Opera 3 SQL SE Release details

Opera 3 SQL SE Releases

These pages include details of the releases of Opera 3 SQL SE.

Release	Summary
Release 2.98.20	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Data Connector improvements and introduces a new BACS format that allows SEPA postal addresses to be included when created from the Purchase Ledger or Cashbook modules. The Supplier Bank Details report will now display the details of the SEPA postal addresses when exporting the content to Excel.
Release 2.98.10	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes a new feature, Office Theme, as well as various defect resolutions.
Release 2.98.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE contains a new feature, Data Connector (API). This will offer fast, secure, and direct access to the Opera 3 SQL SE data while maintaining the secure environment.
Release 2.97.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE provides the resolution to some customer reported problems. This release also includes optimisations, performance improvements and general maintenance.
Release 2.96.10	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Spring Budget announcement on 6 March 2024.
Release 2.96.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE is the payroll upgrade for the 2023/24 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2024/25 tax year.
Release 2.95.50	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023.
Release 2.95.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE provides improvements to the Purchase Orders Processing application, in addition to security improvements and the resolution of several defects.
Release 2.94.21	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes the Server Edition product as a finance system for CIS 5.02.00.
Release 2.94.20	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes performance improvements and optimisations.
Release 2.94.11	This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 SQL SE and includes the support of SQL Server 2022. In this release, users can connect Pegasus Opera 3 SQL SE as the finance system of Pegasus AP Automation. This release also allows users of XRL SE (1.76.00) to report on Sales Pipeline Management tables after the Role for CRM is created and applied to the user.
Release 2.94.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes a new application, functional improvements, optimisation and refinement improvements and general maintenance.
Release 2.93.01	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE resolves a director's National Insurance issue. The update must be applied before the last pay run of 2022/23 is actioned to automatically rectify the affected contributions.
Release 2.93.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE is the payroll upgrade for the 2022/23 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2023/24 tax year.
Release 2.92.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Postponed VAT Accounting related changes in addition to some further product improvements and defect resolutions.
Release 2.91.50	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his mini budget statement on 23rd September 2022.
Release 2.91.10	This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 SQL SE.
Release 2.91.00	This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) and Brexit related improvements. It also includes the Rebranding of the EC VAT module to now become Import/Export. This release offers support of Windows 11 21H2 and provides several defect resolutions.
Release 2.90.10	This release includes updates to Opera 3 SQL SE PAYE/NI/Stat. Payments tables and changes in how Directors National Insurance is to be calculated for the remainder 2022/23 tax year.
Release 2.90.00	This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2021-22 tax year-end and the new 2022-23 tax year.
Release 2.82.60	This release provides changes to EU Intrastat reporting functionality that is required by traders based in Northern Ireland from 1st January 2022. HMRC requirements now dictate Supplementary Declarations to be filed in CSV format or manually input via the HMRC portal.
Release 2.82.50	This is a maintenance release, this release has been tested using Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro and Office 365 versions.
Release 2.82.00	This release includes the P6/P9 tax code changes. In addition, Government Gateway's Data Provisioning Service has been added that will assist users to create and maintain multiple sets of Government Gateway user credentials.
Release 2.81.60	This release includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021. In addition, system changes have been implemented to the .NET DLLs for Opera 3 SQL SE client for MTD fraud prevention headers.
Release 2.81.50	This release includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021.
Release 2.81.00	This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2020-21 tax year-end and the new 2021-22 tax year.
Release 2.80.50	This release includes further improvements that will assist users as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 1st January 2021.
Release 2.80.00	This release includes the required changes needed to process VAT adjustments for the new Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) legislation coming into force from 1 January 2021. In addition, system changes have been implemented to the .NET DLLs for Opera 3 SQL SE client for MTD fraud prevention headers.
Release 2.74.00	This release includes improvements to notification emails being sent in the event of a failed scheduled task and better control of sales margins in SOP/Invoicing.
Release 2.73.00	The Costing application is now available in Opera 3 SQL SE.
Release 2.72.50	This is release includes improved performance in POP Processing and the Credit Management application.
Release 2.72.00	The Bill of Materials application is now available in Opera 3 SQL SE.
Release 2.71.00	This release includes functional improvements to Opera’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) Centre and Full Payment Submission (FPS) functions. It also includes the new Payroll rates and bands for National Insurance (NI), PAYE and Statutory Payments released in the March 2020 budget, including the Scottish tax changes applicable from 11 May 2020, support for Microsoft Office 64 bit and general maintenance.
Release 2.70.00	This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2019-20 tax year-end and the new 2020-21 tax year. This release also includes the changes for Making Tax Digital for VAT fraud prevention that were first made available in the v2.63.00 release. Also, the Payroll Upgrade process has been converted to a server-side process.
Release 2.63.00	This release includes changes in Opera 3 SQL SE for Making Tax Digital for VAT. HMRC has recently clarified requirements for software vendors to include fraud prevention details in the VAT Return. This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes the fraud-prevention changes required by HMRC. HMRC has not clarified exactly when they will start to reject VAT Returns without these fraud-prevention changes. However, all customers who send MTD VAT Returns should install Opera 3 SQL SE (2.63.00) to avoid VAT Returns being rejected by HMRC.
Release 2.62.00	The Payroll and Personnel applications are now available in Opera 3 SQL SE. Payroll provides the features necessary for managing the requirements and complexities of Payroll legislation and Auto Enrolment. Payroll is an integral part of the Opera 3 SQL SE software solution with integration to the Personnel application, Nominal Ledger and Cashbook. It can also be used on a stand-alone basis. Payroll is recognised under the HMRC PAYE Recognition Scheme.
Release 2.61.00	This release supports the first release of the reporting application Pegasus XRL for Opera 3 SQL SE, powered by Infor Query and Analysis. Pegasus XRL links financial information in Opera 3 SQL SE with Microsoft Excel, allowing Opera 3 SQL SE data to be viewed and manipulated within Microsoft Excel using features installed with Pegasus XRL.
Release 2.60.13	This release improves the way agents must authorise Opera 3 SQL SE for Making Tax Digital before they can submit VAT Returns on behalf of their clients.
Release 2.60.10	This release includes a new Import wizard and HMRC Receipt view in the MTD VAT Centre. In the Nominal Ledger, the option to export the Transactions View to Microsoft Excel now allows values to be totalled and further manipulated in calculations. The History View in the Nominal Ledger has also been improved to present budget information using 'dr' and 'cr' notation rather than negative and positive values. The Remittance Report in the Purchase Ledger has been improved to provide better screen messages during the different stages of generating the report.
Release 2.60.00	This release includes changes to support Making Tax Digital for VAT.
Release 2.53.00	This release includes a number of performance enhancements. The Server Administration & Monitoring utility has also been enhanced with new views. Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is supported.
Release 2.52.10	This release includes the Personal Data Search facility.
Release 2.52.00	This is the first release of Opera 3 SQL SE.

