SendPro Enterprise version 8.41.0 Release Notes (March 10, 2021)

SendPro Enterprise Release Notes for version 8.41.0 (March 10, 2021)
Products affected: SendPro® Enterprise

Note: Some changes affect all SendPro Enterprise users, while other changes affect licensed users only. If you are a subscriber, your SendPro Enterprise is hosted in the Pitney Bowes cloud with the address https://name.sendproenterprise.com, where "name" is your organization's unique value. If you are a licensed user, your SendPro Enterprise is not hosted in the Pitney Bowes cloud.

HEADLINE ENHANCEMENTS

The following headline enhancements have been implemented in SendPro Enterprise:

View App. Improvements to tax charge calculations and display.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Details of tax charges applied to shipments are now displayed in the View App’s Charges tab. In addition, the logic used for rate markup and markdown calculations has been altered to improve handling of decimals. Previously, values would be stored as they were originally calculated to more than two decimal places. Now, calculated values will automatically be rounded up to the nearest cent, ensuring that charges are displayed correctly in the View App to two decimal places.

Cartonization. Added new element to cartonize request.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

A new boolean element has been added to the cartonize request, ItemInitialOrientationPreferred, allowing all possible orientation combinations to be attempted when cartonizing. The element can be mapped, where appropriate, to SendPro Enterprise Apps; in the event that no mapping is created the element is enabled by default.

Cartonization. Carton configuration IDs now passed in requests.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

A refId element has been added to the boxTypes node of cartonization requests, allowing carton configuration IDs to be passed in requests.

HubCapp. Improved connectivity display.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The WEIGH button in product Apps now automatically enables and disables with HubCapp connectivity status changes.

Outputs. Added ECCN/EAR99 element to international documents.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

To align with US governmental guidelines, shipments destined to China, Russia or Venezuela now include an ECCN or EAR99 for each line item on the Commercial Invoice or a Shipper’s Letter of Instruction. Note that:

  • ECCN: An Export Control Classification Number used to classify goods, technology and software to determine whether an export license is required.
  • EAR99: Indicates that a particular item is subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), but not listed with a specific ECCN on the Commercial Control List (CCL).

 

CARRIER CHANGES

The following carrier changes have been implemented for SendPro Enterprise:

FedEx SameDay® City API. Support for new label format.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

FedEx SameDay® City API now supports ZPL labels. For detail, see FedEx SameDay® City API Reference.

FedEx Web Services. Tax element now handled correctly for Canadian shipments.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Rate and ship functionality for FedEx Web Services has been updated to correctly return the Tax element, at both the shipment and package level, for domestic Canadian transactions. Any tax charges applied to a shipment are visible in the View App’s Charges tab.

 

OTHER CHANGES

The following other changes have been implemented in SendPro Enterprise:

Reports. New Transaction Account Summary report.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

A new report has been added to SendPro Enterprise, Transaction Account Summary - by Cost Center Code. The new report is based on the existing Transactions by Account Summary report, but instead groups shipments based on Cost Center Code rather than Cost Center Name. This additional report ensures that users with several cost centers assigned the same name can correctly distinguish the shipments processed with each.

End Of Day App. Personal Shipping accounts no longer displayed.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

An issue has been resolved whereby Personal Shipping carrier accounts were available for selection in the End Of Day App.

PB Shipping API. Added element to onboarding.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

A Payment Account Number is now included in the onboarding wizard for PB Shipping API.

FedEx Web Services. Added missing hazardous shipping element to requests.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

An issue has been resolved whereby FedEx Web Services hazardous shipments failed when operating with Cargo Aircraft Only dangerous goods. This was due to a missing CargoAircraftOnly node in ship requests.

Batch Tracking. Updated carrier processing.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The logic used to determine which packages require tracking requests has been updated to remove packages for carriers that do not support tracking. This fix corrects issues whereby the Batch Tracking task included shipments which were not trackable.

UPS API. COD codes now handled correctly in requests.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Cash On Delivery (COD) payment terms are now mapped correctly in rate and ship requests when operating with UPS API.

Personal Shipping. Updated support email configuration.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The default configuration of the Support Credit Card Question Email setting, accessed via the Apps’ Help tray, has been updated to personalshipping@essentialhub.com.

