Activate 5.1.1

New:

  1. “Process Transaction Before Signature” in Employee Role. When enabled, Credit Card is validated for order’s total straight after Credit Card swipe or Credit Card manual entering.
  2. PIN requirement on opening Cash Drawer manually can be enabled in Permission Set for Employee Role.

Changed:

  1. Beacon payments can be submitted through a different processor.
  2. Offline Mode logic updates.

Bug fixes:

  1. “Sold Out” for additionals allows adding item to cart.

Activate 5.1

New:
1. New Push Notification to reset Activate menu items to their default order is added to Employee Role, Vendor and Accounts Actions panel.
2. Items and additionals are marked as “Sold Out” when their quantity in vendor inventory falls to 0 and sold out sales for the item is disabled.
3. Cash bank capabilities introduced. User can be required to enter amount of Cash at the beginning of event. Later they can add or subtract cash using Cash Add/Cash Drop actions. Cash Register is placed under left menu (when enabled in user’s Employee Role).
4. User is able to send exact number of bills and coins counted at the end of event when making Cash close action (Cash Register menu section). Exact numbers of bills/coins are later visible under “Finalize Day” section in Connect.
5. User can enable/disable swiper’s kiosk mode under Diagnostics menu section when swiper is connected.

Changes:

1. iOS required version: 8.0.
2. Sending track2 data when using unencrypthed swipers and ApplePay.
3. Checkout call has App version parameter added for error tracking.

Bug fixes
1. Closing check to invalid stored card and changing payment to invalid CC again crashes app.
2. First screen issues for Quick Checkout only accounts.
3. “Issue Refund” button shown in refunded order details, All Orders view.
4. Print icon squished in order details when printing is disabled.
5. Clear cart button missing in closing Check order to Split by Item.
6. Applied Tip cleared in Split payment after checkout error.
7. Tax on Tip value not updated when adding tip in Pending Closed.
8. Layout fixes.
9. Crash fixes.
10. Sending Diagnostic Info error.
11. Right view not displayed properly.
12. Calculating amounts in split by percent with tax enabled.
13. Cash drawer opened when printing itemized after cash transaction (accounts using Restaurant printing preset).
14. Tip screen not rotating.
15. Mixer description in cart is missing.
16. Seat confirmation requirement not obeyed when swiping Credit Card in menu.
17. Remaining items are gone when going back from signature screen to Split by Item view.

Activate 5.0.2

Small incremental bug fix update.

– Fixed an issue with track data from older readers with usage with Bridgepay accounts with Chase Paymentech

– Fixed an issue with signature amount not rotating when screen is rotated.

Activate 5.0

New Features:

  1. Ability to mark any item in cart as free using promo code with new award type: Item Level Discount. Appetize user can tap item in cart and mark it as free using “Actions” panel in the app. Item is not counted into subtotal or included in reports.
  2. We introduce Bank capabilities to track cash flow during event. Employee is able to enter cash amount for Event Start, Shift Close, mark Cash Additions and Drops through the night. Cash flow summary is available in Finalize Day view under “Register Summary” section.
  3. New Wristband data downloading mechanism. When wristband downloader is enabled data is automatically downloaded on login and refreshed every 60 seconds to track any changes (users being added or removed from the venue). Wristband data can be manually re-fetched using menu button. Time elapsed since last refresh is shown in the refresh button.
  4. Products can now be paired with “upsell items” in Connect. When user is adding one item to cart they can be asked if they want to purchase another (upsell) product of the same type.
  5. PIN requirement can be enabled for Wristband payment. When this setting is enabled user is prompted for PIN when using wristband at checkout.
  6. Sync All non-credit button in All Orders view in Restaurant mode which closes cash and House orders in Pending Closed section while leaving Credit Card orders open.
  7. Void groups/Refund reasons are supported. When Refund reasons are set in Connect user is prompted to select one of them on refunding order in Activate.
  8. Item photo animation when adding item to cart in iPhone.
  9. Printer/swiper status shown in the login screen.

Changes:

  1. “Nearby Beacon payments available” alert shown only in menu view.
  2. User is unable to remove any split after Split payment failure.
  3. Name is not required field on Credit Card swipe.
  4. Seat confirmation alert shown before Contactless payment.
  5. iPhone version performance improvements.
  6. Tappable area in iPhone version enlarged.
  7. First screen automatically sets to Quick Checkout keyboard view when there’s no items and Quick Checkout is enabled.

Bug Fixes:

  1. Cancelled Checks are stored locally. Tab already exists alert is shown when using same text/seat/CC after cancelling Check order. Tab opened alert shown on logout even when all Check orders were cancelled.
  2. Print error messages shown when running declined orders in background.
  3. Syncing offline orders in background may interrupt applying promo code in iPhone version.
  4. Handling “Show Finalize Day” Push Notification issues.
  5. Payment grid in split payments shaking on rotation.
  6. Card Present info wiped out after Credit Card data update.
  7. Cash drawer opening when syncing offline order.
  8. Blank CC screen shown when swiping card using Infinea reader (iPod).
  9. Crash on multiple “Run Declines” Push Notification.
  10. iPhone KDS crashes and UI issues.
  11. Missing top menu after changing payment of a Check in Pending Closed.
  12. Clock In status change crash.
  13. Item update and categories bugs.
  14. Crash on tapping “Sort by seat” in All Orders view.
  15. Calculation rounding issue.
  16. Crash on rapid switching between menu sections.
  17. Check order duplicated in “Check Orders” after closing in Restaurant mode.
  18. Crash on cancelling already processed split payment.
  19. Seat confirmation issues.
  20. Item photos duplicated when dragging items in iPhone.
  21. Crash when logging to an account with scrolling disabled.
  22. Force logout after transaction not working in iPhone.
  23. Crash on making Add or Waste operation in second Inventory report.
  24. Rare crash on switching between All Orders/Menu view.
  25. Database error in split by item payment for checks.