July 2020 Newsletter

Elastic Path Commerce

What's New in Product

 

 

Bloomreach Feed Plugin

Version 1.2.2

Security improvements for the Bloomreach Feed Plugin in order to support the transition from FTP to SFTP. This requires some changes to the configuration properties to accept a private key rather than a password for authentication. Customers will need to generate a public/private key pair and contact Bloomreach support to have SFTP support enabled.

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Elastic Path Commerce

Version 8.0.1

Elastic Path Commerce 8.0.1 now contains Liquibase changesets that automatically transform your payment data into the new table structure. This allows you to maintain payment history and for existing purchases to continue the standard workflow, such as payment capture when physical items ship, modification of in-progress orders, and issuing refunds, without errors.

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Account Management

Version 2.2.4

Improvements to authorization capabilities allowing users to set custom authorization token expiry time.

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PunchOut Lambda

Version 1.0.0

Punchout-enable catalogs, enabling access from eProcurement system of buyer "punching out" to the merchant's catalog rather than browsing a static one. Support B2C type shopping for B2B buyers.

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What's Next in Product

 

Elastic Path Commerce 

Version 8.1.0 

Elastic Path Commerce 8.1.0 will contain first-class support for tracking organizational accounts. Accounts can be represented in a deeply nested hierarchy for representing regions or departments of an organization. Shoppers can be associated to accounts so that they can transact on behalf of the account, and account-specific pricing and promotions can be configured.

 

Maintenence Releases 

 

Improved performance for Cortex order submission
Released on 7.4.x

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Upgraded Drools/KIE
Released on 7.2.x
Released on 7.1.x

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Improved cache efficiency and synchronization algorithm for Groovy condition evaluations cache
Released on 7.2.x

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Fix for imported “Store Visible” value that works the opposite of what is expected.
Released on 7.5.x

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Fix for disappearing error dialog when CSV import fails
Released on 7.5.x
Released on 7.6.x
Released on 8.0.x (part of 8.0.1 release)

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Fix bug in DomainEventListener and improves control of Camel during integration tests
Released on 7.5.x
Released on 7.6.x
Released on 8.0.x (part of 8.0.1 release)

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Marketplace Updates

 

Object Edge | Jumpstart eCommerce Accelerator

 

Jumpstart Elastic Path B2B Accelerator is a quick-to-implement eCommerce solution that gets your B2B business running online in record time. A starter storefront to launch your eCommerce channel, Jumpstart provides the enterprise B2B features you need and ongoing support to drive your eCommerce. Launch in as quickly as two weeks with this headless commerce accelerator.

Learn More About Jumpstart

Partner Spotlight

Object Edge

Object Edge is an award-winning agency offering expert digital transformation, experience design, and commerce implementation. For over 20 years, Object Edge has been solving the most complex digital problems with innovative business solutions. Capabilities include user experience and research, creative design, design engineering, architecture, data management, enterprise enablement, operations optimization, and platform delivery for B2B, B2C, B2B2C, and B2A.

 

Learn more about the partnership this on-demand webinar, Manufacturers Jumpstart your eCommerce Business. 

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Elastic Path Commerce Education

 

August 11 - 12
Commerce Manager – Advanced Configurations
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August 18 - 20
Developer Training
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August 4
CloudOps for Kubernetes
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EPTalk | Solving the eProcurement Problem with PunchOut2Go

Join Jessica Wetzel and Nigel Taylor from PunchOut2Go and Geoff Denning from Elastic Path on Thursday, August 20th where they will discuss the partnership and how the integration can be used to help solve unique business requirements.

Key Talking Points include: 
• What is eProcurement and its unique business needs
• How eProcurement is different than an EDI
• Why Elastic Path chose to partner with PunchOut2Go
• Technical dive into the integration

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Latest News & Events

 

Billion Dollar B2B eCommerce
On-Demand Webinar
Organizational Evolution with Pella
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Shoptalk
August 10th
Microservices, Made Easy
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Billion Dollar B2B eCommerce
On-Demand Webinar
Aligning Sales Channels and Managing Channel Conflict with Georgia Pacific
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Read the Latest: eCommerce Blog

 

How APIs can enable superior technical agility
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How Herschel uses AR on product pages with headless commerce (and so can you)
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