Release Notes for Connected Business 23.2

Version CB23 SP2 (23.2.8749)

Release Date: 12/18/2023

 

Upgrade Considerations:

Important RemindersThe auto update will not overwrite the installation folder for CBE instead it will create a folder "CBEUpdate" that contains the update/changes for CBE that can manually be applied to your CBE or web folder. Please back up the database and all server components, including website folders, before upgrading. The web services component (User Internet Connection) is no longer supported and was removed from this version.

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Minimum Requirement from Installer
  • ERP Web Services have been removed from this release. Please use a VPN instead (with our cloud client edition). 
  • If You Had A Third-Party Developer Create A Custom ERP Plug-in For You In Version 19 Or Earlier, You Will Need To Have Them Re-Compile it In Version 20-23 SD

For those upgrading from version 19 and below and made customizations for the following forms:

  • Sale Quote
  • Sales Order
  • Invoice
  • RMA
  • Credit Memo
  • Purchase Order
  • Purchase Requisition
  • Goods Received

You will need to re-arrange the layout of your customizations for them to operate properly.

 

The New Installer can be downloaded in the support portal downloads section or you may click on the link and login into your account to continue to download the installer. For CB23 clients, updates will automatically show in the DBMC.

New Features and Key Benefits


General

  • Added a dropdown button in the bill form toolbar to display the payment allocated to the bill and added a text box to display the Amount Paid and Balance of the bill.
  • Support for shipment creation for posted Sales Invoices, all posted invoices w/out shipment are now showing in the shipping module's new shipment menu
  • Print Dialog Form Optimization - increase the speed in opening the print dialog and printing
  • Added "Duplicate Invoice" feature in the Invoice form similar to sales order/quote functionality
  • Enable changing Quantity for Partial Purchase Orders, The user can now change quantity in a partial PO not lower than the already received quantity
  • Added a Data Dictionary modal window that will allow the user to add/remove columns from the import template

Entice

  • Upload Customer Contact Available Loyalty Points
  • Upload Points Earned from the Invoice transaction

Fixes


General

  • The CartRover Setup form is blank and shows an error
  • Downloaded CartRover orders have the wrong discount
  • Syncing product free stock quantities from CB to Cart Rover
  • The custom form is not working and the data not showing up when the form is open
  • Some order transactions from Cart Rover were not imported to Connected Business
  • Error creating a new customer record in a newly created database
  • Report Binding (By Menu) broken after upgrading to version 23.1
  • Error during importing Item Web Option and Description in the new Import Center
  • Cannot create or update the Job Service Plan and the system stops responding
  • Error in saving TaxJar Service setup API Token field
  • Exchange rate changed to 1 for all Customer Invoices after upgrading to version 23.1
  • The location of the report and folder created under the report center did not get save
  • Fix Issues in the Import Center for Inventory item import, some fields have the wrong value in the template dropdown

eCommerce

  • Notify When Available feature is not sending or generating email notifications
  • Account Order History not showing Sales Orde after converting to Sales Invoice
  • Updated the stored procedures and views to resolve crashing/deadlock issues on the website

      dbo.EcommerceGetCustomer
      dbo.ReadEcommerceCustomerWebOrder
      dbo.EcommerceGetAddressList
      dbo.EcommerceSessionGetByID
      dbo.EcommerceSessionInsert
      dbo.CustomerSalesOrderSearchListView

  • Dealer Locator Issue
  • Error in the Store locator
  • Recaptcha Missing String Resource
  • Could not update/create website's address
  • The website's currency symbol is wrong
  • The "My Primary Shipping Address" is not updating or saving changes
  • Currency is not displaying properly on the Website
  • The Order Date showing is not the correct format
  • The regional logic is wrong in the shipping address

CRM

  • The details/info. entered into the 'Problem' box won't save after you save and close the case form.

