CMS Version 6.0.2 Release Notes

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Please take a few moments to review the important notes below if you are new to version 6.0.2

To download 6.0.2 now click HERE

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Introduction

Welcome to CMS version 6.0.2. This update includes includes the 2010 shipping rate changes for USPS, UPS and FedEx (effective Jan 4, 2010) as well as many bug fixes which have been added since the initial release of version 6.

This update also includes the release version of the Address Validation Module (AVM) which had previously been in beta testing. For those of you who have been using AVM, you'll now find that AVM will now work on orders imported (XML or eCMS) as well.

READ BEFORE INSTALLING 6.0.2
Important points to note before installing to ensure you are prepared to transition to the new version.

Installing - During the installation of version 6.0.2 you will be asked to enter your 6.0 release code. Release codes from versions previous to 6.x will not work. You can access your 6.x release code by logging into the Support Downloads section of our web site. Just enter your customer number and zip code to log in.

Important : If you are updating from 4.x, you will need to install the upgrade on the server and the workstations. If you are already on version 5.x, only a server update is required.

When to Install - The shipping rates in CMS will be updated when you install the 6.0.2 update. As such, you should time the installation of your update to coincide with when you want the new rates to be available.

It should be noted that having the current rates in CMS does not impact your ability to ship properly with any of the CMS shipping integrations. In every case, the software that prints the shipping label (e.g. Worldship, Ship Manager, HarveySoft, ShipRush, etc.) determines the proper rate for the shipment and thus how you are billed.

Having the current rates in CMS is often more of a reference. Its greatest impact, though, is in situations where the shipping and handling charge you charge to your customer is based on the carrier's actual rate (instead of a spending table or other formulas.) If this is how you charge your customers for shipping and handling you will want to make sure you have this update installed so you have the proper rates.

Release notes from previous versions can be accessed by clicking HERE. If you are upgrading from a version earlier than 6.0 please take the time to review the release notes from previous releases for important and valuable information.

Integrations - All of our supported integrations will continue to work in 6.0 as they have in 5.x. This includes Endicia new version of DaZzle 10.1. Be aware that UPS has started to make a beta version of their new Worldship software available to some companies. We have not received a copy of this yet so cannot comment on its compatibility with CMS. If you've been contacted by UPS and would like to participate in the beta, please contact us so we can test it for you before you deploy.


READ BEFORE USING 6.0
Important changes to existing features in CMS that may affect your day to day use of CMS.

This minor release contains no new features beyond what was included in the 6.0.1 release, aside from those in the Address Validation Module. As such there is no need for pre-install testing or training on new features.

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CMS Version 6.0.2 New Features List:

  1. USPS 2010 rates
  2. UPS 2010 rates
  3. FedEx 2010 rates
  4. Address Validation Module (optional)
  5. Inactive SKUs with stock now sellable
  6. Bug Fixes

6.0.2 ENHANCEMENT DETAILS

  1. USPS 2010 rates - USPS has updated rates for Priority Mail including flat rates, and Express Mail. They have also renamed Priority Mail Flat Rate Box to Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box. These new rates and this name change are included in this update.

    You can read more about the USPS rate change on their site: http://pe.usps.com/PriceChange/Notice123_jan_2010.pdf


    USPS also announced additional new services and rates for companies shipping in excess of 250,000 parcels via USPS a year, what they refer to as Commercial Plus. We believe this precludes the majority of our users thus we have not added these options to this release. If you qualify for Commercial Plus and are interested in using the related services, please let us know.

  2. UPS 2010 rates - As they have in previous years, UPS has updated all of their rates and surcharges. All supported UPS services and related rates have been updated in CMS.

    CMS also now support the two tier system UPS has in place for surcharges that apply to addresses in remote areas.

    More of the UPS rate update can be read on their site: http://www.ups.com/rates/

  3. FedEx 2010 rates - As they have in previous years, FedEx has updated all of their rates and surcharges. All supported FedEx services and related rates have been updated in CMS.

    CMS also now support the two tier system UPS has in place for surcharges that apply to addresses in remote areas.

