Appetize Release Notes

New

1. Offline Promo codes – applying promo codes is now possible without network connection.
2. Inventory units have been unified – new types of units which can be added to items in Inventory and used to describe performed Transfers – Sales Units, Inventory Units and Purchase Units. Their names and abbreviations can be easily customized in “Inventory Options” section.
3. Stand Sheet export –  Ability to export zip file in “Stand Sheet” section which will contain separate xls per Vendor.
4. Estimated date of delivery – “Expected receiving date” field is added to Purchase Order. User can set probable date of delivery
5. Transfers updates – Operations such as edit, delete, negative quantity.
6. Standsheet view updates – User can preview there the status of all Vendor reports, download full or empty Report, close Report and count in/out existing report. Also dot indicators are added to show whether stands are counted in.
7. Complete Pending Orders –  Located in Extras section of Settings. All Orders except Pending Closed from Restaurant Mode become Completed after hitting this button (Pending Closed still need to be Closed in Activate App to be Completed in Connect).
8. Events Creation – Ability to select Vendors for which Events will be created while setting up Venue Inventory Event is added on Add Event modal
9. Back button on Signature – Back on Signature screen on Activate requires manager pin. Setting is available under Management Permissions.
10. Forgot password flow update – new API method enabling restoring forgotten password for SDK 2.0 user.
11. Shiftplanner – Server IP is sent as location parameter to Shiftplanning API on Clock in/out call.
12. Cash Room report – allows to compare Bill and Coins entered in Finalize Day, Activate App and real Order Data.
13. Order confirmation sms message – SMS Message with url to receipt is being sent to Customer after successful Order.
14. Inventory improvements – Associated ingredients and inventory items are automatically assigned to Vendor while enabling Track Inventory when Vendor is already assigned to corresponding Menu Items
15. Updated inventory reports – Revenue Reconciliation , Revenue Analysis, Recap Report.

Changed

1. Sale Price is added on Stand Sheet exports next to the units.
2. Button name is changed from “Delete” to “Stop tracking” on item details modal for Inventory item connected to Catalog item.
3. Vendor which is not tracked in Inventory (based on Track Inventory = NO setting) is not shown in Inventory related section such as Setup, Stand Sheet, True Up Count, Live Overview.
4. “Report” name is changed to “Events” in “Inventory Events” section.
5. Counting in/out of Vendors is allowed regardless of Venue count in/out status.
6. Main item names are removed before the possible modifiers and ingredients on view with Item details.
7. Details of Purchase Order are shown by clicking on any part of the line (not just the eye icon).
8. Cost of Goods amount is shown in 4 decimal places precision.
9. Activating/Deactivating items in Inventory section changes state of “Track Inventory” switch.
10. Setup page usability improvements for Inventory items and Modifiers.
11. “Other” item type label is changed to “Inventory” in Inventory section
12. Direction of transfer In Warehouse section has been changed to the opposite
13. Editing of Warehouse quantities is disabled
14. Negative quantity values can be shown in Inventory field of Inventory Vendor Items view for items with tracked quantity.
15. Only ingredients are shown in Warehouse and Distributor modal
16. Blank fields are displayed when Wastes or Comps are null on Stand Sheets
17. “Transfer” button is removed from non-ingredient items in Inventory Setup section
18. Several improvements of Live Overview page (sorting, categories selector)
19. Inventory Unit is always first and selected by default in Transfer view.
20. Available Quantity field is removed from Transfer Modal
21. Units are added to Revenue Analysis tab
22. Optimization of several Pages and Methods
23. Bundle items settings: Require Modifiers, Restrict Single Modifier are enabled and Modifier Price Override is disabled by default

