What's new in the user interface

Explore what's new in the Product Information Manager, solution version 9.0 release. To learn more about the Product Information Manager, version 2024.4 app that powers the solution, see What's new in the system.

Release information

This document describes the TraceLink capabilities included in the Product Information Manager, solution version 9.0 release, which is available on Validation on 21 Sep 2024 and Production on 05 Oct 2024.

The following solutions are impacted by this release and will be updated to the version listed:

  • Product Information Manager, solution version 9.0

    Apps that support this solution version:

    • Product Information Manager, version 2024.4

The features below are in order of functional relevance (i.e. the typical order in which a user executes a function or task).

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Revisions

Date Revision Description
22 Aug 2024 01 Initial version.
21 Sep 2024 02 The following updates have been made since the previous revision was distributed:

Features

The following new or updated functionality is included in this release.

Enhancements to Support Large Quantities of Serial Numbers

The internal version of the Product Information Manager solution for TraceLink's Network Operations team is enhanced to process large quantities of serial numbers for recalls.

Impact analysis

  • Interface options:
    • Web UI
  • Business segment impacts:
    • All business segments for both Owners and Partners

Enhancement to Improve Processing Efficiency

The Product Information Manager, solution version 9.0 Web UI is enhanced to reprocess transactions more efficiently.

Impact analysis

  • Interface options:
    • Web UI
  • Business segment impacts:
    • All business segments for both Owners and Partners

Search Shipment Notices by Date Filter and Transfer From Business

For Product Information Manager Owners and Partners, the Search Shipment Notices by Access Code screen has been updated in the following ways to improve usability:

  • The Date drop-down is added to filter and view the list of shipment notices for the selected time period. Only shipment notices for the last 15 days are available. The system will return an error if the search exceeds 15 days. The filter options are:
    • Last Week (default)
    • Custom Range (maximum 15 days)

  • The Transfer From Business field is changed from a type ahead to a text box. The values entered in the Transfer From Business field must exactly match the Transfer From Business value listed in the shipment notice, partial matches are not returned.

Impact analysis

  • Interface options:
    • Web UI
  • Business segment impacts:
    • All business segments for both Owners and Partners

Resolved issues

Product Information Manager, solution version 9.0.0

There are no resolved issues in this release.

Known issues

Product Information Manager, solution version 9.0.0

There are no known issues in this release.