    We are currently looking at adding support for FedEx Smart Post in CMS and its integration with FedEx Ship Manager. If you would like to use SmartPost please contact us. We'll want your name on file as a candidate for beta testing or discuss related issues.

    You can read more about the FedEx rate change on their site: http://www.fedex.com/us/services/pdf/Service_Guide_2010.pdf

  4. Address Validation Module released (optional) - AVM hits full release and includes the ability to validate all of the addresses on imported orders. This option can be turned on or off and can be configured for each XML order source or eCMS store. Please visit the following page on our new Wiki to ready more about this exciting new module/service: http://wiki.newhavensoftware.com/index.php/Address_Validation_Module

  5. Inactive SKUs with stock now sellable - The Active flag on SKUs is used to suppress the SKU from showing up in the size/color grid in order entry. Effectively this is a means of discontinuing a SKU while the other SKUs and the product itself remain active. This feature has been enhanced to allow the SKU to display and be sold, even when inactive, as long as there is stock available. Once the SKU's stock is depleted the SKU will no longer display for selection in Order Entry. If more stock is received or returned, the inactive SKU will be available to be sold again.

    Another way of looking at this feature is to consider it a SKU which you will not accept back orders for. If the item is in stock it can be sold but, if not, it cannot be ordered.

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    Bug Fixes - LIST OF FIXED BUGS (versions 6.0.1.140 - 6.0.2.176) – If you've reported a bug or asked for a software change and we provided you with a case number, this number refers to the case number in our Request Tracker (RT) software. RT is the software we use internally to manage our bugs and enhancement requests and replaces our previous solution called TaskTracker. In the list of changes below, you'll often see a number following it and that is the RT number for more current issues or TaskTracker/TT number for older issues:

    6.0.2.176

    CMS error logging issue fixed.

    6.0.2.175

    Order Entry : attempt to resolve error payment related A/V when loading payment data into order.

    Order Entry : bad performance when entering large kits. 21328

    Order Entry : under some circumstances, Fedex zones could be missing from CMS lookup tables.

    6.0.2.174

    Printing : various invoice templates added. 21148

    6.0.2.173

    Integrated American Eagle support, etc.

    6.0.2.172

    January 2010 Shipping Rates Update

    Order Entry : size/color grid now hiding inactive sku's with no stock. 20893

    Fulfillment : Manifest : Endicia processing, now using Endicia PostMarkDate to set shipped date, fixes issue with "Date in Advance". 20513

    Fulfillment : Manifest : F7 key now prints label. 20491

    Fulfillment : Import Orders : potential to generate error "There was an error adding new customer flags" caused by deleted customer description codes assigned to products. 20461

    6.0.1.171

    Order Entry : in-stock amount for variable kits is not being properly displayed. 20720

    Orders : Payment : Payment Maintenance : Payment Problems : hidden exception made it impossible to make alternate payment. 20994

    6.0.1.170

    Order Entry : on multi-recipient orders, possibility for package numbers/address identifiers to get saved incorrectly when deleting/re-adding items. 209

    6.0.1.169

    Setup : General : Workstation : printer overrides are being ignored (regressive 6.0.1.166). 20905

    Setup : Inventory : Products : SKU list not refreshed after making modifications in SKU Wizard. (regressive 6.0.1.167) 20914

    6.0.1.168

    Setup : Inventory : Products : scheduled discount was not accepting decimals. 20523

    6.0.1.167

    Setup : eCMS : eCMS Options : Web service ID field has been moved from its incorrect hierarchical position, allowing users to set it outside the scope of automatic downloads. 20628

    Customers : Maillist : Email : customers were not getting tagged with specified CDC for non-merged emails. 16141

    Order Entry : Exactor "Get Tax" was causing an error when Alternate ID's represented large integers; no longer handling as integers. 19916

    Order Entry : incorrect UPS cost calculations caused by erroneous addition of Extended Area Surcharge. 20779

    6.0.1.166

    Order Entry : Returns : now printing POS sales receipt for POS Module. 20725

    6.0.1.165

    Printing : CMS form printing was not recognizing the printer specified in the form definition. 20750

