This update includes changes that support the fact that Adobe Flash will no longer be available after December 2020. There is also a small change in vendors’ Placed drop-down menu which is a part of Mercury Network’s upcoming ability to archive orders, and we fixed an issue that prevented Mercury Network users from removing a vendor from the Ineligible list when viewing their profile. Check the release notes for details and read on for highlights from this release.
XSite User Management changes
As we prepare for the end of support for Adobe Flash in December, there are a few changes that continue our initiative to move items out of the XSite and into the Mercury Network interface.
The User Management section has been removed from the XSite, and those options now appear in Permissions within the Users view in Mercury Network. Admin users (and any user with the Add/Manage User Accounts permission) will now find these in the new items in a new Business Management section, plus you'll notice some changes to these permissions:
Online Ordering which previously appeared in the XSite is now called Account Exec., but it has the same function. When checked, the user will appear in the Account Executive drop-down menu on the VMP client's order form so the client can assign that user to the order.
The Wizard item has been removed because the XSite Wizard (which is no longer used) has been retired.
User Management doesn't appear in the Business Management section because it's controlled via the Add/Manage User Accounts permission in the Accounts Management section.
Old version of the Make a Payment page will be retired
The Make a Payment page is used by borrowers to pay for their appraisal using a credit card. In 2018, we introduced the latest version of this page, so most everyone is using that version. However, a handful of accounts are still using the older version of that page, which relied on Adobe Flash to display properly. With that in mind, Account Managers are reaching out to those accounts to help them move to the latest version, which supports all the latest web standards for display and security.
Changes for vendors enable upcoming archiving feature
As we continue to build the tools which support Mercury Network's upcoming ability to archive orders, vendors will now see the Archived item in the Placed drop-down when searching for orders. Because no orders are being archived yet, a search for these orders won’t return any results right now. Read our previous post to learn more about this feature, which will be available soon.
Resolved issue removing vendors from Ineligible list
There was a problem that prevented Mercury Network users from removing a vendor from the Ineligible list using the checkbox found inside the vendor's profile. This has been resolved so a vendor can be successfully removed from the Ineligible list when viewing the vendor's profile.