Commerce Manager

MAJOR In Product Experience Manager (PXM), we have introduced Custom Relationships. Known as Product Relationships in Commerce Manager.

Custom Relationships enable merchandisers to link products in ways that strategically enhance the shopping experience. For example, you can establish connections between cross-sell items, suggest upsells, or create themed collections tailored to specific customer interests. Custom relationships can be configured as either bi-directional or uni-directional, offering flexibility in how products relate to each other. These relationships are easily managed through Commerce Manager and the PXM API.

See Custom Relationships.

MAJOR In Product Experience Manager (PXM), we have extended Custom Attributes support for Hierarchies and Nodes.

Custom attributes in (PXM) offer a powerful way to store additional metadata for hierarchies, nodes, and prices. These attributes, structured as key-value pairs, enhance flexibility by enabling businesses to tailor data for both internal operations and customer-facing catalogs.

See Custom Attributes.

MINOR We have expanded promotions search to include search by promotion name for Promotions Builder. You can search for promotions with the Promotion Name or Coupon Code.

For Commerce Manager, see Searching for Promotions

For API, see Promotions Filtering

MINOR We have introduced a new coupon code limitation to assign the maximum times a shopper can apply the code. This helps merchants limit the number of times a public coupon code can be used per shopper. For example, you can set a promotion to be used by first 100 shoppers (including or excluding guest shoppers) and each shopper can only use the promotion code once. Read more on Creating max uses per shopper promotion codes.

For Commerce Manager, see Adding Limitations

For API, see Create Max Uses Per Shopper Promotion Codes

MINOR We have introduced bulk codes generation, and export for Promotions Builder.

Read more on Managing Bulk Promotion Builder Codes.

For API, see Bulk Create Promotion Builder Codes

For Commerce Manager, see Bulk generate promotion codes

MINOR We have introduced inclusions support in the Promotions Builder, enabling users to fine-tune the targeting of eligible and discounted items. For example, you can target items from specific categories or with specific attributes for both eligibility and discounts. Read more on Creating promotions with inclusions.

For Commerce Manager, see Adding Inclusions

MINOR We have introduced Flows support for Promotions Builder that allows users to create custom fields for promotions. For example, you can create custom fields to display custom promotion terms and conditions messaging in the storefront.

For API, see The Promotions Builder Custom Fields API.

For Commerce Manager, see Editing custom fields in a promotion builder

MAJOR We have introduced the ability to "deep link" in Commerce Manager

We have improved the way we handle organization and store switching. We now have the organization and/or store id stored the url, so you can easily share the url with others and they will be taken to the same organization and store you were in when you copied the url.

You can now have multiple tabs/windows open in your browser and switch between organizations and stores without having to worry about losing your state.

This does mean any bookmarks you have for say https://euwest.cm.elasticpath.com/products will no longer work as expected because it doesn't have the store/organization id in the url. You should instead be redirected to the store selection page and once you select the store you will be taken to the correct page.

MINOR We have introduced the ability to select SKU-less product bundles in the promotion builder's product selector. For more information, see Creating a Cart Items Condition in Commerce Manager.

MAJOR We have introduced a new feature allowing the creation of shipping discount for cart shipping groups. For more information, see Create a Shipping Discount API, and Creating a Shipping Promotion in Commerce Manager.

MAJOR We have introduced a new feature allowing the creation of promotion codes specifically for first time shoppers, who have not yet completed a purchase with the store. Within Commerce Manager, you can now create a single code and select the option to apply it exclusively for first time shoppers. For more information, see Creating a Single Code.

For details on creating a first time shopper promotion code via the API, see Create First time Shopper's Coupon Code.

MINOR Commerce Manager: We have added a new feature allowing you to duplicate an existing promotion in Promotions Builder. For more information, see Duplicating a Promotion.

MINOR Commerce Manager: In Store > Promotions Builder, you can now use the new Search coupon code field to search a promotion code across all promotions. For more information, see Searching a Promotion Code.

MINOR Commerce Manager: We have added the capability to copy exclusions between the Conditions and Actions sections in the Promotions Builder. For more information, see Creating a Promotion in Promotions Builder.

MAJOR We have introduced a new stacking and priority feature in Promotions Builder within Commerce Manager. This feature allows you to assign priority levels to promotions and stack multiple promotions together. With priority settings, you can control the order in which promotions are applied, giving you greater flexibility and precision in managing discounts. For more information, see Stacking and Prioritizing Multiple Promotions.

MINOR You can now extend product prices by adding custom attributes to a product price. This enables you to optimize your pricing data, enhancing your ability to respond to market dynamics and customer preferences. For more information, see Add a product price to a price book.

MINOR A new Get all Prices endpoint allows you to retrieve all prices for a product, irrespective of the different price books that include that product's price. For example, you can filter for all prices for a specified sku, or filter for all prices changed before or after a given date. This will retrieve prices from all price books. For more information, see Get all product prices.

MINOR Commerce Manager: A new and improved Bundle Builder is available. The new bundle builder features an upgraded visual design, making it easier to use and more intuitive, with a smoother interface that simplifies the bundle creation process. For more information, see Creating Bundles.

MINOR Commerce Manager: Improved account search functionality to enable more effective filtering by name, legal name, registration ID, and external reference. For more information, see Searching Accounts.

MINOR Commerce Manager: We have now renamed Promotions to Promotions Standard in Commerce Manager. For more information, see Promotions Standard.

MINOR Commerce Manager: You can now add and edit nodes using the new Nodes view in Commerce Manager, enabling easier management of your nodes. For more information, see Creating Parent/Child Nodes.

