November 2011 New Features

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Ability to Set the Invoice Owner When Uploading Subscriptions

In this release, you can specify the invoice owner when importing subscriptions. You must have the Owner Transfer Amendment permission to use this feature. 

We have added the following new fields to the Mass Order Entry import template:

• Invoice Account Number: Specify the invoice owner of a subscription. 
• Destination Account Number: Specify the owner of a subscription. 
• Destination Invoice Account Number: Specify the owner of the subscription invoice. 

The invoice owner is displayed in the export result. 

General Availability of the GlobalCollect Gateway

GlobalCollect is a leading payment processor. This integration has been in Controlled Release for several months with pilot customers. The Controlled Release has successfully concluded and we are making this integration generally available for all customers.

The GlobalCollect payment gateway supports the following countries:

• Austria
• Belgium
• France
• Germany
• Italy 
• Netherlands 
• Spain
• Switzerland 
• United Kingdom

Ability to Add More Filters for Data Source Exports

In this release, we have added the ability to add additional filters to data sources when creating a data source export. By default, the data source interface allows you to add up to three filters. In the Data Sources page, click add new filter to add and customize additional filters. 

See Data Sources for more information about using data sources. 

Additional Date Filter Options for Data Source Exports

In this release, we have added more options to the Date Range filter for data sources. We have added more predefined date ranges to help you filter information in the data source that you are working with. You can now select the following options:

• Current Month
• Previous Month
• Previous Month to Date
• Today
• Yesterday
• Last 3 Days
• Last 7 Days
• Custom

See Data Sources for more information about using data sources. 

Z-Force

We have made the following improvements to Z-Force for this release. You do not need to install a new Z-Force managed package to see this improved functionality. 

Z-Suite

We have made the following improvements to Z-Suite for this release. You do not need to update Z-Suite to see this improved functionality.

WSDL Version

The Zuora WSDL has been updated to version 35.0. See WSDL and API Versions for information about downloading the latest version. 

Improved Auto-Set Bill Cycle Day Functionality

In this release, we have updated the auto-set bill cycle day feature to make it easier to use the auto-set bill cycle day feature.

This change allows you to edit a bill cycle day that has been auto-set, until the date is locked. For example, you can move an auto-set bill cycle day forward to a new date, until you begin billing for the charge. 

See Customer Account Dates: Bill Cycle Day for more information about using this feature. 

Export ZOQL: Support for Column Aliases

In this release, we have added the ability to specify an alias for a column name when you create a data source export. 

Use the following syntax to create a column alias:

select field as "name" from table;

Where field is the name of the field that you are creating an alias for, name is the alias (specified in quotes), and table is the name of the table that contains the field. 

See Select Statement for more information about using the Export ZOQL select statement. 

New BusinessIdentificationCode Field for the PaymentMethod Object

We have added the BusinessIdentificationCode field to the PaymentMethod object to support the direct debit method for Switzerland when using the GlobalCollect payment gateway. 

Changes to Manual Email Notifications and Callouts

Previously, the Manual Email for Invoice and Manual Email for Payments notifications included callout functions. Because these manual events were designed to support email actions only, the callout functionality has been removed in this release.  

Subscription Charge Does Not Change When Updating Accounting Codes

In previous releases, when using an accounting code to change a product rate plan charge, the subscription rate plan charge would not be updated. 

We have fixed this issue in this release.

Non-Functional Export and Import Product Catalog Links

In previous releases, the Import Product Catalog and Export Product Catalog links in the Zuora interface were not functional. 

In this release, we have removed the links from the product. 

Improvements to the Bill Runs Page

In this release, we have made improvements to the Bill Runs page (located in Billing Operations). These changes will improve the search functionality, and will provide more information about the search results. 

Remove Product Amendment Changed the Billing Day (WSDL 8.0)

When creating a Remove Product amendment using WSDL version 8.0, the Billing Day of all remaining rate plans is changed to Specific Day of the Month.

We have fixed this issue in this release. 

subscribe() Call Failed Without Returning an Error

In previous releases, a subscribe() call could fail and return a Java exception stack trace as the error message. 

In this release, we have added a more descriptive error message.  

Invoices Failed to Sync to NetSuite

In certain cases, invoices failed to sync to NetSuite because of a redundant validation restriction in the update() logic for a previous version of the Zuora API. 

We have fixed this issue in this release.