Upgrading to Accounting Summer 2024

This page describes the changes to make when upgrading to Summer 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 Summer 2024, see New Features and Enhancements in Accounting Summer 2024.

Year End Accounting Playbooks

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade Steps for Accounting Playbook Types
Action Further Information
Perform the new feature steps in the Accounting Playbook Enhancements feature in the Feature Console.

Enabling the Accounting Playbook Enhancements Feature

Note:

If you have bookmarked the Period End Accounting Playbook page in your browser, you must update this bookmark to link to the Manage Playbooks page.

Included in This Feature

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

Fields

Fields Added in Summer 2024
Object Field Further Information
  Accounting Playbook Auto-Generated  Accounting Playbook Fields
Type
Year
Year End Date
Accounting Playbook Template Auto-Generated Accounting Playbook Template Fields
Type
  Accounting Playbook Task Auto-Generated  Accounting Playbook Task Fields
Type
Validation
Year
Year End Date
Accounting Playbook Task Template Auto-Generated Accounting Playbook Task Template Fields
Type

Tab Label Changes

Tab Label Changes
API Name Original Label New Label Further Information
c2g_Period_End_Playbooks Period End Playbooks Manage Accounting Playbooks Managing Accounting Playbooks

Lightning Actions

Lightning Action added in Summer 2024
Action Lightning Tab Further Information
Create or Restore a Default Year End Template Manage Accounting Playbooks Managing Accounting Playbooks
Validate Accounting Playbooks Year End Playbook Templates

Year End Process Validations

Upgrade Steps

No upgrade steps are required for this feature in Summer 2024.

Included in This Feature

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

Custom Settings

Custom Settings added in Summer 2024
Custom Setting Field Further Information
Year End Validation Settings Pending Adjustment Validation Year End Validation Settings

Intercompany Cash Matching Enhancements

The following are the new features and improvements that have been implemented in Accounting - Cash Matching in Summer 2024.

Selecting Intercompany Accounts for Cash Matching

Upgrade Steps

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

Included in This Feature

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

Custom Setting Fields

Custom Setting Fields Added in Summer 2024

Field

Further Information

Enable Matching to Intercompany Cash

Cash Matching Settings

Cash Matching in Multi-Company Mode

Upgrade Steps

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

Included in This Feature

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

Window Names

Window Names Updated in Summer 2024

Old Window Name

New Window Name

Further Information

Select Accounts

Select Filters

Matching Cash

Buttons

Buttons Updated in Summer 2024

Old Label

New Label

Further Information

Select Accounts

Select Filters

Matching Cash

Balance Based Currency Revaluation

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade Steps for Bank Balance Revaluation
Action Further Information
Enable the Balance Based Currency Revaluation feature in Feature Console. Enabling the Balance Based Currency Revaluation Feature

Make the following changes to your Currency revaluation History page layouts:

  • Add the Total Journals field to the header section
  • Add the following fields to the details section:
    • Revaluation Journal Canceled
    • Revaluation Journal Status
    • Reversing Revaluation Journal Canceled
    • Reversing Revaluation Journal Status
    • Reversing Translation Journal Canceled
    • Reversing Translation Journal Status
    • Translation Journal Canceled
    • Translation Journal Status
  • Add the Currency Revaluation History Line Item object to the Related lists on the Currency Revaluation History object page layouts.
"Customizing page layouts" in the Salesforce Help.

Included in this Feature

New Objects

Objects Added for Summer 2024
Object Further Information
Currency Revaluation History Line Item Currency Revaluation History Fields

New Fields

Fields Added for Summer 2024
Object Field Further Information
Currency Revaluation Template Bank Account Balance Revaluation Currency Revaluation Template Fields
Currency Revaluation History

Total Journals

Currency Revaluation History Fields

Revaluation Journal Canceled

Revaluation Journal Status

Reversing Revaluation Journal Canceled

Reversing Revaluation Journal Status

Reversing Translation Journal Canceled

Reversing Translation Journal Status

Translation Journal Canceled

Translation Journal Status

Permission Sets Updated

Permission Sets Updated for Summer 2024
Permission Set Further Information
Accounting - Currency Revaluation https://help.certinia.com/TechnicalReference/2024.3/Accounting/Permissions/PermissionChanges.htm

