Release Notes: May 6th, 2021

Here’s what’s new with DirectScale the week of May 6th, 2021.

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🎁 New Features and 🌟 Enhancements for All!

🌟 Improved! Made Reward Points APIs Available [Retail Site] We exposed the existing Reward Points APIs to the public API gateway. This is important for clients and 3rd-party partners who want to provide features in their applications to get, add, and remove reward points.

🐞 Bugs That Have Been Squashed

🐞Fixed: CalculateOrder API [Retail Site] Fixed a bug that sent a CalculateOrder request for unknown (e.g., logged out) customerIDs as the enroller customerID. This caused coupon issues for the associate types. We updated the API to send 0 for customerID when the customerID is unknown.

📘 Help Center and Developer Portal

📘New! New Retail Customers have "No Address on File" [Article] Added this article to help troubleshoot this particular issue.

📘New! Full Access User Can't Access Admin Pages [Article] Added this article to help troubleshoot this specific issue.

📘New! Out-of-Stock Products can still be bought in the Web Office [Article] Added this new article to assist with this question.

📘New! Out-of-Stock Products can still be bought in the eCommerce Shop [Article] Added this new article to assist with this question.

📘New! Adding a Profile Picture in Web Office [Article] Added this new article to assist with this question.

🌟 Improved! AutoShip Daily Run and Retry Rules [Developers] Updated this content to be more complete than before.

🌟 Improved! Viewing an Associate’s Order Detail [Article] Added Price Group info, improved content and formatting, and updates to the user interface images.

🌟 Improved! Customizing Web Office Report Center Report Data [Article] Added a section on how to enable the loading of a default report.

🌟 Improved! Enabling/Disabling Features and Adding Features to the Settings Sections [Article] Added a section on enabling the loading of a default report.

🌟 Improved! Creating a Report Center Report in Web Office [Article]  Added instructions for editing, deleting, and exporting reports.

🌟 Improved! Rollover Rules [Developers] Adjusted the wording throughout the content to improve user experience.

🌟 Improved! Failed Builds [Developers] Added additional detail on dependencies that cause failed builds.

🌟 Improved! Angular Apps [Developers] Added additional detail for getting logged-in user information. 

🌟 Improved! Adding Stock Settings for Shopping Carts in eCommerce Admin [Article]  Added additional configuration for Show Out of Stock Items and to prevent users from buying. Also added information on using the string to change the display text.

🌟 Improved! Extension Hooks [Developers] For Extension Hooks > Orders, added details for the ImportOrder Hook. For Extension Hooks > Commissions, added GetPlacementExpirationDates Hook and added more detail to GetPlaceToAssociates Hook

🌟 Improved! Various [Article] Updated images and information for Customizing eCommerce Shop Footer, eCommerce Admin Company Settings, Enabling/Disabling Advanced Features, Customizing the Header in the Shop Site, Understanding Shipping Synchronization, Setting up the FTP Site Hierarchy, and Downloading and Uploading Files to and from DirectScale.

🐞Fixed! Understanding Sales Dashboard [Article] Corrected the Period Selector enablement instructions.

🐞Fixed! Rollover Rules [Article] Corrected the enablement instructions for Sum Volume with Detail Setting.

🐞Fixed! Enabling Custom Fields [Article] Corrected the enablement instructions for  Corrected Custom Fields.

🔮 What Cool Things Are We Working On?

• We are working on more easy-to-use Implementation and Onboarding guides, including testing your platform before, during, and after launch.
• We are working on a Product Roadmap to give customers more detail into what’s coming up for the DirectScale platform.
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