NorthStar Server Release 4.4.3086 Summary of Features and Improvements

NorthStar Server Release 4.4.3086 Summary of Features and Improvements

This document summarizes the major new features and improvements in the NorthStar 4.4.3086 server release. This is server only; in most cases the iOS client will be updated in the 4.5 app release 

This document is intended to serve as a quick-start guide to these new items. For more complete information, please refer to the ticket number shown. 

Detailed documentation will be available when completed. 

New Features

Issue No. 

Summary

Configuration

Operation

Issue No. 

Summary

Configuration

Operation

OE-9729

Discounts: Provide ability to apply the same discount to an item or check more than once

ECM > Financial > Adjustment reasons

For Discount adjustment type, select Allow discount to be applied multiple times to a single item 

  • Adjustments should be summarized by item (Sites>Sites and Groups>Receipts> Summarized by item)

Order item(s); do not submit

Tap  on an item; tap Adjust 

On Adjustments page, tap Discount and select discount; apply.

Tap item again and apply another discount 

Both discounts will appear in red below menu item in check panel

OE-9883

Concept marketing message doesn't appear on receipt

ECM > Sites > Receipt

 
Enter marketing message
Select position (top or bottom)
Click Enabled

Enter an order, pay and finalize
Check receipt

The concept-level marketing message should appear on the receipt according to the position selected.

OE-9968

DSR/Cashout report: Add Cash Owed less tipshare amount 

Tipshare configured in ECM: 
Users > Jobs - Tip share is configured per job 

OE-10233

PART 4 NEEDED ONLY Bar codes can print on receipts to represent an item's PLU and Price. PART 4 ONLY, all other items are complete

Sites > Receipts > Bar Codes 

  1. Add configuration to set the format of printing the bar code on the bottom of the printed check in Type 2 UPC Format 1
    Location: ECM > Sites > Sites > Edit Site > Receipts > Bar codes
    Radio Button Label: Total price of items ordered without check digit (UPC Type 2, Format 1)
    When selected:

  • Will use the Type 2 UPC Format 1 as the format used by the bar code printed at the bottom of the check

Notes:

  1. Type 2 UPC Format 1 - without check digit

2. Add configuration to set the format of printing the bar code on the bottom of the printed check in Type 2 UPC Format 2
Location: ECM > Sites > Sites > Edit Site > Receipts > Bar Codes
Radio Button Label: Total price of items ordered with check digit (UPC Type 2, Format 2)
When selected:

  • Will use the Type 2 UPC Format 2 as the format used by the bar code printed at the bottom of the check

Notes:

  1. Type 2 UPC Format 2 - with check digit

 

Improvements 

Issue No. 

Summary

ECM Configuration

Operation

Issue No. 

Summary

ECM Configuration

Operation

OE-8138

Receipts: Show discounts more accurately for customers to understand

 

When a check-level discount is applied:

  • Show all items at regular, non-discounted prices (change)

  • Show sub-total of of regular prices (change)

  • Show discount to be subtracted from sub-total (same)

  • Show taxes then total (same)
    Example: 
    Items (full price)
    Subtotal $137.00 (full price)
    Discount ($68.50) 
    Taxes $xxxxx
    Total $xxxxxxx

OE-10010

Kitchen printing: Request option to have kitchen items print in order sent as opposed to alphabetical

No setting required. 

If a site has selected to group items by seat number, though, items will be grouped and then printed in the order entered. 

  • Sites > Printers 

  • Setting: Group and sort by seat number

  • If this setting is enabled for the kitchen printer, ordered items will be grouped by seat; within each seat grouping, items will appear in the order entered. 

Items print on screen and on kitchen chit in order entered

 

With group by seat enabled: 

  

OE-10015

Kitchen prep ticket - make the main item of the kitchen printing on a TM220 be the same font and font size as the components (smaller)

None

Ordered item and components print in same typeface and font size 

OE-10565

Payment Processors to use TLS 1.2

None

Force requests to payment gateways/processors to use TLS 1.2 protocol