Release

Summary

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Data Connector improvements and introduces a new BACS format that allows SEPA postal addresses to be included when created from the Purchase Ledger or Cashbook modules.

The Supplier Bank Details report will now display the details of the SEPA postal addresses when exporting the content to Excel.

Release 2.98.10

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes a new feature, Office Theme, as well as various defect resolutions.

Release 2.98.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE contains a new feature, Data Connector (API). This will offer fast, secure, and direct access to the Opera 3 SQL SE data while maintaining the secure environment.

Release 2.97.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE provides the resolution to some customer reported problems. This release also includes optimisations, performance improvements and general maintenance.

Release 2.96.10

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Spring Budget announcement on 6 March 2024.

Release 2.96.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE is the payroll upgrade for the 2023/24 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2024/25 tax year.

Release 2.95.50

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023.

Release 2.95.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE provides improvements to the Purchase Orders Processing application, in addition to security improvements and the resolution of several defects.

Release 2.94.21

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes the Server Edition product as a finance system for CIS 5.02.00.

Release 2.94.20

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes performance improvements and optimisations.

Release 2.94.11

This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 SQL SE and includes the support of SQL Server 2022. In this release, users can connect Pegasus Opera 3 SQL SE as the finance system of Pegasus AP Automation. This release also allows users of XRL SE (1.76.00) to report on Sales Pipeline Management tables after the Role for CRM is created and applied to the user.

Release 2.94.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes a new application, functional improvements, optimisation and refinement improvements and general maintenance.

Release 2.93.01

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE resolves a director's National Insurance issue.

The update must be applied before the last pay run of 2022/23 is actioned to automatically rectify the affected contributions.

Release 2.93.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE is the payroll upgrade for the 2022/23 tax year end and includes the required legislative changes for the 2023/24 tax year.

Release 2.92.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Postponed VAT Accounting related changes in addition to some further product improvements and defect resolutions.

Release 2.91.50

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes updates as announced by the Chancellor in his mini budget statement on 23rd September 2022.

Release 2.91.10

This is a maintenance release of Opera 3 SQL SE.

Release 2.91.00

This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes further Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) and Brexit related improvements. It also includes the Rebranding of the EC VAT module to now become Import/Export. This release offers support of Windows 11 21H2 and provides several defect resolutions.

Release 2.90.10

This release includes updates to Opera 3 SQL SE PAYE/NI/Stat. Payments tables and changes in how Directors National Insurance is to be calculated for the remainder 2022/23 tax year.

