--- title: "Sapera - Second half of 2020 (July–December)" description: "Release notes for Second half of 2020 (July–December) — news and improvements in Sapera." url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/565-sapera-second-half-of-2020-july-december collection: "Release notes" updated: 2026-06-14 language: en alternates: [da] --- # Sapera - Second half of 2020 (July–December) Release notes for Second half of 2020 (July–December) — news and improvements in Sapera. ## Sales, orders & invoices ### Transfer POS sale to sales order or invoice It is now possible to transfer a point-of-sale transaction directly to a sales order or an invoice. This feature enables a faster workflow for upselling and post-invoicing. ### Extra fields on sales orders Sales orders now support extra fields with attribute selection, which can be synchronised across the order's lines. ### Search by sales order number at the point of sale At the POS it is now possible to search by sales order number when retrieving an existing sales order. ### Total discount distributed across lines The distribution of a total discount across invoice lines has been improved, and a migration job has been added to update existing data correctly. ### Other improvements - EAN invoice: payment details are now included even when an FI identifier is not available. - EAN invoice to an alternative payer now works correctly. - Fixed a bug where a posted invoice could be updated with new lines afterwards. - The sender e-mail address on invoices now falls back to the general sender if the invoice sender field is empty. - The quick filter on the invoice list is no longer applied to the invoice list under the customer. - Fixed a bug when saving a sales order in certain cases. ## Purchasing & purchase invoices ### Expected total on purchase invoices The expected total of a purchase invoice is now shown in list view and edit view, and is pre-filled by default when creating a draft. The total is now used correctly when posting against a supplier account. ### Credit note: put item into inventory from purchase invoice It is now possible to put an item into inventory directly from a credit note on a purchase invoice. ### Improved bank reconciliation The bank import matching algorithm has been adjusted with a more flexible threshold, and an error with the contra account during reconciliation has been fixed. ### Setting: Invoice date must not exceed today's date A setting has been added that prevents the invoice date on a purchase invoice from being set to a future date. ### Other improvements - Fixed a bug when creating an expense voucher via a purchase invoice. - Fixed incorrect VAT on the contra account. - Fixed a bug when deleting lines in purchase orders. - Deliveries on the supplier card now filter correctly by supplier ID. - The price is no longer reset when a specific supplier is selected on the invoice. - Fixed a bug that prevented changing the primary supplier on a product. ## Inventory ### Improved posting of inventory journals with product update Posting of inventory journals with product update has been improved, and the flow for resetting inventory journals has been made more robust. ### Internal inventory transfer preserves prices Internal transfers now copy the cost price and standard sales price from the source unit to the destination unit if they do not already exist there. Transfers are also now allowed for items with zero stock quantity. ### Inventory status report: correct inventory value with product instances The inventory status report now shows the correct inventory value when base products and product instances are mixed. ### Posting on cost price adjustment of product instance Fixed a bug in inventory journal posting after a transaction involving cost price corrections on product instances. ### Barcode scanning in inventory journals The scanning flow in inventory journals has been improved: focus moves automatically to the quantity field after scanning, and general scanning errors have been fixed. ### Other improvements - Changing the sales price in an inventory journal now updates label drafts correctly. - Inventory transactions now show the posting operation ID with a filter option. - Fixed a bug when settling inventory journals in certain situations. - The inventory transaction list can now be sorted by "Source type". - Fixed a bug that occurred when opening inventory transactions from the customer card. ## Accounting & finance ### Contra account with actor account in general journal It is now possible to specify an actor account as the contra account on general journal lines, enabling more precise account allocation. ### Sales status report fixed A bug in the "Budget/sales status" report has been fixed so the figures are correct again. ### Other improvements - Settlement of debtor balances now correctly handles combined account amounts rather than per department. - EDB integration: fixed a bug when sending to e-conomic if the fiscal year spans two calendar years. - The balance in "View transactions" now matches the running total on the most recent row. - Fixed an incorrect sign in the FI transfer command. ## Point of sale (POS) ### New POS design An updated version of the point-of-sale interface has been delivered with an improved user interface. ### Card reader integration Improved integration with the card reader at the point of sale. ### Time-limited dialog when starting a new session Fixed a bug that caused the timeout setting (in seconds) for the "Start new session" dialog not to work. ### Other improvements - Barcode scanning with a hyphen now returns correct search results. - Fixed a bug when searching for product instances. ## Products & catalogue ### Primary supplier's item number on the product card The product card now shows the primary supplier's item number in a separate column alongside the internal item number. ### Add to inventory journal from product edit view Fixed a bug that occurred when attempting to add an item to an inventory journal directly from the product edit view. ### Setting: Ask about adding to inventory/label journal A new setting controls whether Sapera should ask whether the item should be added to an inventory or label journal when the product card is opened. ### Barcodes generated automatically when adding variants Automatic barcode generation for variants has been correctly re-established. ### Export products to CSV It is now possible to export the product list to CSV format. ### New columns in the product list The product list can now display columns for current sales type and standard sales price type, and sorting by price excluding VAT is also available. ### Print product instance A context menu has been added on product instances with the option to print directly. ### Other improvements - Fixed a bug when creating variants in certain cases. - The purchase price of a product instance is no longer reset when it is marked as "not in use". - Fixed a bug that caused an incorrect contribution margin on sales orders/invoices for items with average cost price and zero stock. - Fixed a bug when merging products (stock reservations and EAN data). ## Communication (e-mail, SMS, tasks, calendar) ### Sender e-mail for quotes Fixed a bug that prevented quotes from being sent by e-mail when the "Use creator as sender" setting was active. ### Improved signalling and push notifications The stability of push notifications to iOS and Android has been improved with new error-handling strategies. ### Other improvements - Fixed a bug in communication workflows. - SMS calls have been reduced to minimise unnecessary calls to the SMS service. ## Printouts & reports ### New reports and localisation New reports have been added and localisation has been added to existing reports. ## Security & users ### Improved permissions and access management Fixes to user profiles and access management have been extended, including a fix for a bug on login and password reset. ### Actions on behalf of another user It is now possible to register actions on behalf of another user. ## Other features and fixes ### Improved subscription management Editing of subscriptions has been improved in line with customer needs. ### Public note on invoices It is now possible to attach a public note to invoices. ### Period settlement Period delimitation in the settlement flow has been improved. If you have any questions about these changes, please contact support.