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pixi 22.06

pixi 22.06 is available from 7 June 2022. It includes several bug fixes, new features, enhancements and optimizations.


Please note: If you use one of the Amazon services Invoice Upload or Label Printing via pixi, updating pixi to 22.06 is mandatory. Otherwise, the service will no longer be usable from 21.07.2022. If you do not have an update date yet, please contact support at servicedesk@descartes.com.


API

🟨 New Feature: A new API call was created: pixiBinCreate. This API call allows you to create one or more bins. (620954)
Input parameters parsed through the @BinsXML:

  • Name - max 50 characters, should be unique

    • By setting Filter Stock Operations With Location in Control Center, you can control the naming conventions for your database

      • Value = OFF - Bin Names are unique in your database
        Value = ON - Identical bin names can exist across different locations

  • LocId - the location (ID) of the bin; the location must already exist

  • Group - the bin group of the bin; can be empty, which is the default

  • SortNr - the sort number of the bin (numeric value)

  • MaxItems - the maximum number of stock items that can be put into the bin

Parameter @CreateEmp defines the user who sends the call (default = "API").

Example request to create two bins (click to unfold) 

<soapenv:Envelope>

</soapenv:Envelope>

🟨 New Feature: A new API call was created; pixiBinUpdate. This API call allows you to update bins. The input values are the same as for pixiBinCreate (see above) except for @UpdateEmp (instead of @CreateEmp) and BinKey. This parameter allows you to directly address certain bins within the database. If no values are passed, the old values will remain in the database. When a change via the XML was successful, a list of values with status and message for each row is returned. If the XML cannot be parsed, an error is returned which also includes a status message.

Tip: Use API Call pixiGetStockBins to see an initial list of all bins and BinKeys. (628551)

🟪 Enhancement: API call pixiPayGetInvoicesToCapture was enhanced with two new parameters: (615716)

  • @RowCount defines the number of records the call returns (default = 30)

  • @FromInvoiceId defines the invoice key that you want to use as a starting point (default = 0)

🟪 Enhancement: API call pixiPayGetOrdersToAuthorize was enhanced with a new parameter: (615716)

  • @RowCount defines the number of records the call returns (default = 30)

🟪 Enhancement: API call pixiUpdateOrder was enhanced with a new parameter: (620458)

  • @AddressRemarks updates the address remarks, but only in case you send a value or an empty string


pixi Mobile

New Localization: French (BETA)

🟨 New Feature: pixi Mobile is available in French (fr-FR). You can change the language of pixi Mobile by changing the language of your mobile device settings. This feature is a BETA and not all areas are fully localized yet. The following components will be added with the next releases: stock movement types, return reasons and item classification. The fallback language is English


Web Application

Administration (Shops - Shipping Seals)

🟩 Bug fix: The shop URL that links out from the shipping seal certificate was incorrect. A colon was missing between the "https" and the forward slashes. (628511)

🟪 Enhancement: Shipping seals and certificates were redesigned. (590944)

Please note: The shipping seals will automatically update on shop sites. You do not need to make any changes.


Controlling (Dashboards)

🟩 Bug fix: A permission for the Purchasing tab was required to see the Controlling and Logistics modules in the menu. (621106)

🟪 Enhancement: Various improvements to Dashboards: (612639, 638535)

  • An icon for Dashboard Settings was added next to the refresh time. Go to General > Refresh interval (min): to set the interval in which the dashboards should get refreshed.

    • Max. value: 1440 min - 1 day (entering a value bigger than 1440 will automatically set it back to 1440)

    • Min. value: 10 min (default) (entering a value less than 10 will automatically set it up to 10)

    • In Shops, you can select which shops you want to display in Logistics and Sales (by default, all shops are displayed)

    • Please note: The changes are saved per database and not per user!

  • Refresh time (Last refresh and Next refresh) is now displayed with the date and time and it's calculated accordingly to the value that was entered as Refresh interval.

  • The size of the widgets with charts was increased for better readability.




General

New Localization: French (BETA)

🟨 New Feature (BETA): pixi Web is available in French (fr-FR). You can set the language in your Profile Settings. This feature is a BETA and not all areas are fully localized yet. The following components will be added with the next releases: stock movement types, return reasons and item classification. The fallback language is English.




Invoices/1SS Picklists

🟪 Enhancement: Direct invoices, normal and 1SS picklists can be created for orders from all locations. Previously, these documents could only be created for the default location. (620755)


Cross-referencing within pixi Web

🟪 Enhancements: Various enhancements to multiple parts of pixi Web: (598440)

  • Customer Service > Orders > General (tab) > Order Information: pixi Order Nr., Invoice Nr., Credit Nr and Return Case Nr. (when a return is created via mobile & web) were added. The numbers are linked and open the document details in pixi Web.


  • Customer Service > Returns: Entries in Ext. Order Nr. now link to the invoice in pixi Web.


  • Logistics > Goods Receipt: Entries in columns Supplier, Supplier ID and Purchase Order Nr. are now linked to pages within pixi Web.


  • Logistics > Goods Receipt > General (tab): Purchase order number and Supplier name now link to pages within pixi Web.


  • Logistics > Ship-Out > Single Package/Multiple Packages: The link to the Invoice Nr on the result pane opens the Invoice in pixi Web in a new tab.


  • Logistics > Ship-Out > Single Package/Multiple Packages: The link to the invoice number now opens the invoice in pixi Web.


