object	Description	Further Information
ACC Playbook Task Template Approver	Stores approvers and their assigned task templates.	ACC Playbook Task Template Approver Fields
Accounting Playbook Task Approver	Stores approvers, their assigned tasks, task due date, and status.	Accounting Playbook Task Approver Fields

Fields

Custom Fields Added in Winter 2024
Field	Object	Further Information
Approver	ACC Playbook Task Template Approver	ACC Playbook Task Template Approver Fields
Task Template	ACC Playbook Task Template Approver	ACC Playbook Task Template Approver Fields
Approver	Accounting Playbook Task Approver	Accounting Playbook Task Approver Fields
Task
Task Due Date
Task Status
Exclude Public Holidays	Accounting Playbook Task Template	Accounting Playbook Task Template Fields
Exclude Weekends	Accounting Playbook Task Template	Accounting Playbook Task Template Fields
Exclude Public Holidays	Accounting Playbook Template	Accounting Playbook Template Fields
Exclude Weekends	Accounting Playbook Template	Accounting Playbook Template Fields

Lightning Actions

Lightning Actions Added in Winter 2024
Lightning Action	Page	Further Information
Approve	Accounting Playbook Task record page	Accounting Playbook Task Fields

Permission Sets

Permission Sets Added in Winter 2024
Permission Set	Description	Further Information
Accounting - Playbook Task Approver	View playbooks, playbook templates, tasks, task templates, edit Links and Notes fields, and approve tasks.	Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation

Renamed Permission Sets

Permission Sets Renamed in Winter 2024
Previous Permission Set	Renamed To	Further Information
Accounting - Playbook	Accounting - Playbook Owner	Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation
Accounting - Playbook - Edit Task	Accounting - Playbooks Task Assignee	Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation

Custom Permissions

Custom Permissions Added in Winter 2024
Custom Permission	Description	Further Information
Approve Playbooks	Approve accounting playbook tasks.	Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation
Edit Playbook Tasks	Complete playbook tasks, update status, and notes if required.
Manage Playbooks	Create and manage various accounting playbook features.

Lightning Components

Lightning Components Added in Winter 2024
Lightning Component	Description	Further Information
ACC Playbook Task Template Grid	View all the associated playbook task templates in the form of a grid.	Accounting Lightning Components Overview
Accounting Playbook Approvers Card	Select and view approvers for playbook task and task templates.
Accounting Playbook Approvers Tab	Enable relevant users to view or manage approvers for the playbook task or task templates.
Playbook Task Select Approvers Modal	Enable users to select approvers.

Custom Settings

Custom Settings Added in Winter 2024
Custom Setting	Description	Further Information
Playbook Settings	Manage various Accounting playbook features.	Playbook Settings

Custom Setting Fields

Custom Setting Fields Added in Winter 2024
Custom Setting Field	Custom Setting	Further Information
Bell Notifications	Playbook Settings	Playbook Settings
Chatter Notifications
Email Notifications
Enable Task Approval Feature
Notify Approvers of Approved Tasks
Notify Approvers of Done Tasks
Notify Assignee of Approved Tasks
Notify Assignee of New Tasks
Playbook Process Scope Size

Automation of Reversing Journals

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps
Action	Further Information
Revert step 12 of the Lightning Page and In-App Assignment Feature Console feature and perform it again. This adds the Auto-Reverse and Reversing Journal Number fields to the following page layouts: Journal Detail Layout Journal Layout Journal Layout (extended)	Assigning Lightning Record Pages and In-App Guidance

Included in This Feature

Fields

Field Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Journal	Auto-Reverse	Journal Fields

Collections Plus

Upgrade Steps

To start using this feature in Winter 2024 take the following action.

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
To add the new fields to your Collections Plus page layouts enable steps 10 and 11 in the Accounting Collection Plus feature in Feature Console.	Setting up Collections Plus

Included in This Feature

Fields

Fields added in Winter 24
Object	Field	Further Information
Reminder Rule	Use Existing Conga Attachments	Reminder Rule Fields
Statement	Excluded	Customer Statement Fields
Statement	To Send	Customer Statement Fields
Statement Log	Reason For Exclusion	Customer Statement Log Fields

Improved Optional Control for Auto-Creation of Sales Invoices or Sales Credit Notes from Billing Documents

Upgrade Steps

If you are upgrading to Winter 2024, there are several upgrade steps for this feature:

Upgrade steps for Winter 2024
Steps	Action	Further Information
1.	Update the Billing Document to Sales Invoice custom setting to use the new Auto Create Sales Invoice or Credit Note checkbox field instead of the formula field.	Billing Document Fields
2.	Remove the deprecated formula field from all page layouts.	Deprecated Elements
3.	[Optional] Add the new checkbox field to the relevant page layouts. Also, the checkbox field will be deselected for existing records.	For more information about assigning page layouts, see the Salesforce Help.
4.	Use the Exclude Fields on Convert to Credit Note feature in the Feature Console to exclude the Auto Create Sales Invoice or Credit checkbox field. This ensures that the checkbox is selected for billing document credit notes created by crediting billing document invoices.	Exclude Fields on Convert to Credit Note

Included in this Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Fields

Fields Added for this Feature in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Billing Document	Auto Create Sales Invoice or Credit Note	Billing Document Fields

Deprecated Fields

Fields Deprecated in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Billing Document	DEPRECATED: Auto Create Sales Invoice	This field is obsolete and has been deprecated in this release. Its functionality has been replaced with that of the Auto Create Sales Invoice or Credit Note field of the Billing Document object. For more information, see Billing Document Fields.