Fixed

1. Deleted Inventory Items are shown on assigned items list for Warehouse.
2. When more than 50 items are added to Purchase Order, exported pdf doesn’t include all of them.
3. Purchase orders take a long time to load on creation when there is a lot of items.
4. Values in “Profit/loss” page are multiplied by number of added Inventory Reports.
5. Purchase Order ID is different in confirmation screen and in the list of Purchase Orders.
6. Calculations of Revenue Analysis issues
7. Deleting default Warehouse is allowed.
8. “Mark Delivered” button should be green in „Purchase Order” section.
9. “Sales by Hour” and “Category Sales” reports updates.
10. Deleting additional of item disables „track inventory” switch connected with the modifier
11. Stand Sheets section bugs
12. Transfer value is incorrect in Revenue Analysis section when only one Vendor report is count in
13. Setup page always defaults to food as the selected tab. When food items are not added to Inventory, blank page is shown
14. Custom search query on Inventory Setup is not working correctly with Inventory Categories
15. Inventory units not shown in Warehouse even if they’re set for items

New

1. “True Up Count” section in Inventory. The section presents “Current count” that is based on current stock quantity (including transfers/orders etc). User is able to update item’s stock (it will override current stock), search for particular items and change their quantities
2. “Stand Sheet” section in Inventory that allows for modifying opened Inventory report numbers (Count In, Waste/Comp, Count Out) or locks reports for editing
3. Ability to export and import Inventory items. Items can be updated and deleted on importing.
4. Search boxes have been added to “Add Depletion Rate” modal.
5. “Brands” tab was added to “Inventory Option” menu tab. Now user can assign Inventory Items to a specific Brand.
6. “Categories” tab was added to “Inventory Option” menu tab. Now user can assigne Inventory Items to specific Inventory Category.
7. “Unique ID” parameter has been added to Inventory Items.
8. An option to require tip confirmation when closing order in Pending closed has beed added to Employee Role “Fee/Tip” tab. “Are you sure that’s the Tip?” pop up has been added on Activate when adding a tip.
9. Live Chat is available on every page of Connect through “Contact us!” button at the bottom of the page, not only from Help section.
10. Pending Orders Report. The Report shows list of currently open orders and their details.
11. Possibility to hide and show Import/Export Items buttons in Connect Role permissions.
12. We updated “Depletion Rate” modal. Now user can add depleton rate for item and item modifier in one place.

Changed

1. Menu items on inventory landing page have been updated
2. Two decimal places are shown for prices in “Overview” section.
3. “Inventory Report” name has been changed to “Inventory Event”.
4. All lists and items are alphabetized by default on inventory views.
5. Settings of “Modifier price override” parameter are copied from Catalog Item to Inventory Item.
6. Orders with total equal $0 are not proccessed by the gateway.

Fixed

1. If you click mark delivered button on Purchase Order and go back without submitting the receiving order, it marks it as delivered.
2. “Other” items added without a photo shows photo directory url.
3. Wrong placement of “Depletion Rate” label in “Inventory Setup” section.
4. Transfer popup is trimmed for the last item in the list.
5. Marking item as Sold Out logic based on item quantity in inventory is updated. Item with ingredients (when its quantity is not being tracked) will be marked as Sold Out when one of its ingredients is not available.
6. Possibility to transfer between untracked items.
7. Layout issue in Vendor Inventory Report for Merchandise items.
8. Report Category can not be deleted when an item is assigned to it.
9. More items can be transfered from the Warehouse than is avalible there.
10. “Other” items assigned to all Vendors has negative value of “Out for sale”.
11. No possibility to edit Purchase Orders.
12. If user click “Mark Delivered” button on Purchase Order and go back without submitting the receiving order, it marks it that it has been delivered.
13. Revenue Analysis data is not shown before Venue report is Counted In.
14. “Out for sale” fields are shown in “Setup” section for Vendors part.
15. Wristband customerRef changed to UID.
16. Warehouse Stock updates are not handled properly.
17. When items with additionals are refunded, wrong numer of items gets refunded.
18. “Inventory” and “Out For Sale” fields are shown for item with depletion rate.
19. If user adjusts Purchase Order quantity on Delivery it will not be applied to transfer.
20. Values in “Profit/Loss” tab are reduced by half when an item belongs to two Vendors.
21. The order sum shows data from one Vendor in “Revenue Analysis” part.
22. “Count Out” value is incorrect for item with deplation rate in “Revenue Analysis” part.
23. Order with multiple items discounted Declined.

