--- title: "Sapera - First half of 2020 (January–June)" description: "Release notes for First half of 2020 (January–June) — news and improvements in Sapera." url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/564-sapera-first-half-of-2020-january-june collection: "Release notes" updated: 2026-09-27 language: en alternates: [da] --- # Sapera - First half of 2020 (January–June) Release notes for First half of 2020 (January–June) — news and improvements in Sapera. ## Point of Sale ### Parked sales shown when starting a new sale When you start a new sale in the point of sale (POS), parked and reserved sales are now displayed directly in the dialog, so you can quickly resume an ongoing sale. ### Card refunds and payment handling An issue preventing card refunds has been resolved. In addition, automatic payments can now be manually marked as failed, and cancelled payments no longer count toward the "paid" column in the sales overview. ### Faster resume of sales Performance when resuming a sale (Resume) in the POS has been significantly improved. ### Discount totals corrected An issue has been fixed where the discount column showed incorrect values when items were added to the basket in quick succession. ### Other improvements - Override prices on products are now applied correctly when scanning in the POS. - Variant products in sales order lines are no longer duplicated when selected. - Composite product in the POS: an error scenario has been fixed. - Loyalty programmes: errors in setup and use have been fixed. ## Sales, orders & invoices ### Search by supplier identification Product search now includes the supplier's product number, and it has been made easier to open the full search dialog directly from a lookup field. ### Customer invoice view now shows all invoices The invoice tab on the customer page now also shows invoices where the customer is the paying party (even if the invoice was created on a different debtor). ### Warning when product instance is missing on an invoice On relevant departments, users are now warned if no product instance has been selected on an invoice line. ### Credit note in a closed period The credit note dialog now automatically suggests a valid date if the period the invoice belongs to is closed. ### Returned product instance can be sold again An issue has been fixed where a returned product instance remained marked as sold and could therefore not be sold again. ### Other improvements - Sales orders with service lines are now correctly marked as "Completed" when delivery and invoicing are done. - Sales orders can now be pulled back to draft from the "Ready" state. - The total on invoice lines with variants is now displayed correctly. - The registered creator on invoices generated from sales orders and the POS is now correct. - The line description on a sales order is no longer unintentionally updated when the user starts typing a different text. - Items that are out of stock (sold instances) no longer appear in the product dropdown on sales orders and invoices. - Posting of draft vouchers with incorrect voucher numbers in special cases has been fixed. ## Purchasing & purchase invoices ### Purchase delivery: ordered and delivered quantities The warning about unexpected quantity has been replaced by two new columns – "Ordered" and "Delivered" – giving a clear overview when receiving goods. ### Purchase price transferred to new product instance The purchase price from the master item is now correctly transferred to a new instance created from a purchase invoice. ### Editing in draft state You can now edit the supplier reference and payment method on a purchase invoice that has been pulled back to draft state. ### Invoice date validation The invoice date on purchase invoices can no longer be set to a future date. ### Other improvements - The expected total amount is no longer highlighted in yellow when it equals the invoice total. - The EAN invoice issue date is now set to the invoice date. - Invoices from the financial journal can now look up invoice numbers via payment identifier. ## Inventory ### Stock movement list A list of stock transactions has been added, providing a complete overview of incoming and outgoing stock movements. ### Inventory journal: filtering by department Inventory journals and delivery journals can now be filtered by department, and the quick filter can be saved. Selecting a location in the inventory journal now works correctly. ### Scanning in label and inventory journals Scanning of items in label journals and daily inventory journals has been improved – scanned rows are saved correctly. ### Reset cost price An error when resetting the cost price of a product from the Stock Transactions tab has been fixed. ### Other improvements - Stock count: quantities are now right-aligned for better readability. - Product instance search now returns correct results. - Product identifiers now allow a period (.) in the identifier again. - Department overrides on inventory setup now work correctly for newly created departments. - Department names must now be unique within the same parent unit. - Item locations are sorted alphabetically in filter lists. ## Accounting & finance ### Resuming settlements A new feature makes it possible to re-post and reset settlements, including support for negative cash amounts when opening the till reconciliation. ### Summing financial entries for settlement Selected financial entries are now summed at the top of the screen when you mark them for settlement – giving you a quick overview of the total amount. ### Settlement of invoice and credit note An issue preventing reconciliation of an invoice and credit note from the financial entries list has been fixed. ### Period overview and postings The posting overview has been improved, and it is now possible to change the period division even when there are already entries in the period. ### Other improvements - A financial account can now change type (e.g. from sum range to sum). - Outgoing payment settings can now be edited without a false validation error. - The hint about linking to an accounting entity is now only shown when there is more than one entity in the setup. - The display of metadata entries for unfinished debtors now filters correctly by accounting entity. - Deleted accounts no longer appear in account selection lists. ## Webshop ### Automatic full synchronisation at night Webshop synchronisation now runs automatically as a nightly full sync for all customers with an active webshop. ### Stock tracking for grouped webshop items Stock tracking for products sold as groups in the Webshop now works correctly. ### Other improvements - Sales orders from the Webshop now include the correct customer name. - GLS information is now transferred to sales orders from the Webshop. - Webshop synchronisation no longer attempts to resend on "host not found" errors. - SEO setup in the Webshop has been fixed. - Category order in the Webshop is now displayed correctly. ## Communication (email, SMS, tasks, calendar) ### System messages and maintenance notifications Administrators can now send notifications to all users, for example ahead of scheduled updates. Messages are displayed automatically in the interface and refreshed every 5 minutes. ### Public calendar subscription link The calendar's "Public access" feature has been extended with a direct link. ### Other improvements - The SMS module no longer reloads unnecessarily every 5 seconds. - Emails sent from invoices and orders are now correctly pre-populated with predefined parameters (e.g. invoice number). - Communication job scheduling has been fixed. ## Printouts & reports ### New and updated reports Throughout the half-year, new reports have continuously been added and existing ones updated. Fixes cover, among others, the settlement report, invoice printouts, and debtor balances. ### Direct label printing Direct label printing no longer incorrectly scales the label and now works correctly in all cases. ## Security & users ### Acting on behalf of users Disabled users no longer appear in the list of users you can act on behalf of in the POS. ### Navigation permissions Permissions for navigation in, among other places, purchase orders, label journals, and delivery journals have been made more robust. ## Other features and fixes ### Search improvements Global search in Sapera has been improved: it is easier to open the advanced search dialog directly from a lookup field, and the supplier's product number is now included in search results. ### Variants – easier creation Creating variants has been made significantly easier with a simplified workflow. ### Other improvements - Adding and removing product instances has been improved. - Column width and zoom in the day view of the calendar module have been adjusted. - The sales overview can be exported (saved as a PDF with the correct filename). If you have any questions about these changes, please contact support.