About This Release
Build no. -
Released - November 23, 2017
This version is built on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017, build no. .
Note:
The 64-bit client is now the default client when opening NAV.
In this version the POS is only supported to run on the 32-bit Dynamics NAV Windows client. We recommend setting up the 32-bit client in the LS Nav Start tool for the POS.
The following is a list of changes and key features in LS Nav 2017 (10.09).
Retail:
Events
New events have been added in this release. Click here to open an Excel document with filters.
Fashion: Fashion Role
The Fashion Role Center is reintroduced in this release. The aim of the role center is to create an easy-to-use environment for fashion store managers, and to make all the most commonly used functions and basic statistics immediately available to them.
The role center provides easy access to POS Statements, Transaction Register, Purchase Orders, and Return Orders in tiles format. It also presents the store managers with a number of useful Value Charts, such as the PO Sales and Store Hourly Sales chart. The role center is also equipped with an action menu and a navigation pane which provide convenient access to various functionalities, such as the Retail Item Registration, Lifecycle Planning Worksheet, and more.
For more information see Fashion Role Center in the LS Nav Online Help.
Invalid Barcode on the POS: Improved Notification
When an invalid barcode, or a barcode that is not in the system, is scanned, the operator is notified with a pop-up message and he or she must press OK to continue.
Performance Boost for Serial and Lot No. Local Inventory Lookup
Performance boost implemented for serial and lot numbers in local inventory Lookup.
POS: End-of-Day Declaration Not Allowed
It is not possible to do an End-of-Day Tender Declaration on a POS, if the POS is in Training Mode and the Safe Mgnt. in Use check box is selected for the Store.
POS: Error Fixed in the Function CurrencyKeyPressed in Amount Rounding Precision
Amount Rounding Precision for foreign currency in the POS has been fixed.
POS Hardware Profile: Multiple OPOS Scanners
Support for multiple OPOS scanners has been added in the POS Hardware Profile.
POS Hardware Profile: Option to Block POS if Drawer Is Open
A new option has been added for drawers in the Hardware Profile. It is now possible to select a Drawer Alert Type Block to block all actions on the POS while the drawer is open.
Replenishment: Add Stores to Allocation Rule from Store Hierarchy
The below features have been introduced to allow customers to conveniently add lines to Allocation Rule with Stores, Store Groups, Warehouse Locations, Customers, and Customer Groups as setup in a Store Hierarchy.
New Action in Allocation Rule Page: Add Stores from Store Hierarchy
A new action, Add Stores from Store Hierarchy, has been introduced in the Allocation Rule page (10012254). The action opens up a report which lets customers add Stores, Store Groups, Warehouse Locations, Customers, and Customer Groups as defined in the Store Hierarchy's node links to the Allocation Rule Lines. From the report's request page, customers can choose from Share Type Default Weight or Manual Weight, and define the weight to be assigned to each line.
To support the feature, a new Action Message field has also been added to the Allocation Rule Line table (10012329) and Allocation Rule Lines page (10012255). Allocation Rule Lines added from Store Hierarchy will be marked as New in the Action Message field. This is to assist the customers to easily identify lines that are added from Store Hierarchy and they are still allowed to update the weight. The customers must use the Clear Actions action to clear the Action Message once they're satisfied with the changes.
Extension to Check Rule Action in Allocation Rule Page
The Check Rule action in the Allocation Rule page has been extended with the below validations:
- If there are Allocation Rule Lines marked as New in the Action Message field.
- If the total weight of all Allocation Rule Lines is equal to zero.
For more information see How to: Add Stores to Allocation Rule from Store Hierarchy in the LS Nav Online Help.
Replenishment: Copy Purchase Budget Improvements
A new Budget Type field has been introduced in the Copy Retail Purchase Budget (10012408) report, accessible from the Copy Budget action on the Retail Purchase Budget (10012419) page.
This field is updated with the Budget Type of the selected destination budget. The Division Code, Item Category, and Product Group fields on the report will now be enabled or disabled according to the Budget Type of the source budget. For example, if the source budget has the type Product Group, only the Product Group field will be enabled on the report. If a value is selected for one of these fields, the Division Code, Item Category, and Product Group fields of the copied entries will be replaced according to the selected value and the hierarchy setup in the Product Group, Item Category, and Division tables. Also, a warning message will be displayed to the customer, if the copied entries have an earlier start date than the destination's Budget Start Date.
For more information see How to: Copy a Purchase Budget in the LS Nav Online Help.
Replenishment: Hierarchy Relations Hotfix
In a Hierarchy Relation with active relations on multiple node levels, the Remove Relation (preserve child relations) action for a node on a middle level resulted in an incorrect value in the Relation Type and Inherited from Node1 fields. These fields were not inherited correctly from the parent nodes.
This has been corrected in the current release.
Replenishment: Improvements on Journal Filters
The Season Filter in the Replen. Template for the Purchase Replenishment Journal and the Transfer Replenishment Journal has been improved. It now supports special characters, such as "<>" and "|", to let customers perform advanced filtering.
Web POS: Control Functions for Context Menus
Control functions for context menus have been implemented. It is now possible to view and/or modify control and panel properties, move controls around, copy, paste, and add new controls. It is also possible to copy and paste buttons and button properties, and so on.
Web POS: Watermark Function
Watermark function has been implemented for Web POS. A watermark can, for example, be used to indicate if the POS is in Design Mode or Training Mode.
