The Oracle Hospitality Simphony Configuration Guide and the Oracle Hospitality Simphony Manager User Guide contain more information on configuring and using ECM.
Cash Management Dashboard
Administrators can add the Cash Management Dashboard to page layouts using the Page Design module. Two new privileges are available in the Roles module to provide access to the dashboard: 301 - View Cash Management Dashboard and 302 - View Cash Management Dashboard Detail.
The number of each type of open receptacle session
A summary level and detail view of each type of open receptacle session
One-button navigation to open, count, adjust, transfer, and finalize receptacle sessions
The Dashboard appears full screen on the workstation. It is not supported on workstation devices running the Android mobile operating system.
Cash Management Parameters
A confirmation prompt now appears when closing a count and transferring the cash from a till or server bank receptacle to a deposit. When the new Cash Management Parameters option 43 - Prompt to Confirm Transfer During Close on Count is selected and Close on Count Completion is enabled in the Templates module, the POS client shows a confirmation prompt before a deposit is made during close on count completion.
A till can remain open after the workstation operator completes a count. The new Cash Management Parameters option 44 - Enforce Close Till and Deposit Till Roles lets you override Role privilege options 210 - Deposit Funds and 212 - Close Till and have the till remain open.
When performing the Quick Start Till function, you can prompt the workstation operator to select the cash drawer on workstations where more than one cash drawer is available. The new option 45 - Prompt for Drawer on Quick Start Till lets you configure this cash drawer prompt.
The new option 46 - Prevent Assignment of Tills with Active Sessions to Cash Drawers lets you configure the display of till receptacles that do not have an active session and are not assigned to a cash drawer when the workstation operator performs either the Assign Till To Cash Drawer or the Quick Start Till function.
The reference prompt has been updated for the following Cash Management Parameters options:
20 - Require Deposit Reference
21 - Require Reference for Receptacle Counts
24 - Require Reference for Cash Pull
31 - Require Reference for Change Order
41 - Require Reference for Paid-In when vendor not defined
42 - Require Reference for Paid-Out when vendor not defined
When any of these options are enabled, the workstation operator is prompted (although not required) to select a reference when performing the operation.
Receptacle Access
The Employee Classes module has a new Operator Option 27 - Prevent Multiple Receptacle Counts, which lets you specify whether workstation operators can count a receptacle session more than once. If option 27 is enabled, workstation operators can perform transactions after counting a receptacle session.
Starting with release 18.2.7, the new Operator Option 28 - Prevent Transactions once a Count has been Performed is available. Option 28 lets you specify whether workstation operators can perform transactions after a receptacle session count. Selecting option 28 does not prevent workstation operators from adjusting a count or from transferring funds out of the counted receptacle.
If option 27 is disabled and option 28 is enabled, workstation operators can perform more than one count and can perform more transactions following a count.
Count Sheet and Change Order
Button labels on the Count Sheet and Change Order have been updated. The OK button has been changed to Done, which finalizes the count or change order.
You can disable the 2 - Reference Required prompt during entry of non-denominated values on the count sheet.
Business Date Selection
When the new option 33 - Prompt for Business Date on Open Bank Deposit is selected in the Cash Management Parameters module, workstation operators are prompted to select a business date when opening a bank deposit, allowing deposits from the current date or up to the previous six dates.
Audit Till
The new Audit Receptacle (Till) function allows managers to perform a till count without closing the till session, when the template option Close on Count Completion is enabled in the Templates module of the EMC.
Parent topic: Features and Updates