Release Notes - 7.1.407 - 1755_0000
- Douglas Chow
Summary
Build 1755_0000 of Volanté marks the addition of Kiosk text customization, updates to Director's Report lines and receipts, and the ability for customers to automatically load funds to their Account using stored credit cards on the Account Management System.
Furthermore, improvements have been made to Multi-Select functionality (added for Quick Menu Items and Option Groupings), prompts for Price Modifier Apply Types, and image modification functions that required syncing between HO and BO.
Bug fixes have also been outlined in detail below.
Important highlights from this release
New Features
Kiosk Text Customization via KioskLanguage.properties File
New Line Items for Directors' Reports (Mayo Specific)
Display and Consolidate Similar Discounts on Receipts
- AMS Autoload with Credit Card
New Features
Kiosk Text Customization via KioskLanguage.properties File
KioskLanguage.properties allows users to configure text strings displaying specific lines on the kiosk.
For example, a site that does not make use of badge scanning functions may choose to change of "Scan Badge" to "On Account" by replacing the appropriate text string.
Warning on Changing Text
While this file allows for great freedom in customization of the kiosk text, site management should ensure changes are made sparingly, and knowledge of this file should be restricted to specific staff members. Please reach out to your Volante Project Management representative for more details on limitations of customizing kiosk text.
Also note that the contents of this file are subject to change (additions and removals) with each new version of Volante. Sites may be advised to make changes sparingly, as these restrictions of these properties may be prone to change.
New Line Items for Directors' Reports
- Two New Lines are available on Directors' Reports:
- Meal Fund Allowance: This will include Meal Fund Allowance + Meal Fund Allowance-4. However, details will not be shown on the director's report.
- Morrison Foods: This will include ALL MORRISON MEAL PLANS- All Discount Types for Morrison + All Morrison Meal Plan types (however the details will not be shown up on the DR but only as one line called “Morrison Foods,”) examples are:
- Additional notes: Affects calculations on DR Total Sales line. Total Sales = Total Cash Receipts + Gift Card Used +Total NON Cash Receipts – Load Gift Cards.
Display and Consolidate Similar Discounts on Receipts
- Multiple adjustments have been made to lines on receipts regarding discounts. These include the following:
- Meal Fund Allowance: This will include Meal Fund Allowance + Meal Fund Allowance-4. However, details will not be shown on the director's report.
- Morrison Foods: This will include ALL MORRISON MEAL PLANS- All Discount Types for Morrison + All Morrison Meal Plan types (however the details will not be shown up on the DR but only as one line called “Morrison Foods,”) examples are:
- Additional notes: Affects calculations on DR Total Sales line = Total Cash Receipts + Gift Card Used +Total NON Cash Receipts – Load Gift Cards
- In addition, users may now consolidate similar item discounts on receipts. This can be done by selecting "Consolidate Like Item Discounts on Receipts"
- Sample Receipt:
AMS Auto Loading
Clients are now able to automatically load funds to their Payroll Deduct accounts via the AMS, directly from their Credit Cards.
This requires authorization from the clients' end, inputting their CC information into designated fields under the Manage Account screen.
Documentation:
Improvements
- Allow multiple Quick Menu Item downloads and revert (to inherited or template)
- Users may now select multiple Quick Menu Items in the Menu Setup module, instead of only one at a time.
- With multiple Quick Menu Items selected, they will also be able to revert or download templates for all selected items at once.
- Allow multiple download of Options Groupings and of their menu items and links from Head Office
Users are able to download and remove multiple option groupings, menu items, and item links from the BackOffice to the HeadOffice, instead of only one at a time.
- POS Admin Options - Assign menu Item scancode text field squished
Increased the size of the search text field in the POS Admin Options > Menu Item Scancode screen.
- Prompts for saving Price Modifier – Correct Apply Bill Type and Payments
When trying to save a price modifier with a price modifier, users will be prompted to ensure they have have chosen the correct Apply Type.
Functionally, barcoded items must be attributed to Apply Type: Bill or Payment.
Users will be disallowed from selecting Apply Type: Item with coupon scan in these cases, as it cannot be used in these cases.
- Modifying images on HO sync down to BO without the need to delete and download the item again
- Item images modified on HeadOffice will now sync down to the BackOffice without the need to delete and redownload the item again.
- Previously, if changes were made to the HeadOffice, users would need to delete the item's image, and add the item again.
Bug Fixes
- Permission "Edit Menu Item" does not limit editing price history
Fixed issues with Permissions, where disabling Add/Edit Menu Item functions would also disable the ability to Change Price History.
