November 2018

November 29th

Bulk Upload: For any users using an accounting software for which Lightyear creates an export, you can now easily upload your GL Codes, Supplier Cards, Tax Rates and Tracking Categories in bulk using a simple CSV file. All users can also us Bulk Upload to import their product list. Check out our support guide on the Bulk Upload feature.
The Company Picker has been updated to include number of bills and number of new bills in the Unknowns Tab

The Add To Inventory button has now been added to the Approved Tab
Send Task functionality has been added to the Dispute Tab
Users using Sage can now add descriptions to their GL codes, and mark them as In Use

Following extensive user feedback, we have changed our rounding logic to accept and calculate to 4 decimal places, you will now see up to 4 decimals where relevant in the Price Field. This will mean that any suppliers who are calculating their sales invoices to 4 decimals should no longer have rounding discrepancies.
Introduced Unread's count on the login company picker screen and on to our workflow tabs (In-tray, Approved, Signed Off, Unknowns) This has been a huge feature request which will allow users to understand where they need to go to do work quickly.

We have two new exciting Beta features released!

Inventory is now live in beta! As bills come in, you can now start building out your product list and exporting stock received to your chosen inventory software. Check out this guide to see how to set up and start exporting to your inventory software, and click here for specific set up guides
Bill Tasks are now live in beta! Send a task to a colleague to get their approval on bills and encourage collaboration, even if they're not a Lightyear user. A full guide to Tasks can be found here
Suppliers export - Download a CSV with contact details for each supplier. If you've migrated to Lightyear from Invitbox, check out this guide on informing your suppliers of your new email address.

Xero rounding row- we now automatically detect if Xero's rounding logic will create a discrepancy and add a rounding row automatically
Netsuite integration is now LIVE!
Sage desktop export is now LIVE!
Added exports for the following accounting software . If you use any of these applications you can now export your bill data from Lightyear and directly upload it

Emails forwarded from Invitbox will now be flagged with the invitbox logo in your Unknowns

When viewing a Statement, any bills associated with that statement now display in order, from oldest (top) to newest (bottom)

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