NCS Circ Rapid Release: 2020-4.1
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Introduction and Minimum Supported Configuration
Welcome to the NCS Circulation 2020-4.1 release. This release contains a variety of program changes in terms of correcting issues from previous versions and also introduces a new report, “Credit Card Success,” under the Reporting section.
This version of NCS Circulation also includes program changes to the Subscribe Integration API “Add Address/Occupant” by adding a few new input parameters.
Minimal Requirements
If using Naviga Pay for payments, a minimum Naviga Pay version of 2.2 is required for 2020-4.1.
If using Payment Authorization Service, a minimum PAS version of 8.11.61 is required for 2020-4.1.
A minimum Circulation version of 2020 is required to upgrade to the 2020-4.1 release.
To access the newly added fields in the extract files, Subscribe Extract version of 6 is required. Please contact Naviga Support for this change to be implemented.
Resolved Issues
Circulation Management (CM)
Route Service
When making a copy of any route, the issue with the Demographics answers not being copied by default has now been resolved. (CM2-9224, CM43#4200)
Accounting
When running the Direct Deposit program, under Account > AP/Direct Deposit > Direct Deposits, the detail records for the HSBC format will now export the deposit date in Julian format, which is entered at run time. (CM2-9182, CM43#2025 - CM43#4320)
Previously, when there were multiple returns with the same ProductID, RouteID, and Draw Date, the ‘Custom Invoice (Newsvendor Report)’ displayed the GST Rate as null.
Furthermore, ‘Account Billing Processing’ would not generate ChargesTax records for accounts that did not have any Account Billing History records.
These issues have now been resolved in (CM2-9225, CM43#4310)
Payments
A process has been added to purge PayPal customer data when performing a test database refresh, ensuring that no actual PayPal payment information is retained in the test databases. (CM2-9154, CM43#4190)
In Bank Draft Payments, under Accounting > Account Payments > Bank Draft Payments, the missing fields in the detail record ('Due Date', 'Company Short Name', and 'Company Long Name') as well as the missing Julian date in the header record have been added to the HSBC export file. (CM2-9173, CM43#4160)
Application Programming Interface (API)
Circulation (Circ) API
In the CreateSubscription CircAPI, new Rate Code validations have been implemented to prevent Rate Codes from being used for subscriptions with Paid or Unpaid Comp Billing Methods. (CM2-9298, CM43#4330)
Reporting
The Renewal Notices report will now only show the FeeTax field if the ‘FeeManagement’ add-on is activated. The Fees-related fields will remain as they were in the previous version. (CM2-9155, CM43#4150)
Enhancements
Circulation Management (CM)
Accounting
The Fees Tax fields have been removed from the ‘Detailed 2 Export’ format of Renewal Notices (in Accounting > Subscriber > Renewal Notices) and Auto Notice Export (in Accounting > Subscriber > Auto Notice Export). Note: The fields will not be displayed regardless of whether the ‘FeeManagement’ add-on is activated. (CM2-9293, CM43#4400)
Tools
Utilities > Import > Token Account Updater The verbiage of the Remarks displayed when running the Token Updater Utility has now been changed and made in sync with other Remarks.
Before:
UpdateCode 1, Remarks: Token Account Updater - New CC Expire
UpdateCode 2, Remarks: Token Account Updater - New CC Number and Expire Date
UpdateCode 3, Remarks: Token Account Updater - Account Closed
After:
UpdateCode 1, Remarks: Token Account Updater - New CC Expiry Date Updated
UpdateCode 2, Remarks: Token Account Updater - New CC Number and Expiry Date Updated
UpdateCode 3, Remarks: Token Account Updater - Account Closed, removing from AutoPay
(CM2-9149, CM43#4210)
Payments
Naviga Pay
The verbiage of the following two Business Rules, in the Customer Services section, has been changed to better convey the BR’s purpose.
Before #1:
What is the default reason code for discontinued Autopay when Credit card account is updated?
After #1:
What is the default Billing Change Reason Code for Discontinued AutoPay when Credit Card account is closed?
Before #2:
What is the default reason code for change in Credit card details?
After
#2:
What is the default Billing Change Reason Code for change in Credit Card details?
(CM2-9150, CM43#4220)
Application Programming Interface (API)
Subscribe Integration API
The “Add Address/Occupant” API now includes two additional input parameters, “Level Type (Level Designator)” and “Level (Level Number),” to support Australian addresses.
(CM2-9177, CM43#4290 - HM43#620 - CMO43#540)
Reporting
A new menu option has been added to Graphical Reporting > Management — Credit Card (CC) Success Report. This report includes a detailed report on credit card success rate, comprising information on declined and successful transactions.
(CM2-8867, CM43#4040)
Extracts
The
address_master.txtandsub_master.txtfiles of Subscribe Extracts now include two additional fields, “Level Designator” and “Level Number,” to support Australian addresses. Note: The new changes are available in Subscribe Extract’s export version 6. Please contact Naviga Support for this change to be implemented.(CM2-9151, CM43#4260)
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