ezee Absolute Release Notes
Release History Version Date Type Notes 1.0.45.50 25 June 2015 Enhancement Search Transaction by Credit Card Number Enhancement Customization Enhancement Customization Customization Customization Customization Enhancement Integration Enhancement Enhancement New Feature New Feature Edit Transaction -> Folio Detail Tab : Added Tax Inclusive check box only for Room Charges and Extra Charges Added TA Voucher No in Guest Registration Card - Template 1 Rewriting Default Email Templates Tab View display for Check In/Reservation Settings Screen for better look and feel Tab View display for Print and Email Settings Screen for better look and feel Add Confirmation while inventory is zero and reservation type is Booking Inquiry in Walk In Screen Add Bill To Registration Number in Guest Invoice - Template 1 Room Move Operation Enhanced - 1) Display applied rates, 2) Added provision for entering manual rates with option of Rates Inclusive Tax Zeamster Payment Gateway Integration Added new Guest Invoice Template - Template 4 (Only for Iceland Country) Void Reservation functionality now available in Context Menu for Confirmed Reservations Multiple Check In feature in Night Audit Screen Email Scheduling & Marketing
1. Search Transaction by Credit Card Number - Now user will able to search transaction from credit card s number - last 4 digits. - For more information please see below screen shot, - By clicking on Search, you will get list of all transactions having credit card number with last 4 digits you have entered. - Please see below Screen shot. Page 1
2. Edit Transaction -> Folio Detail Tab : Added Tax Inclusive check box only For Room Charges and Extra Charges. - Now user will be able to apply Room charges and Extra Charges with Tax inclusive check option. - This check box will be displayed only when user will select Room charges OR Extra Charges. - Please see below screen shot. Page 2
3. Added TA Voucher No in Guest Registration Card - Template 1 - User will be able to see Travel agent voucher No. In Guest Registration Card. - Added in both Configuration side and Front. Configuration : Front : Page 3
4. Rewriting Default Email Templates - All system defined email templates with new look and new content are available in system. For newly account created customer, it will be new templates only. For existing customers, we have options to let them upgrade to new email templates too. - Client can view the new email template using View Email Template option available in ezee Absolute Configuration -> Master-> Email Templates -> Template. - If client wish to upgrade existing email template to new email template, click Upgrade Template icon. If client again want to revert back to his old template after upgrading to new One, click Reset Template icon. - All the system defined email templates can be upgraded to new templates together with Upgrade button available near Search Bar and also change all the email templates from new to old all together with another option available near Search Bar with Reset button. - For more info Please see below screen shot. Page 4
- If you will click on view. You will able to see new template format. Please see below screen shot. Page 5
- If you will click to upgrade, your template will be upgraded. Please see below screen shot. - If you want to reset old email template, you can click on reset. Please see below screen shot. Page 6
5. Tab View display for Check In/Reservation Settings Screen for better look and feel - Check In/Reservation settings screen are now converted in tab form. - 3 tabs are created. 1. General. 2. Cancel / No Show. 3. More Settings. - Please see below screen shots for more info. Page 7
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6. Tab View display for Print and Email Settings Screen for better look and feel - Print and Email Settings Screen are now converted in tab form. - 2 tabs created, 1. Print option 2. Email Option - Please see below Screen shot For more information. Page 9
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7. Add Confirmation while inventory is zero and reservation type is Booking Inquiry in Walk In Screen - We have added one confirmation. In walk In screen If Inventory is Zero and reservation type is booking inquiry then if you will do reservation, You will get one confirmation that Inventory is Zero. If you will click on [OK] so system will take reservation. And If you will click on [CANCEL] so system will not take reservation and keep you in walk In screen. - Please see below screen shot for more information. - Now do reservation by click on [Reserve]. Page 11
8. Add Bill To Registration Number in Guest Invoice - Template 1 - Added Bill to Registration no to invoice Template 1. Both side Front and Configuration.If company has registration number configured and if any transaction is set to Bill To Company, in that case only this will be displayed else it will be blank. Configuration : Front: Page 12
9. Room Move Operation Enhanced - 1) Display applied rates, 2) Added provision for entering manual rates with option of Rates Inclusive Tax - Now we are providing room move feature with display rate, user can add manual rate with Rate Inclusive tax option. - First select room move option from list, Please see below screen shot - Now the room move popup will be open change room type, Page 13
- After changing room type you will get Check box [override room rate], check it. Now you will able to see the rates. - For more info please see below Screen shot. - You can manually add rates wit tax inclusive option. Please find below screen shot. - Add rates and Select tax inclusive or exclusive and move room. Manually rates will be applied to that transaction. Page 14
10. Zeamster Payment Gateway Integration. - Now we are providing Zeamster Payment Gateway. - Configuration->Display settings : In Select payment gateway Zeamster Option is available. Select it and save. Please See below screen shot. - Configuration->Settings->Others->Payment Gateway Settings : Save all settings provided by zeamster. And save. Page 15
- Now you can access zeamster payment gateway in Absolute Front. - In Our system, we are providing following features for zeamster. 1. Sale 2. Authorization and Capturing. 3. Refund 4. Void 5. Extend Sale - We will start from walk in / Reservation Page. - In Walk In screen You will able to Authorization of guest s credit card with some amount. - Please see below screen shot for more information. Page 16
