Order Portal Release 1.2.4 - Sept. 2009

Order Portal 1.2.4

*** Randr Inc Web Business Suite - Order Portal 1.2.4 ***(Sept 2009)

Order Portal Release 1.2.4 will be ready for Download Sept 25, 2009

There are many upgrades, feature enhancements and fixes with this latest release which are aimed at helping you to grow your business.

In addition to the normal files for download, we have also a Run Time DVD download which includes all the Web Business Suite Portals. It is 1.5 gig so be patient as you download, but this will allow you to try out all the Web Business Suite Portals without any installation, just pop in the DVD. If you have problems with such a large download, you can order a DVD through our website and we will send it snail mail. You can use the run time DVD for demo/trial purposes and you can also load the software from the DVD. Click here for a video on how to Install the Order Portal.

There are a lot of changes in this release. If you are upgrading an existing release, don't hesitate to use the Randr Forum and our request page for help. Or we can be reached at 951-369-3427 (US) or john4@randrinc.com

Thanks for your support.
the Randr Team.

Highlights of Key Changes in Release 1.2.4

• Menu security added to Admin menu. You can create a user profile that limits a user to only certain menu options. For upgrading users make sure you merge in the changes from the xml_config/scmportal/appConfig.xml.
• Orders can be created through a CSV upload. The CSV upload is located on the Order Form page and accepts a file of items numbers and quantities.
• Exporting orders out of Order Portal. The export now includes every field. Data Migration Portal has been changed so the Orders can be pushed to one of the Randr eBusiness Suites, formatted as an EDI 850 transaction or downloaded as CSV files.
• Pricing Changes - If you change a customer to Wholesale through the User Maintenance, they will default to the wholesales price, otherwise the retail price is the default. We have also added price book pricing in addition to the existing pricing/discount capabilties. Customers can be a assigned price books which link to items and % of list pricing.
• Search users screen has been added to allow you to easily search for specific users and user types.
• We have added maintenance options over the freight and ship via tables.
• We have added a number of things to give you more control over the look and feel of your Order Portal
  1. You can have a different Catalog display jsp for each WebProfile, defined in Admin/Config.
  2. You can have a different Cascading Style Sheet for each WebProfile, defined in Admin/Config.
• For US companies, there is a new map of the US that allows you to link/display Sales Rep information for each state. The map is a vector map, so it could actually be changed for any locations. There are menu options in admin to add reps and additional contact. Linking Reps to a state is done thru the state table maintenance. There are change to the webprofile xml documents required for existing Order Portal installations.
• For companies with legacy systems installed, the Customer Self Service has been expanded to allow your customers to access their order/invoice history and accounts receivable on the legacy system. Currently we have this working for VAI System 2000 and DMAS. This is controlled thru the Admin/Config.

• Changes to the Related item logic for better display
• Some missing configuration options have been added to the Admin/Config screens
• Request Pages - you can use the defaults in the Order Portal or create your own. Which jsp is displayed is controlled in the Admin/Config.
• Added more logic to Catalog maintenance to escape problem characters in the catalogs.
• Changed Order Portal so it always uses Spider Friendly URLs.
• Changes so Order Portal can handle items with / in the item number and so they work in the Spider Friendly URLs.
• Quick Order Form - quantity changed from 3 to 6 digits.
• Fixed product template logic. Base displayProduct.jsp is now set up as the default unless you change that.
• There are new tags for the appConfig.xml files and new fields for those upgrading existing Order Portals

New tags that need to be added into Configuration Files - WebProfiles

• The follow tags need to be added into the default.xml file in xml_config/orderportal/webprofiles.
• These tags can be maintained via Admin/Config menu.

<DATA_MIGRATION_REQUEST_CSV_LINK>http://localhost:8180/datamigrationportal/request</DATA_MIGRATION_REQUEST_CSV_LINK>
<EMAIL_IMPORT_FILE_PREFIX>emailque</EMAIL_IMPORT_FILE_PREFIX>
<EMAIL_IMPORT_UNPROCESSED_STORAGE>csv/emailQue</EMAIL_IMPORT_UNPROCESSED_STORAGE>
<EMAIL_IMPORT_PROCESSED_STORAGE>csv/emailQue/processed</EMAIL_IMPORT_PROCESSED_STORAGE>

<VIEW_HISTORY_ALTERNATE></VIEW_HISTORY_ALTERNATE><!-- Currently 2D, DMAS and VAI are valid options, DEFAULT = OP -->
<VIEW_ACCOUNT_ALTERNATE></VIEW_ACCOUNT_ALTERNATE><!-- Currently 2D, DMAS and VAI are valid options no default -->

<OTHER_MAP_LINKS></OTHER_MAP_LINKS><!-- This code allows you to add additional links to the Sales Rep Map-->
<SALES_REPS_MENU_LABEL>Sales Reps</SALES_REPS_MENU_LABEL><!-- adds Sales Rep Map (us only) to the menu,put by the other menu labels-->
<MENU_OPTIONS_LIST>add SALES_REPS at the end and for <MENU_OPTIONS_ENABLED_1> add ,0 or ,1 (activated) menu_options_enabled 1 thru 5
<USE_ALTERNATE_CATALOG_DISPLAY>displayCatalogProducts.jsp</USE_ALTERNATE_CATALOG_DISPLAY><!-- Allows you to have a different displayCatalogProducts.jsp for each webProfile -->
<REQUEST_PAGE_MENU_REQUEST>DISPLAY</REQUEST_PAGE_MENU_REQUEST>
<CASCADING_STYLE_SHEET>public.css</CASCADING_STYLE_SHEET<<!-- Allows you to have a differenct cascading style sheet for each webProfile -->