Version 2.2. Release date 8 June 2018

New features

Vendor Portal

Added the possibility to manage users

Now an administrator can create users, link users to one or to several Vendors, manage users' access to Vendor Portal, view and edit users information, manage users statuses. (OOO-159)

Extended the user functionality to work with Vendors

Now, a user that is linked to several Vendors can switch between Vendor panels and edit Vendor information. (OOO-157)


Added new types of the email notifications 

Now the notifications can be configured and sent for the following events: 

  • a new vendor has signed up in Vendor Portal;
  • a Product has passed the moderation;
  • a Product has not passed the moderation. (OOO-158)

Added an API debugger for new Products integration

The API debugger checks the status of required and optional API methods of the Product and returns the response and status of each method. The API debugger user interface is available in the "Integration API" section. The "Subscription integration settings" and "Subscription user integration settings" sections were removed. (OOO-156)

Operator Control Panel

Completed the first stage of the transition to the management of Platform processes via Products instead of Plans

The following tasks have been accomplished:

  • the mandatory binding of Plans to the Products has been implemented;
  • the migration scripts were implemented for existing installations;
  • information about the related Product and its Category has been added to the response model of the API methods providing information on Plans;
  • the process of the Plans delegation has been changed: now Plans are delegated to the downline Resellers together with the related Product and its Category;

  • the "Billing type" parameter was moved from the Product level to the Plan level, the corresponding changes are made in the API methods that provide information on Plans;
  • Placeholders for Products and their Categories were added;
  • the possibility to view all Plans that are related to the Product on the Product page was implemented;

  • the possibility to filter the lists of Subscriptions and Plans by the related Product was implemented.

Read more in the Marketing and pricing section of the Operator (Reseller) Control Panel Guide. (OOO-81)

Implemented the possibility to set the individual prices for a Subscription 

Now Operator can choose whether Subscription should be charged at the Plan rates or at the individual prices when ordering Plan and its Resources for an Account. For the delegated Plans, information about the total price components is displayed, including net cost, discount and margin. Individual prices remain effective until the Subscription expiration date. Read more in the Ordering a subscription at the individual prices article of the Operator (Reseller) Control Panel Guide. (OOO-150)

Implemented a new type of additional attribute

Now Operator can create a list of predefined values (drop-down list) that can be applied to the following entities: Account, User, Plan, Reseller, Manager, Resource. Read more in the Ordering a subscription at the individual prices article of the Operator (Reseller) Control Panel Guide. (OOO-142)

New integration

VMware vCloud Director

Completed the first stage of ActivePlatform integration with VMware vCloud Director. VMware vCloud Director is a platform that allows customers to create and manage virtual data centers and infrastructure. Now, Subscriptions to VMware vCloud Director can be provisioned by ActivePlatform. Read more in "VMware vCloud Director" service. (OOO-108)

Improvements

Vendor Portal

Improved the user interface when creating a new Product. Now a Vendor can see the progress of Product creation and hints about the information that has to be submitted. (OOO-161)

Customer Control Panel

  • Improved the user interface when renewing Subscriptions. Now the step, at which a period is selected, is skipped when the Subscription has only one renew period. Additionally, the option to renew Subscription to the Google Suite Flexlible Plans from Customer Control Panel was implemented. Read more in Manually Renewing Subscription. (OOO-141)
  • Improved the user interface when viewing Charges for the selected Resources Groups of Microsoft Azure service. Read more in Microsoft Azure. "Charges" section. (BBB-11609)

Operator Control Panel

  • Implemented sending the additional information to the Dr.Web service about reseller and end customer in XMLformat during the Subscription and additional resources provisioning, which allows the distributors to receive the Dr.Web partner status. (OOO-143)
  • Improved the mechanism for setting the markup coefficients for the Azure service:
    • Now the markup is set independently at each Reseller level for Microsoft Azure delegated plans;
    • The markup, which was set by Reseller, is displayed on the Debits page for subscriptions to Microsoft Azure delegated plans. (BBB-11625)

Bugs resolved

  • Fixed an issue with the domain Subscriptions provisioning when transferring domains. (BBB-13425)
  • Fixed an issue with the "account.regular_sending" Placeholder. (BBB-11387)
  • Fixed an issue with signing in to Customer Control Panel. (BBB-11548)
  • Fixed an issue with the auto-renewal of the Subscriptions in the "Waiting for manual approve" status. (BBB-9466)
  • Fixed an issue with users registration after the invitation withdrawal. (BBB-13400)
  • Fixed an issue with the Subscription renewing via Customer Control Panel. (BBB-13392)
  • Fixed an issue with the Plans search. (BBB-11742)
  • Fixed an issue with switching the Subscription Plan. (BBB-11920)
  • Fixed an issue with creating the charges if a subscription with the "CSP monthly", "CSP annual" or "G Suite" billing types is automatically renewed. (BBB-11653)
  • Fixed an issue with activating a Subscription when a manual operation for the Subscription stopping was declined. (BBB-11550)
  • Fixed an issue with going to the page with application template information from the page with information about a subscription in Operator Control Panel. (BBB-11846)
  • Fixed an issue with approving a manual operation for the application update after a Plan was switched. (BBB-11913)
  • Fixed an issue with including the Charges in the report when exporting it to the FTP-server. (BBB-11918)
  • Fixed an issue with the Office365 subscriptions auto-renew. (BBB-12019)
  • Fixed an issue with rounding the total payment amount and with the completing a payment to top up the Account balance using the paymaster payment plugin. (BBB-9725)
  • Fixed an issue with switching a CloudServer Plan. (BBB-11951)
  • Fixed an issue with the new Account creation during the full registration. (BBB-13541)
  • Fixed an issue with multiple duplicate Order generation during Subscription automatic renewal process. (BBB-12023)
  • Fixed an issue with debits amounts calculation for Microsoft Azure Subscription at the downline Reseller level. (BBB-12624)
  • Fixed an issue with the response processing when sending API request to Microsoft Partner Center. (BBB-11711)
  • Fixed an issue with the "Manual operation" page load time in Operator Control Panel. (BBB-12020)
  • Fixed an issue with the "CSP Price Update" plugin. (BBB-12175)
  • Fixed an issue with generating a renew order for a subscription waiting for a manual approval. (BBB-12156)
  • Fixed an issue with ordering an application by a customer without completing full registration. (BBB-12105)
  • Fixed an issue with placing an order to register a domain with incorrect name. (BBB-11926)
  • Fixed an issue with generating charges and stopping the Subscriptions to Azure Pack. (BBB-12396)
  • Fixed an issue with updating the entry point icon for application template in Operator Control Panel. (BBB-12021)
  • Fixed an issue with ordering a Subscription for a deleted Account. (BBB-15383)
  • Fixed the issues with the user interface in Customer Control Panel and Operator Control Panel. (BBB-11447, BBB-11744, BBB-12130, BBB-11907)