Why a new version was needed
The old alerts page calculated which shipments were late on each page load. This was too slow, especially if you had hundreds or thousands of alerts.
The new alerts page runs these calculations in the background several times each hour and saves them to the database. When the new alerts page loads, it doesn’t have to calculate lateness.
Note: The ‘Alert Made’ column date will be a newer than expected initially.
Why switch between two versions?
Shipping alerts are a core feature of ShipAware and we want to get it right. The old alerts system and the new alerts system have a few edge cases where alerts differ.
Before phasing out the old version, we’ll check with users who haven’t switched and find out why.
Please let us know if you have issues or questions about the new version.