Enhancements
Introduced Ability to Create, Assign and Update Budget on Latest Version of Store
- The budget feature has been introduced on the latest version of store.
- With this feature, non-admin users cannot purchase products beyond the specified amount in the budget.
- A new flag called ‘Enable Budget’ has been introduced at customer level in VARStreet BackOffice. When this flag is checked, user can see the budget tab on store under ‘My Account’
- A new flag called “Allow contact with admin rights to Add/Edit budgets on Store” has been introduced at customer level in VARStreet BackOffice. When this flag is checked, non-admin users with admin rights wiil have the flexibility to create and edit budgets on store.
- The admin user on store can easily create, edit and assign budget to contacts (non-admin user).
- To use this feature, user has to first click on new button and enter budget details like ‘Budget Name’, ‘Budget Amount’, ‘Effective To’, ‘Effective From’, etc.
- User also has to select the contact name to whom the budget will be assigned. Using the ‘Action’ button, the admin user can assign / unassign budget to contacts.
Modifications to Existing Features
Change in Guest Cart Checkout Flow on Latest Version of Store
Upon adding products to the cart, the guest user will be redirected to the Delivery Tab. Here the user will have the option to enter existing login details to login into the store to checkout a cart or continue as a guest user. The user will also have an option to ‘register’ if allowed by the reseller. If the user doesn’t want to register, they will click on ‘Continue as Guest’ and will be redirected to the Address page. Here the user will be able to continue with cart check out by entering the address such as company name, first name, last name, phone, email address, State, Country, etc. After entering the details, the user will be redirected to the ‘Payment’ Tab to make a payment and confirm the cart.
Changes in Export Function of data from VARStreet BackOffice
- If there are less than 2000 records of Cart/Quote/SO/PO to be exported then when the user click on ‘Export’ function, the export file will be automatically downloaded.
- If there are more than 2000 records of Cart/Quote/SO/PO to be downloaded then the user exporting the data will receive anemail containing the ‘download’ link. Upon clicking the ‘download’ link, the export file will be automatically downloaded on their computer drive.
- If there are less than 2000 records in the following reports to be exported then when the user clicks on ‘Export’ function, the export file will be automatically downloaded.
Sales Report
- Commission Report
- Tax Report
Purchasing
- PO Summary
Ecommerce
- Store Registrations
Manufacture
- Summary
- If there are more than 2000 records in the above reports to be downloaded then the user exporting the data will receive an email containing the ‘download’ link. Upon clicking the ‘download’ link, the export file will be automatically downloaded on their computer drive.
Introduced Ability to Display Product Price as $0 on the Latest Version of Store (both Custom and VARStreet Catalog Products)
Before Release
- Previously even after marking List Price, Cost Price and Fixed price of any product as $0, the store displayed ‘Call for Price’ and ‘Request for Quote’ option for that product.
After Release
- Now user can display any product price as $0 and ‘Add to Cart’ button on store.
- This will happen only if “Allow user to check-out $0 products on store” flag at customer level is marked as ‘Yes’.
- Other flags at Store level that include “Allow user to check-out $0 product” and ‘Show products with zero price’ should also be checked.
- If the Customer Level flag “Allow user to check-out $0 products on store” is marked as ‘No’, the store will display ‘Call for Price’ and ‘Request for Quote’ option for $0 price product.
Introduced New Layout (Layout 3) for Product Matrix Widget on Latest Version of Store (Classic Theme only)
- A new layout for product matrix widget has been introduced on store. In this new layout, minimalistic approach has been implemented as far as displaying information is concerned, the ‘favorites’ as well as ‘compare’ buttons have been removed. On the other hand, the ‘quantity’ field has been added in this new layout. This will allow user to display product quantity on the new layout.
Bug Fixes
Sales Tax not being Calculated Correctly on areas with Unincorporated Zip Code (CUZ)
Before Release
- Previously, system was calculating state level tax as well as city level tax on areas with unincorporated Zip codes. As a result, very high sales tax was getting calculated on areas with unincorporated Zip codes.
After Release
- Now system will calculate only state level tax on incorporated zip codes
- A new flag called “Consider Unincorporated Zip Code” [CUZ]” has been introduced in tax table against each state.
- To access this flag go to BO>>Admin>>Account Settings>>Tax Settings>>CUZ
- If the CUZ flag is checked, system will only consider State level tax to calculate tax on Unincorporated Zip Code.
- However, if the CUZ flag is unchecked, system will consider both State level and City level tax to calculate tax on areas with unincorporated zip code.
- P.S. --> This feature is available only for U.S. resellers and non-Avalara users.