LS Recommend:
LS Recommend 2.0
One part of the LS Nav 10.09 release is LS Recommend version 2.0. This version of LS Recommend supports LS Omni version 2.4 and ongoing.
In the new LS Recommend version the model procedure in Back Office LS Nav has been simplified and made easier for the user. The biggest simplification is in procedures to include features in the model, which are necessary to make cold item recommendation. Display options on the POS and in Omni are the same as in previous version.
Hospitality:
New Table Allocation Feature
A new feature, Dining Table Allocation, has been added in LS Hospitality. Add walk-in guests quickly to a waiting list with the relevant information, and allocate them to tables in the Dining Allocation Panel. Waiting times can be estimated by viewing the statistics for the dining area, and the user has a good overview of when tables will be ready. Guests can be seated quickly when a table becomes available, and it is now easy to search for tables and for guests occupying tables or waiting lists.
How to Upgrade to LS Nav 2017 (10.9) (Demo Data Changes)
If you are using LS Hospitality, you must follow these instructions when upgrading your system to LS Nav 2017 (10.9).
In LS Nav 10.9 the demo data has been changed to simplify the setup for the dining table pop-up menus. All #HOSP-POP- menus are now only in the ##DEFAULT profile instead of previously in 9 other profiles.
In this release, a lot of new data have been created for Dining Table Allocation. The following is a list of changes and an overview of the available demo data Dining Table pop-up menus:
| The Dining Table Pop-up Menus in Demo Data | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| #HOSP-POP-ADJUST | Changed | Default Skin and Font = #HO-POP-LINES First line has #HO-POP-HEADER font and skin. |
| #HOSP-POP-CLEAN | Changed | Default Skin and Font = #HO-POP-LINES First line has #HO-POP-HEADER font and skin. |
| #HOSP-POP-CLEAN-OS | New | New menu to accommodate the new option for Table Becomes Occupied - On Ordering or Seating (Service Flow). Includes both Seat Guests and Open POS commands. |
| #HOSP-POP-CLEAN-S | Changed | Default Skin and Font = #HO-POP-LINES First line has #HO-POP-HEADER font and skin. |
| #HOSP-POP-FREE | Changed | Default Skin and Font = #HO-POP-LINES First line has #HO-POP-HEADER font and skin. |
| #HOSP-POP-FREE-OS | New | New menu to accommodate the new option for Table Becomes Occupied - On Ordering or Seating (Service Flow). Includes both Seat Guests and Open POS commands. |
| #HOSP-POP-FREE-S | Changed | Default Skin and Font = #HO-POP-LINES First line has #HO-POP-HEADER font and skin. |
| #HOSP-POP-LOCKED | Changed | Default Skin and Font = #HO-POP-LINES First line has #HO-POP-HEADER font and skin. Second line has #HO-POP-SUB-HEADER font and skin. |
| #HOSP-POP-OCCP | New | Replaces the four menus #HOSP-POP-OCCUPIED, #HOSP-POP-OCCUPIED-C, #HOSP-POP-OCC-OTHER, and #HOSP-POP-OCC-OTHERC |
| #HOSP-POP-OCCP-PAID | New | Replaces #HOSP-POP-OCCUP-PAID |
| #HOSP-POP-OCCP-CLEAR | New | Replaces #HOSP-POP-OCC-CLEAR |
| #HOSP-POP-SEATED-C | New | Replaces #HOSP-POP-SEATED |
| #HOSP-POP-TRANSFER | Changed | Default Skin and Font = #HO-POP-LINES First line has #HO-POP-HEADER font and skin. |
If you are upgrading your system to LS Nav 10.9 you must import certain data from the demo data (use the Import Export Worksheet):
- Import the ##DEFAULT POS Menu Profile, ##DEFAULT POS Interface Profile and ##DEFAULT POS Style Profile -without overwriting. The new menus, panels, and controls will be imported.
- Import the POS commands - also without overwriting. The new commands will be imported.
- Import the POS Data Tables - also without overwriting. The new data tables will be imported.
- Import the POS Tags - also without overwriting. The new POS tags will be imported.
- Change the Hospitality Service Flows so that they point to the appropriate dining table pop-up menus (see the demo data Hospitality Service Flows). You can switch between the Table Becomes Occupied and Table Status after Clearing options (end with the correct one) to let the system put in some of the new menus for you. You need to change the Occupied and Occupied-Paid and Clear menus manually.
- Change the skin and font of those dining table pop-up menus that are changed and not new according to the list above.
- If you have created your own style profiles, you will have to create the #HO-POP-LINES, #HO-POP-HEADER, and #HO-POP-SUB-HEADER fonts and skin for each style profile you have created.
Other:
Data Support for Omni Server 2.4
There is now full support for Omni/ECom by running the jobs OMNI_INIT. Updates can then be run by the scheduler job OMNI_UPDATE.
The Omni Server works with prior versions of LS Nav. Earlier versions of the Omni Server will work with this new LS Nav version, but cannot use new features related to Customer Orders.
Events in POS Actions
Events and publishers have been added in a POS Transaction where POS Actions were called before.
Maintaining SQL Indexes for Unused Keys Has Stopped
SQL Indexes for non-mainstream or unused keys are no longer maintained. This can be turned on again for individual customers, if needed.
Online Help
The LS Nav Online Help home page has been rearranged for improved navigation. The available search options are expanded, and links have been added to a printable PDF version of the Release Notes and to an Excel document with an overview of new events.