Customer

  • Wrong Sales Order allocated quantity when creating PO within the sales order form
  • Cross thread error after adding items in the sales order grid
  • Customer RMA not closing when Credit Memo is created
  • Wrong currency symbol is displayed in Quotes, Sales Orders, and Invoices
  • Wrong Ship to information when printing Customer RMA
  • Product Weight and Net weight wrong within Order line Items
  • The capture button is missing after authorizing credit card payment in the Customer Sales Order
  • Creating a transaction for the country "Lao People's Democratic Republic " will give an error message

Supplier

  • Changing/Updating Purchase Order details updates the "On Order" Quantity in the Item Form
  • Unallocated payments still showing under the supplier bill view payment
  • Update stored procedure dbo.PostAdjustReservationTransactions.sql to fix the error in posting GRN
  • Allow creation of a Debit Note before a payment has been applied in the Supplier Bill
  • Add a “New Payment” button next to the “New Bill” button in the Supplier Form
  • Unable to revert screen back to normal after Page Down in the Supplier Bill
  • Supplier Form / Items Tab takes too long to display any data
  • Error converting Supplier PO Requisition to Purchase Order
  • Change in "ReadSupplierPurchaseOrderDetail" stored procedure to resolve error opening specific Purchase Orders
  • Supplier Pay Bill not showing the correct balance by default
  • Supplier Bill is not being automatically raised when processing commissions

Inventory

  • Generate Template in Product Update Wizard takes too long to load
  • Price List form detailed tab with thousands of items takes too long to load
  • Adding items to the Manufacturer will not save

Banking

  • Deposits All button not working
  • No transactions showing in the Partial Bank Reconciliation
  • Bank payment or receipt does not automatically calculate tax
  • Bank Transfer to the bank that has different currently has the wrong amount in the journal entries
  • Existing bank reconciliation showing wrong information

 

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Previous Versions of CB23:

 
Version CB23 SP1 (23.1.8502)
Release Date: 04/14/2023

 

New Features and Key Benefits


General

  • Connected Warehouse 23 Mobile App (Compatible with both Android and Apple Devices)
  • Allow Client app to generate activation code for Cloud Edition User Registration
  • Support for Taxjar Calculation in Sales Quote

eCommerce

  • Algolia Search Integration - an AI-powered search and discovery platform for dynamic experiences that helps businesses maximize the speed of search and discovery while solving the pain of relevance tuning through AI.
  • Added eCommerce AppConfig "SiteMap.ShowProducts" to show Google Sitemap Product Links
  • Revamp Connected Business Ecommerce Topic Manager

Fixes


General

  • Autoupdate to CB 23 Overwrote Configuration File
  • Cart Rover - Wrong tax calculation in Sales Order/Invoice
  • Taxjar - Error opening taxjar job plan settings option
  • Job Service is not executing the job plan automatically
  • Could not create build assembly
  • CB Core Edition created 2 company setup connections after the installation
  • Error opening taxjar service for newly upgraded database
  • Connected Warehouse - could not process receive an item
  • Connected Warehouse - could not save entered quantity
  • Connected Warehouse - Transfer will not display the location if you first enter the item
  • Connected Warehouse - Couldn't Complete Pack, Receive, and Transfer
  • Connected Warehouse - Go Back button is not working
  • Connected Warehouse - Error in completing Pack

eCommerce

  • Discontinued/unselected Matrix Items still showing online
  • Discontinued products are showing on the category page

Accounting

  • UK HMRC Making Tax Digital function has disappeared after the upgrade to the latest version
  • Error in generating Retrospective Reporting

Entice Marketing

  • No data in the Company's History Records

 

Previous Versions of CB23:

Version CB23 (23.0.8411)

Release Date: 01/13/2023

New Features and Key Benefits


General

  • Import Center - New and Simplified Import Tools
  • Syncware Connector
  • SyncSpider Integration
  • SEO for BlogEngine
  • Removed Web Services (Internet Connection)
  • Add the "Customer Type" column in the Find Customer dashboard
  • Added "AutoDepositRefund" in customer advanced preference, forcing the system to automatically deposit refund transactions
  • Upload current invoices with tracking numbers to Entice
  • Entice Support for multiple websites

eCommerce

  • Show Stock hint per item on the category page.
  • Add eCommerce application config to show or not to show the "Register" option on the sign-in page.
  • Add eCommerce application config "SiteMap.ShowProducts" to display products in googlesitemap.ashx
  • Checkout option item by Category
  • Add extra category descriptions in Web Manager
  • Change product title HTML tag to H1
  • Allow user to choose warehouse (store) in storelocator page if app config "ShowInventoryFromAllWarehouses" is set to "false"
  • eCommerce WebManager Email Designer
  • Google Search Product

