Release Date: March 11, 2021
Highlights
Release Information
Znode 9.6.3 release includes some new features, enhancements, and some minor bug fixes.
The highlights of this release are:
- New admin dashboard
- Sales Rep enhancements
- Card Connect payment gateway integration
- Performance enhancement changes for the web store’s Login and Edit Profile pages
Breaking Changes
Please refer to this Breaking Changes Document for more information.
New Features
[ZPD-12855/ZLMC-1802] - Support For Card Connect Payment Method
Administration / Shopper Experience / Commerce
Znode now allows administrators and customers (shoppers) to use the Card Connect payment method to place Orders and convert Quotes to Orders.
The complete implementation is done using an iframe tokenizer approach which makes the implementation PCI compliant.
[ZPD-12109] - Sales Rep Association With Account
Administration
Admin users will now have the ability to associate a Sales Rep user account with one or multiple Accounts.
Enhancements
[ZPD-9101] - ADA Compliance Changes In Maxwell’s Hardware Theme
Shopper Experience
ADA Compliance level A changes have been made to Maxwell’s Hardware theme. This will help customers (shoppers) with disabilities to easily access and navigate the web-store, and business owners to increase their target audiences.
[ZPD-11635] - Changes In Sales Rep Role
Administration
The access levels of system defined role Sales Rep has been changed to allow access to only sales related sections like Users, Vouchers, Quotes, Orders, Returns, Pending Payment, and Pending Orders.
[ZPD-11634] - New Znode Admin Dashboard
Administration
The Znode admin application Dashboard screen now includes quick links, recent sales information, general statistics, Accounts list, all with quick filter options for ease of checking recent and real-time data directly from a single screen.
The elements and the data displayed on the Dashboard screen varies depending on the access levels of the role assigned to the logged in admin user.
[ZPD-13543/ZLMC-1973] - Changes in Azure Configuration Field Labels
Administration
The labels of the Azure Server Configuration fields are changed for easy understanding. Following are the new changes:
- Access Key is changed to Storage Account Name
- Secret Key is changed to Access Key
- Azure Bucket Name is changed to Container Name
[ZPD-13585] - Performance: Edit User
Administration
A lightweight stored procedure is now used to save the changes made to the user account. This new implementation has increased the performance of Manage User operations and reduced the time required to save the changes.
[ZPD-13537] - Performance: Login Page
Shopper Experience
A lightweight stored procedure is now used for Login functionality. This new implementation has increased the performance of Login operation and reduced the time required to log in to the account.
[ZPD-13562] - Performance: Edit Profile
Shopper Experience
A lightweight stored procedure is now used to save the changes made to the user account. This new implementation has increased the performance of Edit Profile operations and reduced the time required to save the changes.