Release 2.90.00

This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2021-22 tax year-end and the new 2022-23 tax year.

Release 2.82.60

This release provides changes to EU Intrastat reporting functionality that is required by traders based in Northern Ireland from 1st January 2022. HMRC requirements now dictate Supplementary Declarations to be filed in CSV format or manually input via the HMRC portal.

Release 2.82.50

This is a maintenance release, this release has been tested using Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro and Office 365 versions.

Release 2.82.00

This release includes the P6/P9 tax code changes. In addition, Government Gateway's Data Provisioning Service has been added that will assist users to create and maintain multiple sets of Government Gateway user credentials.

Release 2.81.60

This release includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021. In addition, system changes have been implemented to the .NET DLLs for Opera 3 SQL SE client for MTD fraud prevention headers.

Release 2.81.50

This release includes further improvements that will assist users following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on 1st January 2021.

Release 2.81.00

This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2020-21 tax year-end and the new 2021-22 tax year.

Release 2.80.50

This release includes further improvements that will assist users as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 1st January 2021.

Release 2.80.00

This release includes the required changes needed to process VAT adjustments for the new Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) legislation coming into force from 1 January 2021. In addition, system changes have been implemented to the .NET DLLs for Opera 3 SQL SE client for MTD fraud prevention headers.

Release 2.74.00

This release includes improvements to notification emails being sent in the event of a failed scheduled task and better control of sales margins in SOP/Invoicing.

Release 2.73.00

The Costing application is now available in Opera 3 SQL SE.

Release 2.72.50

This is release includes improved performance in POP Processing and the Credit Management application.

Release 2.72.00

The Bill of Materials application is now available in Opera 3 SQL SE.

Release 2.71.00

This release includes functional improvements to Opera’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) Centre and Full Payment Submission (FPS) functions. It also includes the new Payroll rates and bands for National Insurance (NI), PAYE and Statutory Payments released in the March 2020 budget, including the Scottish tax changes applicable from 11 May 2020, support for Microsoft Office 64 bit and general maintenance.

Release 2.70.00

This release includes the payroll statutory changes for the 2019-20 tax year-end and the new 2020-21 tax year.

This release also includes the changes for Making Tax Digital for VAT fraud prevention that were first made available in the v2.63.00 release.

Also, the Payroll Upgrade process has been converted to a server-side process.

Release 2.63.00

This release includes changes in Opera 3 SQL SE for Making Tax Digital for VAT.

HMRC has recently clarified requirements for software vendors to include fraud prevention details in the VAT Return. This release of Opera 3 SQL SE includes the fraud-prevention changes required by HMRC.

HMRC has not clarified exactly when they will start to reject VAT Returns without these fraud-prevention changes.

However, all customers who send MTD VAT Returns should install Opera 3 SQL SE (2.63.00) to avoid VAT Returns being rejected by HMRC.

Release 2.62.00

The Payroll and Personnel applications are now available in Opera 3 SQL SE.

Payroll provides the features necessary for managing the requirements and complexities of Payroll legislation and Auto Enrolment.

Payroll is an integral part of the Opera 3 SQL SE software solution with integration to the Personnel application, Nominal Ledger and Cashbook. It can also be used on a stand-alone basis.

Payroll is recognised under the HMRC PAYE Recognition Scheme.

Release 2.61.00

This release supports the first release of the reporting application Pegasus XRL for Opera 3 SQL SE, powered by Infor Query and Analysis. Pegasus XRL links financial information in Opera 3 SQL SE with Microsoft Excel, allowing Opera 3 SQL SE data to be viewed and manipulated within Microsoft Excel using features installed with Pegasus XRL.

Release 2.60.13

This release improves the way agents must authorise Opera 3 SQL SE for Making Tax Digital before they can submit VAT Returns on behalf of their clients.

Release 2.60.10

This release includes a new Import wizard and HMRC Receipt view in the MTD VAT Centre. In the Nominal Ledger, the option to export the Transactions View to Microsoft Excel now allows values to be totalled and further manipulated in calculations. The History View in the Nominal Ledger has also been improved to present budget information using 'dr' and 'cr' notation rather than negative and positive values.

The Remittance Report in the Purchase Ledger has been improved to provide better screen messages during the different stages of generating the report.

Release 2.60.00

This release includes changes to support Making Tax Digital for VAT.

Release 2.53.00

This release includes a number of performance enhancements. The Server Administration & Monitoring utility has also been enhanced with new views. Microsoft SQL Server 2017 is supported.

Release 2.52.10

This release includes the Personal Data Search facility.

Release 2.52.00

This is the first release of Opera 3 SQL SE.