Release date: 27 August 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

In this release:​

• Bulk tagging capabilities
• Importing field enhancements
• Search result improvements and more

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced bulk processing capabilities​

Bulk actions help you efficiently manage multiple documents or records at once, saving time when working with large volumes of data. We've expanded our bulk processing functionality to give you more flexibility in document management.

Bulk tagging for all records​

You can now add or remove tags from multiple records simultaneously using our new bulk tagging feature.

• Universal availability: Works across all document types and statuses, making it simple to categorise transactions regardless of where they are in your workflow
• No additional permissions required: If you can view the record, you can apply bulk tagging actions
• Flexible tag management: Choose to either add specific tags to selected items or remove existing tags as needed

• Status-independent operation: Unlike other bulk actions, tagging is available on records in read-only status types such as Completed

This enhancement is particularly useful for teams who need to categorise large volumes of transactions.

Importing improvements​

Document importing helps you efficiently upload large volumes of data into Zudello using CSV files and structured formats. We've continued enhancing our importing capabilities with additional field support and ongoing reliability improvements.

Expanded field support​

We've added support for the Interval count field when importing budgets, providing more comprehensive budget management capabilities when bulk importing data.

Ongoing system refinements​

We continue testing and refining the importing system to identify and resolve any remaining issues, ensuring reliable data uploads for all supported formats and field types.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• We've resolved an issue where item searches returned duplicate results when the same SKU appeared in both the primary and alternative SKU fields
• We've fixed an issue where delegation of authority (DOA) approvals could get stuck in Unable to Process status due to allocation-related automation errors
• We've improved how the system handles approval processes during temporary database connection issues, with additional stability improvements planned for future releases

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 20 August 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

In this release:​

• Email matching for user assignment
• Smarter document defaults
• Next generation expenses
• Bulk action refinements and more

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced automation capabilities​

Zudello's automations help streamline your document processing by automatically applying business rules and workflows. We've introduced powerful new automation features to reduce manual work and improve accuracy.

Find and assign users automatically​

We've launched a new automation action that automatically finds and assigns users based on email addresses in your documents:

• Automatic user matching

  • The system can now find users by email address from fields like the sender (From email) field
  • Automatically adds matched users as assignees on documents

• Smart error handling

  • The automation continues smoothly even if no email is present or no matching user is found, preventing unnecessary workflow disruptions

This enhancement is particularly useful for automatically routing documents to the right team members based on who sent them.

Enhanced approval workflows​

Zudello's approval system ensures documents are reviewed by the right people at the right time.

When a document is rejected, the rejection reason is now automatically posted to the document's chat.

This provides better visibility when approvals are restarted after resubmission, and ensures integrity and accuracy of aproval audit trails.

Document type configuration enhancements​

Document types help you customise forms and workflows for different kinds of transactions. We've improved how the system handles default document type to reduce the need for manual adjustments.

Smarter default application during enrichment​

Document enrichment automatically applies coding rules and defaults to reduce manual data entry. We've enhanced when and how document type defaults are applied:

• Automatic default application

  • Document type defaults are now applied during the enrichment process. This occurs in the background before you open a document.
  • This removes the case where validation errors appear in the submodule view, but disappear when you open the document.

• Enrichment order of operations

  1. Keyword coding rules
  2. Supplier/customer/item matching
  3. Allocations auto-filling
  4. Apply coding defaults (employee, user, inbox, subsidiary, location, item, supplier/customer)
  5. Document type defaults

• Smart field population

  • The enrichment process runs in the order above, but only fills empty fields (unless force overwrite is enabled).
  • This leaves any previously set values from other rules unchanged, ensuring general defaults like document defaults don't overwrite more specific defaults like item default coding.

For more information on automated coding rules, see Keyword coding rules, Supplier default coding, and Item default coding.

Improved document conversion handling​

Document conversion helps transform one document type into another, such as converting quotes to purchase orders. We've refined how the system handles automation events during conversion to prevent conflicts.

Streamlined event handling​

The system now raises appropriate events based on document origin:

• System created documents

  • Only raises a Converted event when converted

• Uploaded or emailed documents

  • Only raises an Extract event when converted

This prevents conflicting automations from trying to update the same record simultaneously, eliminating deadlock issues.

Export template enhancements​

Export templates help you extract data from Zudello for reporting, analysis, or integration with other systems. We've added new fields to provide better document tracking and reference capabilities.

URL fields​

You can now include Zudello document URLs in your exports:

• Short URL: Direct link to the record within Zudello
• External URL: Reference link to related records in your ERP (only when populated by integrations)

This makes it simple and easy to reference specific Zudello transactions from exported spreadsheets or reports.

Extracted SKU field​

We've added the extracted SKU field to transaction exports:

• Available in purchasing, sales, and receipt exports
• Shows the original SKU as extracted from documents

Note: This field is only populated for transactions processed after the date of this release.

Email processing improvements​

Email processing helps automatically capture and process documents sent to your Zudello inboxes. We've enhanced duplicate handling and added new reprocessing capabilities.

Enhanced duplicate detection​

The system now provides more transparency when emails are blocked due to duplicates:

• Links to the existing document that triggered the duplicate check
• Connects the email to the existing document for easy review

• Adds quick filters and labels in the inbox for finding duplicates

Reprocess action​

You can now reprocess emails without requiring them to be resent:

• Available when the original document has been deleted
• Automatically creates new transactions and sends them for extraction
• Eliminates the need to ask senders to resend documents

This is particularly useful when documents need to be processed by different team members or when the original sender isn't the authorised approver.

Required permissions​

To reprocess documents you need the following permissions:

• Reprocess permission for the relevant module
• E.g. Purchasing Reprocess

Expenses improvements​

We're making significant investments in improving the expense management experience:

Streamlined claim validation​

Claims now validate all linked expenses automatically when submitted:

• View validation issues for all expenses directly from the claim
• No need to open individual expenses to check for problems
• Configurable validation rules including:
• Matching employee records across claim and expenses
• Consistent expense types (e.g. card spend vs personal spend)

Simplified expense editing​

We've removed unnecessary complexity from the expense editing process:

• For claims in Approval status, the editability of all linked expenses is now derived from the claim milestone settings
• This is combined with unlock permissions for better control
• Eliminates the need to reopen both expenses and claims to make edits

Automatic status synchronisation​

Expense statuses now automatically update to match their linked claims:

• Expenses follow claims through approval statuses
• Automatic status updates for completed or rejected claims
• Unlinking expenses from claims automatically reopens them for further editing

Improved user experience​

Several enhancements to reduce clicks and improve workflow:

• Optional confirmation prompts for dimension summary updates
• Simplified reject function without email requirements
• Better handling of expenses without policy issues

These improvements are currently in alpha testing and are available only for selected teams. To discuss enabling these features for your team, reach out to support@zudello.com.

Bulk processing enhancements​

Bulk actions help you efficiently process multiple documents at once. We've improved the user experience for bulk approvals and submissions. Users can now easily deselect specific records after making their initial bulk selection, providing more precise control over which documents are processed.

