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Bill Group options have changed to support the new Auto Pay feature, these options are described in the Bill Group Configuration article
.NET 4.6.2 is required to run EngageIP 8.5.27.0
Windows PowerShell 3.0 is required to run the EngageIP 8.5.27.0 installer
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Added an Auto Pay feature which allows payment processing to be run a specified number of days before the payment due date, or on a specific day. This approach decouples payment from billing permitting payments to be collected on a different day than the bill run day
Redesigned SMS interfaces and converted to a plugin integration model to simplify introduction of SMS gateway providers
Added support to search for an exact AccountID number using the ! search operator (e.g. a search for !100 will only return the account which has an AccountID of 100)
Added support to search for contacts using the @ search operator. The contact's First Name, Last Name and Company fields are searched when performing a contact search. For more information on search operators see the article Searching in EngageIP
Enhancements - Other or Changed
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XML Data Options have changed - Include options for invoice templates have changed, more items have been added which means you can include more data out of the box in your invoice templates. These options are described in the Invoice Template Configuration article
What's New?
Added the ability to disable payment methods on accounts
Added multiple new Invoice Template options to provide greater control over the data passed in when generating invoice XML
Added a new billing option when configuring owners called 'Bill Accounts Using Invoicer Taxes' (found under Setup > Owners > Add > OwnerParentAccountBillingType). This setting will apply taxes to an account based on the tax configuration of the account selected under the Tools tab > Invoicer > Invoicer field
Added a new invoicer option called Tax Invoicer (found under the Tools tab > Invoicer). This setting allows you to specify which account's tax settings to use when tax is calculated. Tax is determined by referencing the Tax Invoicer account's billing address, if no billing address is specified no tax will be applied. If the Tax Invoicer is selected on an account it will override the 'Bill Accounts Using Invoicer Taxes' setting if that setting is configured on the owner
Enhanced Invoice Discount component logic to allow invoice discounts to apply when setup at multiple account levels (parent, sub-account and so on). Previously only the invoice discount configured on the Invoicer would be used
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