Release Changes for Storefront Orchestration Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Storefront Orchestration Service for this release:
Added support to track the status of an item, which is yet to be delivered to a customer. [SECOM-44705]
Added support for a CSR to create backdated orders on behalf of a customer. [SECOM-44829]
Added support to send an email notification to a customer upon receiving appeasements. [SECOM-44689]
Added support to choose required payment methods to pay for an order, such as Card, Store Credits, and/or Reward Points. [SECOM-44629]
Release Changes for Skava Commerce Microservices
Authorization Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Authorization Service for this release [SECOM-44569]:
The existing role ROLE_CSR_ADMIN has been enhanced with the additional privilege.
A new role ROLE_CSR_ASSOCIATE has been added with relevant privileges that are a subset of the role ROLE_CSR_ADMIN.
Address Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Address Service for this release:
Ability to view the list of address suggestions. [SECOM-45386]
Support for predefined data has been provided to integrate the third-party plugins. [SECOM-45387]
Cart and Checkout Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Cart and Checkout Service for this release:
The following changes have been implemented as part of this ticket [SECOM-44707]:
Ability to create a cart for a customer by an admin or CSR.
Ability to view a customer’s cart by an admin or CSR.
Ability to view and manage the variable charges involved in the calculation for the returned order or order item by a CSR Admin. [SECOM-44699]
Ability to add and manage custom charges when CSR Admin returns the order items. [SECOM-4506]
Customers Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Customers Service for this release:
Ability to create a new set of users who want to sign up to receive newsletters, marketing campaigns, and/or subscriptions. [SECOM-45388]
Ability to add notes to a customer to track all the actions that are taken or requested by a customer. [SECOM-44690]
Merchandising Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Merchandising Service for this release:
Ability to define a product group. [SECOM-45682]
Ability to create more than a milestone for a product group. [SECOM-45683]
Ability to group the products and assign a template to the product group milestone. [SECOM-45684]
Ability to define a search term. [SECOM-45677]
Ability to create more than a milestone for a search term. [SECOM-45678]
Ability to override the search results for a search term and assign a template within a milestone. [SECOM-45679]
Ability to preview the search template in the search results preview section. [SECOM-45681]
Ability to redirect the user to a specific URL for a search term within a milestone. [SECOM-45680]
Notification Service
The following change has been implemented in the Notification Service for this release:
Ability to send a notification email to a customer upon receiving appeasements. [SECOM-44567]
The following changes have been implemented as part of this ticket [SECOM-44702]:
When a return, replacement, or exchange is initiated, an email is triggered to the customer.
When a refund is initiated against return, replace, or exchange, an email with refund details is triggered to the customer.
When a correction is performed against a default order, the order confirmation email is triggered to the customer.
Order Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Order Service for this release:
Ability to generate a shipping label when a product is returned in return and exchange flows. [SECOM-44706]
Ability to receive notifications upon the initiation of return or refund of the order and the confirmation of exchange or replacement of the order. [SECOM-44703]
Order model has been updated to support the following functionalities [SECOM-44692]:
Ability to trace back to the parent order for which the return order has been triggered.
Ability to support different order types, such as default, return, replace, exchange and correction.
Ability to support the backdating of orders.
The following changes have been implemented as part of this ticket [SECOM-44691]:
Ability to configure the supported order types such as default, return, replace, exchange, and correction for an order collection.
Ability to define an admin workflow for each order type based on the collection property.
Ability to manage warehouse addresses.
Ability to configure the time period and the number of retry attempts in the Order processing flow. [SECOM-45384]
Payment Service
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Payment Service for this release:
Ability to choose any one of the payment methods to pay for an order, such as cards, store credits, or reward points. [SECOM-44630]
Ability to view an order with “Pending” status after placing the order to indicate an issue with the customer’s payment method or if there is any background verification in progress. [SECOM-45385]
Shipping Service
The following change has been implemented in the Shipping Service for this release:
Support for predefined data has been provided to integrate the third-party plugins. [SECOM-45387]
Tax Service
The following change has been implemented in the Tax Service for this release:
Support for predefined data has been provided to integrate the third-party plugins. [SECOM-45387]
Release Changes for Skava Commerce Admin Consoles
Customers (User) Admin Console
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Customers (User) Admin Console for this release:
Ability to add notes related to a customer to track all the actions that are taken or requested by a customer. [SECOM-44612]
Allows a CSR Admin to provide appeasement to a customer in the form of Store Credits, Reward Points, etc. [SECOM-44606]
Allows a CSR user to view Orders, Payments, Addresses, Loyalty, Subscriptions, Cart, Notes, and other details of customers. [SECOM-44602]
Foundation Admin Console
The following change has been implemented in the Foundation Admin Console for this release:
Ability to land to the CSR landing page where a CSR can search for a customer or order. The CSR user will be taken to the respective details page based on the search results. [SECOM-42640]
Merchandising Admin Console
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Merchandising Admin Console for this release:
Added Product Group and Search Override menu in the left navigation panel. [SECOM-45676]
Ability to define a product group. [SECOM-45682]
Ability to create more than a milestone for a product group. [SECOM-45683]
Ability to group the products and assign a template to the product group milestone. [SECOM-45684]
Ability to preview the PDP template in the Product Group preview section. [SECOM-45685]
Ability to define a search term. [SECOM-45677]
Ability to create more than a milestone for a search term. [SECOM-45678]
Ability to override the search results for a search term and assign a template within a milestone. [SECOM-45679]
Ability to preview the search template in the search results preview section. [SECOM-45681]
Ability to redirect the user to a specific URL for a search term within a milestone. [SECOM-45680]
Order Admin Console
The following new features or changes have been implemented in the Order Admin Console for this release:
Allows a CSR to replace or exchange items in the order with one or more items on behalf of a customer. [SECOM-44621]
Ability to track the package of ordered items. [SECOM-44632]
The following changes have been implemented as part of this ticket [SECOM-44631]:
Support for multiple payment options such as Store Credits and Loyalty Reward points have been provided.
Ability to view refund details for the returned order in the Payment tab.
Ability to view the payment details for the exchanged or replaced order in the Payment tab.
A CSR user with necessary privileges can choose a refund or a charging method that is appropriate for the replacement or exchange initiated. [SECOM-44627]
Ability to view and manage shipping addresses and shipping methods while replacing or exchanging the items in the order on behalf of a customer. [SECOM-44626]
Allows a CSR to manage the variable charges involved while exchanging or replacing items. [SECOM-44625]
Allows a CSR to view the order summary of the returned items on the checkout page. [SECOM-44616]
The following changes have been implemented as part of this ticket [SECOM-44614]:
Allows a CSR to choose action against an order for both registered or guest user – Return, Replace, Exchange, Cancel, or Correction based on the status of the items ordered.
Ability to generate a shipping label when a product is returned in return and exchange flows.
Ability to add a note related to an order describing actions taken on the specific order on behalf of a customer. [SECOM-44608]
Revision History
2020-02-03 | JP – Added Release 8.6.0 content.