This removes the need to exit the bulk submit or bulk approval modal and reselect the records for submission.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• Enhanced security by automatically rejecting emails with malicious file attachments and posting notifications to the email thread
• Resolved an issue where supplier email validation was incorrectly blocking document submission even when email validation wasn't enabled
• Fixed circular delegation loops that could cause authentication and team data errors
• Improved persistence of default status settings for create and revert actions
• Enhanced synchronisation between landed cost tables and item tables, preserving custom fields while updating matching fields
• Various performance improvements to backend processing

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 7 August 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced delegation of authority (DOA) dataset handling​

Delegation of authority (DOA) datasets drive your approval workflows by determining who needs to approve transactions. We've improved how the system handles situations where approval automations don't find any matching dataset rows for a given transaction.

Skip line if no match handling​

We've adjusted the exception handling behaviour for DOAs set to Skip line if no match:

• If the system can find a match for at least one row of the transaction, it's considered successful
• If no applicable rows are found in the dataset, the document moves to Unable to Process status with an explanatory notice

Exception handling for DOAs set to Skip sentence if no match or Fail if no match remains unchanged.

Improved handling of misconfigured dataset rows​

We've also improved our handling of dataset rows with empty limit or user fields:

• Empty dataset rows are automatically ignored instead of causing system errors
• This prevents common configuration mistakes from disrupting your approval workflows

Enhanced document coding capabilities​

Document coding helps you automatically populate transaction fields based on extracted document information, reducing manual data entry and ensuring consistent coding. We've significantly expanded document coding capabilities to give you more automation options.

Document type automation based on keywords​

You can now automatically set document types (forms) based on keywords found in your documents:

• Keyword-based document type assignment
  • Configure rules that automatically assign the correct document type when specific keywords are detected
  • Combine with module and submodule context for more precise automation
  • Opens up new customer-facing automation possibilities you can configure yourself

Custom field support​

Document coding now supports custom fields as both trigger and target fields:

• Custom field triggers
  • Use custom fields as the source field to search for keywords
• Custom field targets
  • Automatically populate custom fields based on detected keywords
• Enhanced workflow integration
  • Works with Document Studio to create custom questions that can be used in coding rules
  • Enables more sophisticated document type assignment beyond a single default document type per supplier
  • Reduces manual data entry during document review

Improved contact matching and enrichment​

Document enrichment helps ensure consistent supplier and customer information across your transactions. We've enhanced the contact matching process to provide more accurate and complete document information.

When the Force overwrite setting is enabled for supplier/customer information, the system now automatically updates document details to match the details on record for the linked supplier or customer:

• Enhanced field overwriting

  • Company name, tax number, email, and phone details are automatically populated from supplier/customer records
  • This helps correct extraction inconsistencies such as slightly incorrect ABN numbers or company names affected by logo interference
  • Only overwrites when supplier/customer records contain information

• Protected fields

  • Company reference and bank account details remain unchanged to preserve document-specific information
  • Ensures critical payment information isn't inadvertently modified

This enhancement ensures your transaction records maintain accurate supplier and customer information, without any additional manual review.

Importing improvements​

Document importing helps you efficiently upload large volumes of data into Zudello using CSV files and other structured formats. We've continued enhancing our importing capabilities with new features and better reliability.

Placed By user support​

You can now import and set the Placed By user field for transactions like purchase orders. This is particularly useful for migrating purchase orders, when you need to maintain accurate procurement owner records.

You can import the Placed by user by creating a column with their email addresses in your import file. During import, Zudello will search for a user with the same email address, and apply it.

Intelligent default application​

The system now automatically applies configured defaults when document types or statuses aren't provided. When you don't specify document types or statuses in your import files, and haven't made bulk selections or mapped these fields, Zudello will automatically apply your configured defaults. This smart handling only applies defaults to new transactions and won't overwrite existing values.

Streamlined bulk status updates​

For CSV-based workflows, we've introduced a quick process for bulk transaction status updates:

1. Create export templates that include only transaction UUIDs
2. After processing transactions in your external accounting system, export the UUID list
3. Upload this file via the Imports tab in Zudello, and select your desired status
4. Map the UUID column in your CSV to the UUID field in Zudello if it is not automatically recognised
5. Zudello will bulk update all the transactions

For more help with importing, see our how-to guide on Importing

Enhanced bulk transaction imports​

We've improved bulk transaction imports with flexible column ordering. You can now mix transaction header and line columns in any order within your import files, rather than being required to group all header columns before line columns. This provides more flexibility in how you structure your import files.

Enhanced validation capabilities​

Data validation helps ensure information is accurate and complete before documents are processed. We've significantly expanded our validation system to provide better data quality controls across more scenarios.

Custom field validation support​

Validation now works with both custom header and custom line fields. You can apply validation rules to all custom field types including text, number, and select fields. These validations work across both document headers and transaction lines, ensuring data completeness for your specific business requirements.

Required if validation enhancements​

We've expanded conditional validation capabilities with Required if conditional logic. You can now mark fields as required only when specific conditions are met.

The system also considers Visible if rules and automatically suppresses required validations when fields aren't visible to users. This provides flexible validation that adapts to your document workflows.

Approval validation enforcement​

Validation errors are now fully enforced during approval processes. When validation errors exist, the system will:

• Block both standard approve and force approve actions
• Prevent approval actions from external sources such as email approval links
• Stop automated approval actions like "Apply previous response" or "Auto approve submitter"

New expense-focused validations​

We've introduced specialised validation options for expense management. These ensure all expenses on a claim have passed their individual validations, verify that card spend expenses are properly reconciled to payments, and confirm all expenses on a claim have consistent employee and expense type information.

Enhanced email validation​

Email validation has been refined for better usability. The system now only validates fields that actually contain values, so empty email fields aren't flagged as invalid. You can combine email validation with "Required" validations if you need both valid and mandatory email addresses.

Email validation now also works on non-transaction resources such as supplier email fields.

For more information on using and understading validations, see our guide on Document validations

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 29 July 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced automation capabilities​

Zudello's automations help you reduce manual data entry by automatically setting field values based on your business rules. We've expanded automation capabilities to support custom fields, giving you more flexibility in your document processing workflows.

Custom field automation support​

You can now create automation rules that set values for basic custom fields across both document headers and transaction lines. This includes the following field types:

• Text fields
  • Automatically populate text-based custom fields
• Number fields
  • Set numeric custom field values
• Date fields
  • Apply date values to custom date fields
• Checkbox fields
  • Control boolean custom field settings

Module-specific document coding​

Document coding helps automatically populate transaction fields based on extracted document information. We've enhanced document coding to support module-specific rules, allowing you to apply different coding logic across your various business processes.

You can now configure document coding rules to apply only to specific modules and submodules:

• Context-specific rules
  • Set rules that only apply in specific areas like Expenses or Purchasing
• Flexible configuration
  • Choose which modules and submodules each rule should affect

• Backwards compatibility
  • Rules without module context will continue to apply across all modules as before

This enhancement allows you to create more precise coding rules that match your specific business workflows for different document types.

Enhanced document viewing options​

Document viewing helps you review and work with your uploaded documents efficiently. We've restored and improved document viewing options to give you better access to different document formats and information.

