Archived what's new in Order Hub

Important new features and enhancements were introduced in Order Hub in previous years.

5 October 2023

Fixes and resolved issues: This release contains fixes and resolves issues that were found to help make sure that Order Hub functions properly. For more information, see Order Hub release notes.

Federated login for Order Hub (on-premises deployments): You can set up federated login for Order Hub on premises for the developer toolkit, for traditional, or for container installations. For more information, see Setting up federated login for Order Hub.

Large order support: Order Hub can now load large B2B orders to help you more efficiently manage order lines. For more information, see Order details tab and Configuring settings.

Shipment and shipment age metrics: You can now view shipment and shipment age metrics from the Node metrics page. Three tabs on the Node metrics page display data for performance, shipment, and shipment age metrics. For more information, see Node metrics page.

HTTP support (on-premises deployments): Order Hub now supports HTTP in on-premises deployments. For more information, see Setting up Order Hub

Change capacity conversion factor: You can change the capacity conversion factor for a node or node type, when the capacity unit of measure is set to RELEASE in the Sterling Order Management System. For more information, see Changing the capacity conversion factor .

Create transfer rules: You can create transfer rules to set up automatic node-to-node transfers. For more information, see Creating a transfer rule in Order Hub.

Other audit properties for Sterling Inventory Visibility: The following extra audit properties are available for Sterling Inventory Visibility: Change made on, Adjustment reason code, Supply accepted time, and Estimated time of arrival. For more information, see Viewing inventory audit details.

Fulfillment options for Sterling Intelligent Promising: You can set fulfillment options at the node in Sterling Intelligent Promising to determine whether the node supports shipping or pickup options. For more information, see Set fulfillment options at the node.

Include custom attributes in supply audits: In Configuration > Custom attributes, set the purpose of custom attributes to Supply. Then, you can include them in supply audits. For more information, see Searching audit inventory.

Order Hub availability: Order Hub is available on the IBM® Sterling Order Management System SaaS traditional platform as version 23.2 rolls out.

Resource permission for user roles: Tenant managers can access the User roles page only by making sure that they are part of a custom resource group with permission for Settings > List Views > User roles. For more information, see Defining resource permissions for Order Hub.

Fulfillment options for item and node combinations in IBM Sterling Global Inventory Visibility: Fulfillment managers can enable or disable fulfillment options for item and node combinations in IBM Sterling Global Inventory Visibility. For more information, see Setting fulfillment options.

(On-premises) Log in authorization changes for Order Hub in Sterling Order Management System Software: The Sterling Order Management System login API is called when logging into Order Hub in Sterling Order Management System. The default behavior of the login call has changed to include the Authorization request header. This allows the login to support an Sterling Order Management System environment that is configured with BASIC auth. However, including the Authorization request header does not work with the Oracle WebLogic Server. To disable including the Authorization request header, set OH_LOGIN_AUTH_HEADER=N in the oh-setup.properties file. For more information, see Setting up Order Hub.

Fixes and resolved issues: This release contains fixes and resolves issues to ensure that Order Hub functions properly. For more information, see the Order Hub release notes.

Applying holds to order lines: Holds can be applied to entire orders or now to individual order lines. For more information, see Applying order holds and cancellations.

Managing distribution groups: Create and manage distribution groups from within Order Hub. For more information, see Managing distribution groups.

Defining editable columns in existing tables: Update the buc-table-config.json file to define editable table columns with their configurations and options. For more information, see Adding columns and actions to existing tables.