Starting from AARO25.0.1 we released AARO Security & Audit, our new logging tool replacing the old AARO Logger. In the first version of the product the development focus has been on Security (defined as user events such as sign in/sign offs and logs related to user access administration), system management changes (such as edit accounts, edit periods, edit dimensions etc.) and data entry changes (changes to data entry input accounts).

AARO Lease IFRS 16

In version 25.0.1 we have re-introduced the possibility to configure the Share distribution with up to two dimensions.

The possibility to Terminate or Delete contracts through Bulk edit was added in 25.1. However, we have still temporarily disabled the index functionality. Note that indexation can still be handled manually with an update in the payment plan. In 25.1 we have moved and simplified the Index config from the payment plan to the Contract index section in the contract view. This change will have an impact on upgrading customers since the index configuration parameters must be reset to meet the new format. Other changes in this version have mainly focused on finetuning the product since the first release of a rewritten Lease logic.

Customers with extra assets classes (leasing class) will require additional manual actions, just as before. Your Key Account Manager is available to guide you through these changes. But we now have a more standardized way of implementing a fifth asset class when needed.

AARO

We want to highlight a step taken to improve the user experience in reports. From AARO25.0.2 we have removed the preferred selection memory (last selected value) for Period and Time Series when used as parameters. Now, the saved period(-s) or the current period settings for Time Series are applied instead.

In AARO25.1 we have implemented SIE file conversion to TXT in the Web client menu Import Admin in addition to existing Import functionality of TXT files. We support conversion of SIE file formats 1 – 4. The former conversion tool SIEFileConverter.exe and Windows client menu IMPORT are considered legacy and are not supported in future versions. SIEFileConverter.exe is removed from the current and future versions. For text file import the Web client menu Import Admin should be used.

Deactivated AARO Lease IFRS 16 features from AARO24.3 and later:

• Index functionality – the possibility to use system functionality to order an indexation on a bulk of applicable contracts will be introduced in a reworked interface. Note that an indexation can still be manually handled by updating the payment plan.

• Automatic retirement in excel import, a setting which can be turned on or off.

Deactivated AARO features from AARO24.3 and later:

Divest button in Legal – automated transactions for reversal and moving ownership when selling subsidiary assets, investments (shares), or divisions of a company.