Entice

  • Add a flag to exclude a marketplace from uploading to Entice from a CartRover order
  • Webhook Update Contact Id
  • Entice RSS Feeds
  • Entice Shipment Acknowledgement
  • Created a Campaign to Send Invoice and Order Acknowledgement
 

Fixed issues

General

  • TaxJar not calculating freight tax for taxable freight States
  • TaxJar not sending all posted Invoices and Credit Memo
  • Could not download Shopify Orders from CartRover
  • Postal code with an extension not saving in the correct field for downloaded CartRover Orders
  • When logging in to CB, if "Remember Me" is UNCHECKED, every find form will crash with an "Object Reference Missing" error.
  • Error in executing CartRover Job Plan for Order Download
  • Data Dictionary fails when adding a table with a primary key with data type date
  • Custom Field added did not save in the form
  • Increased Custom Field length on CustomerInvoice table but it isn't allowing the new length of characters to be inputted
  • Could not save email account to a team
  • DBMC "client update" option changed by itself
  • AP Retrospect View Showing Incorrect Data
  • Copying a module in the user role will give an error
  • Custom Views are being put under and currently under System View Folder and can't be moved or modified
  • Dashboard wallpaper not updated
  • Remove the configuration menu in Entice Module
  • In Interprise.Connector.Shipping.ShippingInterface, CreateShipmentFromSO, and CreateShipmentInvoice do not work
  • Custom field formatting issue for "Number" Type
  • Auto update new license expiration date during login without registering the database thru DBMC
  • Rows are missing from the SystemUserPreference table (emailadmin and eshopadmin)
  • REST web service call to create an item does not work correctly
  • Could not save changes in Item Web Option Description 2 to 5 tab
  • Problems With Data Dictionary
  • Duplicate the "Custom Reports" folder when saving as custom reports

eCommerce

  • Product image title displays large instead of medium for medium image
  • Adding an inventory item bundle causes the item form bundle tab to crash
  • Data not being saved on the item form web options tab
  • Error viewing Matrix Product
  • Improve Product Suggestions Page
  • WebManager reset category cache not working
  • MSBuild Issue with Maxmind GeoIP Dependency
  • Google Analytics 4 Ecommerce Tracking Data Layer
  • Make Web Manager Edit AppConfig Name, Desc, and GroupName fields read-only
  • Hide pricing level if one quantity price break is setup
  • Skin Manager Menu Editor Target Option
  • The shipping method displays the miscellaneous amount even if the service type is not available
  • eShopConnected project Lerryn.Facade.ImportExport file ImportExportProcessFacade.vb Function CreateInvoice defect
  • Unable to Upload Website Skin "Entity is too large"
 

Customer

  • Duplicate Sales Order Workflow Issue
  • The customer Receipt Top Section is Empty When Opening another receipt
  • Discontinue Item shows after clicking the Refresh button in the Find Item dashboard
  • Customer form showing the incorrect outstanding balance
  • An opening customer shows an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error
  • Clicking the Refresh button in the Find Open Sales Order dashboard will show closed orders
  • Could not print Customer Statements
  • Sales Order Form showing Inventory information from the order which was opened previously
  • Error in Posting Customer Receipts
  • Customer Form goes grey or shows incorrect information
  • The credit Card Charged in the customer profile charged the wrong customer
  • The sales Order Line Item location drop-down still shows an in-active location/warehouse
  • Customer Website Login tab caching bug
  • Description and the Prices were not carried over to Duplicate Sales Order 
  • Back Orders failing to convert to invoices
  • Changing Payment Term in Sales Order/Invoice not used in the Payment form
  • Converting sales quote to sales order changes tax value
  • The customer form bank details tab displays the wrong information
  • Convert Prospect To Customer, unable to cast object type error
  • "The drop ship PO is not yet received" when the drop ship PO has been received. 

