July 2023 Release Notes

Written By Devin O'Neill ()

Updated at April 24th, 2025

This document covers all product updates included with the July, 2023 Release issued on July 3, 2023.

Additional Loyalty Settings

Update Summary Value
Transaction Erasure

This feature allows administrators to define rules to identify which member transactions are potentially eligible for erasure, calculates the amount of points required to erase that transaction, and provides a way to burn loyalty members' points to mark those transactions as erased.

In addition, you are able to run promotions to relax the base rules for eligibility within a time period. For example, assume that transactions are only eligible for erasure if they are over $100 in value. You can choose to relax those rules in February and erase transactions under $100 if they are made from a specific type of store (let's say dining).

Rules are set based on the following data within Annex Cloud: Loyalty Members extended attribute, order attribute, amount spent, transaction type.

Financial institutions can now allow members to pay for items on their credit card statements with points rather than currency (Transaction Erasure). Admin users can set rules to control which types of transactions will be allowed to be erased with points.

APIs

Area Update Summary Value
User API User Reward API Sort Parameter The User Reward API has been updated to have the ability to sort the reward listing by passing a query parameter for /api/3.0/users/{{id}}/reward so that administrators can choose how to display rewards in the API. Administrators can direct the API to control how a list of rewards is sorted when displayed to members.


Reports

Update Summary Value
Consistent Blank Value Representation in Loyalty Reports

Any missing or incomplete data in loyalty program reports will now be consistently represented across all relevant fields, so that accurate insights can be obtained from the data.

Blank input will now always be represented as a blank field (as opposed to N/A, -, "blank"). This is a straightforward and consistent way to display any blank input across loyalty reports.

A standard method of indicating blank values reduces ambiguity in the report and minimizes errors in data analysis.


Integrations

Platform Update Summary Integration Type
SAP Emarsys Pushing User Loyalty Data to Emarsys This integration allows Annex Cloud to push member’s loyalty information to the SAP Emarsys platform for marketing purposes.

API Based

DSS

Twilio- Segment CDP Pushing User Loyalty Data to Segment CDP

This integration allows Annex Cloud to push Loyalty information and updates to Segment CDP and then to the set destination.

The database can be segmented in a nearly endless number of ways to create more personalized customer experiences across channels.

  • API Based