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ECM Release
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| November 19, 2018 | New report feature and added; improvements to UI, performance and functionality. |
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Intended Audience
Clients utilizing using ECM for the NorthStar Order Entry point-of-sale software; both server and application.
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For technical support and any questions regarding NorthStar and other products that are not addressed within this document:
- NorthStar Support
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- : https://northstarrestaurantpos.com/contact/
- Order Entry Support: 866-590-1411
NOTE: If your distributor provides technical support for this product, please contact them directly for support rather than Custom Business Solutions.
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1. Introduction
This document provides information about the latest updates for NorthStar for your restaurants restaurant's point-of-sale system.
To learn more about the NorthStar product:
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NorthStar ECM upgrades occur within our cloud servers in the early morning and are not location based. In order to properly access ECM, please make sure you have a constant internet connection and firewalls to allow access to our ECM website at ecm.cbsnorthstar.com. Please refer to our the NorthStar Order Entry System Requirements for information on firewall allowances and access.
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3. New Features
NOTE: These These are ECM items only. In some cases, the application portion of the work will be provided in a future application release.
- Payroll Summary Report - New report to view employees' payroll data this . This includes but is not limited to Regular Wages, Paid Breaks, Regular Hours, Declared tips, Pay regular wages, paid breaks, regular hours, declared tips, pay rate, and much more.
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4. Improvements
NOTE: These These are ECM items only. In some cases, the application portion of the work will be provided in a future application release.
- Better tracking for user deployment times and details.
- The Component Sales Report - Improve the PDF and CSV export of the Component Sales Report in ECM has had its format changed formats to be more user-friendly and easy to read.
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5. Fixes
- Promotions - General promotion on Guest-Facing and Kiosk modes is now honoring honors multiple items selected for the promotion.
- Rules of components when editing a menu item no longer turn grey Components - Rules are not editable and appear gray (disabled) when a specific site is selected. (Can edit at global level, not site level.)
- After saving changes to Peripherals there will no longer be a message stating the com port is in use unless the com port is actually in use.
- When deleting several Screen Savers in a row ECM will no longer stay on the message "Do you want to delete this record?"
- Menu item settings for the barcode can now be saved on the site level.
- ECM reports works correctly when using Internet explorer and safari.
- Delay seconds on a promotional item can no longer be set to 0. Minimum delay seconds will now be set to 1.
- "Save", "Cancel', and "Apply" show again when editing Peripherals - Removed invalid com port message that appeared after saving changes
- Screensavers - Can delete records correctly (resolved issue that only allowed first record to be deleted)
- Menu item barcode - System now allows for site-level changes to the PLU/Barcode number
- ECM reports - Reports can once again be viewed using Internet Explorer and Safari
- Promotions - Minimum delay time is now set to 1 second; 0 seconds is not permitted
- Edit Component - Buttons to save, cancel and apply have been restored to edit page for a newly created component.
- If no media is chosen when associating media to a menu item category a prompt will now come up warning the user to associate a media to the category or cancel.Menu item category - Added warning if media is not selected before clicking Associate Selection or Cancel
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6. Technical Release Notes and NorthStar User Guide
ECM technical release notes for the this current release and the NorthStar User Guide:
- ECM - Release 2018-11-19 - Technical release notes
- User Guides
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