Expanded viewing capabilities​

All users now have access to multiple document viewing options through an enhanced viewing menu:

• Original view
  • Shows documents converted to images for faster loading
• OCR Text view
  • Displays the text that Zudello extracted from your document, helping you understand what information the AI processing identified
• Uploaded Document view
  • Provides access to the original PDF format for easy text copying, annotation, rotation, downloading, and printing

Improved menu design​

With the addition of this new menu, the document viewer will now have two menus:

• Three-dot menu (...)

  • Gives you access to various actions you can take on documents

• Chevron menu (arrow down)

  • Gives you access to different ways of viewing the same document

Unlock permission for approvals​

Approval workflows ensure documents are reviewed and approved by the right people at the right time. We've introduced new permission controls to give you finer control over who can edit documents during the approval process.

We've added a new permission system that requires users to explicitly unlock documents before editing them during approvals:

• Enhanced security
  • Prevents accidental edits by requiring an intentional unlock action
• Granular control
  • Administrators can control which users have unlock permissions separate from general editing permissions
• Performance improvement
  • Reduces system load by minimising unnecessary update calls during the approval process

Seamless transition​

To ensure continuity, we've automatically granted unlock permissions to all users who currently have update permissions. Administrators can adjust these permissions as needed for their specific workflow requirements.

Improved approval visibility​

We've enhanced how approval information is displayed to make it easier to track approval status without additional user interactions.

• Always-visible responses
  • Approval responses are now permanently displayed on screen instead of requiring hover actions
• Streamlined interface
  • The Others section remains collapsed by default for a cleaner view while keeping essential information visible

Enhanced rejection workflow​

Document rejection helps you return documents to suppliers or submitters when issues need to be resolved. We've improved the rejection feature to make the process more intuitive and automatic.

Intelligent email handling​

The system now automatically determines the appropriate recipient for rejection emails:

• Primary contact
  • Uses supplier or customer email addresses from the document when available
• Fallback lookup
  • Searches linked supplier or customer records for email addresses if document fields are empty
• Module-aware display
  • Shows Supplier or Customer labels based on the module you're working in

Configuration improvements​

We've made several enhancements to system configuration options to improve usability and reduce setup complexity.

Enhanced default document types​

Setting up default document types against suppliers and customer is now more intuitive with dropdown menus for:

• Module selection: Choose the appropriate module from a dropdown
• Submodule selection: Select the relevant submodule
• Document type selection: Pick the specific document type

Inbox management improvements​

For organisations with multiple inboxes, we've added features to help you find and manage inboxes more efficiently:

• Search functionality: Quickly find specific inboxes by name
• Alphabetical sorting: Inboxes are now sorted alphabetically for easier browsing
• Quick access: The first five search results are pinned for convenient access

Better team management​

We've improved how the system handles default team settings to reduce confusion and prevent accidental changes:

• Smart team loading
  • The system now prioritises your default team when displaying settings
• Production team priority
  • If no default is set, production teams are shown before sandbox environments
• Visual indicators
  • Team type icons help you identify when you're viewing sandbox team settings

Card reconciliation enhancements (limited customers only)​

Card reconciliation helps you match credit card transactions with expense records for accurate financial reporting and expense management. We've expanded the reference field display to make it easier to identify and match payments.

Card reconciliation is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Document Studio improvements​

Document Studio empowers you to customise how Zudello extracts data from your documents, ensuring maximum accuracy for your specific document types and formats. We've enhanced extraction capabilities to capture more supplier and contact information.

Enhanced contact extraction​

We have made imrovements to how Document Studio extracts and populates supplier, merchant, and contact name information, providing more complete data capture from your documents.

Document Studio is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling Document Studio for your team.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• We've resolved an issue where hover messages showed incorrect submodule information when opening transactions from related documents (for example, opening a receipt from a purchase order now correctly shows "receipt" in the hover message)
• We've fixed an issue where expenses on claims were incorrectly numbered in some cases

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 16 July 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced document status controls​

Document status management helps control what actions are available based on where documents are in your workflow. We've improved status controls to prevent inappropriate actions on documents that have been completed or closed.

We've removed the following actions from documents in Rejected, Deleted, or Closed type statuses:

• Create a goods receipt
• Change team
• Archive
• Mark as complete without processing

These actions will no longer be available for the following statuses:

• Rejected Type
  • Rejected
  • Duplicate
• Deleted Type
  • Deleted
• Closed Type
  • Closed
  • Archived

This enhancement ensures that completed or rejected documents maintain their final status and prevents accidental processing of documents that have already been finalised.

Importing improvements​

Document importing helps you efficiently upload large volumes of data into Zudello using CSV files and other structured formats. We've continued enhancing our importing capabilities to make the process more reliable and flexible.

SKU-based item updating​

You can now update item records using SKU as the primary identifier when importing. The importing tool will:

• Update existing items when it finds a matching SKU
• Create new items when no matching SKU is found
• Fail the import if multiple items share the same SKU (to maintain data integrity)

If your team intentinally uses duplicate SKUs, you'll need to use the UUID or External ID field for updating records.

Intelligent field mapping​

We've added automatic field mapping suggestions based on your upload file column names:

• Exact matches: "supplier_code" or "Supplier Code" maps to the supplier_code field
• Close matches: "lines_sku" or "Lines Sku" maps to the lines_sku field
• The system performs basic matching but won't make assumptions for partial matches

Other changes​

• Import tracking: The system now displays which user created each import for better audit tracking
• UTF-8 encoding: CSV files must be saved in UTF-8 format (Windows-1252 encoding is no longer supported)

Approval and notification improvements​

Approval workflows ensure documents are reviewed and approved by the right people at the right time. We've enhanced our approval system with new bulk reminder capabilities and improved notification content.

Bulk approval reminders​

Users with the appropriate permissions can now send reminder notifications to multiple approvers simultaneously:

Users can navigate to the relevant submodule and select the approvals they want to send reminders for. They can then click the Send Reminder button, and use the bulk actions modal to send reminders.

Reminders can run in the background, allowing users to close the bulk actions modal and continue with other tasks. For more information see Approval reminders.

Enhanced approval notifications​

We've improved the information displayed in approval notification emails:

The following dimension information is now included for relevant documents:

• Project task
• Unit of measure
• Payment method
• Mileage rate
• Expense category
• Currency

We have also made the following formatting improvements for better readbility:

• Dimensions are sorted alphabetically
• Large amounts now display with thousand separators

Enhanced email processing​

Email processing helps automatically capture and process documents sent to your Zudello inboxes. We've made it easier to identify email sources and destinations for automation and document coding purposes.

When documents are received via email, Zudello now automatically sets the following new fields on the transaction:

• From address (Sender): The email address that sent the document
• Original recipient (Inbox): The Zudello inbox email address that received the document

These new fields open up a number of automation possibilities, including:

• Automatically coding documents to specific dimensions based on sender or inbox
• Assigning documents to specific users based on which inbox received them
• Setting up conditional workflows based on email source

Quick Actions improvements​

Quick Actions help you perform common tasks efficiently across different areas of Zudello. We've added more control over where Quick Actions appear within your system.