- Barcode Scanning taking 8-10 seconds long
- Fixed issues where Barcode Scanning would take excessively long periods of time to register barcoded items.
- Fixed issues where Barcode Scanning would take excessively long periods of time to register barcoded items.
- Menu Setup – Memory Issues on Refresh
Fixed issues where each time a Menu is refreshed (due to Change Store, Refresh or Download actions), memory usage increases and is never released, resulting in Out of Memory issues to occur.
- HeadOffice – Price Modifier Store tag panel
- The Store Tag Panel for the Price Modifiers module has been restored in 1755.
- HeadOffice – Automatic Refresh to update Departments after Change Store
- Fixed issues where Departments added to the Main Store were not appearing after refreshing in HeadOffice.
- Fixed issues where Departments added to the Main Store were not appearing after refreshing in HeadOffice.
- USAePay Missing Prompt message on Credit Transactions
- Fixed issues with Credit Card payments on POS, where CC Options > Credit Transaction would fail to indicate Missing Prompt messages.
- Fixed issues with Credit Card payments on POS, where CC Options > Credit Transaction would fail to indicate Missing Prompt messages.
- Cashiers Losing Clock-Ins
- Fixed issues where cashiers at different locations would be randomly clocked out in the middle of the transaction.
- This occurred as a result of server connection to the database dropping and clearing cache. Cashiers would not be counted as clocked-in for this duration of time.
- CustomerDB - Menu Item Tags Restrictions Restricts all Items
- Fixed issues where On Account customer accounts would allow tagged Menu Items to be charged. Previously, no items could be charged On Account, even if tagged as such.
- Fixed issues where On Account customer accounts would allow tagged Menu Items to be charged. Previously, no items could be charged On Account, even if tagged as such.
- Incorrect Category Order
Fixed issues where Menu Items would fail to follow OrderID values set in the Menu List View.
- USAePay does not save Tip amount
- Fixed issues where TIP functionality on USAePay CC transactions was not adding or saving charged Tip amounts to the transaction.
- Fixed issues where TIP functionality on USAePay CC transactions was not adding or saving charged Tip amounts to the transaction.
- Menu item tax mapping requires BO restart or refresh
- Fixed issues where Menu Item tax mapping (i.e. State, County, City taxes) required BackOffice restarts or refresh to apply.
- Items now automatically apply taxes when downloading items to the BackOffice after performing corporate synchronization.
- Menu Setup – Promoting Items Giving Prompts
- Added prompts for end users attempting to Promote items from BackOffice to HeadOffice; previously would perform this process without prompts.
- Added prompts for end users attempting to Promote items from BackOffice to HeadOffice; previously would perform this process without prompts.
- Tax selection for store 0 functionality not available in new menu
- Restored tax selection functions in Store 0 – users can now enable Tax Type filter settings for Store 0.
- This function was temporarily removed from 1750 to 1754 due to changes to how Tax Type filters were redesigned in the back-end.
- Documentation: Store 0 - Tax Filters (1755)
- Restored tax selection functions in Store 0 – users can now enable Tax Type filter settings for Store 0.
- Menu Setup – Specific Menu Items not found upon Refresh
- Fixed issues where Size Items are lost on Refresh.
- This often occurred when using the Change Stores option and loading a store for the second time.
- Menu Setup - Download/Save can break the menu GUI
Fixed the following issues that occurred when downloading Menu Items:
Groupings no longer stay in purple font (i.e. indicating they are modified and not saved); users would previously be unable to save the results unless a Refresh was done.
Icons in the Item Tree appearing 'scrambled'. Previously fixed through restarting the application.
- Enable "Add Menu Item" and "Delete Menu Item" security in new menu
- Fixed multiple issues with BackOffice Menu Setup Security Groups, for Adding and Deleting Menu Items
- Specific examples include Add/Edit Menu Item securities failing to prevent additions of Groups; no error prompts would occur.
- Specific location for Global Security Properties: Securities > Configure Global Security Properties > BO Menu Setup in Security Groups > Add/Edit Menu Items Security Properties
- Print bills after splitting an item in Table Service Mode
- Fixed issues where users could not print bills after splitting an an item in the Table Service screen.
- Previously, errors would occur when attempting to add Seat Order Items, and exiting the screen to split screen bills.
- Creating profit center filter in BO
- Fixed issues with adding new profit center filters, where a new second profit center filter will not appear from the drop down menu until the BackOffice was restarted.
- Upon restarting, the profit center filter will have terminals pre-selected from the last profit center filter.