Visma.net Financials API updates for version 8.70.0 (October 2021)

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Release date for 8.70.0 version has been planned as 19/10/2021
Release plan & date may vary. We will keep you informed of any changes. This thread will be updated regularly up until the point of version-release.

ℹ️ Scheduled maintenance for Visma.net ERP > https://status.visma.com/incidents/n6tg21tg8bnl

Release Notes	Documentation
Swagger documentation on GET operation of Cash sales endpoint updated with pagination enforcement notice	Swagger documentation on GET operation of Cash sales endpoint is updated with the pagination enforcement notice.
New parameters "pageNumber" and "pageSize" in ExpenseClaim endpoint	Two new parameters "pageNumber" and "pageSize" are now available in the ExpenseClaim endpoint. Also, the Swagger documentation has been updated with the pagination enforcement notice.
Swagger documentation on GET operation of Employee endpoint updated with pagination enforcement notice	Swagger documentation on GET operation of Employee endpoint is updated with the pagination enforcement notice.

Due dates for breaking changes

First announcement: Visma.net Financials API updates for version 8.61.0 (August 2021)

Release Notes	Documentation	Due
Breaking change on Currency endpoint	The PUT, POST and GET v1/currency/ExchangeRates methods are deprecated and will be removed on November 23rd 2021. Start using the new methods under v2/currencyRate.	Nov 23, 2021
Breaking change on GeneralLedgerTransactions	To improve the performance of GeneralLedgerTransactions endpoint, there are now three new flags to allow users to retrieve extended data only if necessary: expandBranchInfo, expandAccountInfo, includeTransactionBalance. To ensure the API compatibility, the flags were set to True by default, but they will be switched to False by November 16th 2021. Please verify swagger documentation and if you consider the extended data is necessary, set the flags to True for your calls.	Nov 16, 2021
Breaking changes on Budget endpoint	From January 18th 2022, the following breaking changes will be committed on GET method of the Budget endpoint:  - 'Branch' and 'Ledger' filters will become mandatory. Now they are specified to be mandatory by documentation, but it is not enforced by implementation.  - 'FinancialYear' filter will become mandatory  - Now, the branch filter requires being specified either by branch full name (example: BranchID - BranchName), either by branch ID surrounded by quotation marks. It will be simplified to require the branch ID without any other marks.	Jan 18, 2022

[AliMKhan]

This week, for the first time in a long time, we will have some down time when upgrading to the next version.
More info here:

https://status.visma.com/incidents/n6tg21tg8bnl