Release Notes: March 25, 2021

Here’s what’s new with DirectScale the week of March 25th, 2021.

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🎁 New Features and 🌟 Enhancements for All!

🌟 Improved! Pay History in Multiple Currencies [Corp Admin & Web Office] Adding to our support for international currencies we have improved the visibility of commissions payouts to display in their proper currencies. Using the currency set by the money out provider, the Pay History page and APIs used to get payout information will include the proper currency.

🌟 Improved! Binary Holding Tank Page [Web Office] The Holding Tank page for binary placement is now controlled completely by settings enabling clients to turn on and manage this page without developer assistance. 

🌟 Improved! Notification Preferences Widget By Market [Web Office] There is a new widget to improve the user experience for setting notification preferences. This new widget titled: ‘Settings > Communication > Custom Notification (Multiple Country)’ can be used to replace the Custom Notification widget. This new widget enables the user to set their notification preferences by specifying which countries and user types they wish to receive notifications via text, email, or Web Office.

🔮 Upcoming! Improved Unified Checkout Experience [Retail Site] Our teams are constantly working to improve the shopping experience and right now they are busy working on a whole new way to shop and checkout. Keep your eye on the release notes in the next few weeks to see what’s coming and how to take advantage of these new features.

🐞 Bugs That Have Been Squashed

🐞Fixed: About Me Widget Using Webalias Blocked Words [Web Office] The About Me widget was getting its list of blocked words from the Webalias list instead of from the Community blocked words list. This has been updated to point to the proper list of blocked words.

🐞Fixed: Updating Language Removed Primary and Secondary Phone [Web Office] When a user would update their language in the Web Office the update also triggered the primary and secondary phone numbers to be cleared (the mobile phone stayed on file). This bug has been fixed. 

📘 Help Center and Developer Portal

📘New! Delaying Shipment Information Sent to the 3PL [Article] Added details on how to control the amount of time between an Associate placing an order and when the shipping information is available to send to a 3PL.

🌟 Improved! Creating a Custom API [Developers] Added more specifics to the process of creating a custom API. 

🌟 Improved! Can't View an Associate's Site or Enroll Under Them [Article] Changed the title, added detail, and added a scenario that has the same solution.

🌟 Improved! Building Back Office IDs [Article] Added an example of creating back office IDs that match associate IDs and added detail on the ID being sequential.

🌟 Improved! SQL Query Library [Article] Added a new query example to view Binary Compensation Plan Carry Over Volume.

🌟 Improved! Adding Employees (Admin Users) [Article] Changed the title and added clarification on logging into the Web Office Admin.

🌟 Improved! Entering Alternate 3PL Provider Credentials [Article] Added a step for checking the Production Mode setting.

🌟 Improved! Adding Associates [Article] Added a troubleshooting section with links.

🌟 Improved! Setting Up a Default Webalias [Article] Added a troubleshooting section, improved flow and formatting.

🌟 Improved! Mapping Payment Providers [Article] Added a note that all the current merchants listed are Money-In.

🌟 Improved! Viewing Associate Trees [Article] Improved the flow and added individual tree URLs to improve search results.

🌟 Improved! Various [Article] Improved grammar, flow, and other general user experience additions for Payment Providers Integration Guide, Tax Service Provider Integration Guide, Creating Test Orders Guide, Web Office Homepage Configuration, Web Office Team Dashboard, Web Office Settings Page, Web Office Support Page, Uploading Files and Assets in Web Office Admin, Adding Web Office Navigation Links, Adding Web Office Banners, Adding Visual Tree Icons, Uploading Web Office Background Images, Setting Up Company Branding Colors and Configuring Share Options.

🌟 Improved! Various Permissions [Article] Improved Permissions and Navigation details and formatting for Entering Business Information in Corporate Office, Entering Company Details in Web Office Admin, Entering Company Details in eCommerce Admin, Entering ThreatMetrix Fraud Prevention Credentials, Team Dashboard > Sponsor/Enroller Widget, Customizing Notifications in Web Office, Publishing to Web Office Admin Stage Environments, Creating Custom Web Office Pages, Team Dashboard > Sponsor/Enroller Widget, Entering Company Details in Web Office Admin, Entering Company Details in eCommerce Admin, Team Dashboard > Personal Information Widget, Team Dashboard > Orders/Autoships Widget, Home > Ranks Information Widget, Customizing Replicated Site URLs

🔮 What Cool Things Are We Working On?

• Ongoing enhancements to improve Retail Admin’s ease of use and add new configurable settings.
• We have created a DirectScale Marketplace for customers to get access to Apps, Integrations, and other expert industry services.
• We are working to add and improve articles that clients use most often.

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