Release notes (2020)

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November 2020

NewStore Omnichannel Cloud +++++

User authentication

Retailers can now integrate their corporate identity management solution (Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Google Business) for user authentication. This enables centralized user management and allows users to log into NewStore applications using their existing corporate credentials.

NewStore Omnichannel Manager +++++

User roles and permissions

Retailers can now create and edit user roles in NewStore Omnichannel Manager, by granting permissions that control access to application features and functions. These roles can then be assigned to users, so that the permissions are inherited. This provides retailers with increased flexibility to enable user security via self-service.

October 2020

NewStore Fulfillment App ++++++++

Release v1.9.10

Release date: 12 October, 2020

Japanese support

NewStore Fulfillment App is now available in Japanese.

NewStore Omnichannel Cloud +++++

Mixed order injection

Retailers can now inject orders from their eCommerce platform into NewStore that have multiple fulfillment methods, for example delivery and in-store pickup (BOPIS). See Importing orders  and the API docs.

Austria fiscal support for order cancelations

Retailers can now operate NewStore in Austria with fiscal compliance enabled for item and order cancelations performed on endless aisle orders, via integration with fiskaltrust.

September 2020

NewStore Fulfillment App ++++++++

Release v1.9.9

Release date: 28 September, 2020

Bug Fixes Fix of some test bundles that were not run by default Exception handling for invalid product codes

NewStore Omnichannel Manager +++++

ASNs

Retailers can now view the list of ASNs in their stores. See nom-inv-asns. If needed, they can also close an ASN via NewStore Omnichannel Manager.

NewStore Fulfillment App ++++++++

Release v1.9.8

Release date: 14 September, 2020

Inventory adjustments

Retailers can now configure NewStore Fulfillment App to manually modify the quantity of items in an adjustment after scanning the items.

August 2020

Austria Fiscal Support

Retailers can now operate NewStore in Austria with fiscal compliance enabled for sales, returns, exchanges, start/end receipts, as well as monthly and annual receipts via integration with fiskaltrust.

NewStore Fulfillment App ++++++++

Release v1.9.7

Release date: 31 August, 2020

Display complete Order ID

When receiving inventory, the ASN Info screen in NewStore Fulfillment App displays the complete Order ID in multiple rows.

Capture item serial number via scan

Scan the barcode of an item to capture the serial number.

Miscellaneous updates

Cycle count after mispick

Retailers can now perform an audit and count the products mispicked during store fulfillment. A cycle count is automatically created when an associate specifies that an order cannot be fulfilled.

Disable receiving without an ASN

Retailers can now configure NewStore Fulfillment App to receive inventory only against an ASN. see Enabling receiving without an ASN.

July 2020

NewStore Omnichannel Manager +++++

Inventory reports

Retailers can now view the history of inventory transactions and information on stock on hand in their stores. See nom-monitor-inventory.

Payment origin

Orders paid with NewStore Checkout will have payment origin as NewStore Checkout. This is visible in payment details in NewStore Associate App (SDK v.21.2.0 and later). For more information on this feature,  see Setting up NewStore Checkout with Adyen Pay By Link.

May 2020

NewStore Associate App and NewStore Fulfillment App ++++++++++++++++++++++

German support

The NewStore mobile applications are now available in German. See assoapp-instorepurchase.

NewStore Associate App ++++++++++

Cash management

The app can now be used to set up cash drawers (integrated or not) and to enable them for the given store.

see About cash management  and setup-cash-drawer.

April 2020

NewStore SDK +++++

v20.1.0

Improvements

  • Rework address suggestion for shipping solution

  • Add cash summary error handling

  • Expose NewStore Checkout link

  • Cancel sales cash transaction on error from backend

v20.0.0

Breaking changes

  • Remove UIWebView from React Native Core Framework

Improvements

  • Consolidate Add-to-cart buttons for mixed cart

  • Address suggestion for Customer Profile

  • Notify user about invalidated shipping solutions

  • Improve daily open close flow

  • Update cash summary to new design

Bug fixes

  • Enable upload of iPad Apps with Multitasksupport to App Store Connect

  • Add error message for missing shipping items

NewStore Omnichannel Cloud +++++

Return shipping labels

Retailers can now disable printing return shipping labels for their business. See Shipping returns  and config-notif-docs.

March 2020

NewStore SDK +++++

v19.0.1

Bug fixes

  • Enable upload of iPad Apps with Multitasksupport to App Store Connect

v19.0.0

Breaking Changes

Features

  • Daily open and close process

  • Display change amount on transaction summary screen

  • Add cash refund process

  • Move cart more button into thumb zone

Improvements

  • Add float adjustment total to cash report

  • Cash reporting screen

  • Change LightStep to communicate traces on port 443

  • Predict store currency using the physical address

  • Remove Landscape support for iPad, as it leads to glitches

  • Shorten wording in English

  • Supports fallback translation for each msgid

  • Tiles for Customer Profiles

  • Translate /packages/associate-app/translations/en_US.json in French

  • Add tiles icon for summary

Bug fixes

  • Add French to shellApp localizations

  • Correctly check required capabilities

  • Discard old crashing saved carts

  • Fix cash reporting when cash drawer is not bootstrapped

  • Fix crashing saved carts

  • Fix French discounts

  • Fix manager approval cart sync wait issue

  • Fix space issues for variation label on PDP

  • Fix submit button on cash counting summary

  • Support slashes in SKUs

NewStore Associate App ++++++++++

Cash management

The app can now be used for cash management.

