This release contains the following key enhancements:
General
Arabic language support for the storefront.
See Localize Your Store.
Enhanced order status messages for the storefront, which merchandisers can customize through the text snippets editor.
The ability to hide specific default widgets, making them unavailable for selection through the Design tab.
Support for copying site assets such as page layouts and widgets from one environment to another.
See Import and Export Storefront Assets in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service.
The ability to mark specific items as not available for individual sale.
Support for setting up related product information through CSV import.
The ability to specify a SKU as inactive.
See Deactivate SKUs.
The ability to clone existing widgets.
See Add, remove, and rearrange widgets and elements in a layout.
Support for deleting unneeded layouts.
See Common settings.
Enhanced storefront handling of products with no price.
Promotions
The ability to prevent shoppers from receiving unintended discounts by combining promotions.
Payments
Support for using 3D-Secure to authenticate credit card payments.
See Incorporate in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service.
Search features
The ability to set up thesaurus entries (synonyms) for storefront search terms through the administration interface or the REST API.
See Understand the thesaurus in this guide and Configure in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service.
REST API support for creating keyword redirects.
See Configure keyword redirects in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service.
Account-based Selling
The ability to require shoppers to log in order to complete the checkout process.
See Restrict guest check out in this guide and Manage Guest Checkout in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service.
The ability to set up a storefront that provides appropriate elements and navigational flow for both account-based and non-account-based shoppers.
See Create Page Layouts that Support Different Types of Shoppers.
Support for adding custom properties to accounts.
See Create custom properties for accounts in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service
Agent Console
Support for managing return requests in cases where the refund value would be negative.
See Create return requests for negative refunds in Using Oracle Commerce Cloud Service Agent Console.
Assisted Selling Application
Support for running the application on iOS 10.
Integrations
The ability to integrate an Oracle Commerce Cloud Service storefront with Oracle Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ).
Refer to the integration guide for Oracle Commerce Cloud Service in the Oracle CPQ Cloud Service documentation library.
Developer features
Support for widgets to access custom profile properties through the
UserViewModel
.See Access custom properties using the in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service.
The ability to see complete widget and element JavaScript source code in browser-based debugging tools.
See Toggle JavaScript Minification in Extending Oracle Commerce Cloud Service.