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UNIT GRADE Application Setting

Group.  Ownership

Type.  Parameter

Application.

PMS

OVOS

Description. When this parameter is active, a Grade can be associated with rooms that are marked as "Can Be Unit". A Grade associated with a unit will be used to determine the room display order in the Room Assignment and Room Plan screens in conjunction with the setting in the Room Order Preference for Units application setting.

Internal Name. UNIT_GRADE

Property Determination. Activation of this application parameter enables a property to further enable both the property and the owner as a higher quality unit assures a higher level of guest satisfaction and return on business.

Activation / Inactivation Rules. 

The OPV_<version number> OPERA Vacation Ownership license code must be active.

Available Values.

Y-Yes

N-No

Add On Licenses/Country Specifics.

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Other Application Settings.

When this application parameter is set to Y, the Reservations>Room Order Preference for Units application setting value is automatically updated based on the following:

If the value is currently set to ROOMS WITH POINTS FIRST, then the message will display as "The parameter setting for Room Order Preference for Units in the Reservations Group will be updated from Rooms with Points First to Rooms with Grade First."

But if the value is currently set to ROOMS WITH POINTS LAST, then the message will display as "The parameter setting for Room Order Preference for Units in the Reservations Group will be updated from Rooms with Points Last to Rooms with Grade Last."

Should this application parameter be set to N, then a reversal of the two above messages is displayed.

Affected Areas

Menus / Screens / Fields.

Configuration>Ownership>Codes>Unit Grade

Configuration>Reservations>Room Classifications>Rooms>Unit Grade field

Reports & Report Forms.

Configuration - Rooms (cf_rooms)

Permissions.

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Notes.

When activating this application parameter, the following message prompt is displayed for notification that grades must be assigned to all units that are selected as Can Be Unit.

unit_grade_parameter_activation_notification_1

 

 

 

After selecting OK on the previous message prompt, one of the following messages is displayed as notification that the Reservations>Room Order Preference for Units application setting will have its values automatically updated based on the value that is currently set for it.

If the value is currently set to ROOMS WITH POINTS FIRST, then the message will display as "The parameter setting for Room Order Preference for Units in the Reservations Group will be updated from Rooms with Points First to Rooms with Grade First."

But if the value is currently set to ROOMS WITH POINTS LAST, then the message will display as "The parameter setting for Room Order Preference for Units in the Reservations Group will be updated from Rooms with Points Last to Rooms with Grade Last."

Should this application parameter be set to N, then a reversal of the two above messages is displayed.

Example
The following example is based on the Reservations>Room Order Preference for Units application setting being defined as Rooms with Grade First and Room Display Order for Non-Units set as Ascending. OPERA will order Grades by the sequence numbers in the Unit Grade configuration screen, lowest to highest. Rooms with the same Grade will be ordered by Rotation Points, lowest to highest (For the Rotation point order to function all Room Types that include Units have to be set up for Rotation. Configuration>Ownership>Rotation Setup).
Configuration
Room 100: BEST Grade/500 Rotation Points
Room 101: WORST Grade/200 Rotation Points
Room 102: BEST Grade/300 Rotation Points
Room 103: Non-Unit
Room 104: MEDIUM Grade/400 Rotation Points
Room 105: WORST Grade/300 Rotation Points
Room 106: MEDIUM Grade/600 Rotation Points
Room 107: Non-Unit
Rotation Display Order
102 (BEST Grade and fewest amount of rotation points for BEST Grade)
100 (BEST Grade and most amount of rotation points for BEST Grade)
104 (MEDIUM Grade and fewest amount of rotation points for MEDIUM Grade)
106 (MEDIUM Grade and most amount of rotation points for MEDIUM Grade)
101 (WORST Grade and least amount of rotation points for WORST Grade)
105 (WORST Grade and most amount of rotation points for WORST Grade)
103 (Non-Unit)
107 (Non-Unit)