New

1. Brand new interface for inventory. Multiple changes has been introduced to make item creating, tracking and purchasing easier:
   – Multiple warehouse support.
   – Multiple new pages are added: Live Overview (let’s you quickly analyze profit, inventory quantities, low stock or item gross), Warehouses, Transfers and new, redesigned vendor inventory sections.
   – Overview Revenue Analysis section contains data from reports in selected date range.
   – Purchase Orders and Distributors logic and pages are designed to let you operate more efficiently. Purchase orders can be automatically generated and sent on desired low stock condition. Instant product ordering and receiving is possible with new features
   – Quantities in Vendors and Warehouses can be manipulated only by making transfers between them
2. “Require PIN to remove stored card from a tab” allows requiring manager PIN in order to remove Credit Card info from check order. It can be enabled in Employee Role.
3. Refunded_amount is added to refund API call.
4. Pending Orders Report – You can now export through a date range to show all pending orders.
5. Sales by hour report – See the breakdown per hour of sales per category.

Changed

1. Shared accounts show the “Name” in the left corner instead username
2. Pie chart in „Dashboard” section for pending orders include all uncompleted orders
3. Report Categories moved to its own section under Options.

Fixed

1. Logout to Corp View does not work when there are multiple corporate users assigned to the Corporate.
2. Server returns double orders in API call response.
3. Tip, Fee, Taxes do not allow negative amounts.
4. When Vendors is assigned to multiple vendor groups, totals for each vendor are counted multiple times, once for each vendor group it’s assigned to.
5. Tender Type report does not respect “Analytics by Layout” setting.
6. No possibility to remove image form Vendor, Employee Role and Account.
7. “Lock” action deletes account.
8. Password is not validated when changing photo from SDK Application.
9. Transactions from others layouts are not shown in Dashboard.
10. While importing some part of accounts are placed on second page when the pagination is set to 10 per page.

New

1. “Auto Print” option on signature amount.  Receipt autoprint can be set to be executed when signature required amount is exceeded.
2. “Kiosk Mode” switch added to Employee Role. Infinea swipers can be updated to have kiosk mode enabled/disabled automatically if supported by the swiper.
3. “Sync Offline Orders” action added to “actions” panel.
4. “Wait Time” parameter is added to venue info on past orders API for the client application.
5. Ability to enable/disable fee rounding to the nearest non-zero number for an account. User is able to set it in Employee Role under Fee/Tip tab.
6. Multiple merchant account support for Braintree transactions.
7. Accounts import/export. Accounts can be added, edited and deleted by importing/exporting XLS file.
8. Ability to set start/end date for items. Items show depending on their start date and get hidden upon their end date. This also works offline and useful for Happy Hour situations.
9. “Orders” view is now added to the Corporate view. It is showing orders from all venues in the corporate group.
10. Manager PIN requirement can be enabled for promo codes. User can be asked to provide manager PIN when trying to apply promo code uder cart or individual item promo

Changes

1. BridgePay transactions are using private port to BridgePay for better performance.
2. Adding/editing “Report Categories” was moved to Options menu in Connect
3. All report queries are moved to separate server farm.
4. “order_total” and “promo_amount” parameters are added to order API response
5. Autocomplete is updated to run every 10 minutes and update all venues at the same time.
6. “Wait_time” parameter is added to venue info past orders API

Fixed

1. “Track/Don’t Track Inventory” switch is not working while editing item in Catalog.
2. Server is not returning Cash Stop after Finalize Day has been done.
3. All items are shown as refunded in KDS when I refund only one item from closed Restaurant order in Activate.
4. Completed transactions are shown as declined orders in Activate.
5. Missing indices in the push notification tables.
6. When user adds a new row or seat to level, it is created as “undefined” and user has to re-edit it.
7. Item price validation resets field to $0.00.
8. Report categories menu item does not stay after entering section.
9. Finalize Day view bug fixes.
10. In “Accounts” section offline indicators are not showing and cannot expand list to show associated iPads.
11. Mobile UI issues.
12. Image_url issues.
13. Cash actions shown only for one vendor in Live Report.