What's New in 11.4.1

Release Note • 4/8/2026 • 10 min read

Features

This section provides the information on the new features introduced in 11.4.1 release.

Advanced Purchasing

In addition to creating a purchase order, the users can create a change order, blanket order, service contract purchase order, and release from blanket order. The Change Order option allows the user to update the details of an existing purchase order. The Blanket order is a contract created between the customer and the supplier with the list of items agreed to purchase, pricing, and the contract expiry date. The service contract purchase order allows the users to add the service contract items on the purchase orders. You can create the service contract purchase order on regular purchase order and blanket order. Other key features added to the purchase order module are protecting the supplier on PO and blanket change orders, auto issue of orders, and change of currency with respect to the supplier location.

Events Managements

The Events module has been added to Aptean EAM, which allows the user to query, report, and view system generated events such as work order events and serial installations. Users can define their own event types, create user defined fields for each event type to track specific data points, attach documents, execute a workflow for the event, and optionally associate the event with an asset. This feature helps the users to document, track, and report on (via the Query Wizard or Analytics) any organizational task or workflow. Other key features in module are tracking safety events, environmental events, audit findings and any needed follow up, capturing shift notes, and accepting data feeds from 3rd party systems for visibility or analysis.

Resolved Issues

The issues that were addressed in this release are listed in the following table:

ID	Module	Description
257451	Home Page	The Plant field in Home page displays the plant code with description.
239285	Manage Companies	The Export button has been renamed to Download Template.
271647	Manage Users	From the Manage Users page, Aptean Administrators can download a list of all email addresses, names, and phone numbers for the users flagged as customer administrator.
239317	Manage Users	The template for adding users from the portal has been updated.
262987	Work Order	When a new task/sub task is created, the Requested start date , Requested completion date , Shutdown code , Assigned to , and the custom values are copied from the base work order.
265849	Work Order	Currency symbol is added next to the currency value, in all the fields that display currency. The currency value will will be rounded to 4 digits after the decimal. If 3rd and 4th digit after the decimal are zeros, it will display only digits after the decimal. If 3rd or 4th digits after the decimal are non-zeros, it will display 4 digits after the decimal. If the currency value is a whole number, it will display 2 zeros after the decimal.
266182	Work Order	The Requisition Line Detail for work order requisitions has been updated so the user cannot select the Abnormal Demand for any item that is categorized as temporary in Item Type Setup.
286776	Work Order	Whenever a work order is issued/returned, the Issue To Employee field will be auto-populated with the name of the technician assigned to the workorder.
300276	Requisition	The error message has been updated properly to assist the user when selecting an inactive supplier in the Deliver To field, while creating a requisition.
276391	Requisition	For AutoPO, the Quantity requested of the item matched to a Blanket Order will not be rounded to a Whole Number.
305003	Requisition/Technician	Two new windows are added in the table element settings.
298172	Work Order	You can create a WO in Requester and Technician module when the equipment is under warranty.
293993	Work Order	In Print Options , the Documents Marked “Print with Work Order” option will be selected by default.
251983	Work Order	The complete error message is completely displayed in the time reporting cards.
238244	Work Order	In field mapping if the parent is modified then all the child field values will be cleared.
263933	Requisition	All the special characters are allowed in the Ask At Execution screen that appears in the Requisition module.
264353	Inventory	When editing the supplier details in Inventory, the user is allowed to edit and update the part number.
298487	Inventory	In the RELATED tab of an item, you can click on the Purchase Order number to open it in a new tab.
298489	Inventory	In the KEY STORES ACTIVITY tab of an item, the Purchase Order column has been moved to the left, to improve usability.
300280	Inventory	After opening and closing the ISSUE tab, the other open tabs remain active.
297278	Supplier	A new column Text Type is introduced in the PO Text tab for Supplier.
265052	Supplier	Label for Active flag is displayed correctly while adding and updating PO text.
284675	Purchasing	The Show Change Order filter in the PO search is rightly updated.
300710	Purchasing	The users are allowed to create a requisition line for the item, even if the Item Type Definition is selected as No item Created.
308077	Purchasing	Both the Release initial text sequence and the Final text sequence are properly to the release.
317734	Purchasing	When a purchase order is printed, the company name entered in the Manage Plant > Plant Description field will be printed in the document header.
322811	Purchasing	After deleting a change order, you cannot make changes to the Abnormal demand toggle button.
321653	Buyers Backlog	When transferring a line to the existing purchase order, the Transfer Selected to Purchase Order pop-up will be automatically redirected to the Create Purchase Order screen.
321654	Buyers Backlog	When a deleted line is transferred to a purchase order, the Total cost and the Supplier Extended Cost are set to 0.
322811	Buyers Backlog	Once the change order line is transferred to a purchase order and the requisition is updated, the correct change order number will be populated in the Original PO Change Order column.
305758	Setup	The security permissions are correctly mapped for creating/updating a private query.
259378	Setup	In task management, the following three security groups with different permissions are delivered by default when a new plant is created: Dataloader - Access to Dataloader Integration Administrator - Configure and execute integration jobs Task Management Administrator - Configure and execute task manager jobs
253844	Setup	The number of columns is correctly displayed in the Req NB Line, as configured in Plant Override field.
317077	Setup	Special character titles are entirely displayed even it contain the characters < and >.
84699	Setup	In query wizard, the case-sensitive search has been applied to all plant columns.
277812	Security	A manual script is added to insert the stores location main for taskexecution enabling the user to upload data via dataloader.
256550	Security	In security groups, the Plant groups will be displayed in collapsed view, by default.
320859	Security	The window names for the security actions are updated.
265098	Equipment	You can move an equipment (which has a parent) under another equipment in the hierarchy.
309139	Licensing	The updates made in the employee configuration tab will be saved successfully on clicking the save button.
320860	Data Loader	The new options for Blanket Lines and Blanket Pricing is sorted in alphabetical order. The UI text and options such as Blanket Lines and Blanket Pricing are named with correct spaces.
320861	Data Loader	When uploading a spreadsheet, if the status is already added, then data loader will not process those lines.
299146	General	All the scroll bars are resized appropriately to improve the user experience.
311566	General	The Ready for Analysis view is modified to reduce the execution time and improve performance.

