How OPERA is Affected by ORMS

OPERA Interface Changes

When ORMS is active, Opera supports ORMS functionality with several visible changes in the Opera interface. And, ORMS has access to different Opera functionality.

Business Block Header

There are two check boxes that appear on the Business Block Header in Opera (Reservations>Blocks>Business Block) when ORMS is active for the selected property.

Wholesale Block
Final Block

For more information, refer to the help topic: Business Block Header.

Yield Market Codes

Yield market types may be used to implement a system of multiple hurdles. When ORMS is active in Opera, the Rates>Yield Market Type application parameter is available for selection for the property. See: Yield Market Types Parameter.

When this parameter is selected, the Yield Markets menu option is available in Configuration>Rate Management>Yield>Yield Markets. Here you can define Yield Market Type Codes. For more information, refer to the online help topic: Yield Market Types.

Once the Yield Market Codes have been created, they can be assigned to rate codes on the Rate Header (Configuration>Rate Management>Rate Classifications>Rate Codes). A new Yield Market LOV displays on the Rate Header. For more information, refer to the online help topic: Rate Header Tab.

Profile Yield Adjustment

The Profile Options menu (Profiles>Options) contains the Yield option when ORMS is active in Opera. For more information, refer to the online help topic: Profile Yield Adjustment.

Prevailing Rates

The Prevailing Rates functionality in Opera is available to ORMS. Previously, Prevailing Rates was only available to the legacy Opera Revenue Management System, TLP, when the OPP_OPUS add-on license was active. Please note that ORMS must be configured with a minimum of Max LOS 2.

Changes made in ORMS to support the Prevailing Rates functionality are the following:

For Max LOS 2 - 7, ORMS always calculates hurdles for LOS 0 - 7, regardless of the actual Max LOS internal setting. This only happens in the backend, however. In the ORMS application, the user only sees hurdles for the calculated Max LOS amount.
The Prevailing check box appears on the Configuration Tab>Hurdle Schedule>New or Edit screen. You select this check box to indicate that the hurdles you are scheduling are for prevailing rates.

In Opera, these are available to ORMS:

Rates>Prevailing Rate by LOS application function.
Rates>Prevailing Rate Code application setting.
General>Yield Currency Code application setting.
Additional fields 'Initial Round Up' and 'Increments' appear on the Opera Room Types configuration screen.
Special Prevailing Rate Query (F5) screen.

Daily Rates

ORMS enhances Opera Daily Rates functionality by dynamically calculating the rates based on configured hurdles. This functionality is available in Opera when the ORMS license code is active and the Application Function>Rates>Daily Rates is set to Y.

In Opera, these are available to ORMS:

The additional fields 'Initial Round Up' and 'Increments' (Opera Room Types configuration screen) are now available for ORMS Daily Rates.

Changes made in ORMS to support the Daily Rates functionality are the following:

The Daily Rates check box appears on the Configuration Tab>Hurdle Schedule>New or Edit screen. You select this check box to indicate that the hurdles you are scheduling are for daily rates.
The ORMS Daily Rates Setup section appears on the ORMS>Configuration Tab>Miscellaneous Tab where you set up existing Opera daily rates for ORMS dynamic calculations.

About ORMS
About the ORMS Optimizer	Configuration Tab Seasons	Home Tab
Configuration Tab Alerts and Rules	Configuration Tab Verification	Opera Preliminary Setup for ORMS
Configuration Tab Booking Class	Configuration Tab Yield Category	ORMS Preliminary Setup
Configuration Tab Events	Configuration Tab Yieldability
Configuration Tab Groups	Configuration Tab Forecast Groups	Recommendation Tab
Configuration Tab Hurdle Schedule	Forecast Analysis Tab	Reports Tab
Configuration Tab Miscellaneous	Groups Tab	Welcome to ORMS