You can now control which modules and submodules display specific Quick Actions by adding context settings (similar to automation actions or field manager settings):

• No context: Quick Action appears everywhere (existing behaviour)
• With context: Quick Action only appears in specified module/submodule combinations

This enhancement allows you to create more targeted Quick Actions that appear only where they're most relevant.

Automation improvements​

Automation helps streamline your document processing by automatically applying business rules and workflows. We've enhanced error handling to make issues more visible and easier to resolve.

Improved error processing​

When automations encounter errors, the system now provides better visibility and handling:

• Enhanced error detection:

  • Errors that occur during database operations (not just action failures) now properly update document status
  • Documents with automation errors are moved to "Unable to Process" status
  • Error messages are displayed in the header banner for immediate visibility

• Resolved error scenarios:

  • Fixed issues with consolidate actions when lines are linked to allocations and budgets
  • Resolved problems with incorrect payload construction
  • Improved handling when values like suppliers are unintentionally cleared

• Better logging:

  • Expanded logging capabilities for easier troubleshooting and investigation
  • Improved traceability for automation-related issues

Enhanced duplicate document handling​

Duplicate document detection helps prevent processing the same document multiple times and avoids potential double payments. We've improved how the system handles duplicates to provide more flexibility in document management.

Smart duplicate checking​

The system uses SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) codes to create unique fingerprints for each file. Previously, when a potential duplicate was detected, the system would block all duplicate uploads, requiring permanent deletion of the existing document.

The system now checks the duplicate transaction's status:

• If the existing document status is Deleted, the new upload is accepted
• This allows you to replace deleted documents while maintaining duplicate protection for active documents

For more information about managing duplicates, see our guide on Duplicate documents in Zudello.

Statement improvements​

During statement reconciliation, the auto-matching feature now ignores transactions in Deleted status, ensuring only active invoices and credit notes are considered for matching.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• Resolved an issue where staff user names weren't always properly anonymised in budget submissions and resource comments
• Re-enabled the ability to use the @ symbol when adding users via the chat modal, with improved user selection using Enter or Tab keys
• Fixed an issue where the Dimension Summary section remained editable on read-only approval documents
• Resolved a permission error with the Place Order action when users lacked purchase order update permissions
• Fixed an issue where Payment Method was incorrectly prefilled into transaction lines instead of headers when configured as a supplier default
• Improved handling of Excel files that cannot be converted to PDF, preventing ingestion crashes
• Enhanced error handling to properly mark unprocessable documents as UNSUPPORTED or prevent transaction creation for problematic email uploads

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 2 July 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced item alternatives management​

Item alternatives let Zudello automatically recognise different codes that suppliers and customers use for the same products, reducing manual data entry and improving processing accuracy. We've made significant improvements to how the system searches for and manages existing item alternatives.

We've enhanced the search functionality when assessing potential new item alternatives, particularly when an item has existing alternatives linked to other suppliers or customers. This improvement ensures more accurate matching and reduces duplicate alternative creation, making your item management more efficient and reliable.

Importing improvements​

Document importing helps you efficiently upload large volumes of data into Zudello using CSV files and other formats. We've continued enhancing our importing capabilities with several key improvements to make the process more reliable and user-friendly.

Enhanced importing reliability​

We've upgraded our importing tool to use new backend technology, resolving several issues with the previous system:

• Improved document type handling: The system now correctly sets document types during import, eliminating previous inconsistencies
• Better error handling: Resolved issues where imports would stall without providing error messages to users
• Enhanced UUID validation: Improved handling of invalid UUID entries during import

Code-based resource updates​

Previously, to update records you needed to provide the UUID or external ID of each record. We've now added the ability to import and update resources using the code field for matching, making it easier for end users to manage existing data via imports.

Enhanced filtering capabilities​

Filtering helps you quickly locate specific transactions and documents within your system. We've expanded filtering options and improved the user experience for finding the information you need.

Improved quick filters and better display​

Quick filters are always visible when you open the filtering tab, and allow you to quickly drill down to the documents you need.

We've also improved the display of very long filter names, particularly for approval-related filters.

New allocation filters​

We've added allocation-related fields to the filtering options, making it easier to track transaction matching status:

• Allocation statuses: Filter by current allocation status
• Variance amounts and percentages: Find transactions with specific variance levels
• Remaining amounts and percentages: Identify partially allocated transactions
• Discrepancy amounts and percentages: Locate transactions with matching discrepancies

Enhanced approval filters​

We've expanded approval filtering capabilities to help you manage workflow status more effectively:

• Filter by specific milestone names or statuses
• Filter by step names or statuses
• Filter by associated approvers
• Filter by approval responses or reasons

Available approval statuses and responses:

• PENDING (response and status)
• ESCALATED (response and status)
• DELEGATED (response only)
• FORCED (response only)
• CHANGED (response only)
• APPROVED (response and status)
• REJECTED (response and status)

Approval and notification improvements​

Approval workflows ensure documents are reviewed and approved by the right people at the right time. We've made several enhancements to improve the approval experience and ensure proper workflow management.

Automatic approval cleanup​

We've improved how the system handles archived or completed documents with open approvals:

• Automatic clearing
  • When documents change from "Approve" status to any other status type (such as Archive or Mark as Completed), the system automatically clears any open approvals
• Improved reporting accuracy
  • This ensures approval reporting correctly reflects actual outstanding approval actions
• Reduced unnecessary notifications
  • Prevents escalation and reminder notifications for archived or completed documents

Open approvals are defined as active and future milestones, including all their steps and responses. Previously approved or rejected milestones are preserved for historical tracking.

Enhanced approval notifications​

We've improved the approval notification system:

• New approver notifications
  • When you manually change an approver, the system automatically sends approval required notifications to the newly assigned approver
• Expanded reminder options
  • Manual reminders are now available for escalated approval steps
• Improved claim notifications
  • Enhanced handling of claim notifications to avoid showing "unavailable" or "unknown" placeholders when key information is missing

Document coding improvements​

Document coding helps you automatically populate transaction fields based on extracted document information, reducing manual data entry and ensuring consistent coding. We've enhanced the document coding configuration to prevent invalid setups and provide clearer error messaging.

Improved field selection​

We've refined which fields can be used in document coding rules:

• Source fields
  • Limited to only text fields that can be populated by the extraction pipeline
• Target fields
  • Filtered to show only writable fields, excluding system-controlled fields like:
    • User and system date fields (e.g. Created at, Created by)
    • System-controlled fields (e.g. Budget status, Allocation status)
    • Sub-resources that can't be directly updated

Enhanced error messaging​

We've reformatted error messages for invalid document coding rules to make them easier to read and understand, helping you resolve configuration issues more quickly.

Price Books improvements (limited customers only)​

Price management helps you maintain accurate pricing across different suppliers, customers, and business dimensions. We've continued enhancing our Price Books feature with new capabilities for managing complex pricing scenarios.

