- Transactions for all receipt types can
now be sent to the Property Mgmt System (PMS).
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The Texas Digital Price Confirmation System
is Now Supported
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All Orders Table Access Method
The Register Definition table access method now includes All Orders.
This will cause all open orders in the entire restaurant to appear.
This was added for managers to easily access any open check.
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The Register Definition table access
method now includes All Orders.
This will cause all open orders in the entire restaurant to appear.
This was added for managers to easily access any open check.
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Administrative Programs (such as Back
Office) can be set to shut down after a certain number of minutes
This prevents the problems created when operators open multiple
copies of Back Office programs.
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Canadian Debit is Now Supported!
We give the Canadians credit for having the nerve to have a different
debit system than the U.S.
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New Table Caption in Table Management
Minutes in Use is now available as a Table Caption in addition to
the current five captions.
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Transfer From Waitlist Check Option
This allows a staff member such as the bartender to transfer a customer
from the waitlist to an open tab. IE: a customer on the waitlist
might have a drink in the bar and then decide to stay in the bar.
The bartender can search the waitlist by name and assign the customer
to the tab. This then “seats” the customer and removes
them from the waitlist. This was added to enhance the whole process
of customers waiting in the bar area for their tables.
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Change Staff Department Register Option
Now a staff member that is changing staff departments during their
shift can use the Change Staff Department Register option to change
to the new department. This eliminates the need for the staff member
to clock out and clock back in to the new department.
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Print Staff Checks Register Options
This allows a staff member such as a server to print all is or her
checks. There is an option to print all open checks or all open
checks not yet printed. This was added “in part” to
address problems associated when the restaurant has a power outage,
battery backups have a short time span to provide power, servers
can now print all their guest checks with fewer key strokes.
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Charges Treated as Tips
Charges can now be treated as tips for all POS and back office reports.
This allows a tip to be added to the check just as a charge and
still be treated as a tip.
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Enter Tips Register Option
Tips can easily be added to closed checks that have no tips if they
were paid with a receipt type that uses the Tip or Expected Tip
mode such as a credit card. This allows staff members such as bartenders
or servers to close checks paid with credit cards by using the Pay
button rather than the Verify button. The Enter Tips register option
will display buttons for all checks (non-cash) that were closed
without a tip or the check number can be manually entered. Each
check button can be tapped and the amount of the tip entered. This
can greatly increase speed in a busy environment.
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Tip Sharing Register Option
This allows a staff member such as a server to share a portion of
his or her tips with other staff members such as bartenders or bussers.
Three methods available: Enter Tip Amount, Enter % of
Total Tip, and Enter Tip as Sales %
An include/exclude box in the Setup area of the program allows the
restaurant to choose which of the methods (any or all) they wish
to use. This is used for the staff member to share tips from his
or her entire shift. The staff member can declare cash tips during
this function.
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Team Service Register Option
This allows a staff member such as a server to split tips with other
team members for any closed check that had a service team. This
is on an individual check basis and can be used for large parties
in the dining room that had a server team, for a banquet with a
server team all adding items to the check, or for a fixed price
banquet that used a server team though there was a single entry
to the check by one server.
There are five methods available: Split Tip Evenly,
Split Tip by Sales %, Enter Tip Amount, Enter % of Total Tip, and
Enter Tip as Sales %
An include/exclude box in the Setup area of the program allows the
restaurant to choose which of the methods (any or all) they wish
to use. There is also an option for a Split Evenly default. This
will also split the sales by staff members that matches the spit
of the tips. For example if a $100 tip on a check for $500 is split
equally among three servers the $500 sale will also be split evenly
in the back office reporting. The cash tip for a check can be declared
and then split.
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Print CD Slip Register Option
This allows the credit card slip for any closed or open check of
the day to be printed. It prompts for the last four digits of the
credit card. This was added so that lost or unaccounted for credit
card slips can be easily reproduced.
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Pizza Matrix Pricing Grid
This prices a pizza based on the number of toppings. Toppings can
have a “multiplier”. For example shrimp might have a
multiplier of two so that it counts as two toppings for pricing
All modifier windows must be Pick and Choose. Partial toppings
(halves and quarters) are supported. Only one PLU is needed for
each topping making menu building significantly easier and quicker.
Multiple Pick and Choose defaults can be selected under one Modifier
Window for specialty pizzas such as Supreme, Meat Lovers, Vegetarian,
or Hawaiian.
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Computer Based Training
Self running tutorials are available for back office functions (A/R,
Menu, Staff, and Reports
At the POS self running help is available for basic POS functions,
Register Types, and Register Options. These are self-running tutorials
for training new staff members on POS functions.
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Clock-Out with Fingerprint ID
When the fingerprint ID is required for clocking in it is also required
for clocking out.
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Filter Waitlist Button
The POS Waitlist screen has a Filter Waitlist button that will filter
customers on the waitlist by Reservations Present, Reservations
Not Present, and Waitlist. Any one or any combination may be selected.
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Frequent Dining/Reservations Integration
When a frequent dining customer makes a reservation the POS automatically
associates the check with the customer record. If the customer has
information in their POS Messages tab the information appears in
the Notes section of the reservation.
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Reservation Summary Screen in the Host
Terminal
In the Find Reservation screen there is a Summary button that will
summarize the reservations for an entire day. The Display Panel
will displays the number of reserved tables for each time with the
number of covers and the name. The summary can be printed on the
40-column printer.
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Manual Override of Default Table Turn
Time
When making a reservation the default table turn time can be overridden
with a manual entry
For example for a reservation for 8 people a turn time of 90 minutes
could be entered to override the 60 minute default time. The table
is then blocked for 90 minutes.
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PC Charge Credit Card Service is Supported
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Mercury Gift Card is Supported
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American Express Direct
Direct IP processing for American Express is now available!
This eliminates the processing fee for handling American Express
cards charged by the restaurant’s credit card processor. Faster
settlement for American Express transactions as well.
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Previous Card Button No Longer Authorizes
for Full Amount of the Check
The Previous Card button now only authorizes for the incremental
difference between the amount of the check and the amount previously
authorized.
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Open Table Reservation System (opentable.com)
Open Table is now supported. Digital Dining sends a message to Open
Table each time a table’s status is changed. The Table Management
module is required.