Enhancements

This section provides the information on the enhancements in 11.4.1 release.

Data loader

Data loader is enhanced with the following updates when creating blanket order lines and updating pricing, from an Excel spreadsheet.

Create Blanket Order Lines

The Create Blanket Lines feature allows the user to load new lines to the current change order of a blanket order. The blanket order must already exist in the database to be used (this feature adds only lines, not a new blanket order).

Update pricing from a spreadsheet

The update blanket pricing feature allows the user to update the price on existing blanket lines via uploading an Excel spreadsheet load.

Purchase Orders - Set Default Values for Due Date and Forecast Date

When the Transfer to PO option is selected from the Buyers Backlog , the Due Date and Forecast Date on each PO line created will be calculated as follows:

If the PO line is being transferred directly from a requisition line, the Date Required from Supplier on the requisition line will be used as both the Due Date and Forecast Date on the PO line.
If the PO line is being transferred from a requisition linked to a RFQ line, the lead time entered on the awarded bid will be added to the current date (using 0 if no lead time is entered). The resulting date will then be compared to Date Required from Supplier on the originating requisition line, and the larger of the two values will be used as the Due Date and Forecast Date on the PO line.

Before copying the date to the PO line, the date value that was calculated will be checked to determine whether it falls on Saturday or Sunday; and if so, the date will be advanced to the following Monday. This date will then be used as both the Due Date and the Forecast Date on the newly created PO line.

Protect Supplier ID on Purchase Orders

The Protect Supplier on PO and Blanket Change Orders feature has been introduced in Setup > EAM Options , which protects the supplier ID from being changed on any revision to a purchase order, blanket, or blanket release.

Purchase Order Print

When printing a purchase order document, you can print all the lines of the purchase order, or you can print only the data applicable for the change order.

Buyers Backlog Security

The security in the Buyers Backlog module has been updated. When transferring to PO/RFQ, the Transfer to PO /Transfer to RFQ option will be visible only if the user’s security groups have access to w_po_buyers_backlog window, else the respective option will be hidden.

Contextual Pane for Requisitions

A new contextual icon for Requisition has been introduced to the PO line tab for Requisition. This icon will be displayed/hidden based on the security access assigned to the user.

Past Due Message

For all purchase order lines created from requisition lines in a given plant code, the following criteria are applied to determine whether a past due message should be sent to the requisition line requester:

Purchase Order Line Current Forecast Date is < Today – 7
Purchase Order Line Date Completed is Null
Purchase Order Line Qty Ordered > Purchase Order Line Qty Received
Purchase Order Line Change Ordered Flag = 0 // latest change order
Purchase Order Line Date Marked as Deleted is Null
Purchase Order Line Item is set up as Auto Issue Upon Receipt
Purchase Order Date Entered in last 60 days
Purchase Order date Closed is Null
Requisition Line Quantity Issued = 0

For each purchase order line meeting the criteria, a message will be inserted into the message log for the requisition line requester, requesting the user to investigate whether the receipt should be entered, or the Current Forecast Date should be updated.

This message is also sent to the requester via email at a later time, depending on the user’s messaging setup.

Blanket Order Lines and PO Text update

When adding a line to the blank order, you cannot add duplicate line items to the blanket, and you cannot add temporary items to the blanket.

Allow Multiple Manufacturer Part Numbers

In Setup Options > EAM Options > Inventory , the Allow Multiple Manufacturer Part Numbers option is introduced to enable/disable the item list in inventory and requisitions. If the Multiple Manufacturer Part Numbers option is set to Yes , then the SELECT FROM ITEM LIST option will be displayed to allow the user to select the items from the list.