Shipping Apps. Requests now handled correctly when operating with SWOG.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

An issue has been resolved whereby additional Order nodes were added to ship requests when operating with the Shipping With Other Goods (SWOG) functionality enabled. Now, only one Order node is added per SWOG transaction.

Banyan. Updated treatment of units of measure.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

An issue has been resolved whereby units of measure entered in lowercase were not accepted when operating with Banyan. Now, lowercase values are converted to uppercase and passed as expected in requests.

DHL eCommerce. Updates to tracking logic.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The tracking logic employed for DHL shipments has been updated to align with changes to the carrier’s tracking website.

View App. Improved reprinting processing.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The View App’s Re-Print Label button is now disabled if no labels exist for the selected shipment. Additionally, when processing print requests, package history statuses are no longer set back to 1 (Processed) if, prior to the request, the status was greater than 1.

Data Management. Amended user permissions.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

An issue has been resolved whereby those with the role User could not edit other Users when operating via the Data Management App.

Carriers. Resolved tracking issues with ConnectShip carriers.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Updated the tracking configuration of the following carriers to align with carrier tracking changes:

  • UPS Consolidated
  • UPS Consolidated UK
  • UPS Mail Innovations
  • UPS Freight Server

SendPro Enterprise. Corrected use of activation tokens.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The Use Profile Activation Tokens setting now functions as expected. Previously, tokens were still requested upon login even if disabled.

Consolidated shipping. Amended handling of return addresses.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The default return address is no longer passed when processing consolidated shipments; now, the return address as set in the relevant consolidated defaults is used. Additionally, added a checkbox to the shipping Apps’ Returns tab allowing you to override this functionality and use the default return address. Note that the checkbox is only shown if operating with the App setting Enable Consolidated Shipping set to True.

Shipment Notifier. Tracking Urls now presented as expected.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Tracking Urls are now generated correctly in the Shipment Notifier email template. This was caused by issues translating the ShipmentAccountNumber, ExternalCarrierIdentifier, ShippingKey, ShippingTrackingNumber, Identifier and Password variables.

Postal Meter snippet. Added missing carrier detail.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Resolved an issue whereby missing detail in the Postal Meter snippet caused batch shipments to fail when operating with the carrier Canada Post. Shipping with Canadian meters now functions as expected.

Shipping Apps. Corrected treatment of return contacts.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

If no return contact is set for a user’s location, the user’s full name is now returned instead of the username. This fix corrects issues whereby usernames were printed on shipping labels.

FedEx Web Services. Resolved issues with Personal Shipment voiding.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Voiding personal shipments processed with FedEx Web Services now functions as expected. Previously, the incorrect CSP key was passed to the carrier.

Outputs. Windows printing now functions as expected for Commercial Invoices.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

An issue has been resolved whereby Commercial Invoices failed to generate if the printer type was set to Windows.

USPS Postage (Endicia). Amended handling of package types when rating.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

An issue has been resolved whereby ContentType was not mapped in USPS Postage rate requests.

Banyan. Company name now passed when rating.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

When operating with Banyan, the CompanyName element is now passed to the carrier when rating.

FedEx Web Services. Resolved stock issues with FedEx Ground Hazardous Materials OP-900 document.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

Resolved issue whereby the FedEx stock types FedEx Ground OP-900 LL and FedEx Ground OP-900 LG were incorrectly mapped with SendPro Enterprise stock types, causing document printing errors when shipping with FedEx Ground® carrier service.

SendPro Enterprise. Changed treatment of Minimum Age password setting.

Affects all SendPro Enterprise users.

The Minimum Age password setting has been updated to allow a user to change a password, previously set by an Administrator, before the minimum age defined in the setting has expired. However, they may only do so once. Following this, the password cannot be changed until the age limit has expired or it is reset by an Administrator. In addition, all password changes made by Administrators are now stored in the user’s password records and form part of the password history and age checks associated with the user.

 

APPS

The following changes have been implemented for SendPro Enterprise Apps:

Warehouse | MailCenter | Desktop | Store | Supplier | Desktop Shipping | Stamps | Certified Mail | Personal Shipping

  • Improved connectivity display.

View

  • Improvements to tax charge calculations and display.

End of Day

  • Personal Shipping accounts no longer displayed.

UPDATED: August 14, 2021