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April 2014

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01 May - Weekly Patch  H486

Linnworks
Module Title Description
Data Import
Product Description Quote Escaping

Handle error where single quotes were being replaced by double single quotes
SqlDataRecord Enumerable

Resolved SqlDataRecord Enumberable error thrown by the Product Description Import
KTypes
 Updated Ktypes File

Updated Ktypes file
LinnLive
 LinnLive login fix

Resolved issues with date times and logging into linnlive through linnworks
Open Orders
 Manual Linking Audit Trail

Added audit trail for manual linking from unassigned order items
Marketplaces
Module Title Description
Amazon
 Avast security

Fix for false positive virus warning from Avast whilst running Amazon sync / Amazon inventory mapping.
FBA Title

Handled error caused when title is not present on an FBA order item
eBay
Call Limit

Reduced number of unnecessary calls to handle call limit
Out Of Stock Control

Listings with out of stock control set will be set to 0 stock rather than ending.

At present this feature will only work for LinnLive controlled listings
Shipping
Module Title Description
GeoPost
 Incorrect address assignment to region

Incorrect address field was being assigned to region when it should have been address line 2
Validation

Added additional validation on the config screen
Royal Mail
Proxy Settings

Added proxy settings to web services calls, where proxy settings are set in config, originally caused error on config load
API
Module Title Description
Order
 AddNewOrder OrderNotes

Resolved date time overflow error for order notes in the AddNewOrder method.



16 April 2014 - Weekly Patch  485

Linnworks
Module Title Description
Analytics
 		 Cost Calcualtion for margin did not take into account quantity on an order and therefore was under calculating values where quantity > 1 
Rebuild Save

Report collection is now saved after a rebuild.
Data Import
 End When Zero

Resolved issue where import would not set a value of zero.
Product Descriptions and Attributes Performance

Updated the importer to improve performance of the import
SKU Reactivation

Fixed automated import reactivating delete SKU
Supplier Purchase Price

Changed default supplier purchase price from zero to one.
Data Export
 Multiple files using column tags

Allows the creation of multiple output files using a column tag as part of the filename
Inventory
 Inventory Labels

Resolved error when saving Inventory labels to PDF
Negative Levels

Improved validation to prevent Stock Level and OnOrder from being set to negative values
Pick List
 Batch Pilot Conditions

Empty pick List no longer printed for orders that don't meet conditions.
Marketplaces
Module Title Description
Big Commerce
 Stock Control Values

Resolved issue where Max Listed, End When and Stock Percentage were not set by data import
Buy
 Connection Test

Changed test connection from passive to active
Ebay
 Inventory Import

Added validation for variation items where the sku is empty.
Vendor Code

Ebay now sends vendor for all services.
Play Trade
 Listed Status Colours

Added colour coding to Play Trade lister based on the listed status.
Shipping
Module Title Description
DPD
 Config Save

Resolved issue where service name and code would not save when closing the config.
Integrated Labels

Added the ability to print integrated labels onto invoices
API
Module Title Description
Process Order
 Hold or Cancel

Resolved issue where process order on API did not change holdorcancel marker and therefore order showed incorrectly as cancelled.



11 April 2014 - Hotfix  H484

Marketplaces
Module Title Description
Play Trade
 Inability to create new config in some cases 

Linnworks was trying to load existing configs before creating a new one. If there were no existing configs the Linnworks was skipping creation of a new one. 
Shipping
Module Title Description
Despatch Bay
 URL Updates

Despatch bay changed URLs to https.Linnworks has been updated to handle this.
DPD  Detatched Services Resolved error where the service is detatched from the linnworks postal service. 



10 April 2014 - Hotfix  H483

Linnworks
Module Title Description
Data Import 
 Stock Item Import

Improved speed of Basic Stock Item import
Open Orders Payment Status Resolved issue with payment status setting to UNKNOWN after locking or parking the order.
Purchase Orders Reorder Low Stock Removed duplicates and resolved item grouping by supplier 



09 April 2014 - Weekly Patch  H482

As well as the bug fixes below, we have also been working with Amazon and the FBA inventory feed how now been fixed.

