Release Notes: April 1, 2021

Here’s what’s new with DirectScale the week of April 1st, 2021.

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🎁 New Features and 🌟 Enhancements for All!

🌟 Improved! Coupon Order Types Improvements [Corp Admin & Corp Admin API] Along with the newly updated ability to select multiple order types when creating a coupon, the API to GetCoupons has been updated to return all order types selected. We also cleaned up any coupons with the order type of “unknown” to just be blank. Placeholder text was also added to the modal to make it easier to understand that when certain options are left blank what the behavior will be (i.e. leaving the SKU field blank means the coupon can apply to any SKU).

🌟 Improved! Import Order API Cleanup [Corp Admin API & Client Extension] A defect was found with the Import Order API where the ItemID was not being assigned to the line items on the order details. The import was also not set up to handle unknown ItemIDs and oftentimes line items on an order being imported would be dropped. This has been fixed so ItemIDs will match up to the proper SKUs and if an ItemID does not exist we will still import the data as is. 

🌟 Improved! New Hook When RMA Created [Client Extension] To help custom developers create triggers when an RMA is created, we added a new hook in the client extension. Hooks.Orders.Rma.CreateRma.

🔮 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: Out of Stock Items Still Able to Add to Cart [Retail Site] When an item is out of stock, the add buttons are disabled but we found a place where the disabled button was still letting users click to add. When on the checkout page in the sidebar, the + button was visually grayed out, but the users could still click on it to add additional quantities above what was available in stock. This little loophole has been fixed. 

📘 Help Center and Developer Portal

📘New! AutoShips Guide [Article] Assembled a guide of new and existing articles to show details and steps on how to use these features in the platform.

📘New! Understanding Platform IDs [Article] The way the platform uses IDs can be confusing. This article aims to help clear up any confusion.

📘New! Configuring the Team Dashboard > Sponsor Enroller Widget [Video] Added a video to visually explain how to complete this task.

📘New! Creating a Custom Report Page for Web Office [Developers] There is access to pages that report on data such as commissions and order history by default. Added this article to explain how to create reports for other types of data, such as a highest earners report, Sponsor orders report, etc., using a custom API.

📘New! Sending an HTTP Request in the Extension [Developers] Added sample code that sends an HTTP request successfully.

🌟 Improved! Public API Overview [Developers] Added some additional detail.

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

🌟 Improved! Various UX [Article] Improved content and user experience flow for Custom Widgets, One Section Widget, Two Section Widget, Three Section Widget, Card-Flip Functionality, Example: Countdown Widget, Example: Reward Points Balance Widget, Example: Payment Provider Commission Balance Widget, Example: Important KPI Widget, Editing Metadata, Custom Web Office Login Page Content, Selecting AutoShip Frequency Options, Configuring AutoShip Date Rules for Web Office, Adding Facebook Pixel to Your eCommerce Shop, Adding Hotjar Analytic Tracking, Adding an Associate's Name to the Web Office Header, Requiring Kit Item Before Submitting Enrollment Application, Removing the You Live in California Checkbox from Market Selector, Setting Up AutoShip Shopping Carts, Setting Up AutoOrder Shopping Carts for the eCommerce Shop, Managing AutoShips in the eCommerce Shop, Managing AutoShips in the Web Office, Pausing an Associate's AutoShip for a Month, Managing Associate's AutoShips in Corporate Office, Reviewing and Forecasting AutoShips.  and Configuring AutoShip Date Rules for the eCommerce Shop.

🌟 Improved! Various Permissions and Style [Article] Added permissions and edited style format for Uploading Files and Assets in eCommerce Admin, Adding eCommerce Shop Navigation Links, Adding Social Posts, Home > Corporate Social Links Widget, Adding Web Office Login Redirects, Creating Custom Web Office Widgets, Adding Blocked Words for Personalized Associate Webalias, and Entering Kount Fraud Prevention Credentials.

🐞Fixed! AutoShip DailyRun and Retry Rules [Article] Updated Hook names to their Client Extension versions and improved wording and content.

🐞Fixed! Requiring AutoShips for New Sign-Ups to Checkout [Article] Updated some outdated information that is now accurate.

🔮 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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