20.1.11

This patch contains bug fixes.

Log in to the Support Portal and then click the following links for more information:

• Document 8285 contains a list of bugs fixed in the patch.

• Document 8286 describes documentation updates to support the patch.

Reporting and Analytics

20.1.11 introduces the following changes:

• Enables enterprises to query and extract Oracle Payment Cloud Service data.

  • Added six new endpoints to query account and account holder dimensions, as well as payment transactions, settlements, payouts, and chargebacks.

  • The same set of subject areas have been added to the self-service export module to let you to write your own exports of Payment Cloud Service data.

• Enables enterprises who use the Simphony Payment Interface (SPI) to query and extract card payment details from the cloud. This data can be used to reconcile POS card payment transactions with payment service provider records, and to aid in marketing and customer tracking.

  • Added the new getSPIPaymentDetails endpoint to query payment details through the Business Intelligence (BI) API.

  • Added the new SPI Payment Details subject area to the report builder and iQuery.

  • Updated the Standard General Ledger Export specification in the Standard Export User Guide with a new SPI Payment Details export. It is available starting with export version v1.22 and can be included optionally in exports generated through the Admin Server scheduling mechanism, as well as through a new core template available in self-service exports.

• Expanded fiscal data access capabilities. The new json field can contain data formatted as JSON. Its availability and content are dependent on your country's fiscal integration.

  • Added a new field to each of the fiscal data APIs. See Fiscal Transactions REST Endpoints for more details.

  • Added the same new field to the fiscal subject areas within the self-service exports module.

• Introduced support for non-revenue menu item reporting. This feature is dependent on Simphony 19.5 or higher.

  • Existing reports which included a Non-Revenue Service Charge field have been updated to now include a Non-Revenue Total field which will show the sum of all non-revenue service charge sales and non-revenue menu item sales. See the Oracle MICROS Reporting and Analytics Reports Reference Guide for more information.

  • Drilling down from the Non-Revenue Total field runs the new Non-Revenue Report. This report shows a breakdown of non-revenue service charge sales and non-revenue menu item sales.

    Note:

    Non-revenue menu item sales will not appear on Sales Mix or Menu Engineering-type reports.

  • Further changes were made in the following areas:

    • BI APIs

      • Non-Revenue Service Charge fields now also include non-revenue menu item sales.

      • Added the new revFlag field to getMenuItemDimensions API which allows you to identify non-revenue menu items.

    • Report builder and iQuery

      • Existing Non-Revenue Service Charge fields are renamed to Non-Revenue Total. This field now includes non-revenue service charge sales and non-revenue menu item sales.

    • Self-service export subject areas

      • Non-Revenue Service Charge fields now also include non-revenue menu item sales.

      • Added new revFlag field to the Menu Item subject area which allows you to identify non-revenue menu items.

    • Standard General Ledger Exports

      • Non-Revenue Service Charge fields now also include non-revenue menu item sales.

• Further improvements to help monitor self-service exports.

  • Export notifications, which were introduced in version 20.1.10.1, have been enhanced to include the scheduled Start of Day (SOD) time as defined within Simphony EMC. This allows a System Administrator to set schedule start times correctly and identify export failures that are caused by scheduling exports prior or too close to the scheduled SOD times.

• New enterprises are now configured with a default All Day day part which covers all 24 hours of the day. Day part configurations can be updated to meet the individual needs of an enterprise. See Day Parts in the Oracle MICROS Reporting and Analytics User Guide for additional information.

• Added new Philippines BIR Non Revenue Payment report showing sales and taxes by location, revenue center, business date, and check number for non-revenue payments such as room charges or city ledgers. This report is part of the Oracle MICROS Fiscal Solution for Simphony Philippines 21.2.0.0.

Labor Management

20.1.11 introduces the following changes:

• Labor Management now supports simplified employee management without the need to configure all human resources, time clock, job, and pay-related aspects of the employee. This allows your enterprise to use a hybrid model for Labor Management. You can decide which locations use the full Labor Management and which locations just manage and maintain employees in the cloud. See Configuring the Non-Labor Template for Hybrid Labor Setups in the Oracle Hospitality Labor Management User Guide.

• Added a new feature that assigns the external payroll ID as the employee's object number in Simphony. See Configuring External Payroll ID in the Oracle Hospitality Labor Management User Guide for more details.