Conga Support for Statements in Automated Collections

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade Steps for Conga Support for Statements in Automated Collections
Action Further Information
Enable the additional feature steps in the Accounting Collections Plus feature in theFeature Console. Setting up Collections

Included in this Feature

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

New Fields

New Fields in Summer 2024

Object

Field

Further Information

Customer Statement Rule Use Conga Attachments Customer Statement Rule Fields

New Custom Setting Fields

New Custom Setting Fields in Summer 2024

Custom Setting

Field

Further Information

Collections Plus Settings Conga Statements Attachment Prefix Collections Plus Settings

Lightning Experience for 1099-MISC and Support for 1099-NEC

Income Tax Type

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade Steps for Summer 2024
Action Further Information
Complete the upgrade steps detailed in Upgrading to Tax Reporting Summer 2024 required for the Forms 1099 functionality. Setting up Forms 1099

Included in This Feature

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

Feature Console Feature Updated in Summer 2024
Feature Description Further Information

1099 Income Tax Type Picklist Update

Update the Income Tax Type picklist values on the following objects: Account, Payable Invoice, Payable Credit Note, and Transaction Line Item. Enabling 1099 Income Tax Type Picklist Update
Field Updated in Summer 2024
Object Field Further Information
Account Income Tax Type Custom Account Fields
Payable Credit Note Payable Credit Note Fields
Payable Invoice Payable Invoice Fields
Transaction Line Item Transaction Fields

1099-MISC Payments Report in Accounting Reporting Expansion Pack

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade Steps for Summer 2024
Step Action Further Information
1 Delete the 1099-MISC Payments report from the Certinia Tax Reports folder manually.
Note:

If the Accounting Reporting Expansion Pack was installed in your org before Certinia rebranded from FinancialForce, and you didn't update the name of the folder, the folder's name is FinancialForce Tax Reports.

See the Salesforce Help.
2 Complete the upgrade steps detailed in Upgrading to Tax Reporting Summer 2024 required for the Forms 1099 functionality. Upgrading to Tax Reporting Summer 2024

Included in This Feature

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

Report Deleted in Summer 2024
Report Description Further Information

1099-MISC Payments Report

Enables you to view the home total value of transaction line items of type "Account" per income tax type and account. 1099 Reports

Sending and Receiving Attachments in Electronic Invoicing

Upgrade Steps

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

Note:

This feature only applies to sales invoices and sales credit notes that have not been sent as electronic invoices before upgrading. You cannot send attachments of sales documents already sent as electronic invoices before upgrading.

Automatically Populating the PSA Project and Dimensions in Scanned Payable Documents

Upgrade Steps

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

Included in This Feature

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

Fields

Fields Added Summer 2024
Fields Object Further Information
Project Payable Invoice Payable Invoice Fields

Allocations in Lightning Experience

Upgrade Steps

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

Billing Document to Sales Invoice or Sales Credit Note Feature Console Enhancements

Upgrade Steps

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

Included in This Feature

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

Feature Console

Renamed Feature Console Feature in Summer 2024
Previous Name New Name Further Information
Billing Document to Sales Invoice Billing Document to SIN or SCR Enabling the Billing Document to SIN or SCR Feature

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.

Release Content

Upgrade Steps

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

Upgrade steps for Summer 2024
Action Further Information
Deactivate any deprecated prompts that are active in your org.

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 Updated in Summer 2024

Name

App

Tab

Type

Active

Created

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
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
Sales Credit Note Walkthrough Accounting Sales Credit Notes (List) Walkthrough No Spring 2022
Sales Invoice Walkthrough Accounting Sales Invoice (List) Walkthrough No Spring 2022
Accounting In-App Guidance Deprecated in Summer 2024

Name

App

Tab

Type

Active

Created

DEPRECATED: Collections Plus Sending Email Reminders Accounting Collections Tutorial No Fall 2020
DEPRECATED: Cross Company Allocations Accounting Allocations (List) Tutorial No Fall 2020
DEPRECATED: Currency Revaluation Accounting Currency Revaluation (List) Tutorial No Fall 2020