Bookshelf v8.0: What's New in This Release

What's New in This Release

Table 1 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 1. New Features in Siebel Order Management Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. D
Topic	Description
Setting Up Data Validation Rules	New topic. The data-validation rules check the reason codes and specify when an order can be revised.
Canceling an Order Line Item	New topic. Users can cancel order line items.
Adding Shipping Information	Modified topic. Users can enter special instructions on shipping and packing in the Ship Instructions and Pack Instructions fields.
Checking the Status of Order Shipments	Modified topic. A read-only Back Office Error Text field in the order header shows feedback from the back office about order errors.
Placing an Order on Hold	New topic. Users can stop orders temporarily by using the Hold and Hold Reason fields in the order header.
Canceling an Order	New topic. Orders with a status of Booked or Awaiting Shipping can be canceled by clicking the Cancel Order button.

Table 2 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 2. New Features in Siebel Order Management Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. C
Topic	Description
Roadmap for Creating Catalogs	Added a note about displaying compatibility messages in catalogs using pre-pick compatibility.
Defining Product Promotion Actions	New topic. It describes how to support splitting promotions, for example, split broadband, VoIP, and wireless into three promotions.
Defining Merged Promotions	New topic. It describes how to support merging promotions, for example, merge broadband, VoIP, and wireless into a single promotion.
About Promotion Component Commitment Check	New topic. It describes how to detect and alert users to commitment violations during disconnection of promotion components.
Defining Promotion Upgrade Components	New topic. It describes how to use display ineligible promotions during promotion upgrades.
Defining Promotion Upgrade Aggregate	New topic. It describes how to allow product lines and classes in defining upgrade rules.
Defining Promotion Disconnections	New topic. It describes how to allow administrators to either update or delete component products when disconnecting promotions.
Bundling Components for a Promotion	New topic. It describes how to handle promotion instances involving multiple Service Accounts while modifying, disconnecting, and upgrading promotions.

Table 3 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 3. New Features in Siebel Order Management Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. B
Topic	Description
Example: Adding a Promotion Line Item	Updated the example to include diagrams (all information was previously captured in tabular format).
Example: Handling Attribute Defaults	Updated the example to include diagrams (all information was previously captured in tabular format).

Table 4 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 4. New Features in Siebel Order Management Guide, Version 8.0, Rev. A
Topic	Description
Workflows that Support the Automatic Configuration of Customizable Products	Added new topic describing the workflows that are required to support automatic configuration of customizable products for bundled promotions containing customizable products.

Table 5 lists changes in this version of the documentation.

Table 5. New Features in Siebel Order Management Guide, Version 8.0
Topic	Description
Credit Card Types	New topic describes a new procedure for setting up credit card types.
Setting Up Order Types	New topic on defining order types.
Displaying Advisor Projects in the Get Advice View of Catalogs	New topic on displaying Advisor projects in the catalogs.
Product Data Service and Import/Export API Reference	Updated topic includes new and changed functionality for Oracle's Siebel CRM 8.0.

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