Automated Cash Matching for Inbound Customer Payment Refunds via Asperato

Upgrade Steps

Upgrade Steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
Add the Asperato Refund field to your page layouts of the Cash Entry object.	Cash Entry Fields

Included in This Feature

Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Cash Entry	Asperato Refund	Cash Entry Fields

Cash Entry Compliance with French Audit File Requirements

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Winter 2024.

Note:

This feature applies only to cash entries generated after upgrading. Cash entries that were generated before the upgrade don't have their descriptions automatically completed.

Line Items Grid Improvements

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Winter 2024.

Swiss QR Code Support in ACC Documents Feature

Upgrade Steps

Upgrade Steps
Action	Further Information
If you have installed or upgraded to Accounting Winter 2024, you must enable the Swiss QR Code Support in ACC Documents feature in Feature Console.	Enabling the Swiss QR Code Support in ACC Documents Feature
If you have installed Accounting Summer 2023 or earlier, implement the workaround to update the QR reference.	Printing with Conga Batch from Accounting

Included in This Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Further Information
Sales Invoice	Swiss QR Reference	Sales Invoice Fields
Sales Invoice	Swiss Structured Reference Type	Sales Invoice Fields

Payments Plus

Sending Notifications from a Custom Email Address

Upgrade Steps

Perform the following steps to upgrade this feature to Winter 2024

Action	Further Information
Add an org-wide email address to the Organization Wide Email Address field in the FDN Background Processing Settings custom setting.	Setting up Payments Plus

Included in this Feature

No new items have been added for this feature in Winter 2024.

Language Support for Place On Hold and Release Buttons

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to use this feature in Winter 2024.

Included in this Feature

No new items have been added for this feature in Winter 2024.

Allocations in Lightning Experience

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Winter 2024.

Included in this Feature

This section details the items added in this release for this feature.

Renamed Objects

Objects Renamed in Winter 2024
Previous Name	Renamed To	Further Information
Statistical Basis	Allocation Basis	Allocation Basis Fields

Renamed Tabs

Tabs Renamed in Winter 2024
Previous Name	Renamed To	Further Information
Statistical Bases	Allocation Bases	Allocation Basis Fields Managing an Allocation Basis

Fields

Fields Added in Winter 2024
Field	Object	Further Information
Include Disabled Dimensions	Allocation Basis and Allocation Rule	Allocation Basis Fields Allocation Rule Fields

Enhancements to Accounts Payable Automation

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required to upgrade this feature to Winter 2024.

Deprecated Lightning Record Page

Lightning Record Page deprecated in Winter 2024
Page Name	Object Name	Deprecated Version	Removed Version	Replaced by	Further Information
Scanned Payable Document	Scanned Payable Document	Winter 2024	Winter 2024 or later	N/A	Scanned Payable Document Fields

Deprecated Lightning Action

Lightning Action deprecated in Winter 2024
Page Name	Object Name	Deprecated Version	Removed Version	Replaced by	Further Information
Create Payable Invoice	Scanned Payable Document	Winter 2024	Winter 2024 or later	N/A	Scanned Payable Document Fields

Included in this Feature

Permission Sets

Permission Sets Updated in Winter 2024
Permission Set	Further Information
Accounting - Payable Invoice - Post	Permission Sets and Other Technical Documentation

Deprecated Elements

Deprecated Fields

In this release we have deprecated the following Cash Entry Extension fields.

Cash Entry Extension Fields Deprecated in Winter 2024
Object	Field	Replaced By
Cash Entry	Derive Bank Account	For more information, see Deprecated Elements
	Derive Bank Account Dimensions
	Derive Bank Charges Analysis
	Derive Currency
	Derive Period
Cash Entry Line Item	Derive Account Dimensions
	Derive Line Number
	Derive Payment Method

Deprecated Page Layouts

In this release we have deprecated the following Cash Entry Extension page layouts.

Cash Entry Extension Page Layouts Deprecated in Winter 2024
Object	Page Layout	Replaced By
Cash Entry	Cash Entry Layout (ffcash) default	For more information, see Deprecated Elements
Cash Entry	Cash Entry Layout (ffcash)
Cash Entry Line Item	Cash Entry Line Item Layout (ffcash)
Cash Entry Line Item	Cash Entry Line Item Layout (ffcash) default

Release Content

Upgrade Steps

To upgrade this feature to Winter 2024, take the following action.

Upgrade steps for Winter 2024
Action	Further Information
Reset the metrics of the Release Overview prompt to ensure that users see this prompt again with its updated content if they have previously dismissed or completed it.	Managing Certinia In-App Guidance

Included in this Feature

This section details the items that have been added or updated in this release.

In-App Guidance

Accounting In-App Guidance Added in Winter 2024
Name	App	Tab	Type	Active	Created
Period End Playbook Template New Due Date Calculation On Task Template List View	Any	Accounting Playbook Task Templates	Other	Yes	Winter 2024
Period End Playbook Template New Due Date Calculation On Template List View	Any	Accounting Playbook Templates	Other	Yes	Winter 2024

Accounting In-App Guidance Updated in Winter 2024
Name	App	Tab	Type	Active	Created
Accounts Receivable Write-Off	Accounting	Accounting Task Launcher	Tutorial	No	Fall 2021
Background Matching	Accounting	Accounting Task Launcher	Tutorial	No	Fall 2021
Payable Credit Note Walkthrough	Accounting	Payable Credit Notes (List)	Walkthrough	No	Fall 2021
Payable Invoice Walkthrough	Accounting	Payable Invoice (List)	Walkthrough	No	Fall 2021
Release Overview	Accounting	Select Company	Tutorial	Yes	Fall 2020
Sales Credit Note Walkthrough	Accounting	Sales Credit Notes (List)	Walkthrough	No	Spring 2022
Sales Invoice Walkthrough	Accounting	Sales Invoice (List)	Walkthrough	No	Spring 2022