Please note that with the release of AARO25 we no longer maintain AARO23. Our recommendation is to upgrade to AARO25.
Version
Solved Known Issues (KI) and new or extended functionality.
Please see also the Release notes for AARO25 for full presentation of new features in AARO, and visit AARO Service Center for the full documentation of solved issues.
AARO25
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.
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.
Solved known issues in AARO25.1.1. (AARO and AARO Lease IFRS 16)
AARO25.1.1.
An ordinary AARO user does not see consolidations in the Consolidation gadget on Dashboard.
Issue: An ordinary AARO user (group ABS_User) does not see consolidations in the Consolidation gadget on Dashboard.
Release note: Ordinary AARO users may now view and order consolidations on Dashboard.
Ref. No: 15274
PECta was removed causing issues in the associate logic.
Issue: There are issue in the associate logic because PECta was removed in 24.3. TDINV is not calculated on 1330. It is decided to bring PECta back in next versions.
Release note: We have reverted PECta logic.
Ref. No: 15251
Adjustments are not saved for a contract with the commencement date in a different year than the original contract date.
Issue: When the contract commencement date is in a different year than the original contract date then adjustments entered in the original period are not saved despite the confirmation message.
Release note: Adjustments are now always saved.
Ref. No: 15191
Export from the report tree does not work for reports/folders having special characters in names.
Issue: When exporting from the report tree report or folder menu and reports or folders have special characters in their names then an error appears on opening reports or exporting to Excel, PDF or PowerPoint Live.
Release note: Reports and folders with special characters in names can now be exported without errors.
Ref. No: 12709
When a contract in a third-party currency is terminated Loc values are not fixed at contract end.
Issue: Loc values are not fixed at contract end (by expiry or termination), instead the Loc values are translated to each period’s rate until year-end resulting in unwanted effects in the income statement. Translation from Trans amount to Loc values should be fixed from the period where the contract ended and throughout the year.
Release note: Translation from Trans amount to Loc values are fixed from the period where the contract ended and throughout the year. If you used adjustment by a manual journal booking, the journal can now be removed and periods reconsolidated.
Ref. No: 12571