MINOR Commerce Manager: Improved account user search functionality to enable more effective filtering by email and name. For more information, see Searching Account Users.

MINOR Commerce Manager: Improved customer search functionality to enable more effective filtering by email and name. For more information, see Searching C**ustomer**.

MINOR Commerce Manager: You can configure the sort order of your product variation and variation options. You can then use the Sort Order value to program your storefront to display the variations and variation options in the order that you want. For more information, see Product Variations, Options, and Modifiers in Commerce Manager.

MINOR When exporting products in Product Experience Manger, new fields in the exported CSV file capture the date and time a product and a template was created and/or updated. For more information, see Export Products.

MINOR Commerce Manager: When you navigate to Store > Promotions, a new Search coupon code field allows you to filter a promotion code across all promotions. For more information, see Searching a Promotion Code.

MAJOR Commerce Manager: We have introduced a new Integration Builder design. This enhanced Builder experience allows you to:

• Build integrations faster and easier in a low-code environment.
• Streamline designer canvas that optimizes space usage.
• Add and configure integration steps with improved efficiency.
• Navigate seamlessly with introduction of new panning and zooming features.

MINOR When automatically adding free gifts in the shoppers cart, you now have to ensure that the currency of automatically added gift items matches with the currency of the eligible items. Additionally, the free gift item must be within the same catalog as the eligible items. In case of a currency mismatch, the cart response includes an error section addressing the issue with free gift items. For more information, see Promotions.

MINOR Added new filtering attributes to facilitate searching for a promotion code within a specific promotion and filtering advanced promotion usages. For more information, see Get all Promotions and Get Promotion Codes.

Additionally, in Commerce Manager, we have added a new Search coupon code field to filter a promotion code within a specific promotion. For more information, see Searching a Promotion Code within a Specific Promotion.

INTEGRATION HUB: Released Elastic Path Commerce Cloud Node Product Association Import V5 (both US & EU). The number of node-product relationships that are created in a single API call has been decreased from 100 to 20. Inbound records that specify more than 20 relationships are split into multiple API calls.

BUILDER COMPONENT: Released Elastic Path Import Node Product Associations V6 (both US & EU). The number of node-product relationships that are created in a single API call has been decreased from 100 to 20. Inbound records that specify more than 20 relationships are split into multiple API calls.

MAJOR Commerce Manager: A new Nodes view is now available in Product Experience Manager > Configurations. The Nodes view arranges nodes in a tree-like structure, enabling you to see at a glance the relationships between your nodes and making navigation easier between nodes. You can move nodes by dragging and dropping them between other nodes, enabling easier management of your nodes. For more information, see Hierarchies.

MINOR Commerce Manager: You can now allow your shoppers to add custom text to a product when adding product items to their carts. This is useful if you have a product like a T-shirt that can be personalized or you sell greetings cards that can be printed with your shoppers personalized messages. For more information, see Personalizing Products.

MAJOR We have introduced a new field called auto_add_free_gift into the Free Gift Promotion type where free gifts are automatically added to the shopping cart for all the eligible products. For more information, see Promotions Overview section. This feature is still a work in progress.

Additionally, in Commerce Manager, we have also introduced the Automatically add free gift items to the cart toggle to add free gifts automatically to the shopping cart. For more information, see Creating Free Gift Promotions.

MINOR We have introduced a new optional field to the Orders API, known as external_ref. This field is designed to store external references from other company systems, enhancing seamless integration between our platform and external entities. For more information, see Update an Order.

Additionally, in Commerce Manager, we have also introduced a new field called External Reference ID, both on the order page and when filtering an order. For more information, see Orders.

MAJOR Commerce Manager: You can now select Activity anywhere in Commerce Manager to see the status of your jobs and catalog publications. This enables you to easily check their status and swiftly identify any potential issues.

MAJOR When managing Application Keys, you now have the ability to specify the minimum number of requests per second that are allowed, reserving a rate limit for each key. This enables you to finely adjust the performance and availability of your applications that are integrated with our platform. For more information, see Application Keys Overview.

Additionally, in Commerce Manager, we have added a new Requests per second field. This field allows you to enter the reserved rate limit for the key when Creating an Application Key.

MINOR Commerce Manager: You can now generate a delta file with all the contents of a catalog release from Commerce Manager. For more information, see Using Catalog Delta Files.

MAJOR Commerce Manager: When building your child products, you can now choose to exclude or include variation options. This is useful if you have a variation option that you do not sell. This makes managing and building your child products quick and easy. For more information, see Building Child Products.

MAJOR Added new endpoints to create an asynchronous job to generate and export promotion codes. For more information, see Create Promotion Codes Generation Job and Create Promotion Codes Export Job. Additionally, we have also added endpoints to view all promotion Jobs and exported codes file in CSV format. See Get Promotion Jobs and Get Promotion Codes Exported File.

In Commerce Manager:

• We have removed the generate code button under the Add a single code tab.
• We updated the Bulk generate codes tab to create a large number of unique codes and export them in CSV format. You can use the Bulk generate codes tab to generate either a single code or multiple codes. For more information, see Adding a Single Code, Generating Bulk Codes, and Managing Export Codes.

MINOR In Commerce Store Configuration Orchestrator:

• You no longer need to include empty arrays in the input JSON when importing store configurations for objects that are not needed.
• To use this new feature, you must upgrade to the latest version of the integration within Composer.

For more information, see Commerce Store Configuration Orchestrator.