Dimension-specific pricing management​

Building on our basic implementation, we've added advanced pricing capabilities:

• Accept pricing workflow
  • Ability to accept pricing when managing dimension-specific pricing (such as Subsidiary or Project pricing) without overwriting existing prices
• Bulk import and export
  • Full support for importing and exporting item pricing records via the user interface

Price Books are currently only available for a selected number of teams and require additional implementation. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Reporting enhancements (limited customers only)​

Business intelligence and reporting help you gain insights into your document processing workflows and business performance. We've made improvements to enhance the reporting experience and provide better navigation capabilities.

Enhanced report exports​

We've improved how the system handles URLs and links when exporting reports:

• Better CSV and Excel exports
  • Enhanced handling of document URLs and links in exported data
• Approval dashboard improvements
  • Added document URLs and links to the approval dashboard, allowing users to easily navigate directly to transactions requiring attention (such as pending approvals)

Reporting is currently only available for selected teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Card Reconciliation improvements (limited customers only)​

Card reconciliation helps you match credit card transactions with expense records for accurate financial reporting and expense management. We have launched this new feature with selected customers and have made several enhancements based on initial feedback.

Enhanced expense management​

• Payment method visibility
  • Added the Payment method field as a column to the payments submodule table view for better transaction tracking
• Improved filtering
  • Added an additional filter to the card reconciliation screen specifically for Card Spend expenses

Smart default filters​

We've implemented intelligent default filters that users can modify as needed:

• Payment method matching:

  • Filters expenses by the selected Payment Method for reconciliation
  • Includes expenses without a Payment Method set
  • Can be disabled to show expenses regardless of payment method

• Card spend filtering:

  • Filters expenses by Expense Type = Card Spend
  • Can be disabled to show all expenses regardless of type
  • Both filters can be removed by clicking the 'x' if not needed

Card reconciliation is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling Document Studio for your team.

Document Studio improvements​

Document Studio empowers you to customise how Zudello extracts data from your documents, ensuring maximum accuracy for your specific document types and formats. We've added new extraction capabilities to capture more information from your documents.

Enhanced extraction capabilities​

We've expanded Document Studio's ability to extract information from transaction documents:

• Transaction Line Notes support
  • Document Studio now supports extracting notes from individual transaction lines

Document Studio is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling Document Studio for your team.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• We resolved an issue where logos with identical names would overwrite each other across different teams, ensuring each team's branding remains distinct.

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 18 June 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Manual approval reminders​

Zudello's approval workflows ensure documents are reviewed and approved by the right people, at the right time. We've now introduced the ability to send manual reminders for pending approvals directly through the Zudello interface.

This new feature allows users with the appropriate permissions to send approval reminder emails to approvers with pending approval steps against a document.

The system intelligently manages reminder notifications by:

• Checking all approval steps within the current milestone
• Sending reminders only to users with currently pending responses
• Excluding users who have already approved, rejected, or had their responses processed through delegation or escalation
• Including the name of the person who sent the reminder, and the time since the approval was first requested

For more information see Approval reminders.

Improved email approval experience​

For teams that require approvals to be completed within the Zudello platform, rather than via email, we've improved the messaging in approval emails. The updated emails make it clearer that users need to log into Zudello to complete their approval or rejection.

This improvement helps streamline the approval process and reduces confusion for users who might otherwise attempt to reply via email.

This change will automatically take affect for all applicable teams.

Purchase order reordering​

Purchase order management helps you track orders with suppliers from creation through to fulfilment. We've introduced a new Reorder function that allows you to quickly create new purchase orders based on existing ones.

The Reorder action is available in the ... menu at the top of the document viewer. The reorder function offers:

• Quick duplication of existing purchase orders
• Automatic status reset to the default creation status
• Clearing of document-specific fields like document number, dates, and Placed by information
• Preservation of supplier and line item details for easy reordering

This feature streamlines the process of placing repeat orders with suppliers, saving time and ensuring consistency.

The reorder function is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Quote to purchase order conversion​

Quote management helps you track potential purchases from initial inquiry through to order placement. We've launched a new Convert to PO function that streamlines the process of converting approved quotes into purchase orders.

The Convert to PO action is available in the document viewer header and provides:

• Seamless conversion from quote to purchase order format
• Automatic status updates for both the original quote (set to Completed) and new purchase order (set to default creation status)
• Proper document linking through related documents functionality
• Preservation of all relevant quote details in the new purchase order

This enhancement eliminates manual re-entry of quote information and ensures accurate tracking of your procurement process from quote to order.

The convert to PO function is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Enhanced data permissions for allocated documents​

Data permissions help control which users can access specific documents and information within your Zudello system. We've improved how data permissions work for documents linked through allocations (such as invoices matched to purchase orders and receipts).

Previously, users needed access to both documents in an allocation relationship to view either one. Now, if a user has access to one document (such as an invoice), they automatically gain access to any purchase orders or receipts allocated to that document.

This enhancement provides a more intuitive access experience while maintaining security controls, making it easier for users to work with related documents without requiring complex permission configurations.

Document Studio improvements​

Document Studio empowers you to customise how Zudello extracts data from your documents. We've resolved an issue where reference fields weren't being populated correctly during the extraction process, ensuring more accurate and complete data capture.

Document Studio is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling Document Studio for your team.

Expanded backend validation support​

Data validation helps ensure information is accurate and complete before documents are processed. We've expanded our backend validation capabilities to support:

• Expense documents with basic validation requirements
• Custom header fields for enhanced data quality control

These improvements provide more comprehensive validation coverage across different document types and field configurations.

Backend validation is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• We've enhanced document extraction processes to no longer trigger unnecessary extraction events after converting system-created documents, while maintaining proper extraction for uploaded or emailed documents
• We've improved error messaging when saving document coding rules to provide more context and clarity
• We've introduced fallback handling for PDF processing to prevent system crashes when encountering unsupported file formats
• We've resolved an issue with document conversion processes that could occasionally fail on the first attempt
• We've fixed an issue where documents for certain suppliers would occasionally fail to save properly
• We've addressed GST handling issues in claim generation processes

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 11 June 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced supplier and customer matching​

Document extraction and supplier matching help automatically identify and link suppliers to invoices, reducing manual data entry and improving accuracy. We've significantly improved how Zudello matches suppliers and customers to documents through enhanced recognition capabilities.

Improved tax number matching​

We've enhanced our tax number (ABN) matching to handle common extraction issues:

• Advanced handling of incorrectly extracted tax numbers, including situations where an extra digit is added during document scanning
• Intelligent search algorithms that can still find the correct supplier even when tax numbers are extracted with minor errors
• Improved accuracy for Australian ABN recognition and matching

Expanded matching criteria​

We've broadened the range of information used to match suppliers and customers:

• Bank account number matching: Documents can now be matched using bank account details.
• Company reference matching: Added support for account numbers and reference codes.
• Enhanced email matching: Improved email-based supplier identification, including matching from sender email addresses.
• Phone number matching: Documents can be matched using supplier phone numbers.
• Alternative supplier information: Extended search to include supplier alternative records for more comprehensive matching.

The matching process now follows a logical hierarchy, starting with the most reliable identifiers (tax numbers) and progressively expanding to other criteria when needed. This ensures accurate supplier identification while reducing the need for manual intervention.

