New in DD Version 7.3.4


General
• When the system using data redundancy switches from using both Primary and Backup data to using only one data set, an email notification is sent.
• We have added an interface to the Long Range Systems pager system for use with the wait list.

Back Office Program
• Adjusted daily files are now reprocessed and sent via a new package to HQ.
• We have added automated credit card batch retry.
• The menu item recipe report now includes costs.
• We have added the ability to transfer tips to other employees.
• You can now remove the tip from the server’s charged tips by reopening a check that was closed with a PMS payment.
• We now include restaurant commissions on the receipt data sources in general reports.
• Deleted checks and their numbers can now be tracked.

Setup Program
• Discounts, Charges, and Tips now have default windows in which all records are included.
• You can set a default customer search method in the Register Definition Maintenance window.
• In the Check Option “Order by PLU”, we have added a field for designating “Create Your Own” menu items.
• We have added a feature that assigns seating priorities and name modes.

Point-of-Sale Program
• Digital Dining now has a Reservations program. (Click HERE for details)
• We have added the new token @{Input_Alpha}.
• We have added the new token @{Input_Numeric}.
• Digital Dining now gives you the option of selling gift cards (50 or 100) at one time without processing each card separately.
• Now, any modifiers that have an upsize or downsize are resized along with the main item.
• We now treat gift cards more like credit cards, including storing card information in the credit card daily file and printing a verification slip.
• The host alarm for customer wait time no longer exceeds expected wait time.
• We have added a button that shows table status information.
• You can now use the waitlist functionality in training mode.
• We have added a new prep token called “Ingredients”. This token gives a consolidated summary of the ingredients used by all the items on the prep ticket.
• We have added a security setting to restrict the reopening of another person’s check if both the server and cashier associated with the check have clocked out.
• We have added a feature to allow the host to override the estimated wait time for a specific customer.
• We have excluded tables, rooms, and areas from the wait list.
• We have added flexibility to the Time Price Check options. You can now select any particular time priced item on the check.
• We have added a new register option called “Filter Check Selection”. This register option controls filtering of which checks get loaded into the Selection panel.
• Digital Dining now allows receipts other than those verified by PMS to flow to the PMS system.
• We have added check tokens that list the nutrition of items on a check.
• On the POS, the user will be able to choose between the item out list, and the contest.
• When “Voiding” an item off a check, whose quantity is a whole number greater than 1, we provide the user the opportunity to correct the quantity.
• You are able to overwrite default area codes for delivery customers.
• We have added a blank line between the delivery driver names that display on driver display list in the delivery assign register.
• You can now alert other staff members when you transfer one of their new checks.
• We have created an overtime report, accessible from the POS, detailing all staff clocked in over xx hours for a pay period.
• You can capture credit card information at the POS and attach it to a check without dialing out for approval, using the new card swipe feature.
• We have added a check option that prints the time each item was ordered on the tab check.
• When showing checks in the Selection panel, a different button color is used for checks that belong to a different server other than the one currently logged in.
• Checks that are freed or reopened are now shown in their original stations.
• We have added a new POS setting for handling verifications, “Preverify During Payment”.
• We have added a new Tip Mode for receipts “Prompt”. When a receipt is defined with this mode, the user will be prompted for the tip mode they would like to use when they select a receipt.
• We have created a new “Table Access” method called “All Orders”. This allows you to create registers to view all open orders.
• We have created a staff department security check called “Share POS Station”. This security check is triggered when a staff member logs into a POS station that another staff has been using.
• The Pay Charge Tips function has been simplified to require less information for the Cashier to pay out the Server’s tips.

Inventory Program
• You can import a Sysco item list into Digital Dining.
• We have set up a database of bar codes that match up with inventory items.
• When doing a stock take using the hand held, the user can now scan a bar code to select an inventory item.
• We have created a utility to delete Hand Held Stock Take transactions.
• The Primary Location Switch for Inventory Reports is similar in functionality to the Primary Vendor switch. The reports filter by primary location just as they filter by primary vendor.
• We have added a feature that tracks nutrition information for menu items and ingredients.
• We can now generate an inventory order export to Sysco.
• We have added a new grid to the “Inventory Item Maintenance” form showing all the menu items using a specific inventory item as an ingredient.

Multi-store Programs
• Headquarters personnel can print reports regarding update packages sent to stores
• You can now suspend large data changes from HQ for smaller, immediate changes.
• We have made the Gift Card sale layout user definable.
• We have added an “Auto Connect” flag to the message queue for Multi-store gift cards.
• Digital Dining Multi-store requests updates to HQ with store information changes.
• We have improved the masking of gift card numbers.
• Emergency data changes from HQ can be applied immediately.
Credit Card Server Program
• We now support high-speed verifications through Paymentech, for credit cards and gift cards.
• We have improved credit card number security.
• You can now use multiple credit card processors for the same site.