Users can activate the drawer, set the opening float, audit counts any time of the day as well as register the closing count and deactivate the drawer.

Cash sales, return and exchange are automatically tracked, and count variances are automatically recorded. A real-time cash summary is also available.  see About cash management.

All cash management functions are available with or without integrated cash drawers.  see Setting up cash management in the store.

NewStore +++++

French support

The NewStore applications and user documentation are now available in French. See Omnichannel Manager , assoapp-instorepurchase.

NewStore Omnichannel Manager +++++

Streamlined order cancelation

The order cancelation flow has been simplified to a single screen. NewStore Omnichannel Manager users can now select the reason and enter cancelation notes at the same time as canceling the order. See canceling.

NewStore Omnichannel Cloud ++++++++

Event stream: Customer events

Integrations can now receive events when customer profile data is created or updated in NewStore Omnichannel Cloud.

The following events have been added:

  • customer.created

  • customer.updated

  • customer.address_created

  • customer.address_updated

  • customer.address_deleted

See the event stream webhook and the entity-model.

NewStore Fulfillment App ++++++++

Inventory adjustments

Retailers can now adjust store inventory for reasons such as returns from dry cleaning, damage, or theft.

Technical configuration

The following section involves working with technical configurations and APIs. Contact your IT support team for more information.

To enable this feature,  see Configuring inventory adjustment settings.

Inventory transfers

Associates can now select the shipping option for transferring inventory from their stores.

February 2020

NewStore SDK v18.3.0 +++++++++++++

Breaking change

  • Use device locale to select language

Features

  • Cash counting screen

  • Cash drawer setup screen

  • Float confirmation screen

  • Float summary screen

  • Intraday cash counting

  • New cloud availability component

Improvements

  • Add new Shipping Label to CartItem if marked for shipping

  • Allow extending sort options via extensions

  • Enable cloud user config to get mixed cart capability

  • Increase number of recent tracing spans

  • New tile UI component

  • Reset cached user configuration after user switch

  • Translate /packages/associate-app/translations.json to French

  • Use tile design in empty cart view

Bug fixes

  • Fix for empty name issue

  • Check for locked router before trying to findOrCreate customer

  • Save last order id when also just placed

  • Fix missing pricebook for add product to cart from product detail page

  • Use latest store ID and associate ID for cart

  • Use hard coded string for fallback of missing store locale

NewStore Fulfillment App ++++++++

Deployment setup guide for Apple Business Manager

NewStore requires you to use Apple Business Manager to deploy NewStore Associate App.

NewStore Omnichannel Manager +++++

Contact support

NewStore Omnichannel Manager users can now fill out a form to submit a case to NewStore Support. The user receives an email once the case is created. See Contacting support.

NewStore Associate App ++++++++++

Cash drawer integration

The app can now interact with cash drawers to manage cash sales transactions.  see About cash management.

January 2020

NewStore SDK +++++

v18.0.2

Features

  • Sales cash flow include cash drawer

  • Cash count summary screen

Improvements

  • Redesign product detail page

  • Update labels before translation

  • State not mandatory anymore

  • Add slots to product lookup screen

  • Change copy and style of text in email receipt screen

  • Add more translations for cart sync errors

  • Remove Delivery will be removed warning

  • Replace Replace Cart with Cancel for Basket Scanning function

Bug fixes

  • Enhance scanning of pairing QR code

  • Check if customer is available in saved cart

  • Fix missing customer error translation

  • Fix hard-coded and missing translations

  • Fix crashing cartList

v18.0.1

Features

  • Improved manager approval

  • Show matched approval rules to associate

NewStore Omnichannel Manager +++++

Fulfillment location on Stores table

The fulfillment location identifier is now displayed on the Stores table on the Locations page.

Use this identifier to identify the store from where an order is being fulfilled.  see Managing locations in NewStore.

NewStore Associate App +++++++++

Redesigned product detail view

The Product Details view has been redesigned to improve the selection of variants and to display in-store ATP information.

Extensibility enhancements

  • Implementors can choose which warehouses and stores are displayed when associates display the ATP quantity via Product Lookup. To enable this enhancement, talk to your contact point.

  • The cash change information available is included in the sales receipt template, starting with SDK release 18.2.0-canary.57307b246.0.

NewStore Omnichannel Manager +++++

Filtering & sorting on associate

Users can now filter and sort on the Associate column on the Sales Order page in NewStore Omnichannel Manager. This allows users to isolate and view orders processed by specific associate(s).

Canceling a fulfillment request from a DC or warehouse

Items in a fulfillment request can now be canceled from a DC or warehouse. Allocations for these products are removed immediately and they are not routed to a different location. See cancel-fulfillment-request.

NewStore Omnichannel Cloud +++++

API, Fulfillment Requests

To ensure better order status sync between NewStore Omnichannel Cloud and the ERP system in your business, we've introduced a method to retrieve all fulfillment requests for an order.

In-store pickup label

The in-store pickup label can be configured to be printed and the label template can also be customized.  see Configuring documents for print in a store or warehouse.

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