Field auto-filling enhancements​

Purchase order matching and auto-filling help reduce manual data entry by automatically copying information from linked documents like purchase orders to invoices. We've completely enhanced the auto-filling system to provide more comprehensive data transfer and better automation.

Expanded auto-fill capabilities​

Auto-filling now works across a much wider range of fields:

• Header information:

  • Reference
  • PO number
  • Currency

• Supplier details:

  • Supplier name, code, and tax information
  • Contact details including email and phone numbers

• Delivery information:

  • Complete address details including attention, addressee, and full delivery address

• Line-level details:

  • Stock codes and linked items
  • Dimensions such as account codes, cost centres, departments, locations, and subsidiaries
  • Project information
  • Tax rate codes

• Custom fields:

  • Full support for all custom field types including text, numbers, dates, select fields, and boolean values

Enhanced auto-fill triggers​

Auto-filling now activates automatically in more situations:

• When documents are uploaded, emailed, or rescanned and automatically matched
• When you manually select purchase orders or purchase order lines to match
• When you use the Apply trained rules function
• Through API integration with enrichment enabled

After auto-filling completes, the system continues to apply other default values from your inbox settings, user preferences, and employee records for any remaining blank fields.

Expanded approval capabilities​

Approval workflows ensure that documents are reviewed and approved by the right people at the right time. We've enhanced our approval system to provide more flexibility and control over your approval processes.

Procurement owner approvals​

For organisations managing purchase orders through external systems, we've expanded procurement owner approvals to include approvals based on the Placed by field.

Invoice and receipt approval steps can now be assigned to the user who placed the original purchase order. This enhancement is particularly valuable for teams that create purchase orders in external systems but need approval workflows in Zudello.

Enhanced delegation of authority (DOA) options​

We've expanded DOA approval capabilities, and now support the Payment method fields as a DOA dimension.

This allows you to configure approval rules based on payment methods, giving you more control over transaction approval requirements.

Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss adjusting your DOA settings.

Improved data permissions performance​

Data permissions help control which users can access specific documents and information within your system. We've implemented performance improvements to make data permission processing faster and more efficient, particularly for systems with complex permission structures.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• We've enhanced system stability by improving error handling for documents that cannot be processed, ensuring they're marked as unsupported rather than causing system issues
• We've improved validation messaging for document coding rules to provide clearer feedback when configuration issues are detected
• We've resolved configuration issues that could occasionally cause system errors in specific deployment scenarios
• We've added enhanced field management capabilities with improved naming conventions for easier system administration
• We've expanded the expenses module to include units of measure functionality for better expense tracking and reporting

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 5 June 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Enhanced approval validations​

Zudello's approval workflows help ensure documents are reviewed and approved by the right people at the right time. We've significantly enhanced our approval validation system to give you more control over what information is required before documents can be approved.

We've introduced new Required If validations that allow you to set fields as mandatory only when documents reach specific approval statuses. This flexible approach means users can still submit documents for review, but must complete all required information before the approval process can be finalised.

Key improvements include:

• Flexible validation rules that activate only during approval processes
• Smart blocking that prevents approval actions when required data is missing, while still allowing document rejection
• Clear error messaging that shows users exactly what information needs to be completed

An important note is that this feature is not compatible with any of the following features:

• Email-based approval buttons
• Auto-approval processes, such as Apply previous response or Auto approve submitter
• Backend validation processes
• Bulk processing features, such as bulk submit, bulk approve, or low touch processing

Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling enhanced approval validations for your team.

Improved purchase order matching and auto-filling​

Zudello's automatic matching helps match invoices and receipts to their corresponding purchase orders, reducing manual data entry and ensuring accurate cost tracking. We've enhanced how auto-filling works to make the matching process even more efficient and reliable.

Auto-filling now automatically copies information from linked purchase orders to invoices at the following times:

• When invoices are uploaded, emailed, or rescanned, and automatically matched to purchase orders
• When you manually select a purchase order or purchase order line to match to an invoice
• When you click Apply trained rules

We've significantly expanded the range of fields that can be auto-filled. The fields that can now be auto-filled are:

• Header fields
  • Reference
  • PO Number
  • Currency
• Supplier details
  • Supplier name
  • Supplier code
  • Tax number (ABN)
  • Email
  • Phone
• Delivery address detais
  • Attention to
  • Addressee
  • All address fields
• Line-level data
  • Stock codes
  • Account
  • Cost centres
  • Departments
  • Locations
  • Subsidiaries
  • Projects
  • Tax rate codes
• Custom fields
  • Support for all custom field types including text, numbers, dates, selections, and boolean values

After auto-filling is complete, the system continues to apply other default values for any remaining blank fields, using defaults from your inbox settings, user preferences, or employee records.

Flexible allocation requirements​

Purchase order allocation ensures that invoice line items are properly matched to their corresponding purchase orders before processing. We've introduced more flexible options for managing allocation requirements, particularly for invoices that include freight charges or other costs not captured on the original purchase order.

You can now configure allocation requirements with these options:

• All lines must match (disabled)
  • Transaction lines don't require allocations to proceed
• All lines must match (enabled) with standard requirements
  • All transaction lines, regardless of type, must be allocated before submission
• All lines must match (enabled) with flexible landed cost handling
  • Only standard item lines require allocation, while landed cost lines (such as freight or surcharges) can proceed without allocation

This enhancement provides the flexibility to handle real-world invoicing scenarios where suppliers include additional charges that weren't part of the original purchase order.

An important note is that any users with access to transactions can move standard lines to the landed cost section, potentially bypassing allocation requirements. Consider your security and permission requirements when deciding whether to implement this feature.

Document Studio enhancements​

Document Studio empowers you to customise how Zudello extracts data from your documents, ensuring maximum accuracy and efficiency in your document processing workflows.

We've made several improvements to enhance Document Studio's functionality:

• Enhanced stability with various bug fixes and performance improvements
• Better user experience through interface refinements and workflow optimisations

Document Studio is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling Document Studio for your team.

Expanded backend validation support​

Data validation helps ensure information is accurate and complete before documents are processed. We've expanded our backend validation capabilities to support more document types and field configurations.

Backend validation is now supported for:

• Expense documents
  • Full backend validation support is available for expense processing workflows
• Custom header fields
  • Validation rules can now be applied to custom fields configured at the document header level

These enhancements provide more comprehensive data quality controls across your entire document processing workflow.

Backend validation is currently only available for a selected number of teams. Reach out to support@zudello.com to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• We've resolved an issue with item duplication that was identified during internal testing

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 20 March 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

Improved catalogue search​

Finding the right items in your catalogue is essential for efficient document processing. We've made significant improvements to how searching works when looking for items by SKU or description.

Within the catalogue submodule​

We now use the following conditions for searches within the catalogue submodule:

• For searches with hyphens (e.g. C-2500-NAVY-87R) we look for an exact string match
• When you enter multiple keywords separated by spaces (e. g. Yakka Cargo), both keywords must be present in the results
• Results that exactly match your search criteria now appear at the top of your results, with partial matches displayed further down the list
• Sorting order is maintained based on the view you're using (date updated or date created)

In drop-down selectors​

• Item selection drop-downs, such as on transactions and other forms, now show results ordered by relevance
• The most relevant matches appear at the top of the list

These improvements make it much easier to find exactly what you're looking for, saving you time when creating and processing documents.