- Here click on CC Authorization so you will see Zeamster Payment screen. - Please See below screen shot - You will get message Authorization done successfully. Page 17
- Payment also can be done via zeamster from walk In screen. - Fill Payment information And Press [Reserve]. As below screen shot. - Now you will see again Zeamster Payment screen. Add card information and press process. Page 18
- Your reservation with advance payment of Rs. 100.00 done Successfully. - You can see it on Edit transaction -> Folio detail tab. - You can manually add transaction(sale) from folio detail tab. Please See below Screen shot. - Fill card detail and press process. Page 19
- Payment will done of Rs. 200.00 and In this transaction you will see options of Refund, Void, Extend transaction. - For Refund and Void Functionality there is one policy from Zeamster Payment Gateway. It is as below IMPORTANT : Zeamster provide automatic settlement of transactions everyday at same time. And we can also manually settle transaction. It provides batch number to transactions. When settlement done, batch will be closed and next batch number will be provided to new transactions. VOID CASE : Say, let us void transaction before settlement done. It means you can void transaction till batch is open and you can void transaction on same day. Past date's transaction can not be voided because by day closed, settlement is done. REFUND CASE : Say, let us refund transaction if only settlement is done. It means till batch is open you cannot refund. You can refund only of past date's transaction. Zeamster is allowing us to forcefully refund by settle transaction but if you will settle, today's other transactions will also be settled and so you cannot void today's transaction, in any case, if required. You are allowed to void new batch transactions only. Page 20
- Now we will do Extend sale. So click on extend sale button. And you will get pop up box to add amount to sale. Please see below Screen shot. - Press [OK]. - Now Extend sale is done. We will void this transaction. For this click on Void button as above screen shot. Page 21
- You will have to add reason as below screen shot. - Select Reason and Click [Save] to void transaction. Now transaction is voided. We will perform Refund operation. Please see below screen shot. - Click on Refund. If transaction is settled so directly you will see pop up box with amount to refund But if it is not settled so you will get two confirm message. Page 22
- Please see Below screen shot. Page 23
- If you will confirm previous two message, then you will get pop up box with amount to refund. - Add Rs. -50.00 And Press [OK]. - You will get to see Refund of Rs. 50.00 on Folio Detail tab. Page 24
- Now, We will See Authorization and Capture In Edit transaction. - There are two option Card Authorization and Card Capture available. As below Screen shot. - We will see first Authorization. Click on [Card Authorization]. You will see Card Authorization Pop Up. Page 25
- Add amount and click [Authorize]. You will get Payment screen. Add Card detail and press [Process]. - You Can see all authorized detail on Card Capture Pop up. - Click on Operations->Card Capture. See below screen shot. - Here is all authorized information is given. Two action is available, 1. Charge & 2. Void. - Click [charge] to capture amount. And Click [void] to void Authorization. - We will click on charge, Authorized amount will be captured. See below screen shot. Page 26
- Same Functionality provided on 1. Cashiering center 2. Dash board 3. POS 4. Expense voucher Page 27
11. Added new Guest Invoice Template - Template 4 (Only for Icelandic Country) - For configuring this template please go to absolute configuration panel -> Settings -> General -> Print and Email Settings -> Print Option tab - Please see the below screen shot. - Absolute Front Side -> Folio Template for ice-land will be display while print it from the edit transaction screen. - Please see the below screen shot Page 28
12. Void Reservation functionality now available in Context Menu for Confirmed Reservations - Now void reservation functionality has been added Page 29
13. Multiple check in feature in Night Audit Screen - System now have provision to perform multiple checkin from night audit screen for pending reservations. - Please see below screen shot. Page 30
14. Email Marketing & Scheduling - Email Scheduling & Marketing is easy to use tool for managing various automated scheduling and marketing emails, with which you can create better engagement with your guest and retain relation with guest even after their departure and build their loyalty. - This feature allows manual or automated sending of four types of e-mails, Before Guest Arrives (Pre-Arrival), After Guest Departs (Post-Departure), In house Guest & Promotional Offers. - Pre-Arrival emails are sent to guest before they arrives in hotel, send them reminder about their bookings which will reduce number of no-show bookings, send them details about room, amenities, travel direction to hotel and many more. - Post-Departure emails is to send emails to guest after they check out from hotel, encouraging guest to give feedback and also share the same on social-networking sites, Thank you email and bring back emails to stay in touch with them and encouraging them to visit again. - In-house emails are sent to guest during his stay at hotel. It may include Welcome Email, In- House Guest Feedback so that hotel can immediately work what guest didn t like and improve their stay, Daily Menu, Special Breakfast & Dining Offers as such and give personalized touch to guest stay. - Promotions & Offers allows to create marketing campaigns like Promo Code Offers, Luxury Spa Offers, Weekend Getaway Packages and many more. - By default we offer ready to use various category mobile-friendly emails which will be in Save For Later Scheduling Option, hotel just have to spend sometime, do little bit of change according to his hotel and schedule it or perform manual operation on it. Along with this hotelier has flexibility to create his own email, in any language and send it anytime manually, save it for later and also schedule. Also hotel can reduce possibility of spams by sending all emails using SES. - You can access this module from ezee Absolute Configuration Panel -> Masters -> Marketing -> Email Scheduling & Marketing. Page 31
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