Ascend Release Notes: July 2026

Our July release delivers key performance and reliability upgrades across Ascend, focusing on document ingestion accuracy, Workday submission stability, e-invoicing pipelines, and rules engine automation.

Non-PO Line Item Automation: Zero-Loss OCR Retention

Upgraded preprocessing logic completely eliminates unexpected line-item data loss on Non-PO invoices.
  • Default Line Retention: Imaging and OCR-recognized line items are locked in by default. They are only cleared or replaced when an automated coding rule is 100% successful.
  • Smarter Fallback Protection: If a configured automation rule fails to match historical data, the system preserves original recognition lines so your AP specialists always have baseline data to work from.
  • Ironclad Peppol & Pagero Protection: Electronic invoice lines originating from structured e-invoicing streams are shielded from being inadvertently overwritten by Dummy line logic.

Workday Invoice Submission (v43.0)

Upgraded integration logic following the Workday Resource Management API release to eliminate submission bottlenecks
  • Fixed tax calculation and control-total errors that were sending Non-PO invoices to Draft status.
  • Restored automated tax code defaulting on PO lines.
  • Resolved Supplier Invoice Request (SIR) errors on quantity lines and Unit of Measure mappings.
  • Corrected line-level Ship-To defaults and improved Workday Projects Customer Reference sync.

Document Ingestion & Viewing

  • Self-Healing PDFs: Automatically detects and repairs corrupted PDFs so documents load cleanly in AscendAP and Workday.
  • Batch Handling: Conversion failures and unsupported files no longer leave processing batches stuck.
  • Viewer & Barcodes: Improved rendering in the Vue 3 viewer and refreshed copies prior to barcode retry attempts. 

Rules Engine, Automation & Billing

  • Billing Dates: Full-lifecycle visibility to capture, process, and report service and billing dates across workflows, APIs, and ETL pipelines.
  • Tax Defaulting: Defaults tax codes to "GST Free" based on supplier payment type.
  • Routing Controls: Added configuration options for Mailstop, Cost Center, and Ship-To rules.
  • Engine Fixes: Corrected preprocessing rule execution, removed false "Document Rule Applied" banners, eliminated duplicate cluster rules, and added safe fallbacks for missing prototype templates.

Peppol / Pagero E-Invoicing

  • Enhanced Mapping: Refined line-item null handling and original/reference line mappings.
  • Adjustments & Exports: Added support for increase/decrease liability on adjustment notes and enabled sending target XML to Workday as an attachment.
  • Custom Fields: Expanded configuration options for non-standard Pagero fields.

Search, UI & Data Quality

  • Intuitive HighRadius UI/UX: Enjoy a cleaner, more streamlined user interface seamlessly applied to your existing workspace.
  • Search Fix: Advanced Search now correctly displays Supplier Email Address instead of a datetime value.
  • Data Integrity: Fixed credit memo line pairing, payment terms/types, Ship-To text truncation, and missing prediction fields in API responses.
  • Header Support: Added previous invoice header field support during preprocessing and on-demand runs.

Why This Matters to Your Operation?

  • End Manual Re-Work: Eliminates re-keying OCR data and manually clearing stalled file batches.
  • Higher First-Time Accuracy: Minimizes draft fallbacks and tax mismatches upon Workday submission.
  • Predictable Processing: Delivers consistent performance across physical scans, e-invoices, and ERP syncs.
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