Keyword coding enhancements​

Keyword coding rules help automate the coding of dimensions and other information on your transactions. We've updated how these rules work to give you more control:

• Rules now fully overwrite fields rather than only filling in blank values
• All configured rules are now executed in the order they appear in the rules list
• If multiple rules apply to the same field, the last rule executed will determine the final value

This change gives you more flexibility when setting up complex coding rules, as you can now create layered rules that run one after the other.

Expanded fields for delegation of authority (DOA) approvals​

Delegation of authority (DOA) rules ensure that transactions are approved by the right people, every time. We've expanded our DOA capabilities to include the following new dimensions:

• Item groups
• Item categories
• Project types
• Project groups

This expansion gives you more flexibility when configuring approval workflows, allowing you to match your ZUdello workflow exactly to your business needs.

Place order audit improvements​

Purchase order management helps you track orders with suppliers throughout the full procurement cycle. To maintain accurate audit trails, we've made the following improvement to system behaviour.

When duplicating a purchase order, the Placed by and Placed at fields are now automatically cleared. This ensures that your audit trails remain accurate and reliable, making it clear which orders have been placed, when they were placed, and by whom.

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure that we address any issues as soon as possible. As part of this release, we've made the following resolutions and improvements:

• We've optimised timezone settings for UK customers to improve performance
• We've made improvements to the saving process for user groups with numerous permissions
• We've resolved an issue where the Created by user field couldn't be added to forms, complementing the previously released ability to add Placed by and Submitted by fields

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 30 January 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved​

New feature: Keyword coding rules​

We have launched our new keyword coding rules feature, which automatically applies predefined coding when specific keywords are found on a document.

For more information on setting up and managing these rules, see Keyword Coding Rules guide.

New Create a goods receipt feature​

Goods receipts help you track when items have been received, ensuring accurate inventory management and supporting three-way matching for invoice processing.

Users now have the ability to create goods receipts directly from the related purchase order. The two documents will be automatically linked, and all header and line information can be automatically copied across.

For more information, see our guide on Creating Goods Receipts.

Editable approvals​

Approval workflows help ensure the right people review and approve documents before they're processed. We've improved how editable approval milestones work to enhance system performance.

• We've implemented a new "Unlock" feature for editable milestones that makes approvals faster and more efficient
• By default, editable milestones are now read-only during the approval process
• When you need to make changes, simply click the Unlock button to edit the document
• After editing, you can choose to:
  • Update to save your changes without approving
  • Approve or Reject to complete the approval process

Supplier and item onboarding​

Managing suppliers and items efficiently is crucial for procurement processes. We've added new capabilities to streamline this process.

• You can now use computed field rules for automatically generating SKUs for items
• Default dates can now be set to "today" to better support procurement processes
  • Available as a UI setting and as a sentence action

PDF templates​

PDF templates allow you to create professional, customized documents for your business communications.

• PDF templates can now lookup additional information, including:
  • Subsidiary names
  • Document creator names
  • And more

Allocations​

Allocations help you match transaction lines to their corresponding documents, ensuring accurate records and preventing discrepancies.

• We've continued our focus on improving allocations with several enhancements:
  • Allocations are now automatically cleared when users change a document's status to Deleted or Rejected
  • Resolved an issue where allocations were not automatically created after items were linked to transaction lines
  • Improved linking between items and transactions to ensure allocations are correctly created

Resolutions​

We're constantly working to refine Zudello functionality and ensure the best possible experience. As part of this release, we've made the following performance improvements and issue resolutions:

Performance enhancements​

• Improved CPU threshold handling and scaling for better system responsiveness
• Implemented connection pooling to optimize database performance
• Enhanced our search API with dedicated resources and new options to improve search speed
• Converted more processes from asynchronous to synchronous for faster response times
• Improved auto-calculations when creating transactions, ensuring totals and tax calculate instantly when items are linked

Issue resolutions​

• Fixed an issue where users were unable to access the Requests submodule in Relationships
• Resolved an issue that prevented users from selecting fields when building exports
• Fixed display issues with logos
• Improved row selection in transaction tables, allowing highlighting with mouse for bulk duplicate and bulk delete actions
• Fixed an issue with supplier name search when configuring dependencies
• Resolved integrity issues when using the convert with duplicate function in automations
• Added a submodule filter to automations to make finding sentences for specific submodules easier
• Fixed display issues with thousand separators in table views
• Corrected the convert extension to properly reset document type selection when module or submodule changes
• Reinstated the ability to view a statement while in reconcile mode

Have an idea?​

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 8 January 2025
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved

Approvals​

Start from submitter for user group DOAs​

We’ve expanded the functionality for delegation of authority (DOA) approvals by introducing the ability to start approvals from the submitter. This gives you greater flexibility, allowing approvals to be triggered based on the user who submits the transaction.

Previously, only the Start from bottom option worked for user group DOAs. We now support the Start from submitter logic, which checks if the submitter is a member of any applicable groups in the DOA and begins the approval process from there. If the submitter is not part of any group, the system will revert to the Start from bottom behaviour to avoid errors.

This change ensures that the approval process is more dynamic, and avoids submitters having to reapprove documents that they submitted.

Exclude submitter logic for user group DOAs​

We’ve introduced improvements to prevent approvals from getting stuck when the submitter is not able to approve their own documents.

The system will now ensure that no approval steps are created where the only approver is the submitter. If the submitter is part of a group with only one member, the approval process will skip this milestone and move to the next applicable step.

Multi-select user groups for DOA approvals​

You can now select multiple user groups as the approvers for a single approval step, providing more flexibility in how the approval process is configured.

Transaction header and related models in DOA approvals​

We’ve expanded DOA support to include transaction header and related dimensions, giving you more flexibility when setting up and managing approvals.

Previously, DOAs could only be configured with transaction line dimensions. Now, you can configure DOAs using header dimensions (such as supplier or customers) and related dimensions (such as account group).

This provides further flexibility in the approval process, to ensure your documents are approved by the right person every time.

Importing​

Zudello's importing feature let's you efficiently create new records or update existing ones in bulk, giving you more control over your team's data.

We have now added the ability to import inventory receipts, making it easier to process large volumes of inventory transactions.

We have removed the ability to import mileage expenses. Mileage expenses need to be entered via the expenses module, to ensure that all necessary information is captured.

Resolutions

• We’ve resolved an issue where dependencies weren’t automatically deleted when related values were deleted. Now, deleting a record will properly remove any related dependency on other records.
• An issue that prevented users from duplicating a Sales Order into a Purchase Order has been fixed.
• We’ve fixed an error where some table views would fail to load, improving overall stability and performance.
• An issue with audit logs displaying dimension UUIDs instead of names has been resolved, making logs easier to read.
• We’ve continued our work on improving system performance, including converting more endpoints from asynchronous to synchronous processing.

Have some ideas?

