Billwerk+Transform Release Notes - Quarter 4 / 2024

👋 We're excited to share a comprehensive update of the improvements and new features we've implemented recently. The release information includes details about significant enhancements to payment capabilities, improved API functionality, and various system optimizations.

• Billwerk+ Pay Integration - New payment methods (MobilePay, PayPal) with enhanced security
• Price List Inheritance - Create parent-child relationships between price-lists
• E-Invoicing for Finland - Extended support through ECOSIO integration
• Early Billing - New Negative Billing Delay feature for advance invoicing
• Enhanced API & Search - Improved subscription search with Custom Fields support

Feature Highlights

🔄 Payment Integration Enhancements

New Payment Methods in Billwerk+ Pay

• Added support for MobilePay and PayPal through our enhanced Billwerk+ Pay integration
• Enhanced Security: New integrations provide improved security compared to legacy payment methods
• Migration Path: Part of our strategic initiative to consolidate payment processing through Billwerk+ Pay

Note: Existing merchants using legacy integrations will be supported through their migration to these new methods.

💰 Pricing Management

Price List System Overhaul

• Introduced Price List inheritance functionality:
  • Create parent-child relationships between price-lists
  • Selectively override specific prices while inheriting others
  • Reduce data duplication for similar price structures
• Added bulk upgrade capability for contract Price Lists
• Implemented performance optimizations for faster processing

Documentation: Detailed information about Price List inheritance is available in our documentation

📄 Document Management

• Deployed new PDF Renderer across all systems
• Compliance: Full compatibility with DIN 5008 standard
• Enhanced document formatting and generation capabilities

🔌 API & Webhook Improvements

New API Capabilities

• Enhanced subscription search with Custom Fields support:
  • Search across Customers, Contracts, and Components
  • Currently supports single-parameter search queries
  • Available through Subscriptions API

Contract Management

• Introduced Contract Pause functionality:
  • Preview Pause impact
  • Pause contracts
  • Resume contracts

Search Enhancements

• Added new search parameters:
  • Customer phone number lookup (search parameter in Subscriptions API)
  • PayPal email search in Transactions API

Webhook Improvements

• Implemented Payment Transaction Change webhook
• Added merchant access to webhook delivery history

📊 E-Invoicing Improvements

• Extended support to include Finland through ECOSIO integration
• Graduated from MVP status to full production release
• Activation Required: Contact [email protected] to enable this feature

⚡ Early Billing Feature

• Introduced Negative Billing Delay enabling early invoice issuance and in advance payment collection
• Activation Required: Contact [email protected] to enable this feature

🔒 Security & Platform

Security Enhancements

• Implemented Password History Enforcement to prevent password reuse
• Migrated and modernized Hosted Self Service pages:
  • SignUp
  • Customer Portal
  • Iframe integration
• Various UI and API bug fixes
• Performance optimizations across the platform

Further Information

Please visit our documentation portal or the developer documentation for detailed documentation on any of these features. If you have any questions or need support, our team is here to help.

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Deployment Status

All features and improvements listed above are available in both Sandbox and Production environments. We encourage you to test new features in the Sandbox environment before implementing them in Production.

Support

Need help? Contact our support team at [email protected]