Shipping

  • 'Signature Required' does not show in the Shipment label report
  • Third-Party Billing Info not saved and use in Shipment
  • Could not save changes in the shipping method carrier detail tab when there are multiple locations

CRM

  • Default Call Out Report doesn't show problem or solution text
  • Emailing a report to user-selected email addresses is creating two emails for one person
  • Error when creating Target List

Supplier

  • The "On Order" fails to reduce properly upon multiple GRN postings for the same PO
  • The reservation tab was gone in the Purchase Order form
  • Item cost on GRN getting incorrectly changed by the system after receiving a reduced quantity
  • Posting Goods Received returned error ConcurrencyException
  • Changing the quantity in GRN will change/update the cost based on the current cost
  • Open Supplier Credit Memo is not showing in the "Open" Filter
  • Auto Allocate Free Stock and PO Reservation not working properly
  • Could not create Purchase Orders on Laptops
  • Could not process drop ship PO for non-stock Item
  • "On Order" negative quantity/value 
  • Supplier Receivables that have Serial Numbers are not working properly
  • Format Not Displaying Correctly when using Main Menu Create from Supplier
 

Inventory

  • Item Pricing Wizard Protected Columns
  • Duplicate Menu Item Web option
  • Inventory Profit Analysis error
  • Inventory Quantities are Not Correct
  • Saving a Build Assembly says "Record Already Exists" 
  • Item Analysis Caching Bug
  • Wrong "Kg" value when importing weight in pounds

Banking

  • The system screen froze when performing a bank deposit for more than 30 receipts

POS (Connected Sale)

  • POS Settings Receipt Tab Not Responding

Entice

  • Add Pricing fields with Currency format to Entice Custom fields
  • The order and invoice that were already uploaded will not be re-uploaded

 

Version CB23 (23.0.8411)

Release Date: 01/13/2023

New Features and Key Benefits


General

  • Import Center - New and Simplified Import Tools
  • Syncware Connector
  • SyncSpider Integration
  • SEO for BlogEngine
  • Removed Web Services (Internet Connection)
  • Add the "Customer Type" column in the Find Customer dashboard
  • Added "AutoDepositRefund" in customer advanced preference, forcing the system to automatically deposit refund transactions
  • Upload current invoices with tracking numbers to Entice
  • Entice Support for multiple websites

eCommerce

  • Show Stock hint per item on the category page.
  • Add eCommerce application config to show or not to show the "Register" option on the sign-in page.
  • Add eCommerce application config "SiteMap.ShowProducts" to display products in googlesitemap.ashx
  • Checkout option item by Category
  • Add extra category descriptions in Web Manager
  • Change product title HTML tag to H1
  • Allow user to choose warehouse (store) in storelocator page if app config "ShowInventoryFromAllWarehouses" is set to "false"
  • eCommerce WebManager Email Designer
  • Google Search Product

Entice

  • Add a flag to exclude a marketplace from uploading to Entice from a CartRover order
  • Webhook Update Contact Id
  • Entice RSS Feeds
  • Entice Shipment Acknowledgement
  • Created a Campaign to Send Invoice and Order Acknowledgement
 

Fixed issues

General

  • TaxJar not calculating freight tax for taxable freight States
  • TaxJar not sending all posted Invoices and Credit Memo
  • Could not download Shopify Orders from CartRover
  • Postal code with an extension not saving in the correct field for downloaded CartRover Orders
  • When logging in to CB, if "Remember Me" is UNCHECKED, every find form will crash with an "Object Reference Missing" error.
  • Error in executing CartRover Job Plan for Order Download
  • Data Dictionary fails when adding a table with a primary key with data type date
  • Custom Field added did not save in the form
  • Increased Custom Field length on CustomerInvoice table but it isn't allowing the new length of characters to be inputted
  • Could not save email account to a team
  • DBMC "client update" option changed by itself
  • AP Retrospect View Showing Incorrect Data
  • Copying a module in the user role will give an error
  • Custom Views are being put under and currently under System View Folder and can't be moved or modified
  • Dashboard wallpaper not updated
  • Remove the configuration menu in Entice Module
  • In Interprise.Connector.Shipping.ShippingInterface, CreateShipmentFromSO, and CreateShipmentInvoice do not work
  • Custom field formatting issue for "Number" Type
  • Auto update new license expiration date during login without registering the database thru DBMC
  • Rows are missing from the SystemUserPreference table (emailadmin and eshopadmin)
  • REST web service call to create an item does not work correctly
  • Could not save changes in Item Web Option Description 2 to 5 tab
  • Problems With Data Dictionary
  • Duplicate the "Custom Reports" folder when saving as custom reports

