Transaction Services

Transaction Services is more akin to a Simphony POS client than shared service, but is included in this section because it can run on hardware that is also running the Simphony POS client. Transaction Services is best thought of as a “UI-less” Simphony POS client.

Transaction Services provides check processing and definition extraction services that third party applications typically consume. The Oracle Hospitality eCommerce Integration Cloud Service and Oracle Payment Interface both use Transaction Services to connect Simphony with third parties.

Customers with high transaction counts coming from third party sources (for example, mobile, online, and non-Simphony client kiosks) should consider running the Transaction Services client on dedicated hardware.

Transaction Services (Generation 1 and Generation 2) cannot run on a mobile device (that is, battery-powered hardware which you can move between wireless access points). You can install Transaction Services on workstations such as the Oracle MICROS 610 and 620 which use wireless network cards, but are not moved and can maintain a strong connection.