    Setup : Inventory : Products : SKU list not refreshed after making modifications in SKU Wizard. 20294

    6.0.1.164

    eCMS : Product Upload : Access Violation fixed, also memory consumption issues addressed. 20599

    6.0.1.163

    eCMS : when downloading orders/catalog requests, CMS would only process catalog requests if there were also orders needing to be downloaded. 20633

    6.0.1.162

    Order Entry : editing an order with some fulfilled, some back ordered, when using spending table, if edit made that would
    cause an invoice update (notes, for example), the shipping formulas would look at total of back ordered items as (order qty x price) instead of (sent qty x price),
    resulting in the -1 getting the entire amount of shipping calculation, and subsequent back order fulfillments getting zero. 20454

    6.0.1.161

    Fulfillment : Imports : AVM support for order imports. 20249

    6.0.1.160

    Order Entry : Fault message after trying to enter a product that was a large kit (101 items or more). 20540

    6.0.1.159

    Shiprush : when printing from Shiprush EOD, package status was getting set to shipped when package status should have remained unchanged. 20317

    6.0.1.158

    Customers : Contact Manager : long delay when saving customer if changed bill/ship. 20414

    Customers : Maillist : Catalogs : printer selection was being ignored. 19741

    6.0.1.157

    Order Entry : Returns : Scheduled Discounts now supported for Exchange items. 18666

    Purchasing : Saving a PO no longer closes the window. 19900

    Fulfillment : Manifest : scanning unknown barcode results in unexpected message. 19619

    Order Entry : email field navigation restored. 20329

    Fulfillment : Manifest : now always including the 'AutoPrintCustomsForms=YES' attribute for Endicia. 19891

    Order Entry : Invoice View screen, Items grid, changed highlight color to light gray (was dark blue) 20261

    Orders : Payments : Apply Payment : when paying with previously saved credit card, if the credit card expiration date was invalid, an error would be generated when entering the credit card field. 20214

    6.0.1.156

    Order Entry : One Time items were not displaying or printing descriptions. 20310

    6.0.1.155

    Order Entry : BDE error when trying to edit/save an existing order. Regressive from 6.0.1.152

    6.0.1.154

    Reports : Inventory : "Product Discount Groups" report not found. Regressive from 6.0.1.147. 20147

    Fulfillment : Import Orders : now support Third Party Billing for UPS, Fedex via DefaultShipMethod.ThirdPartyBillingID 18781

    Fulfillment : Import Orders : packages getting wrong carrier/service level when importing multi-ship orders. 20369

    6.0.1.153

    Fulfillment : Import Orders : the checkbox labeled "Create Order Confirmations" was not being recognized during import. 20205

    6.0.1.152

    eCMS : fulfillment date issue regarding time zone difference. 19575

    Setup : Shipping : Shipping and Handling : error ""Record/Key deleted" when trying to edit a spending table. 17501

    Employee Todos : now filtering 'Void' todo's as 'Finished'. 19608

    Setup : Payment : EDC : added Authorize.NET option to change IP address.

    6.0.1.151

    eCMS : Auto-download/order status upload options added. 19692

    Address Validation Module added.

    6.0.1.150

    Printing : Print task "Payments - Charge Card Number" now masks the credit card number.

    Order Entry : when editing an order where multiple invoices of that order were paid off using the same payment, a negative Unapplied amount appeared and the payment amount was not being recognized properly. 20075

    6.0.1.149

    Order Entry : non-variable kits were not reducing component inventory. 20028

    6.0.1.148

    Internal only.

    6.0.1.147

    Reports : various reports updated.

    6.0.1.146

    Printing : order loading has been optimized to counteract slower printing introduced in v5. 19147

    eCMS : Order downloads now continue until all orders have been downloaded (instead of hitting the 40 order limit). 19692

    6.0.1.145

    Fulfillment : Import Orders : Customer flags ("Do Not Email", etc) were being set as True if any value, True or False, was in the XML tag. 19774

    Order Entry : Tax calculations were not in sync with the use of the Tax Exempt checkbox. 19783

    6.0.1.144

    Order Entry : Items : "Picture" button now disabled when no picture available. Also, picture should be in sync with current item. 19590

    Reports : Customers : "Customer Duplicate Check" report, state of Tennessee added.

