Start of Day (SOD) is the process that begins a new business day at a property. The SOD can be set to run automatically or manually.
When the time of day occurs that a new business day is automatically configured to start (for example, at 4:00 a.m. each day), the following actions occur in the order listed:
Simphony increases the Business Day and updates the status of checks and employees.
The PC Autosequence runs, and typically performs the following actions:
Batches and settles credit cards
Runs custom applications for a property
After the SOD Asequence completes, Simphony checks to see whether it is time to run other autosequences (such as Start of Week Autosequence, Start of Pay Period Autosequence, and so on).
Many properties like to start a new business day manually at their own time (after a night auditor balances reports). Often these properties stop their Simphony and property management systems at the same time, roll to a new business day, and then bring the systems back up. An administrator can manually run SOD in Simphony using an interaction called PC Autosequence (from the EMC) or by pressing a button on the workstation. When SOD begins manually, Simphony performs the same actions as if it were run automatically. The only difference is the method by which SOD begins.
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