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AudienceView 6.3.7 New Features and Enhancements

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Desktop Enhancements

Feature Description ID
Open AudienceView applications to fit the full screen. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
When an application is opened from the AudienceView Desktop, the window opens to fit the full screen.		 AVD-504
Optomize the column widths/spacing of the Venue Configuration application Price Charts|Pricing page. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
The columnn widths Venue Configuration application Price Charts|Pricing and the field sizes have been improved to make the page easier to read when there are multiple price zones and price rows		 AVD-583
Add a way to navigate through the Venue Configuration application Price Charts|History|Details page without returning to the Price Charts|History|Search page. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
Previous and Next arrow buttons have been added to the Venue Configuration application Price Charts|History|Details page.		 AVD-584
AVD-819
Add a way to navigate through single performances in Venue Configuration application Performance Management pages without returning to the Performance Management|Search page. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
When a single performance has been selected, Previous and Next arrow buttons have been added to the following pages:
  • Performance Management|Seats
  • Performance Management|Price
  • Performance Management|Hold
  • Performance Management|Best Available
  • Performance Management|Model
 AVD-585
Make the 'Type' field on a saved ticket template editable. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
The 'Type' field a saved ticket template (General Configuration application Tickets|Basic page) is now editable, allowing you to modify the ticket template 'Type' and then save a copy ('Save Copy' button) of the ticket template.		 AVD-586
Display the payment authorization code and the payment terminal in payment summary bar. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
Once a payment has been processed on the Customer Services application Order|Summary page, the payment's 'Authorization Code' and 'Payment Terminal' are displayed in the payment summary bar. This prevents you from having to expand the payment section to see this information.		 AVD-605
Highlight loaded performances This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
When a performance has been loaded in the Customer Services application, when you return to the Seat|Search page the currently loaded performance is highlighted in red.		 AVD-607
When series changes are pushed down to performances, unchanged data is updated. There needs to be a way to specify the information that is pushed down to avoid performances issues. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
Check boxes have been added to the Select Performances dialog box that appears when the 'Update Performances' button is clicked on the Venue Configuration application Series pages.
The following categories can be selected and pushed down to the selected performance(s):
  • Associations: Information defined in the Series|Basic page's 'Association' dropdown.
  • Calendar: Information defined on the Series|Calendar page.
  • Delivery: Information defined in the Series|Basic page's 'Allowed Delivery Methods' field.
  • Limits: Information defined in the limits section of the Series|Limits page.
  • Passes: Information defined in the Series|Basic page's 'Passes' field.
  • Payment: Information defined in the Series|Basic page's 'Accepted Payment Methods' field.
  • Performance Details: Information defined following areas of the Series|Basic page's:
    • details section: 'Merchant Description' and 'Sales Type' fields and 'Producer' and 'Ticket Template' dropdowns.
    • performance data section: 'Options' field.
    • series URLs section: 'Additional Info', 'Logo 1', 'Logo 2', 'Upsell Article' and 'Add-on Article' fields.
 AVD-1545
AVD-1798
Convert the invoice templates to JavaScript. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
The invoice templates has been converted from XSL to JavasScript.		 AVD-1599

Business Intelligence and Reports Enhancements

Feature Description ID
Allow BI queries to be run against the reports database (if one exists). This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
The 'Default Reporting Database' field has been added to the Registry application System::Application node to allow BI queries to be run against the reports database.
The value entered in this field should match the 'Node Name' of the database configured in the Registry application System::Databases section.
When this value is set, all BI queries will be created with the configured value by default.
Hint
This field only defines the database for BI queries. If you want to run reports against the same database, you must define it in the Registry application Registry::Business Objects::TSreportBO::Reports::Database node's 'Default Value' field.
AVD-1556

Payment Enhancements

Feature Description ID
PayPal Express Checkout and PayPal Bill Me Later This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
PayPal Express Checkout and PayPal Bill Me Later can be configured as payment methods in the General Configuration application.
The 'Express Checkout Button Image' field introduced in AudienceView 6.3.6 (General Configuration application Payment Method|Basic page) has been renamed 'Shopping Cart Button Image'.
The 'Shopping Cart Button Info Image' and 'Shopping Cart Info Action' fields have also been added for use with PayPal Bill Me Later.
For more information, refer to PayPal, PayPal Express Checkout and PayPal Bill Me Later in the AudienceView 6.3.7 Addendum.		 AVD-918
AVD-925
AVD-1519
AVD-1523

Installation Enhancements

Feature Description ID
The installer should not be required to be installed on the database server. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
The installer no longer creates any temporary files when loading the initial Registry configuration. There is no restrictions to install AudienceView by specifying a remote database in the 'Host' value in the configuration file (i.e. Installer.xml).
The referred database user must have enough privileges to create a database, and the bcpdir directive if such a file has been deprecated.		 AVD-1493
Create a commandline to initialize the AVScheduler. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
The AVScheduler can be initialized with the required encryption keys, without requiring to provide them through the AVScheduler Tray. This can only occur when starting the service via the SC windows command in the following way:
sc start <service name> -k1 "key1" -k2 "key2"
If the keys are empty, an empty string "" must be referenced. If the keys provided do not match the keys required to decrypt the connection string, the service will stop running eventually.		 AVD-1494
Create a command line to create an encrypted connect string with and without keys. This has been implemented in AudienceView 6.3.7.
The following command line can be used to mimic the features of the Master Keys tab of the AudienceView EncryptGui tool to create an encrypted database connect string:
Libs\Encrypt.exe /DC "<Database Connection String>" /DK1 "<Encryption Key 1>" /DK2 "<Encryption Key 2>" /E or /D
The DC, DK1 and DK2 parameters are required, and either /E (encrypted) or /D (decrypted) must also be provided.
Exit codes:
  • 0: with encryption/dencryption
  • 1: otherwise
 AVD-1495