    Order Entry : Kits : hitting space bar was not performing identically to double-click. 19191

    Setup : Products : creating a new product, the price entered for the first price category does not save. 19661

    Manifest : "Message Window" will now become active tab when any message added to it. 19609

    6.0.1.143

    XML Imports : Items mistaken for product groups because of existing product group id (but without use_product_group flag). 19639

    XML Imports : error 'Field not found: REMOVE_PRODUCT_GROUP_HEADER'. 19639

    Customers : Find Customer : error 'Field NOTES not found' when searching by Order ID. 19638

    Order Entry : Items : "Picture" out of sync for existing line items on previously saved order. 19590

    Fulfillment : Printing : Pick Tickets, package tasks not being filtered by warehouse. 19503

    Customers : Maillist : Catalogs : exporting error when trying to create a new folder AND trying to limit the number of exports. 19390

    6.0.1.142

    Setup : Inventory : Products : replaced +/- buttons with single button to launch SKU Wizard. 19588

    Fulfillment : Staging : item list now filters out items on invoices that are on hold. 19576

    Order Entry : Items : stock loss occurring when resetting existing future ships items to 'today', even though when saving it appears ok. 17840

    6.0.1.141

    Fulfillment : Fulfillment Manager : Order Holds : unable to filter by selected hold reason. 19506

    Setup : Customers : Customer Description Codes showing as duplicated rows. 16794

    Reports : Customers : Customer Duplicate Check report, state of TN added. 19560

    6.0.1.140

    Line item discounts
    Sale pricing / scheduled/non-expiring discounts
    Best Shipping
    Catalog request processing redesigned
    UPS Worldship XML integration
    Automated shipping label processing
    Future Ship enhancements
    Enhanced Variable Kits
    Enhanced item customization features
    Product Groups improved
    POS checkbox repositioned
    Alternate ID can now be your default search
    Custom Order Sources can be used as your default in Order Entry
    PCI Changes (error log masking, one-way encryption)
    eCMS Order Status
    Process shipping labels days in advance (Endicia)
    Help Menu additions (Online Resources)
    Support for eCMS "Sales Price"
    Addition of "ShippingCharges" to eCMS product upload.

    Printing : added new print task "Items Ordered - Line Item Discount". 19493

    Customers : Maillist : Catalogs : problem when doing real-time db switching.19433

    Order Entry : Past Items : status and line discount were not being cleared from past items.17438

    Contact Manager : Find Customer : CMS was assuming AltID was an integer, so non-integer data caused '...is not an integer' error. 18220

    Order Entry : Returns : Exchange items do not set the 'weightperitem' field in Itemsord. 18602

    Customers : Maillist : Catalogs : added Export functionality.19390

    Order Entry : Returns : Line Item Discount added to Exchange form. 18617

    Order Entry : Returns : added CVC field to payment section. 19362

    Contact Manager : Find Customer : added "Primary Notes" search. 19372

    Setup : Order Entry : added "Primary Notes" to default customer search selection.

    Order Entry : "Tax Exempt" checkbox was not handling the customer flag properly. 19062

    Setup : Company : Email Accounts : added Global BCC. 19373

    Order Entry : Returns : now properly initializing some important variables, the lack of which may have contributed to some strange Exactor tax values. 19292

    Customers : Maillist : Email : Error "qryCustCounter: Field 'FILT_CT' not found." when using a merge letter and filter returns no records. 19271

    CMS Install : path problem when doing server and workstation installs on the same machine.

    Orders : Payment Maintenance : Problem Payments : unable to resubmit bad CC payments. 17252

    Contact Manager : discounts saved with extended decimals. 17056

    Fulfillment : Verify Imports : improved handling of simultaneous multiple users (error message "cdsOrderXml: Record Not Found). 19321

    Customers : Maillist : Mail Filters : removed reference to 'Latest Ad Code' (changed to 'Ad Codes'). 18901

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