------------ Release Update 18.02.15 DB Version 161 ----------------

EDI

• EDI Backorder codes “B” and “Z” have been added to the Send Order screen.
• Code “B” is defined by Pubnet as Backorder only if New.
• Code “Z” is a Penguin Random House specific code for Backorder Hot and Not Yet Published (NYP) titles only.

Front List / PO Import

• When adding a new product, the publisher and vendor fields can now be different.
• Previous releases forced the publisher to be the same as the vendor.
• [i]merchant will use the Import_PubCode field for the publisher.
• The Import_PubCode field must be a valid [i]merchant Vendor Short Name.
• If [i]merchant does not find a valid publisher, the publisher will be set to the same value as the vendor.

Store Properties / Texting

• A Twilio phone number has been added to the General tab of store properties.
• If a store specific phone number is not configured, [i]merchant will use the Twilio default phone number in the Twilio setup section of system options.
• A new field has been added to the bottom of the text message form showing the showing the store that will be used when sending the message.
• When sending customer order notifications, [i]merchant will use the phone associated with the store that took the customer order.

Cost Profit Compare / Sales Analysis Compare Reports

• When exporting a totals only report to a CSV file, the second period data did not line up properly with the headings.

PO Report

• The PO vendor field was added to the report

Cost Profit Summary Report

• Under some conditions multiple rows for the same information would be displayed.
• Add Cost/On Hand and life total fields to grouping.
• Department category group has been added to the report pallet,

Receiving / Receiving Summary Reports

• Order and received margin columns were added to the report.

Receiving Summary Report

• A version of the receiving report allowing the user to summarize receiving information based on the fields selected.
• Instead of showing product level detail, this report add together tot amounts based on the fields selected for the report.
• This report can be used to get a total order and received for a vendor, or group of like products.

Transfers

• When creating a transfer PO, the transfer quantity will be adjusted so the on hand in the sending store is not exceeded.

 Po Finders

• A PO Number ending option has been added to the search forms that find by PO number.

Advanced Finders

• An “Ends with” option has been added to the list of operators.

Finders

• A “Select All” option was added to the edit menu.
• Control-A key can be used as a shortcut for the select all option.

POS Transaction Finders

• The “Txn Date” fields have been renamed “Sale Date” to be consistent with the other POS reports and inquiries.
• A “Sale Date” has been added to the field selection list making it easier to select a single sale date. Previously the “Txn From” and “Txn To” fields were needed.

System Options

• The POS tab has a check box option to display a message if a customer previously purchased the same product.
• POS checks for the product against all stores and items.
• The previous sale date information is displayed on the product detail area on the top of the form.

POS

• A Computac option was added to disable doing a product lookup.
• When PLU is disabled, POS will prompt for the price if the price was not found in the barcode.
• If the PLU price is lower than the barcode price POS will use the PLU price.
• POS will always use the sale price of an item and shows the LU price as the regular price.
• Importing a customer order will use the PLU price.

• Behavior of the Not On File prompt has changed.
• The user must click on a button or press enter to move from the NOF prompt.
• In previous releases, if the cashier did not check the screen, scanning the next product accepted the screen.

• A check was added to prevent a sale from accepting an A/R payment and using the same A/R account in a single sale.

Vendor Policy

• The quantity column can now be used in a product type, or binding type discount schedule.
• Existing entries will assume a quantity of 1

Purchasing Agent

• The vendor minimum requirement check was changed.
• Previous versions set the Meet Minimum false when the vendor minimum quantity and minimum dollars were set to zero.