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Please let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 20 November 2024
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved

Document type default statuses​

Document types now have configurable default statuses that are applied when documents are created or reopened:

• Transactions (invoices, purchase orders, etc.) default to Review status when created and Ready status when reopened
• Non-transactions (items, suppliers, customers, dimensions) default to Active status for both creation and reopening

You can customise these settings in the document type settings.

Auto-approve for submitters​

Previously, if document submitters were also valid approvers on a document, they would need to reopen and approve documents they had already submitted for approval.

You can now configure approval flows to automatically approve any steps for document submitters, streamlining the approval process and removing the need for double handling.

New LLM document extraction pipeline​

Zudello's document extraction system pulls key information from your documents and makes it available for processing.

All teams are now automatically opted into our LLM (Large Language Model) extraction pipeline, which provides faster and more accurate document extraction. This advanced technology significantly improves the quality and speed of information extracted from your documents.

Performance enhancements​

We've made several improvements to Zudello's performance, helping you work faster and more efficiently:

• We've streamlined how documents are processed during enrichment, reducing the time it takes to extract and code your documents. We've also optimised how we calculate allocation variances, making the matching process faster.

• Opening transactions with allocations is now faster, as we've reduced the amount of background information loaded when viewing these documents.

• Processing claims with multiple linked expenses is now significantly faster. We've reduced processing time for claims with 20-30 linked expenses from nearly 2 minutes down to about 45 seconds.

We're committed to ongoing performance improvements and will continue to make Zudello faster with each release.

Resolutions

Bank account and ABN validations​

• We've resolved an issue where bank account and ABN validations were sometimes appearing when they shouldn't. Validations now properly respect their document type extension settings.
• We've corrected calculations for amount-based matching, ensuring that matching status and variance percentages are displayed accurately.
• We've resolved an issue where users couldn't complete transactions with lengthy address information.
• We've added search functionality to the Keyword Coding Rules page, making it easier to find and work with document coding settings.
• We've upgraded several front-end components to ensure ongoing compliance with security standards.

Have some ideas?

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Please let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 11 November 2024
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what's new and improved in Zudello, as well as what we resolved in the latest release.

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New and improved

Enhanced approval routing options​

Zudello's approval system routes documents to the right people at the right time, helping you maintain compliance and control over your business processes. Our delegation of authority (DOA) features ensure that approvals follow your company's governance requirements.

We've expanded our approval routing options to handle more complex approval scenarios. You can now configure approval flows to automatically exclude document submitters from the approval process. This improves separation of duties by ensuring that the person who submits a document can't also approve it, even if they would normally be part of the approval flow.

When Exclude submitter is turned on, documents will follow one of the following flows:

• For approvals that start from the bottom of the tree
  • Approval follows your defined DOA from the lowest approval level upward
  • If the Submitter is responsible for any approval steps, the document will skip their step and move to the next approver in the DOA
• For approvals that start from the submitter submitter
  • If the submitter is in the DOA, approvals will start from the next approver in the DOA
  • If the submitter is not defined in the DOA, approvals will start from the bottom of the tree as detailed above
• For approvals that go directly to the user with a sufficient limit
  • Usually the approval will go directly to the approver with a sufficient approval limit
  • If the submitter is the first approver with a sufficient limit, the approval will go to the next approver in the DOA

These enhancements help you meet compliance requirements while maintaining efficiency and simplicity within your approval flow.

Resolutions

Approval sentence handling​

We've resolved an issue where error messages were sometimes displayed unnecessarily during the approval process. Previously, when certain approval conditions weren't met and the system was configured to skip that step, an error message would still appear in the system logs.

We've improved this process to display appropriate messages based on your exception handling configuration:

• Fail if no match
  • If a required condition isn't met, the system will stop processing and display an error message
• Skip sentence if no match
  • If a condition isn't met, the system will skip that automation and proceed to the next automation without unnecessary error messages
• Skip line if no match
  • The system will only process document lines that meet the specified conditions

These improvements provide clearer information about approval routing decisions and reduce unnecessary error messages.

Have some ideas?

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Please let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.

Release date: 10 October 2024
Version: v3

Here's the latest summary of what’s new and improved in Zudello, as well as what was resolved in the latest release.

Looking for something? Browse by tag to find release notes on a specific feature.

New and improved

Supplier, customer and employee default document types​

Code documents faster than ever, by configuring the default document type that applies when you link specific suppliers, customers, or employees to a transaction.

You can configure default document types for different submodules. For example, you might receive inventory invoices from some suppliers and service invoices from others, but treat all suppliers' credit notes the same.

We extract default document types as part of the extraction process. Importantly, we won't apply default document types when you manually match suppliers, customers, or employees to a transaction, or when an automation sets them after the extraction process has already finished.

See Item Default Coding or Supplier Default Coding for more.

Allocations - any line to any line matching​

Zudello's two-way and three-way matching plays an integral role in ensuring compliance and accuracy across the procurement lifecycle. 

Previously, when allocating documents (e.g. matching an invoice to a purchase order), our intelligent engine would match the lines of each document based on either stock code or description. This works well for inventory and stock-based documents, but meant that service or non-stock documents had to be manually allocated line-by-line. 

We have now expanded our engine to allow allocation on an any line to any line basis, allowing you to easily allocate any two transactions, even where the number of lines do not match.

When this option is enabled and a transaction is allocated (e.g. an invoice is allocated to a purchase order), lines will be allocated from top-to-bottom, until either all lines are matched or the matched transaction (in this case the purchase order) is fully consumed. 

Please contact Zudello Support to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Approvals - DOA based on document total​

To increase the security and flexibility of approval flows, you now have the option to base each DOA approval decision on either of the following comparisons:

• The sum of applicable transaction lines vs the user user group's limit
  OR
• The document total vs the user user group's limit

Please contact Zudello Support to discuss enabling this feature for your team.

Importing - Item Alternatives​

Zudello's Item Alternatives feature removes the frustration of updating item codes, line-by-line, when your supplier uses different stock codes than you do. Instead of manually updating item codes, you can train Zudello to automatically swap out your suppliers stock codes for your corresponding item codes. 

Previously, Item Alternatives were updated one-by-one via the item card.

We have now enabled bulk importing of Item alternatives. When uploading item alternative imports users need to select:

• Module: Inventory
• Submodule: Catalogue
• Item Alternative

The following fields are currently available when creating Item Alternatives (* denotes a mandatory field):

• Item*

  • The Catalogue Item you want to lookup and link to the Transaction Line (i.e. your item code)

  • Can be imported using:

    • UUID
    • External ID
    • SKU

    

• Supplier / Customer

  • The Supplier / Customer the Item Alternative relates to. This allows you to link the same Catalogue Item if Suppliers / Customer refer to them by different codes. Can be left blank if the rule is generic i.e. the SKU is 'FREIGHT'

  • Can be imported using:

    • UUID
    • External ID
    • Code

    

• SKU*

  • The extracted code that you want to lookup and convert into the Linked Item (i.e. the supplier's/customer's item code)

Please reach out to your Organisation Administrator to discuss importing Item Alternatives for your team. 

Have some ideas?

Do you have an idea for a new feature or how we can improve our current features? Please let us know at support@zudello.com.

Your ideas and feedback are an important part of our product planning process to make Zudello better for everyone.