DBC: 2025 Release Notes

Welcome to the latest update for DB Commerce! In our releases, we've focused on both enhancing your experience and resolving key issues. We've made significant improvements and implemented exciting new features that will streamline navigation, increase performance, and make your journey even smoother. Additionally, we've addressed several bugs that were impacting site functionality and fixed issues to ensure a more reliable and efficient platform.

As always, our team is committed to delivering continuous improvements to provide you with the best experience possible. Below, you'll find the details of what has been fixed, updated, and introduced.

IMPROVEMENTS

• A new update has been implemented to improve user experience and system clarity when attempting to access a site that has been marked as inactive. On the login screen for an inactive site, the "Sign In" button will appear greyed out/disabled and will not perform any action when clicked.
• An enhancement has been made to streamline the experience for new distributor admin users. When a new distributor admin user is created, the email notification now includes a direct link to the New Distributor Admin interface. This removes the need for users to manually switch from the legacy interface, allowing quicker and more intuitive access to the appropriate environment.
• Distributors using the Authorize.net transaction report, the orderID has been added to the report.

BUGS

• An update has been made to the User Confirmation Email within the billing section to display the Customer-Facing Display Values set within New Distributor Admin as the billing information rather than just displaying the Location Description.
• The system logic has been updated to ensure that the correct URL is used in the user account email based on the company’s status. Legacy companies will now consistently receive the legacy URL in user invitation emails, Responsive companies will continue to consistently receive the responsive URL in user invitation emails, regardless of whether the user was created by a Distributor Admin or Customer Admin.
• An update has been made to improve catalog navigation within the responsive interface. When the hamburger menu is present in the responsive UI, it will now display all catalogs that a user's group has access to. This ensures that users can easily view and access all relevant catalogs without missing any options.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Distributors using Authorize.Net as their credit card merchant can now export transaction reports directly from the New Distributor Admin. This feature is available under History > Authorize.Net Transaction Report.

  The report is exported as a CSV file with the following headers:

  • Order Date
  • Company Name
  • Customer Number
  • Order Number
  • Auth.Net Transaction ID
  • Settled Amount
  • Authorization Date
  • Capture Date

A date range selector is provided to filter transactions, with a recommended maximum range of 30 days for optimal performance.

• For sites configured to use the Responsive Interface but marked as inactive, users will no longer be able to log in. While the login page will still be displayed, the Sign In button will remain disabled to prevent access.

BUGS

• Resolved an issue in the Responsive Interface where users could add disabled product combinations to the cart if one of the variants was preselected. The system now correctly prevents adding such combinations.
• Addressed an issue where the spending account name was not reliably shown in the Billing section of the order confirmation email when a spending account was used. The spending account name now appears correctly within the Billing section.

BUGS

• An issue has been corrected within the Responsive Interface that when using a Company Profile Group, the dropdown is not preselected ensuring the end user selects an option and the coordinating fields populate on the template as expected.

IMPROVEMENTS

• An update has been made to include the item code on each tracking line, allowing users to more easily match each tracking line with its corresponding item.

  Example:

  Shipping Information for Customized Items:

  Shipped:2025-03-10 14:50:00 by UPS -- Tracking #EZ2000000001 for line #2, item COR003

  Shipped:2025-03-10 14:50:00 by UPS -- Tracking #EZ2000000002 for line #2, item COR002

  Shipped:2025-03-10 14:50:00 by UPS -- Tracking #EZ3000000003 for line #3, item ITEM_044

  Shipped:2025-03-10 14:50:00 by UPS -- Tracking #EZ3000000004 for line #4, item COR001

  
  

  NOTE: If you are overriding the Shipping Notification email at the Distributor or Company level you will not see this change. Please download the updated .ftl template and reupload with your modifications to the Distributor or Company.

  
  
• Those making use of ODP Business Solutions will now see product images within the DB Commerce checkout experience, enhancing the shopping journey and providing a clearer view of their selected items.

BUGS

• The issue with vendor attachments containing filenames with special characters—such as dashes, plus signs, and parentheses—has been successfully addressed. As a result, these files can now be easily downloaded or deleted without any issues.
• An issue has been corrected so that brand new promo items will work properly with the real freight feature.
• Resolved an issue where incorrect cost center information was being displayed when a buyer account was used to place an order. This fix ensures that the correct cost center data is now shown for all orders processed with a buyer account.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Validation has been added to the Item Setup area to check for the presence of quantity breaks for relevant items. Now, if an item's price type is set to EQ, QB Restricted, or QB Freeform, and no price breaks are defined in the back office, admins will receive a warning indicating the missing information. (Previously, if one of the above item types lacked price breaks and was placed into a catalog, the catalog would fail to load.) This issue has been fixed, so if an item is missing quantity breaks, the catalog will still load as expected.

  

  BUGS

• An update has been made to the User Confirmation Email within the billing section to display in accordance with the Customer-Facing Display Values set within the New Distributor Admin interface, rather than always displaying the Location Description.
• Resolved an issue in which the "Quantity on Hand" display settings weren't being obeyed in the Responsive Interface when set to "Hide".

BUGS

• An issue has been corrected that if a promo variant has a percentage modification, the price calculation now displays correctly on the Item Summary page for that variant combination.
• Newly added and modified user profiles are now saving as expected for customizable items within the Responsive Interface.
• Browse Only item types will now display when creating an item group. A Browse Only item group is only supported within the Responsive Interface.
• An issue has been corrected where auto requisition (handling) charges that applied to "warehouse lines only" were not being applied to promo items designated as "inventory".
• The manual entry e-mail now properly incorporates any coupon applied as a discount in the calculation summary at the bottom of the e-mail.