eCommerce

  • Product image title displays large instead of medium for medium image
  • Adding an inventory item bundle causes the item form bundle tab to crash
  • Data not being saved on the item form web options tab
  • Error viewing Matrix Product
  • Improve Product Suggestions Page
  • WebManager reset category cache not working
  • MSBuild Issue with Maxmind GeoIP Dependency
  • Google Analytics 4 Ecommerce Tracking Data Layer
  • Make Web Manager Edit AppConfig Name, Desc, and GroupName fields read-only
  • Hide pricing level if one quantity price break is setup
  • Skin Manager Menu Editor Target Option
  • The shipping method displays the miscellaneous amount even if the service type is not available
  • eShopConnected project Lerryn.Facade.ImportExport file ImportExportProcessFacade.vb Function CreateInvoice defect
  • Unable to Upload Website Skin "Entity is too large"
 

Customer

  • Duplicate Sales Order Workflow Issue
  • The customer Receipt Top Section is Empty When Opening another receipt
  • Discontinue Item shows after clicking the Refresh button in the Find Item dashboard
  • Customer form showing the incorrect outstanding balance
  • An opening customer shows an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error
  • Clicking the Refresh button in the Find Open Sales Order dashboard will show closed orders
  • Could not print Customer Statements
  • Sales Order Form showing Inventory information from the order which was opened previously
  • Error in Posting Customer Receipts
  • Customer Form goes grey or shows incorrect information
  • The credit Card Charged in the customer profile charged the wrong customer
  • The sales Order Line Item location drop-down still shows an in-active location/warehouse
  • Customer Website Login tab caching bug
  • Description and the Prices were not carried over to Duplicate Sales Order 
  • Back Orders failing to convert to invoices
  • Changing Payment Term in Sales Order/Invoice not used in the Payment form
  • Converting sales quote to sales order changes tax value
  • The customer form bank details tab displays the wrong information
  • Convert Prospect To Customer, unable to cast object type error
  • "The drop ship PO is not yet received" when the drop ship PO has been received. 

Shipping

  • 'Signature Required' does not show in the Shipment label report
  • Third-Party Billing Info not saved and use in Shipment
  • Could not save changes in the shipping method carrier detail tab when there are multiple locations

CRM

  • Default Call Out Report doesn't show problem or solution text
  • Emailing a report to user-selected email addresses is creating two emails for one person
  • Error when creating Target List

Supplier

  • The "On Order" fails to reduce properly upon multiple GRN postings for the same PO
  • The reservation tab was gone in the Purchase Order form
  • Item cost on GRN getting incorrectly changed by the system after receiving a reduced quantity
  • Posting Goods Received returned error ConcurrencyException
  • Changing the quantity in GRN will change/update the cost based on the current cost
  • Open Supplier Credit Memo is not showing in the "Open" Filter
  • Auto Allocate Free Stock and PO Reservation not working properly
  • Could not create Purchase Orders on Laptops
  • Could not process drop ship PO for non-stock Item
  • "On Order" negative quantity/value 
  • Supplier Receivables that have Serial Numbers are not working properly
  • Format Not Displaying Correctly when using Main Menu Create from Supplier
 

Inventory

  • Item Pricing Wizard Protected Columns
  • Duplicate Menu Item Web option
  • Inventory Profit Analysis error
  • Inventory Quantities are Not Correct
  • Saving a Build Assembly says "Record Already Exists" 
  • Item Analysis Caching Bug
  • Wrong "Kg" value when importing weight in pounds

Banking

  • The system screen froze when performing a bank deposit for more than 30 receipts

POS (Connected Sale)

  • POS Settings Receipt Tab Not Responding

Entice

  • Add Pricing fields with Currency format to Entice Custom fields
  • The order and invoice that were already uploaded will not be re-uploaded

 

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