  • Logistics > Boxes: The Invoice Nr. is linked. It will open the invoice in pixi Web in a new tab.


  • Administration > Amazon IDU: The entries in the Invoice Nr. and External Order Nr. columns are linked. The link to the Invoice Nr on the result pane opens the Invoice in pixi Web in a new tab.


  • Administration > Shops: When the button Copy is clicked, a notification ("Copied to clipboard.") is displayed in the top right corner of the page to confirm the action.

Customer Service (Invoices and Credits)

🟪 Enhancement: The new parameters Shipping Country and Box Nr. were added to the advanced search in Invoices and Credits. Shipping Country is a single selection dropdown and its default is "All". With the field Box Nr. you can search across all invoices that were in the entered box during the selected period. (620682)

Customer Service (Orders)

🟪 Enhancement: Shipping Country was added as a new parameter to the advanced search. "All" is selected by default. (620681)


Logistics (Picklists)

🟩 Bug fix: The page did not refresh after all picklists were deleted. Now, "No data to display." is shown. (588315)

🟩 Bug fix: When a picklist sequence was enabled, it could not be disabled immediately. Additionally, the button for enabling/disabling sequences did not change to/from active/inactive depending on whether a selected sequence was already enabled or disabled. The page needed to be refreshed. (639436)


Logistics (Scan-In - 1SS-Shipping)

🟩 Bug fix: The Station ID was missing in a polling procedure, causing labels to be printed by different printers during 1SS Shipping. (630852)


Logistics (Ship-Out - Error handling)

🟩 Bug fix: The Manual Weight Input: OFF/ON in Single and Multiple Packages did not update on the bottom of the page. It was removed entirely. (588315)

🟦 Optimization: Improvements were made to the ship-out error handling. Failures and errors will be significantly reduced. (590249)


Desktop Applications

Control Center

🟩 Bug fix: PDF documents could not be uploaded via the Amazon SP (Selling Partner) API. (628548, 628922, 622871)

🟪 Enhancement: A new channel setting was added: Use Selling Partner API. With this setting, the Amazon document upload runs via the Amazon SP (Selling Partner) API. Previously, it ran with the Amazon MWS API, which will be deprecated by the end of July. The setting is disabled by default and should only be activated by the pixi support team. (578826, 628548)

🟪 Enhancement: We made various enhancements and changes in different areas to prevent deadlocking and inconsistent numbering for invoices and return tracking IDs. In detail: (615165)

  • Shops and Shipping Vendors: The Invoice Nr field was removed from the Shops table, The Return tracking ID (retTrackID) was removed from the Shipping Vendor table.

  • Shops and Invoice Numbers: The Invoice Number is now defined by a starting value (StartValue) and a next value (NextValue) per shop (pixi.Invoice[Shop] in the Sequences table). When a new shop is created, a new record is added to the sequences table. It is only deleted when it is removed.

  • Return Tracking IDs: The return tracking ID (retTrackID) is now defined by a starting value (start_value) and a current value (current_value) for each Shipping Vendor (ReturnTrackingId_[ShipvendorCode] in table sys.sequences). When a new shipping vendor is created, a new record is added to the sys.sequences table. It is only deleted when it is removed.

  • As of now, it is not possible to set the specific start number for invoices (InvoiceNr) or return tracking IDs (retTrackID). The StartValue and NextValue for a new shop are "0" by default and the start_value and current_value for a new shipping vendor are set to "1" by default.

In case you need assistance modifying the values, please contact support (servicedeskt@descartes.com). Changing values via a user interface will be available with a future release.


Import

🟩 Bug fix: When the channel setting Update Item Name was disabled, item names were still imported. (617588)

🟩 Bug fix: When an EAN/UPC bar code was changed, the change was reverted after the respective item was reimported through an order or item import. (628476)


Connector

Import & Export

🟩 Bug fix: When tracking ID import files accidentally included blank lines, their import failed. (628624)

🟩 Bug fix: Generated CSV polling files were falsely encoded. As a consequence, special characters and Umlaute were not correctly displayed. The default encoding was set to ANSI. It is now also possible to change the encoding manually in the ShipVendor table to either "ANSI" or "UTF8". (635136)


Invoices (QR Codes for Switzerland)

🟪 Enhancements: Reminders can now include QR codes. The implementation is identical to the one for invoices. Reminder documents can also be attached to reminder emails (REM), in case the PDF upload is enabled. (471081)

🟪 Enhancement: The QR code for invoices and reminders can be created in German, English, Italian, and French. (607739, 620854)

  • Orders must contain a tag for certain languages at order import (only one order tag for QR language can be assigned per order)

  • The new order tags are: QR language: DE, QR language: EN, QR language: FR, QR language: IT
    Example: 

<ORDERTAGS>
<ORDERTAG>QR language: EN</ORDERTAG>
</ORDERTAGS>


Shipping

🟩 Bug fix: The polling file for shipped invoices did in some cases not include the Package ID if it was shipped via the Shipping client or pixi Web Ship-Out: Single/Multiple Packages. (605503)

Updates, New Client Versions and Installer

Contact our support team for an update appointment

  • Via email: Click the following link, fill out the email template and send it to servicedesk@descartes.com.

  • Via the portal: Log in to the Portal and open a Ticket.

Updates can either be done from Monday to Friday between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm or overnight. Ask the pixi Support team for an appointment.

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