UltraCart Platform Updates | May 2024

We've rolled out a series of updates designed to enhance your UltraCart experience. These improvements span Task Management, StoreFronts, Order Management, Rest API, Reporting, Integrations, and our Data Warehouse.

Task Management

• Prevent inventory tasks from being opened on kit items

StoreFronts

• Analytics - now collects ITM parameters (similar to UTM parameters) and stores alongside them in BigQuery
• Analytics - GA4 option to send custom dimensions for order type
• Communications - fix for list unsubscribe operation in certain scenarios
• Communications - flow trigger equation now supports checking the order payment method
• Communications - now displays rate limiter information on the campaign
• Communications - ignore segments that perform BigQuery delta operations once archived
• Screen Recording - fix for filter value of "exists"
• Upsells - add title to the upsell path since often times it's ellipsed due to length
• Additional storage of the email associated with PayPal payment to restore value if cleared by customer
• Themes - new theme release with support for gift certificate email
• Visual Builder - checkout shipping method element now allows for configurable text when no shipping methods are available
• Visual Builder - fix for email CSS injection to hide ancestor elements
• Visual Builder - fix for GA4 add to cart event with multiple quantity
• Visual Builder - new elements for display of gift certificate information within an email

Order Management

• Add pickup date/time to legacy text version of notification that some automated systems parse
• Additional checks to prevent rejection of an order that has a successful payment occur in the background
• Fix on tracking number link when customer tracking URL used and multiple tracking numbers on the order
• New tool to undelete orders

Rest API

• Order query now supports a query_target of cache which substantially improves query times and allows for 5X more orders per query
• Auto order consolidation method
• Auto order standardize the item id to upper case to improve searching in BigQuery
• Channel partner order import now supporting e-check fields
• Expose current_step on the CartCheckout object to facilitate reporting in BigQuery
• Improve validation of webhook.authentication_type
• Item API now supports a new method to obtain an inventory snapshot
• New order payment constants for Amazon Pay and Stripe Link
• Standardize case of email for auto order search
• View all orders now supports searching by refund date

Reporting

• Auto Order Historical report now powered by BigQuery
• Coupon report now powered by BigQuery
• Mix and Match Group Average report now powered by BigQuery
• Order Merchant Note report now powered by BigQuery
• Shipping Cost report now powered by BigQuery

Integrations

• 3PL Central - inventory pagination improvements
• EasyPost - daily manifest skipped if no pending shipments to manifest to prevent error
• EasyPost - Saturday delivery support
• EasyPost - Mini-packing slip label when printed on 4x8 label
• Facebook - Oauth refreshes now logged to integration log system
• FedEx - REST API implemented to replace legacy SOAP API
• Northbeam - Payload adjusted when order does not require shipping
• ONTRAport - Added option to skip transmission of refunds
• QuickBooks Online - Improve error handling to allow reconnection in additional scenarios
• Shippo - fix for FedEx International Connect Plus
• Stripe - now supports Amazon Pay and Stripe Link
• PeriShip - Update to the latest API
• Klaviyo - Improve phone number handling to reduce errors

Data Warehouse

• Add the session_id to the uc_storefront_upsell_offer_events table so that average revenue per session can be calculated
• Load changes to orders old than 5 years via partition instead of streaming due to BigQuery restriction

Affiliates

• Manual order entry now allows direct entry of the order id for high volume merchants