New World ERP 2024.1.9 Patch Notes

New World ERP Orchestrator Version 2024.1.9*

New World ERP Version 2024.1.9**

New World Database Version 24.1.0009***

Note: If you are a HOSTED customer, the patch is applied automatically to your TEST server on Sunday. If you want the patch applied to your TEST server before Sunday, please create a case and specify a day and time. You will receive notification when the patch has been applied. Once you have completed testing the patch on your TEST server, you must submit a case to have the patch applied to your PRODUCTION server. You will receive notification when the patch has been applied to your PRODUCTION server.

Application Module Notes CRM Case Type Jira ID
Community Development Inspections Multiple inspections processed at once issued an error. (Community Development > Inspections > Inspection List/Search) 10639191 Bug Fix NWERP-71909
Community Development Permits The character limit of the Standard Message on the Permit Condition Messages page has been increased. (Maintenance > Community Development > Permits > Permit Condition Messages) NA Enhancement NWERP-72024
Financial Management Inventory Control Inventory Control - Adjustments - The "Standard" Adjustment page has been enhanced to provide the user with a view of the current value of the inventory item and a warning message to inform the user of the impact of the adjustment on the item. These items will appear after the user clicks the "Save/New" button. (Financial Management > Inventory Control > Transactions > Adjustments) NA Enhancement NWERP-72452
Financial Management Maintenance, Year-End Processing Maintenance - Validation Set - The "Country" validation set (#381) has been updated with the IRS Country Codes. This validation set will be used for 1099 IRIS Transmittal File reporting purposes. (Maintenance > new world ERP Suite > System > Validation Sets > Validation Set List > Set Number 381 > Values) NA Enhancement NWERP-72281
Financial Management Miscellaneous Billing The Override Rate/Unit display amount was incorrect on MB Adjustments with multiple lines in some scenarios. (Financial Management > Miscellaneous Billing > Billing Invoice Batches > Batch Number > Invoice Number) 11090103 Bug Fix NWERP-72086
Financial Management Miscellaneous Billing MB Customer List - An error message will now appear when a user attempts to inactivate a customer with an outstanding undesignated balance. (Financial Management > Miscellaneous Billing > Customers > Customer Number) 11055095 Bug Fix NWERP-72079
Financial Management Payment Processing, Forms Void Payments - MB Refund Check - The original refund date was displayed on MB Refund Ready Forms check instead of reissue date. The update is in Forms version 2024.3. 10723463 Bug Fix NWERP-71627
Financial Management Year-End Processing

Vendor 1099 Processing - Audit Reports - The new "1099 SSN Vendors Missing First Name" report has been added to assist with the setup for the new IRIS transmittal file reporting. The IRIS formatting guidelines requires the recipient name on the file to be broken down into separate First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix fields for any vendor with a social security number (SSN) as their reporting tax ID.

To assist with identifying 1099 vendors missing this information, this report will return vendors that meet the following criteria:

  • The vendor is flagged as a 1099 vendor.
  • 1099 Transactions exist for the vendor within the date range specified on the selection criteria.
  • The social security number (SSN) field is populated on the vendor service page.
  • An active vendor contact exists where the Primary 1099 option is checked, but the 1099 First Name field is blank.
  • The First Name field on the General page is blank, the 1099 First Name is blank, and there are no active vendor contacts where the Primary 1099 option is checked.

(Financial Management > Year-End Processing > Vendor 1099 Processing > 1099 Audit Report)

NA Enhancement NWERP-72215
Human Resources Maintenance-Benefits To accommodate deferred comp plans needing additional catch-up limits for ages 60-63 in 2025, an Additional Limit 60-63 field has been added to the Calculation Limits section of the Category tab on the Benefits Administration Category page. An Over Age Catch Up 60-63 option also has been added to the Over Age Catch Up dropdown in the Benefit Plan Detail section of the Workforce Payroll Data tab. (Maintenance > Human Resources > Benefits Administration > Benefit Plan Maintenance > Type = Pension > Edit/Human Resources > Workforce Administration > Search > Employee Number > Payroll Data > Edit Benefits) 11068348, 11155216, 11172348 Enhancement NWERP-71857, NWERP-72254, NWERP-72285, NWERP-72495
Human Resources Payroll Manager The conversion of a data type resulted in a payroll initialization error. 11251245 Bug Fix NWERP-72500
Human Resources State Requirements The IMRF did not pull the final payroll for terminated employees when the deduction was ended. (Human Resources > State Requirements > IL > Retirement List > Create)) 11145426 Bug Fix NWERP-72131
Human Resources State Requirements The transmittal file has been created for the Alaska BEARS Retirement payroll and personnel layouts. (Human Resources > State Requirements > AK > BEARS Retirement List > Print) NA Enhancement NWERP-71532
Human Resources State Requirements The Print function has been added to the Alaska BEARS Retirement List page. (Human Resources > State Requirements > AK > BEARS Retirement List > Print) NA Enhancement NWERP-71531
Human Resources Time Off Requests A Comments column has been added to the Time Off Request List page. (Human Resources > Time Off Requests > Time Off Requests List) NA Enhancement NWERP-72518
Utility Management Billing Reset Meter issued an error when a meter read was failed after an initial read. (Utility Management > Billing > Meter Read Entry > Meter Number) 11235135 Bug Fix NWERP-72526
Utility Management Billing Previous meter reads did not always display in billing. (Utility Management > Billing > Meter Read Entry) 11196359 Bug Fix NWERP-72283
Utility Management Billing Rates not configured to be prorated still prorated the consumption. 11005787, 11201860, 11159066 Bug Fix NWERP-72248
Utility Management Billing The meter read grid took too long to load during meter read entry and timed out. (Utility Management > Billing > Meter Read Entry) 11242645 Bug Fix NWERP-72459
Utility Management Customer Service Reset Meter issued an error on some meters. (Utility Management > Customer Service > Account > Services > Reset Meter) 11182456 Bug Fix NWERP-72251
Utility Management Enterprise Payments, IVR Integration Enterprise IVR payments using electronic checks were recorded as credit card payments. 11183781 Bug Fix NWERP-72130
Utility Management IVR Integration Payments of an undefined type issued an error in the Payment History endpoint. 11204836 Bug Fix NWERP-72508
Utility Management Maintenance Deleting a used route did not always issue the correct error message or reason. (Maintenance > Utility Management > Billing Calendar > Routes) 11147272 Bug Fix NWERP-72382
Utility Management Maintenance Electric rate components did not save the Demand Based setting. (Maintenance > Utility Management > Rates > Rate > Rate > Component) 10700689 Bug Fix NWERP-72187
Utility Management Payments, eUtilities Successful payments continued to go through the retry process. (Maintenance > new world ERP Suite > System > ePay Management > ePay Log Viewer) 11149894, 11181059 Bug Fix NWERP-72212
Utility Management UtilityAccess UtilityAccess no longer displays the same bill twice for an account. 11138118 Bug Fix NWERP-72250

New and Updated Features Reference

2024.1 Cumulative Patch Notes by Application

2024.1 Cumulative Patch Notes by Module

* The New World Orchestrator is a parent project in Tyler Deploy that deploys other New World software, including New World ERP, eSuite, etc., in the proper order and at the proper versions. Deployment staff needs this number to be able to patch. A patching guide is available here.

** This number is provided for reference only. Deployment staff should install the new version of New World ERP Orchestrator within Tyler Deploy, which will install the proper version of New World ERP that goes with this patch.

*** End users see the database version in the About window post patch. The example below is from version 24.1.0105: