Build Version 2.1.11 (1.0) - Release Notes

Build Version 2.1.11 (1.0) - Release Notes

FEATURES LIST

Both Back Office and iPad

  • Menu Items should be printed separately
    • A new toggle field Print menu item separately will be displayed in the Kitchen Receipt Template screen in the Back Office. [Settings >> Printer Configuration >> Kitchen Receipt Template]
    • When the option “Print menu item separately” is enabled, then the same menu item will be printed separately in the kitchen print.
    • When the option “Print menu item separately” is disabled, then the same menu item will be grouped and printed in the kitchen print.
    • When the option “Print menu item separately” is enabled, then the option “Consolidate menu in Kitchen” will get disabled.

  • Application should not consolidate the menu item in Kitchen print even if it has more than one qty in the order
    • A new toggle field Consolidate menu in Kitchen will be displayed in the Kitchen Receipt Template screen in the Back Office. [Settings >> Printer Configuration >> Kitchen Receipt Template]
    • When the option “Consolidate menu in Kitchen” is enabled, then if the menu item has more than one quantity will be grouped in the kitchen print.
    • When the option “Consolidate menu in Kitchen” is disabled, then if the menu item has more than one quantity will not be grouped in the kitchen print.
    • When the option “Consolidate menu in Kitchen” is enabled, then the option “Print menu item separately” will get disabled.

  • Roll in modifier price to a menu item on a receipt printer, remove price column and don't print up-charged modifiers
    • When the option Roll Out Modifier Price To Menu is enabled on the Front End Receipt screen in the Back Office, two new sub options - Roll Out Modifier Price & Quantity To Menu and Roll Out Modifier To Menu will be displayed. [Settings >> Printer Configuration >> Front End Receipt]
    • By default, both the sub options will be in disable mode. The user will be able to enable the option later.
    • When the option “Roll Out Modifier Price & Quantity To Menu” is enabled, then the price and the quantity will not be displayed for the modifier(s) of a menu item.
    • When the option “Roll Out Modifier Price & Quantity To Menu” is disabled, then the price and the quantity will be displayed for the modifier(s) of a menu item.
    • When the option “Roll Out Modifier To Menu” is enabled, then the modifier name(s) will not be displayed in the receipt.
    • When the option “Roll Out Modifier To Menu” is disabled, then the modifier name(s) will be displayed in the receipt.
      • Note: The menu item price will be calculated in decimals in the POS, when the user splits the check & enables the options “Roll Out Modifier Price & Quantity To Menu” or “Roll Out Modifier To Menu” in the Back Office.

  • Transfer item options in Role
    • Reference: Transfer Items

  • Service Type shows top in kitchen receipt
    • A new option Position will be displayed below the option “Service Type” will be displayed in the Kitchen Receipt Template screen in the Back Office. [Settings >> Printer Configuration >> Kitchen Receipt Template]
    • The values for the field Position are P#1, P#2.
    • When the value of the Position is chosen as P#1, then the Service Type will be displayed at the top of the kitchen print.
    • When the value of the Position is chosen as P#2, then the Service Type will be displayed in the header section of the kitchen print.

  • Other language menu name in kitchen print
    • A new option Is Other Language Menu Name will be displayed in the Kitchen Receipt Template screen in the Back Office. [Settings >> Printer Configuration >> Kitchen Receipt Template]
    • When the Name of the menu and/or the Kitchen Print Name is given in other languages in the Product/Items screen of the Back Office and publish the changes, the kitchen print will be displayed in the other language.
    • Note: When the Name of the menu is given in another language in the Back Office, then the user must select the respective language in the Printer Settings in the POS.
    • The feature will not be supported in KDS.

  • Restriction for gift card tip
    • A new option Restrict Gift Card Tip will be displayed in the Settings screen on the Back Office. [Settings >> Store >> Settings]
    • When the option “Restrict Gift Card Tip” is enabled in the Back Office, the Tip screen will not be displayed while the payment is made using a Gift Card in the POS.
    • When the option “Restrict Gift Card Tip” is disabled in the Back Office, the Tip screen will be displayed while the payment is made using a Gift Card in the POS.

Back Office

  • Role filter in payroll report
    • A new report Role Based Payroll will be displayed in the Employee report. [Report >> Employee >> Role Based Payroll]
    • When an employee clocked-in with a role and created the sale(s), then the report will display only with the respective role.
    • When an employee logs in without clocking in, then the report will display all the roles of the respective employee.

  • Revenue Center should be device name and Node
    • The Nodes column in the Revenue Center Configuration screen will be displayed with Node name and the Device name. [Settings >> Store >> Revenue Center]

  • Centralized House Account
    • Currently, in Linga the House Account can be used utilized at a particular store for purchase. We are introducing a new feature Centralized House Account where the customer can utilize the House Account in any store of an enterprise.
    • Reference: Centralized House Account

  • Account Balance Report
    • The Account Balance Report is the core tracking element for controlling cash, measuring cost verses sales performance.
    • At the end of the day, debits must equal the credits to properly record income and expenses of the store. Revenue items are Credits and Settlement items are Debits. If the two don't match, the difference is expensed to cash over/short.
    • Reference: Account Balance Report

iPad

  • Apply HA and GC tip
    • When the payment is made using the House Account and Gift Card in the POS, the user will be able to make Tip Adjustments in the Batch/Tip Adjustment screen.
    • This can be done only when the options Account Level House Account / Account Gift Card is enabled in the Linga Admin.

Enhancement

  • Change the name from Day part to Shifts in the Back Office.
  • Google Address auto fill in customer profile screen
    • When the user taps on the Add button in the Address field in the Customer Profile screen, the user will be provided with the Search option.
    • The Search provides predictions as the user types in the text box using Google search.
    • The user can select any one of the predictions/ suggestions and taps on the Enter Address button.
    • On tapping the Enter Address button, the user will be navigated to the Add Address screen.
    • On submitting the Add Address screen, the respective address will be added and will be navigated to the Customer Profile screen.
    • Note:The user will be navigated to the Search screen on tapping the Add button only when the device is in online. The user will be navigated to the Add Address screen on tapping the Add button when the device is offline.

  • Network indicator in Front Operations screen
    • Network indicator whether the device is in online or offline will be displayed on the Operations screen of the iPad.

  • Disabling the QSR order type in POS Settings
    • There will be a new option QSR in the Order Type section in the POS Settings screen so that the user will have the ability to disable the QSR order type in the device.

  • Non-integrated scale device support
    • A new option Non-integrated scale device support will be displayed in the Scale tab of the Hardware Settings screen.
    • By default, this option will be in disable mode.
    • The user can enable the option later.
    • When the option is enabled, the message “Connect Scale Device” will not be displayed while creating a sale.
Major Bug Fixes
  • Label Print in Other language
  • Currently, when the user chooses other languages in the printer settings, label print will not be printed.
  • Inventory Vendor is not getting updated.
  • When a vendor is updated in the Inventory Detail screen of a retail item, it is not getting updated. Ie, it displays the previous vendor name.
  • Service type change issue fixes. When we change the service type
  • Merge check issue reappear fix in share server
  • Fixed the cash tip report issue (Reported by Ridgway store).
  • Multiple KDS menu items are not showing properly when there are multiple KDS device are connected.
  • Multi currency Issue Aruba - If we have 3 decimals when pay while we enter the exact amount change due popup is shown. Now it was fixed.
  • Ticket no 28136 - If we have 3 decimals in currency, Check Stats screen total value shows in 2 decimal only.
  • Ridgway alignment issue in Bixolon printer while we use the Medium/Normal font in the Kitchen print.


CENTRALIZED HOUSE ACCOUNT

Introduction

Currently, in Linga the house account can be used utilized at a particular store for purchase. We are introducing a new feature ‘Centralized House Account’ where the customer can u_lize the house Account in any store of an enterprise.

Changes in The Linga Admin

  • A new op_on Account Level House Account is displayed in the ‘Account details’ section on the Accounts screen.
  • By default, the op_on will be in disable mode.
  • The user can be able to enable the op_on later.
  • For an existing account, when the user tries to enable the option ‘Account Level House Account’, the system should verify whether any duplicate card is available.
    • If the same card number is available in different store, then display an alert message & the user will not be allowed to enable the op_on ‘Account Level House Account’.
    •  If no duplicate card is available, then the user will be able to enable the op_on ‘Account Level House Account’.

Changes in the Back Office

  • House Account: 
    • A new field Balance will be displayed in the House Account screen. [Customers >> House Account]
    • The user will be able to edit the Balance field and adjust.
  • Enterprise Reports
    • A new report House Account will be displayed when the op_on ‘Account Level House Account’ is enabled in the Linga Admin.
      • The user will be able to view all the house accounts available in the enterprise.
      • Two tabs will be displayed – HA Activity and HA Statement
        • HA Activity
          • The following filters are available – Card Number, Activity Type, Employee, Time Period.
          • The following op_ons are available for the filter Activity Type – All, Issued, Redeemed, Void, Recharges, Refund, Adjustment.
          • When the user clicks on the Run bu_on, the report will be generated based on the selected filters.
        • HA Statement
          • The following filters are available – Customer, Time Period.
          • When the user clicks on the Run bu_on, the report will be generated based on the selected filters.
    • The report House Account will not be displayed when the op_on ‘Account Level House Account’ is disabled in the Linga Admin.

Changes in the iPad

  • When the option Account Level House Account is enabled in the Linga admin,
    • The customer can be able to redeem the house account in any store of the enterprise. [Only if the access is given to the role of the user in the Back Office]
    • The customer can be able to recharge the house account in any store of the enterprise. [Only if the access is given to the role of the user in the Back Office]


ACCOUNT BALANCE REPORT

Introduction

The Account Balance Report is the core tracking element for controlling cash, measuring cost verses sales performance.

At the end of the day, debits must equal the credits to properly record income and expenses of the store. Revenue items are Credits and Settlement items are Debits. If the two don't match, the difference is expensed to cash over/short.

This document explains about the settings and functionalities of the Account Balance Report of a store.

Changes in the Back Office

Departments
  • A new field Department Code will be displayed in the Department pop-up.
  • This field is an optional.
Taxes
  • A new field Tax Code will be displayed in the Tax pop-up.
  • This field is an optional.
Discounts
Discount Type
  • A new field Discount Type will be displayed in the Discounts screen.
  • This is a drop-down field and has the following op_ons – Promo, Comp, Dona_on.
  • This field is mandatory.
  • By default, the op_on Promo will be selected.
  • The user can change the op_on later.
Discount Code
  • A new field Discount Code will be displayed in the Discounts screen.
  • This field is an optional.
  • Note: The above two fields will be displayed for all the discounts – Item based, Check based, Open Item, Open Check, Mix and Match.
Settings
  • A new field Code will be displayed in the Payment Methods sec_on in the Settings screen. [Settings>> Store >> Settings]
  • This field is an optional.
  • Note: For existing payment methods, the customer will contact Linga support for the adding the Code to the payment methods.

Account Balance Settings
  • A new tab Account Balance Settings will be displayed in the sub navigation Store. [Settings>> Store >> Account
  • Balance Settings]
  • The following fields will be displayed:
    • Paid In
    • Paid Out
    • Delivery Charge
    • CC Tip Reduction
    • Opening Balance
    • HA and GC Recharge
    • Refund
    • Driver Tip
    • Cash On Hand
    • Gratuity
    • Cash Drop
    • Save – Button.
  • All the above-men_oned fields are optional.
  • On clicking the Save button, all the details will be saved.
Reports
Account Balance
  • A new report Account Balance will be displayed. [Reports >> Account Balance]
  • The Account Balance report will be generated according to the date chosen.
  • The report will have the following columns:
    • Type
    • Date
    • It displays the chosen date in the filter.
    • Memo
    • It displays the Name of the food sales, tax, discounts, _p, payments, etc. For example,
      • Department >> Sales – Food, Sales – Beverages
      • Discount >> Promo – Free Item, Comp – 50% Drinks
Account
  • It displays the Code of the food sales, tax, discounts, _p, payments, etc. For example,
  • Department >> 4010 – Food, 4020 – Wine
  • Discount >> 4700 - Promo, 4600 - Comp
Debit
  • Settlement items are displayed in Debit. For example,
  • Discounts, Gi_ card redemption, Paid Out, Credit Card fees, etc.
Credit
  • Revenue items are displayed in Credit. For example,
  • Food sales, Beverage sales, Sales tax collected, etc.
Total
  • It displays the total of Debits and Credits separately.
  • Debits Total – Sum of all the Debits.
  • Credits Total – Sum of all the Credits.


TRANSFER ITEMS

INTRODUCTION

We are going to introduce a new feature to transfer the menu items from one check to the other in the POS. This Document explains about the functionality of Transfer Items between checks.

CHANGES IN THE BACK OFFICE

Create Role
  • Following new accesses for a role will be displayed under POS. [User Management >> Roles >> POS]
    • Transfer menu items between own checks
    • Transfer menu items between checks of all users
  • When the user selects the op_on Transfer menu items between own checks, the user will be allowed to transfer the menu items between the respec_ve user’s check only in the POS.
  • When the user selects the op_on Transfer menu items between checks of all users, the user will be allowed to transfer the menu items between the checks of all the users in the POS including his own checks.

