4.7b and 4.7c Release Notes

1. New Features & Improvements

Some new features and improvements require activation on accounts that wish to use them. Contact your account manager to discuss and activate, if applicable.

• Time Clock

  • New configurable thresholds to calculate overtime pay properly. 

• Time sent to kitchen

  • Able to view what time menu items were sent to the kitchen and able to print chit with time sent on it.

• Add User Options menu to additional locations 

  • Easy access to Time Clock, Break Notifications, and Cashout by tapping staff name on Ordering, Location and Cashier pages 

• Cash Drawer Assignments

  • Sites can be configured to use dual cash drawers. Users can be assigned to drawers and drawers can be cashed out. 
  • Able to see all users with drawer assignments. 

• Cashout

  • Managers have the ability to cash out the entire house.
  • Manager able to cash out the drawer separately from user cashout.

• Customer Accounts

  • Advance Orders can have the option to not require a customer account be attached to an order.

• Kitchen and Printing

  • Counter Service can send items to the kitchen when check has been finalized without tapping Send Now or Submit Order.
  • Option to print menu item button name on receipt. 

• Reporting

  • iPad DSR will display the over/short of a cash deposit 

• Staff UI

  • If privileges are flagged, staff or cash drawers will be required to enter a cash deposit prior to cashout.
  • Item search expanded to search PLU/barcode numbers.
  • Discounted items can be moved from one check to another and retain discount. 
  • Payment price and check details match on receipt, payment screen and search check details. 
  • Able to access all checks through Location Manager.
  • A comped check will be last to finalize during payment with multiple checks. 

2. Fixes

• Adjustments

  • Tax Exempt adjustment available for checks and items. 

• Cashout

  • Cashing out with an unfinished transaction and/or adding a deposit no longer displays an error message.
  • Cashout reports for staff, drawer and entire house correctly print cash deposit and over/short. (In Progress)

• Printing

  • Corrected spacing on receipt via watermark when time sent is printed.

• Processor

  • Credit card payments through Bluetooth payment device no longer displays error when processor payment is successful. 

• Reporting

  • Labor section on iPad DSR, user, area and drawer filters are disabled.

• Staff UI

  • Counter service orders park properly once sent.
  • Discounts are applied to checks correctly.
  • Checks details match from receipt to payment screen to check detail in check search.

• Time Clock

  • Able to adjust clock-outs on last day of pay periods. (Open)

• Kiosk

  • Second ordered items send to kitchen properly when "payment not allowed" is enabled.
    
    

3. Release report

All NorthStar Order Entry documentation and how-to guides are located in the links below:

• https://cbsnorthstar.atlassian.net/projects/OE/versions/20063/tab/release-report-all-issues
• User Guides