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ALTERNATE NAME Application Setting

Group.  General

Type.  Function

Application.  PMS

                     S&C

                     ORS (Global)

Description.  Provides the ability to record an alternate (native) name, title, and salutation for each profile using the national character set. Users are able to search for profiles using either the English or native name values. The alternate (native) name will also be displayed within search grids and can be shown on customizable items via merge codes within the address format configuration.

Internal Name. EXTENDED_BYTE

Property Determination.

Activation / Inactivation Rules. 

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Available Values.

Y (Yes)

N (No)

Add On Licenses/Country Specifics.

<none>

Other Application Settings.

ALTERNATE NAME LANGUAGE application setting

Affected Areas

Menus / Screens / Fields.

Alt. Name field available on:

Reservations>Update Reservations>Search

Reservations>Profiles>Profile Search

Reservations>Profiles>New

Reservations>Confirmation

Front Desk>Arrivals>Search

Front Desk>In House>Search

Front Desk>Room Assignment

Front Desk>Messages

Cashiering>Billing

Cashiering>Cashier Functions>Deposit/Cancellation

Cashiering>Cashier Functions>Receipt History

Ctrl+F7

AR>Account Maintenance

Keys screen

Front Desk>Wake Up Calls

A PostInquiry from the vendor for an AR account will return the GuestName = to the Alternate Name if one exists. This will display the Alternate Name on the vendor’s POS terminal.

Reports & Report Forms.

Res_detail

Gibyroom

Gibygroup

Grprmlist

Grpinhousebyroom

giratevariance

Sp_forecast

Departure_all

Member

Hsk_tasksheet_2- 3, 6- 9

OPERA Simple Reports (Native First Name, Native Full Name, Native Name, Native Salutation, Native Title, etc.)

Permissions.

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Other Areas.

Merge codes available in customizable reports.

Merge codes available in screen painting.