CHANGES IN THE IPAD

Transfer Checks
  • A new option Transfer Items will be displayed in the Transfer pop-up.
  • When the user clicks on the ‘Transfer Items’ op_on, it displays with the following details:
    • Transfer From
      • If the access for the role is Transfer menu items between checks of all users is enabled in the Back-Office configuration, then all the checks including the respective user’s check will be displayed.
      • If the access for the role is Transfer menu items between own checks is enabled in the Back-Office configuration, then the checks of the respective user will only be displayed.
      • When the user selects any one of the checks, the ordered menu items on the respective check will be displayed in the Menu Items section.
      • The check numbers will be appended with service type for easy identification.

    • Menu Items
      • It displays the seat wise distribution of all the Menu Items with modifiers.
      • The user will be able to select any menu item(s).
      • When the user selects any modifier without selecting the menu item, the respective menu item will automatically get selected.
      • When the user selects any menu item, the Quantity pop-up will be displayed with the value already provided in the original check. The user will be able to modify the quantity of the menu item.
        • Note: The Quantity pop-up will only be displayed if the quantity of the menu item is more than one. The user will not be allowed to modify more than the quantity available in the original check.
      • When the quantity of a menu item is changed, the modifier(s) of the respective menu item will be reduced accordingly. For example,
        • If the quantity of a menu item is 2 and the modifier is 4.
        • Now the quantity of the menu item is reduced to 1.
        • Then the quantity of the modifier of the respective menu item will be reduced to 2.

      • When the user selects any seat, all the menu items of the respective seat will get selected. The user will be able to de-select any menu item(s) if required.
      • When the user selects any seat, the quantity available for all the menu item(s) and modifier(s) of the source check will be applied to the new check. Hence the ‘Quantity’ pop-up will not be displayed.
      • When the user de-selects any seat, all the menu items of the respective seat will get de-selected.
      • When the user has selected menu item(s) for transfer and then selects another check in Transfer from, then a warning message will be displayed, and the changes made in the previous check will be discarded.

      • Transfer To
      • If the access for the role is Transfer menu items between checks of all users is enabled in the Back-Office configuration, then all the checks including the respective user’s check will be displayed.
      • If the access for the role is Transfer menu items between own checks is enabled in the Back-Office configuration, then the checks of the respective user will only be displayed.
      • The check number selected in the ‘Transfer From’ will not be displayed in the ‘Transfer To’.
      • The user will be able to select any one of the checks.
      • The check numbers will be appended with service type for easy identification.

      • Cancel
        • The changes will be discarded and the ‘Transfer Checks’ pop-up will be closed.

      • Done
        • The changes will be saved, and the menu items along with modifiers on a check will be transferred to the new check accordingly.

      • Note: The above changes will be applicable for Table Layout as well as Bar Tab. Both Bar Checks and Table Checks will be displayed in the 'Transfer From' and 'Transfer To'.

      • Screenshot


      • ** The check box in the above screenshot should not display.
      • ** The search box in the Menu Item section will not be displayed. Also the currency symbol will not be displayed.
Limitations
  • After transferring, the Check-based discount will not be applied to the new check.
  • The Item-based discount will be transferred to the new check.
    • Note: The Item based discount op_on available in the Check Options screen will not be transferred to the new check. The Item based discount op_on available in the Menu Options screen will only be transferred to the new check.

  • When the discount is based on the quantity of a menu item, if all the menu items (applicable for the respective discount) on the original check are transferred to the new check, then only the discount will be applied. If the quantity is less than the original check, then the respective discount will not be applied.

  • Also, if any one of the menu items from the quantity discount is transferred from the original check to the new check, then the respective discount will also be removed from the original check.

  • Gratuity and Tax exempt applied for a check will not be transferred to the new check.

  • Service Charge will be applied to the new check based on the chosen payment type for the new check.
  • Voided menu items will not be transferred.
  • The customer attached to a check will not be transferred to the new check.
  • Customer based discount will not be transferred.
  • Accumulated Loyalty point of a customer will be reduced if the menu item(s) is transferred to the new check. [Because the customer a_ached to a check will not be transferred to the new check.]
  • The Gift Card recharge, GiveX recharge, House Account recharge if displayed in the Transfer from check can also be transferred.
  • When the payment is made for a check and if the user tries to transfer the menu items and click on the Done button, the application will compare the source check amount with the paid amount.
    • If the source check amount is lesser than the paid amount, the transfer of menu items will be done.
    • If the source check amount is greater than the paid amount, the transfer of menu items will not be done. Instead, an alert message will be displayed.
    • For example, If the total amount of the source check is $100 and if the customer has paid $50, then the user will not be allowed to transfer menu items more than the paid amount $50.
Next Release
The display of Quantity pop-up will be developed in the Next Release.

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