Update IRIS Financials Purchasing - Release 6.0.360 (January 2025)

This release includes general fixes and updates, and improvements to our E-Procurement feature for IRIS Financials Purchasing.

Update the software

PS Cloud customers, this IRIS Financials Purchasing release is being made automatically by the PS Cloud team.

On-premise customers — log a support ticket (a Service Cloud account is required) with our support team requesting the install of IRIS Financials Purchasing version 6.0.360.

New Features

KCS education Available as an E-Procurement Supplier

Only for educational organisations.

Our E-Procurement feature can now be used to order from KCS education.

To get started using E-Procurement with KCS education, complete the set up process with KCS.

Full details about the changes to E-Procurement for KCS education are included in New Features section and the Fixes and Updates section of this release note. For more information about setting up and using E-Procurement with KCS education, go to IRIS Financials Purchasing - E-Procurement with KCS education.

E-Procurement Supplier Settings Page Delivery Address Identification Codes Section

A Delivery Address Identification Codes section has been added to the Supplier Settings page to support the requirement of an Identification Code from KCS education for each address they deliver to for your entities.

To set up KCS education as a supplier for E-Procurement and orders are processed, a Delivery Address Identification Code must be added for each delivery address.

Fixes and Updates

  • Resolved issues with error messages displaying if extra spaces are entered with your login details for: 
    • Invalid Nominal error message displaying on Purchase Orders.
    • The You currently do not have any licences assigned message displaying on first log in.

E-Procurement

  • Changes to the design for the Select Supplier page to: 
    • Improve accessibility.
    • Add labelled buttons for each supplier to Place Order and for administrators to access Settings for the supplier.
    • Tiles for each supplier that when selected display the entities the supplier is available for.
  • An error message displays when sending the Basket for approval, if the details entered in the Detail Analysis Fields (DAFs) are wrong.
  • The KeyList displayed when entering DAFs now displays in the centre of the screen.

Removed Features

  • To improve security, the IRIS Financials Purchasing version number is no longer displayed on the login page. If you also have IRIS Financials Reports the version number has also been removed.