 

Linnworks
Module Title Description
Open Orders
 Audit Trail

Resolved deleted order item anomaly where items were not actually deleted.
Order Item Additional Info  Allow auto row size for multi line additional info on order items. 
Order Notes Permissions  Order Book - Edit Notes: Prevents editing of existing order notes. 
Order Notes Editing  Prevent empty order notes being saved 
Order Split Notes Original order notes added to both parts of the split
Paid Status Update paid on time in order additional info when the status is change to paid
Vendor Name Handling Bulk change handles vendor names with apostrophes (')
Processed Orders  Order Notes Permissions  Order Book - Edit Notes Prevents editing of existing order notes. 
Order Notes Editing  Prevent empty order notes being saved 
Purchase Orders Supplier Items (Reorder Point) 

The following columns have been added as available for the export:

  • Supplier Purchase Price
  • Supplier Code
  • Supplier Barcode
  • Min Order Qty
  • Pack Size
Marketplaces
Module Title Description
Amazon
  		 Failed Date Save

Resolved issue where the sync would fail when the order received date could not be saved
FBA Level Feed  Reduced request time for Amazon FBA inventory feeds 
FBA Order Feed Only download Amazon submitted orders from FBA rather than those submitted from other sources. 
Buy Order Download Fixed (501) Syntax error in parameters or arguments error occurring in order download. This was due to the connection being kept alive after a download request had been made. 
eBay Missing Orders  Resolved issue with missing orders. It is believed that when requesting all orders from a time, only orders greater than this time were returned. We have set the request time back by one minute prior to the last sync to handle overlap. 
Fruugo Feed URL Config Screen now shows the feed url once it has been created.
Intu Inventory Sync Resolved negative level update on the initial inventory sync.
Magento   Configurable Options Options on configurable items are now saved
Order Paging  Changed Magento order download to work with pages to handle large quantities of orders. 
Shipping
Module Title Description
Fedex
 		 Additional Options
  • Print Terms and Conditions on separate label
  • Select Label Size
Airway Bill International services now print an airway bill.
Interlink Duplicated Labels Resolved issue where the first label would be reprinted for each package when printing more than one label 
Yodel  Service Mapping Resolve issue of channel postal mapping being overwritten by marketplace mapping.
Postcode Validation Improved validation for postcodes
API
Module Title Description
Order Billing Address Resolved issue of billing address not being saved
Supplier
 Supplier Name

Supplier name provided in Get_PurchaseOrder call



01 April 2014 - Weekly Patch  H481

Welcome to spring and the second quarter of this year. This week we have a bundle of bug fixes and a change for the newly updated Royal Mail International services.
Please note that we are aware of issues with.
  1. eBay Mapping.
  2. Amazon FBA Levels Update
We are currently in discussions with both eBay and Amazon in regards to fixing these issues and once there is an update, a patch will be released as soon as possible.
Linnworks
Module Title Description
Email
 eBay Reference Number

Corrected error where reference number for eBay was using inconsistent value.
Open Orders
 Auto Print Functions
 Added scan requirement before auto print functions on Process Order screen 
Deleted Items Added audit trail for deleted items
Order Split Fixed issue where a manual order split would not work when a column had been added using column chooser 
Folder Restrictions  Fixed filter issue in which filter would not update for a user that has restrictions on a folder
New Orders Order Id Improved check for avoiding duplicated Order Ids 
Inventory  Copied Item Images Fixed the deletion of images from stock items when copied item has its images deleted.
Tracked Permissions Disallow Tracked / Not Tracked when permission is disabled for user 
Suppliers Contact Name Contact name now available in column chooser on suppliers register screen 
Marketplaces
Module Title Description
Amazon
 Despatched Orders

Download despatched orders if they have not been downloaded before
FBA Levels Stock level handler updated to avoid negative values
Order Items
 Resolved issue with items not being saved
Received Date Use purchase-date rather than reporting-date
Total Price Handle various cultural representation of decimal values that are provided.
EKM Powershop Invalid To Date Resolved issue where Invalid To Date was being shown on the EKM order sync
Fruugo Local Image Upload Fixed the image upload for local accounts
Shipping
Module Title Description
Endicia Dazzle
 USPSTracking Attribute

Updated Endicia Attribute from DeliveryConfirmation to USPSTracking. This is to comply with changes made by Endicia.
Royal Mail International Services Addition to and update of the international services for the Royal Mail OBA integration.
UK Mail Signature Optional Added Signature Optional option to Service Config 
Yodel Account Details Resolved issue with account details not updating correctly when changed and saved
API
Module Title Description
Supplier
 StockItemSupplier

MinOrderQuantity and isDefault have been added to StockItemSupplier.Save()